Scilly Stories
Episodes
Episode 11. Alba Williams
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“I love everything about Scilly, I really do…I go down the road, everybody knows my name… I know everybody [and] everybody says hello.” During...
Episode 10. Derek Perkins
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“I came here for a holiday and I thought well this is very nice, I’ll stop here!” In this episode, we speak with 99 year old Derek Perkins who h...
Episode 9. Avril Mumford
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“If gossip upsets you, don’t come and live in Scilly! …. I always used to say, ‘If they’re talking about me, they’re giving someone else a...
Episode 8. John Bourdeaux
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“If you see the wall there, and all around the pottery, there are several hundred heights of children. Those children are coming back at sixty now....
Episode 7. Neil Jenkins
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“I love football! …In the Easter holidays and the summer holidays, we’d be up the campsite all the time, going round all the holiday homes knock...
Episode 6. Steve Hicks
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erica and Kylie sit down with Erica's dad, Stephen Hicks to explore his life growing up on St Mary’s. They cover childhood adventures and island tra...
Episode 5. Jessie Guilliatt
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Kylie and Erica interview Jessie Guilliatt about her journey to the Isles of Scilly, working at Salakee Farm, how island life became h...
Episode 4. Oriel Hicks
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Erica and Kylie interview Erica's mother, Oriel Hicks at her workshop, Phoenix Craft Studios at Porthmellon. Oriel first started vi...
Episode 3. Arthur Swift
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts interview Arthur Swift of Mount Todden Farm at Pelistry on St Mary's, who arrived on Scilly in the 1950s and never left. Arthur shares st...
Episode 2. Sonia Fletcher
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kylie and Erica chat with Sonia Fletcher about life on St Mary’s, her family history on Scilly and the many hats she has worn in th...
Scilly Stories - Episode 1. Getting to Know Kylie and Erica
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kylie Carter from Salakee Farm and Erica Swain from Tamarisk Gallery introduce their new podcast where they hope to interview a range of people about ...