We travel to Shifnal for our Love Your Neighbourhood feature.
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00:00My name's Ted. I'm Lee. Perfect. How long have you guys been working in Chiffon? About four years. Yeah. And what role do you have here? We clean the walkway clean. We keep this walkway maintenance, you know, weed. Cut the edges. Cut the edges. Make sure there's no weeds popping through. Keep it clean for the local public. Yeah. Perfect. What do you like about Chiffon? Well, it's clean and tidy, isn't it? It's a nice small town, isn't it?
00:29Everybody seems to be pleasant, though. They would say you're doing a good job. Yeah. You know, so they like what we're doing. Yeah, brilliant. Why should more people come out to Chiffon? Is there anything here that you'd recommend, like businesses or something to visit? I don't really, as we come from market trading, we don't really know Chiffon that well. Are you with me? Yeah. But it's a clean and tidy and a lot of people use this walkway from the car park. There's a lot of local businesses sitting here, isn't there, where it's
00:59other towns. I haven't got them anymore, have they? Yeah. Yeah. Perfect. Anything else you'd like to mention about Chiffon?
01:05Well, it's not all nail bars and barbers, is it?
01:11There's a lot of towns. Are you with me? Well, yeah, of course. You've got a model shop. You've got a baker's. I know there's a barber's there. You've got a...
01:19Tattooist. Tattooist. Everything, you know. Yeah. Yeah. But most small towns is barbers, beauty parlors, nail bars, innit? No coffee shops.
01:33Perfect. Thank you very much for your harvest. Yep. My name is Mark. I live in Cotsall, but I'm here
01:41looking after a dog sitting, actually, from my son. But Chiffon is a brilliant place to be. There's so much
01:49to experience. There's lots of nice places to go and eat. There's an Italian restaurant. There's
01:56three Indian restaurants. So many pubs. It's a brilliant place to be. It really is. Brilliant.
02:02You mentioned Alexander's earlier. Yes. What do you need to say about them? Alexander's is fantastic because
02:07I only came on it by chance, to be honest. And it's down the side of the alley, but seriously,
02:14they do the best food and it's really, really good value for money. So for about £4.95 you can get
02:21breakfast back and they've put everything on it. So there's no extra charge for anything else you
02:26want to put on there. So I've never experienced anything like this before. You know, so Alexander's
02:32brilliant. Perfect. Any pubs in the area that you'd recommend people to stay? Yes,
02:36the anvil. It doesn't look really fantastic from the outside, but when you go on the inside,
02:40it's a free house and they do so many things in there. And it's a really friendly place. I was in
02:46there yesterday and they just make you feel welcome, even though I don't know anyone. You know, I was made
02:53to feel one of the locals. It was great. It was great. Chiffon's a great place to be. Brilliant.
02:59Why should more people come out to Schiffenall then? Because you've got a train station,
03:04so it's on the route. And stop off because you can always catch the train to Shrewsbury,
03:12you can go to Birmingham and on the other hand. If you stop off here, there's so many good places to
03:17go. Christopher's restaurant is really good. You've got the new Italian place, which I haven't been to,
03:22but that's supposed to be extremely good as well. And you've got everything on your doorstep.
03:27Schiffenall is a great place to be. Brilliant. Perfect. Thank you very much for your help.
03:32My name's Cole Wood. I'm just a member of staff here. Well, perhaps considering myself a senior
03:37member of staff. I've worked in pubs in Schiffenall for the best part of 25 years,
03:42so I think I know what I'm doing. Yeah, so, yeah. Brilliant. How long have you been in Schiffenall?
03:48More or less from my life. I've probably had three years where I lived somewhere else,
03:51but I've got to move back to Schiffenall. I've got a place in my home. I live at the top end of Schiffenall.
03:55Yeah. That's what I've done, but yeah, that's part of 55 years, so.
03:59Brilliant. Perfect. What do you like the most about Schiffenall?
04:04I mean, the people, to be honest. I went to school at Schiffenall. I've got a lot of friends
04:09still in Schiffenall. People are very friendly around Schiffenall. I've lived their own life.
04:15I walk down the street, passing by and go and teach someone a wave, or give their own,
04:20or say hello to someone. I'll stop. It's just a nice town. It's got everything that everybody needs,
04:24so I just like it. It's good. Yeah. Brilliant. What businesses would you recommend in Schiffenall?
04:30Why should people come out to Schiffenall? Well, for the pubs, for the start crafts.
04:36The restaurants and the restaurants are good. Cherry shops. People have looked up at the cherry shops.
04:40It's just a pleasant place to be. It's just nice to walk around. It's clean. It's tidy. Yeah,
04:50people said folks are very friendly as well. Yeah, brilliant. Anything else you'd like to mention
04:54about Schiffenall? Um, King's Yard for a start, perhaps, yeah. Obviously, I'll be offering a good
05:03selection of beers. Fresh local produce, and yeah, it's good. It's a busy pub, especially every weekend.
05:10Yeah, my name's Samantha. Samantha and Aubrey. And you work here at Catherine's Bakery. I do,
05:15yeah. Yeah. When did you start working here? About seven weeks ago. Brilliant. Is that when you moved
05:20to Schiffenall, or are you from somewhere else? No, I'm from Brosey originally. Yeah. So it's not too far
05:25away. We're about 20 minutes away. Yeah. Brilliant. What do you like about Schiffenall? Um, the customers.
05:30It's a very friendly town. We've got a lot of convenience stores here. Um, some nice places to shop. Yeah,
05:37it's a lovely place. Yeah. Nice and busy. Brilliant. Um, are there any businesses you'd
05:43recommend here in Schiffenall? Yep. Why should people come out and see? Definitely a little
05:46one-stop. Um, it's got some great deals in there, and they are, they're really, really lovely in there.
05:51You've got some lovely little pubs around here as well. Nice places to eat. And of course,
05:55it's Catherine's Bakery, which has got all the best offers. So yeah, it's nice. What do you guys offer here,
06:01in particular? Cakes, bread, sandwiches, pizzas, savouries. We've got everything. Yeah. What's
06:07been a hit at the moment? Definitely the Cajun chicken. That's the new variety that I've brought
06:12here. So we're doing that in the pizzas, and we're doing it in sandwiches, and it's definitely a hit,
06:17with a bit of yogurt and mint sauce. It's good. Brilliant. Perfect. Anything else you'd like to
06:21mention about Schiffenall? Um, not really. It's just got it all, really. It's got it all. Yeah,
06:26I haven't got to go far at all. It's got a place to shop. Brilliant. That's it. Perfect. Thank you.