95: Exhumed! Redhill’s buried bodies dug up and what they can tell us of the town 100 years ago… and more

95: Exhumed! Redhill’s buried bodies dug up and what they can tell us of the town 100 years ago… and more For Saturday 5th July 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 and sport 32:17 – The Top Ten most listened-to episodes: #6 36:00 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 43:20 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for the snack-time saviour at the post office 44:35 – GUEST: This week, the story of the human remains that were dug up to make way for the new church hall at St John’s church in Redhill. Yes, did you know that between November 2015 and January 2016, the skeletal remains of 252 individuals – some of them children - were dug up and moved to the Department of Archaeology, at the University of Reading for a more detailed study by Mary Lewis, a professor in Bioarchaeology, and her colleagues. This week, Mary is my guest, to tell me more about how they got permission for the exhumations, what they have learnt from the skeletons of those who died 100 years ago and what it tells us of Redhill way-back-when, and what’s happened to the bones now. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED1:08:50 – Reigate Roulette. Local resident Nina tells us what she loves most about living around here 1:12:25 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, Reigate St Mary’s at noon. 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: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431THANKS A MILLION BED - by AudioShop ID 047267053ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947Listen:           https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcastFacebook:      www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcastInsta:              theplanetreigatepodcastEmail:            [email protected]   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.