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Love Your Neighbourhood: We Meet the People of Wellington
Shropshire Star
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25/03/2025
Love Your Neighbourhood: We Meet the People of Wellington
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What do I like about Wellington? I like definitely the sense of community that's growing here.
00:07
I like that there's been a real investment and effort to have people just really think well of where they live.
00:17
And that's one thing that we definitely care about is loving where you live.
00:20
We've lived in London and all the trappings and all the stuff that goes with London,
00:24
but coming here, just the opportunity to create something that's ours and welcome other people into it,
00:29
that's really cool.
00:31
I do like, it might seem like a bit of a weird thing to say, but having lived where we've lived,
00:36
the parking situation is pretty good.
00:39
I really appreciate that. I rarely need to think about, oh gosh, can I park here?
00:44
I'm going to get a ticket. All that headache that you get when you live somewhere that's a lot more congested.
00:49
There isn't any of that here. People are always walking.
00:52
There's so many beautiful places to go. There's so much greenery.
00:55
And there is definitely a sense of just really great community.
00:59
We've got fantastic support from other businesses.
01:02
They really look out for each other and they really think about what ways can we get people to come into Wellington,
01:07
what ways can we just get people to really, what's the word? Language is gone.
01:15
Get people to just really nurture it and take care of it.
01:20
It's not just a place to shop and spend money. It's a place to actually live and inhabit and grow and get to know people.
01:27
It's handy for shopping and that's about all really now.
01:32
I mean, you like to drink, don't you? You like to drink, don't you Steve?
01:36
That's our son, by the way.
01:39
I've got to go back for a drink.
01:42
It's you, don't you?
01:45
It's home.
01:47
I didn't leave here, no. I'd only just come back. I left when I was 18 and came back.
01:52
Houston, I've lived here all my life.
01:56
You just come and get a drink. It's nice and warm.
01:59
And sit and have a chat.
02:01
Which again, you couldn't do before.
02:04
No.
02:05
My name's Mark. I'm from Aladdin's Cave, Wellington.
02:08
Gosh, I've been here since 1975. I started coming here when I was eight.
02:12
And I took it out, I think it was in 1986.
02:16
Near last century.
02:18
I've grown up here, actually. Only two miles away I was born.
02:22
So I've always been around this area.
02:24
Everybody knows me and I know everybody around here. It's just great.
02:28
It's just a good, easy going place, isn't it?
02:30
Nice people.
02:32
That's about it really.
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