Meet supergran Ali Crompton: and how to NOT grow older grumpily

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Kincraig Cares

Suzy Bashford Haworth

18 episodes

5 days ago

The podcast all about the colourful characters and community of Kincraig Village in the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands. It's a tribute to, and celebration of, the people and places on our doorsteps and an exploration of the power of community spirit and why it's more important than ever today.

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Meet supergran Ali Crompton: and how to NOT grow older grumpily

Kincraig Cares

48 minutes 9 seconds

11 months ago

Meet supergran Ali Crompton: and how to NOT grow older grumpily

Today’s guest is Ali Crompton, who I really wanted on the podcast to ask her how she has so much energy, as well as patience (especially with kids), and to get inspiration on how NOT to grow older grumpily.

She’s my next door neighbour and I refer to her affectionately as ‘Supergran’ as I can see how loved she is by the many kids she has in her life - her own grandchildren as well as others she entertains, such as at Kincraig Friday Fun and various other voluntary roles.

In this wide ranging chat we talk about:

*her experience of going to a rough school (when she lived on ‘Snob Hill’!)

*her 40 years in teaching and what she learnt about life, and kids, from working in a rough school (the same one she went to!)

*her love story of meeting Jim (ahem - she was actually after a millionaire when she met him!) who she has been married to for nearly 50 years

*her views on modern parenting and modern life styles

*the importance of making time for people, especially face to face, and in community

Hope you enjoy meeting Ali. Do say hello to her, or even better go meet her face to face at:

Community Cafe, Community Hall, Friday mornings 10am - 12 noon
Kincraig Friday Fun for P1-P7, the Church Hall, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Messy Christmas, the Church Hall, Saturday 7th December, 2pm - 4pm
Carols in Kincraig, Insh Church, 22nd December

And if you have any other suggestions of characters in Kincraig to interview on this podcast, please email me on ⁠⁠⁠suzy@bigjuicycreative.co.uk⁠⁠⁠

Kincraig Cares podcast is being made on a shoe string out of love, so is very grateful for free resources which make this possible, like the intro and out music which is called 'Holiday Ukulele' by MaxKoMusic, promoted by www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ and part of the Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)