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S3Ep16 Camping With 1st Warley Cubs at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome

It’s not often The Brentwood Buzz ventures outside the Borough of Brentwood, but sometimes a great opportunity presents itself and cannot be missed.

This was the case when 1st Warley Cubs decided to spend a night camping at the Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome near Danbury with the aim of earning their Stage 1 and 2 Air Activities Badge – and to learn more about this historic airfield and all that happened here between 1915 and 1919.

Here’s a podcast about the aerodrome, camping with Cubs and how a weekend with friends is just the best thing.

https://www.stowmaries.org.uk/

S1EP10 The Brentwood Buzz – Mario Corile

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Anyone who has walked past the Spread Eagle Pub on Queen’s Road in Brentwood will be familiar with the wonderful murals which regularly appear on the wall opposite the back entrance to St Thomas’s Churchyard. The artist behind these murals is artist Mario Corile (http://www.corile-design.co.uk/) , and a couple of weeks ago I happened to see him painting his latest artwork on the pub wall. It was too good an opportunity to mis so we had a chat about his work and what brings him to Brentwood on a regular basis.

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S1Ep9 The Brentwood Buzz – Jane Bennett of Bennetts Funeral Directors

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The cheerful and ever-changing displays in the windows of Bennetts Funeral Directors in Brentwood reflect the company’s long-standing position and importance in the lives – and deaths – of many Brentwood inhabitants.

But if you think the funeral business involves little more than a long car and some men and women in black suits, you may wish to think again. There are qualifications and regulations, training and a good eye for a good hearse needed. Jane Bennet took over her family’s firm more than thirty years ago and had to learn it all from scratch so The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet her and find out some of the finer details of planning a funeral.

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The Brentwood Buzz – Make Your Market

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A special additional episode of The Brentwood Buzz today, celebrating young entrepreneurs in the town who have been taking part in Brentwood’s first ‘Make Your Market’ event in the Baytree Centre.

The Covid pandemic made many young people take a good look at their lives and passions, and the outcome seems to have been the enthusiastic decision to make, create and sell all kinds of products. Brentwood has never been a place lacking in entrepreneurial vigour, and Brentwood Borough Council have embraced this by bringing ‘Make Your Market’ to the town and encouraged those aged under 30 to take part.

Things started small today, but they will grow, and there’s no doubt The Brentwood Buzz will be talking to the likes of Charlotte (Minus Cloud Nine), Lucy (Amara London) and Lily (DottysCreatives) again in the future as their business careers develop.

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The Brentwood Buzz – Marc Sardinha of Hey Joe!

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S1Ep7 Music, coffee and a hefty dose of nostalgia is what you get at Hey Joe!, Brentwood’s only independent record shop. The shop in the Baytree Centre is run by Marc Sardinha, who decided Brentwood was the perfect place for the shop he wanted to open and he moved here three years ago.

This week on The Brentwood Buzz Marc explains why Brentwood offers everything he wants for home and work, and runs through what’s hot and what’s not in the music scene at the moment. And if Sam Ryder or Depeche Mode tune in to The Brentwood Buzz, Marc would be happy for them to come and do a turn at the shop.

If you’d like to know more about The Brentwood Buzz, or think someone you know would make a brilliant guest, please get in touch at TheBrentwoodBuzz@gmail.com or via The Brentwood Buzz on Facebook.

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The Brentwood Buzz – Early Doors Productions Bring Original Musical to Brentwood

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S1Ep5 The Brentwood Buzz has been given exclusive access to rehearsals of a new and original musical, ‘If They’re Human’, by the talented team at Early Door Productions.

Early Doors Productions rehearse and perform in Brentwood, and their latest show, set in a concentration camp in Second World War Germany, promises to challenge audiences when it comes to Brentwood Theatre on 1st-4th March 2023.

The Brentwood Buzz – Amy Hollingsworth – Home Grown Talent Bringing Jazz to Brentwood

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S1Ep4 – For those in the know, Brentwood offers a wide range of theatrical and musical opportunities for the youngest learners to the oldest professionals. Brentwood Theatre, the Bardswell Social Club, the Essex Arms are just a few of the venues where actors and musicians meet, act and perform. And that’s not even mentioning all the church and school halls hosting rehearsals and performances across the town.

And this week, The Brentwood Buzz is hearing from a young jazz singer who has grown up in the town and is due to front her own show, live at the Ingatestone Community Centre on Saturday 18th February 2023, with the Jon Bennett Big Band.

Amy Hollingsworth learnt her craft through school shows at Warley Primary School, the Ursuline High School and Shenfield High School, as well as Brentwood Theatre and many of the local orchestras and bands. She’s now in her final year studying jazz vocals at the Guildhall School of Music.

The Brentwood Buzz is delighted to support Amy – she is a great vocalist and will go far!

You can her some of Amy’s amazing vocals on her Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/amymay.hollingsworth and book tickets for her gig here:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/jbbb?fbclid=IwAR3B4uaEt3E1aHhRte2SNr2EEFcg1QhDG052K3XKn0ku6g7ikHrbMNZIwic

TBB S1Ep3 John Brandler and Banksy

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S1Ep3 Tucked away on a small row of shops behind Brentwood High Street is Brandler Galleries. Its owner, fine art dealer and street art collector, John Brandler has lived in Brentwood all his life and has become known as a world expert on the art of Banksy. The Brentwood Buzz has been to meet John to find out what keeps him in Brentwood and why Banksy holds such a fascination for him.

TBB S1Ep2 Julian Goode – If I Could Walk 500 Miles

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S1Ep2 The Brentwood Buzz is back, with walking boots on and out in the open air with Julian Goode. Julian’s survived leukaemia and lockdown in the the last four years and has walked 500 miles across all four countries of the UK to raise money and awareness. And, in the words of the Proclaimers, he will walk 500 more as he’s set up a business giving all of us the chance to have a good walk in the countryside and woods around Brentwood and Essex.

You can find out more about Julian and his walks at GoodeWalks.co.uk

The Brentwood Buzz is hosted by Kay Bellwood

TBB S1Ep1 Cllr Mark Reed…and a hedgehog

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S1Ep1 The Brentwood Buzz’s first guest is Mark Reed, a current Brentwood Borough Councillor and a former Mayor of Brentwood, who used to run Brentwood Theatre and now wrangles animals at children’s parties.