87: Reigate's Dambuster hero and the local composer of the most-famous VE Day march that you *do* know… and more

87: Reigate Dambuster hero and the local composer of the most-famous VE Day march that you *do* know… and more For Saturday 10th May 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode 05:15 - Planet Reigate area news 13:45 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 23:20 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for those who rushed to help in Redhill 28:10 – Reigate Roulette. A local resident tells us what they love most about living around here.  32:10 – The story of Reigate’s very own Dambuster hero, Michael Fuller, who went from Post Office phone engineer to a member of the valued 617 Squadron and whose mission was turned into a war movie. Who he was, the life he led, and how he died a hero on foreign soil.And we pay a special tribute to a Reigate musician Frederick Ricketts – who died 80 years ago this coming week in 1945, and who composed many of the marches that you will have heard in this week’s VE Day commemorations. He was also the man behind perhaps the most famous war-time march ever and whose tune you know so well today.47:10 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, the station at Earlswood If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947DARK - simple ambient - by RayMusicProductions ID 088913604AMBIENT STRINGS - ID 077515959- by SoundPhenomenonCLASSIC - by Pablo J. Garmon ID 081001068  Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Web:               www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com Facebook:       www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcast Insta:              theplanetreigatepodcast Email:             [email protected]  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.