The Ambridge Socialist
5th March
Is Ambridge Woke?
It seems unlikely that readers of the Ambridge Socialist pay attention to the far right social media site GBNews but our reporters keep a close on eye on Ambridge related discussions. This week June Slater styling herself the Chief Gammon was to be found complaining that the Archers is woke. In actuality Ms Slater is a climate denier who complained about Net Zero being mentioned. There wasn’t in truth much evidence that she is a regular Archers listener but if she had have been she might have concluded that Ambridge was woke before its time (see appreciation for Jennifer Aldridge below)
Jennifer Aldridge: tribute to a young rebel with a cause
The Ambridge Socialist has paid tribute to Jennifer Aldridge whose funeral takes place today.
Latterly Jennifer was a key member of the Ambridge ruling class, as the partner of Brian Aldridge. Here she was known for her cooking and for her remarkable tolerance of the philandering of her husband.
In her younger years though she was a rebel. Her son Adam was born out of wedlock, the father farm worker Paddy Redmond. This was the 1960s and an young unmarried woman having a child in conservative Ambridge was a big two fingers up at convention.
Jennifer didn’t give in but brought Adam up later with Brian as stepfather.
It has also been revealed that in her younger years she had a poster of Che Guevara on her bedroom wall. No doubt there was a certain sexual appeal but the key point was that Guevara was, until murdered by Bolivian soldiers, a key figure in peasant revolutions. What might have been in Ambridge if Jennifer had not met Brian.
Syksesy
The appearance of Sykesy at the Laurels is hopefully something that will reoccur regularly. After all Jasper Carrot is Archers family.
Adam Travers Macy was adopted by Roger Travers Macy, and kept in touch with his son, even after Brian married Jennifer.
Not sure what that survey said, I stopped having a twitter account when musk sacked half his workers. Cider barn I expect.