Bromley Buzz

Episode 233: Orpington 1st with BID Manager Tyler Smith

Darren Weale talks with Tyler Smith, Manager of Orpington's Business Improvement District (BID), known as Orpington 1st. 
 
We are spreading the love!
 
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.

Episode 232: Madlani Cancer Support - Somewhere else to go when needed

Darren Weale talks with Dinta Madlani of Madlani Cancer Support. 
 
The charity helps people with all kinds of cancer, and their families and friends, from its base in Orpington. 
 
We are spreading the love!
 
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.

Episode 231: Cecilia Evans, Petts Wood May Queen 2025

Darren Weale talks with Cecilia Evans, Petts Wood May Queen for 2025. 
 
Cecilia talks about the deep history, traditions, customs and experience of May Queens. She describes the value of the May Queen organisations to people, including both boys and girls, and shares the charity she is fundraising for as May Queen, namely the 5th Petts Wood Scouts, whose sadly stolen bus needs to be replaced. Cecilia also refers to three outstanding local people who have been a big help to her and others through what they do for the community. 
 
We are spreading the love!
 
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.

Episode 230: One Bromley - better health through local things for local people

Darren Weale talks with Helen Marsh, NHS Head of Communications & Engagement for the South East London Integrated Care System and One Bromley.
 
We are spreading the love!
 
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.

Episode 229: Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor Of Bromley - walks, awards, and civic pride

Darren Weale talks with Cllr Dr David Jefferys, Mayor of Bromley in Bromley Civic Centre. The Mayor's earlier interviews are here, here, here, here, and here.
 
We are spreading the love!
 
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.

Episode 228: David Winstanley, CEO of London Biggin Hill Airport

For this episode, we share a recording from one of our live events in Bromley. The Bromley BuzzUp events are free, all-sector networking gatherings with short talks and activities which being people together.
 
In June 2024, David Winstanley, CEO of London Biggin Hill Airport, was Special Guest at a Bromley BuzzUp held at the Shampan restaurant in Bromley, also attended by Jonathan Andrews, Deputy Mayor of Bromley, and Theresa Andrews, the Deputy Mayoress. 
 
Listening note: this talk was recorded in a working restaurant amongst a sizeable group of people. So these is more background noise and music than there is in our studio recordings.
 
In his speech, David talked about the past, present, and future of the airport. 
 We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.

Episode 227: Bromley-based Bestseller: author Annie Lyons

Jacqui Weale interviews Bromley-based bestselling author Annie Lyons (latest book A Girls' Guide to Winning the War). Annie talks about her writing journey from long-deferred New Year's Resolutions to bestselling status in the US, offers advice to aspiring writers, and refers to her upcoming events. 
 
These include Putting Pen To Paper at Bromley Library on 23rd April, Books In The Park on 26th April, and her writing course at Beckenham Place Park. Details to follow, here. 
 
Annie thanks people locally including Beckenham Bookshop and Waterstones in Bromley Town Centre.
 
We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, London Biggin Hill Airport, and Ian Wood Property.

Episode 226: Chequered Theatre Company - from Bromley to the Edinburgh Frnge

Darren Weale interviews Olivia Penhallow of the Chequered Theatre Co. Olivia and Nathaniel Allen are co-writers and stars of the theatre production Marble Cake. The theatre company is fundraising to take the show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, with 'Chequered Cabaret' at the Churchill Theatre on 4th May, tickets here, then a return for Marble Cake itself on 24th-25th May, tickets here.  We interviewed Olivia and Nathaniel previously in episode 144.
We are spreading the love!
Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube. The Bromley Buzz podcast is sponsored by Shampan restaurants, and Ian Wood Property.
 
 
#bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley