00:00So we're here at Wattlesborough Village Hall, have I pronounced that right?
00:03Yes, you have.
00:04Cool, just a stone's throw from Shrewsbury, sort of.
00:07Yes.
00:08And introduce yourselves, go on madam.
00:10I'm Rachel Strewens, Chairwoman of Shropshire Organic Gardeners.
00:14And up here is... go on sir.
00:16Ian Cholm, Organiser of Potato Day.
00:18Cool, now I've not been to Potato Day here, I think I came to the socially distanced one at a farm possibly a few years back.
00:26This is full on, you know, everyone's scrambling for their spuds, isn't they?
00:30What's it all about then?
00:32Rachel?
00:34What's the day all about?
00:36Well we sell, basically we sell seed potatoes to our members and other people and we...
00:46Yeah, so people...
00:48Yeah, so people, you're not getting these, you know, up your supermarket, so that's what's special about it.
00:54These are specially grown by the breeders.
00:56Yeah.
00:57And they're guaranteed virus free.
00:59Okay, yeah.
01:00So we have as many varieties as we can get here.
01:03Yeah.
01:04Which this year is 39 varieties.
01:07Wow.
01:08And we sell them by the tube, so you can buy one and you can buy 10 or 100.
01:13So seed potato, does that mean people are using these to then go on and grow their own kind of...
01:18Exactly.
01:19Set in the garden, like expand them sort of thing, yeah.
01:21Yes.
01:22Cool.
01:23And how long's this event been going for?
01:2521 years this year.
01:27Yeah?
01:28Yeah.
01:29Cool, that's good going.
01:30And are people, the growers, are they coming from far and wide or is it all shops here?
01:34No, I've got friends that have come down from Cheshire.
01:38Yeah.
01:39People across from Scope and Wales as well.
01:41Yeah.
01:42A lot of people come across the border.
01:44So here's one for you, I asked some young lad this, potato, what format?
01:48Bit of mash on your potato, a bag of chips or some crisps.
01:51If you had to pick one of them, what are you going for out of those?
01:54Oh, probably roasties.
01:56Oh, you know what, roasties, that's a good one.
01:59Yeah, mash for me.
02:00Mash.
02:01Now, I come from Irish ancestry, so my nan is Irish.
02:06So I thought it was perfectly normal that my mum used to give me raw potato to eat when she used to make the chips.
02:12And then I realised that's not that normal actually.
02:15No.
02:16Have you dabbled with a bit of raw potato?
02:19Because I used to love it.
02:20We haven't, but it might be worth a go now.
02:23It's really, really nice.
02:25Have you had a go?
02:26I haven't, simply because they do say that you really shouldn't eat raw potato.
02:30Oh, right.
02:32I wonder if that message has got through to Ireland yet.
02:35Right, I wonder if I have to give some health warning with this video clip.
02:39Yes, absolutely health warning.
02:41But let's just say in the old days, before we knew better, they were delicious.
02:45It was really nice actually.
02:46Excellent, good.
02:47Cool, so you must be pleased with the turnout, yeah?
02:49Oh, yes.
02:50I mean, you know, you've only been open the door, what, 15 or so minutes and look at it.
02:54Yeah, great.
02:55Last year we had 500 people in the door in the morning.
02:58Yeah, wow.
02:59And we're expecting that again this year.
03:00Great stuff.
03:01Well, thanks guys for organising a great event.
03:03Can I just say, I really want to thank all the team of Shropshire members, the SOGS members.
03:10You should say actually, SOGS.
03:12What is SOGS?
03:13SOGS is Shropshire Organic Gardeners.
03:15That's it, yeah.
03:16And we have got a massive team of our members that volunteered to set up last night.
03:21Yeah.
03:22And be here to help us run it on the day.
03:24And they're a great team to work with.
03:26Cool.
03:27Hats off to them.
03:28And hats off to you guys.
03:29Well done, guys.
03:30Thanks.
03:32We've got double trouble in the potato house.
03:34We've got the twins.
03:35How are you doing, lads?
03:36What's your names?
03:37Willie, I'm Willie and I'm Thomas.
03:39How old are you lads?
03:40Nine.
03:41Nine.
03:42And have you ever been to a potato day before?
03:44No.
03:45You have?
03:46I didn't expect it to be a day before.
03:47All right, all right.
03:48Have I?
03:49Yeah, when we were kind of young.
03:50You have?
03:51Yeah.
03:52Oh, veterans.
03:53Veterans.
03:54And what do you think then?
03:55You having fun?
03:56Yeah.
03:57Yeah, yeah?
03:58And do you love a spud?
03:59Yeah.
04:00So which way do you prefer?
04:01I like crisps.
04:02Well, I was going to say, which is best then?
04:03Potato on your dinner or some chips or a crisp?
04:05Which one?
04:06I think I like all of them.
04:09All of them.
04:10That's probably a good answer.
04:11Enjoy your day lads.
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