We travel to Tettenhall for our feature: Love Your Neighbourhood, and find there's much more to it than a green and a paddling pool, although those are both rather splendid.
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00:00So I'm with Paul, aka Paul the Messenger on all platforms. So Paul, do you work here in Technol and live in Technol, is that right?
00:07Yeah, yeah. My wife and I moved into Technol a couple months ago. I've worked around here. I do content, I do music.
00:15Yeah, that's pretty much my entire life.
00:16Very creative guy.
00:17Yeah, very creative guy.
00:18Yeah, I love my creative stuff.
00:19So does Technol help bring out that creativity? It's a beautiful place to live. What do you love about living here?
00:25I think the reason it brings out creativity is because it provides you with peace.
00:28I think that's a very important thing.
00:31I think it's difficult to be creative when you're worried about your well-being.
00:36But over here, when I'm out here, I can kind of just walk.
00:38Any time of day, I've lived in other places where you can't do that.
00:42But over here, because it's so peaceful, people are kind, there's a positive energy,
00:45it gives you the freedom to really just explore yourself because you're not worried about who's around you.
00:51That is a very, very succinct, very good thought to have actually about the place where you live where it provides peace to you
00:57and that allows you to be creative.
00:59That's incredible.
01:00I think that's the point of a community.
01:01I think the point of a community and the point of a place to live is to provide you with the foundation that you need to explore other things.
01:08And a lot of areas fail at that.
01:10But this particular place is fantastic.
01:11I mean, I haven't lived here that long.
01:13And I know so many people.
01:15And this shop, for example, they always give my dog a carrot.
01:18You know, so stuff like that really helps you.
01:21They're caring, yeah.
01:22Yeah, very caring people, you know.
01:23No one judges you.
01:24You kind of feel like you're a part of something much larger than yourself.
01:27And I feel like I've never been happier.
01:29And honestly, and I'm not just saying that for the camera, I've never been happier than living around here.
01:34Wow, that's amazing.
01:36Thank you so much for that.
01:37I appreciate it, man.
01:38I'm with Michael from Billbrook.
01:40Michael, tell me why you choose to walk three miles around to Techno most days of the week.
01:45It's just a nice walk.
01:48We're coming through all the houses and church and everything.
01:50But going back, we can go straight through the golf course, which is fresh air.
01:55Fresh air.
01:55And it's just such a beautiful, natural area.
01:58Do you come here to go into the town or anything?
02:00Occasionally, yeah.
02:01But mostly it's just a walk.
02:03What do you think about, like, I don't know, the people that you meet in Techno?
02:07What do you think about the community here?
02:08They seem very friendly, yeah.
02:11And the shops are a bit different.
02:14The shops are different.
02:15They've got lots of nice independent shops, I mean, that set it apart from other areas nearby.
02:20I mean, how is it very different to Billbrook to you here?
02:23There's not really a lot of shops in Billbrook.
02:27So, yeah, I mean, it's a nice little change for you to come and experience a different scenery.
02:32Yeah.
02:32Yeah, lovely.
02:33Thank you so much, Michael.
02:34Okay.
02:35Hello, everyone.
02:36We're here in Techno.
02:37We're at Mode Men's Fashion Shop.
02:39I'm with Mark, the owner.
02:40Hi, guys.
02:41How long have you had your wonderful shop here for?
02:43Six years.
02:44Well, seven years in January.
02:46Oh, wow.
02:46Next year would have been here now, yeah.
02:47Lovely.
02:47So it's gone fast.
02:48And I know that you were saying you've got people coming from all over.
02:51Yeah.
02:52Manchester, even.
02:52Yeah, yeah, Manchester.
02:53Yeah, yeah.
02:54Mods come from all over, too.
02:55So you've got Manchester, Birmingham, all over Wolverhampton, and all over, like, Shropshire,
03:00Staffordshire, right?
03:00So, but here in Techno, what do you like so much about having your shop here in the heart
03:05of it?
03:06I think for me, to be fair, it's the people.
03:08So it's the kind of, the customers that we're getting, so they're all kind of, you know,
03:12they've all got similar interests.
03:13So they like similar fashion, similar music, scooters, that kind of thing.
03:17But it's also the other businesses.
03:18You know, everyone's just so friendly.
03:20Even people that don't come in the shop, you know, they might pop there and just have
03:22a chat.
03:23So it's that community spirit of Techno, I think, really.
03:26And Wolverhampton.
03:27I love that so much, actually.
03:29And also, I feel like the business is here.
03:31Like, you've got this lovely little strip down here.
03:32Are you all quite close here?
03:34Tell me a little bit.
03:34Yeah, yeah, we're all really close.
03:35Everyone helps each other.
03:36We all kind of shop with each other, you know, so we'll get coffees next door and, you know,
03:40just banches off each other, I suppose.
03:42How lovely.
03:43And tell me about the hairdressers next door.
03:45That's a bit special.
03:46So, yeah, yeah, the hairdressers next door is my wife.
03:48So she's been there six years as well.
03:50She was in Finchfield previously for 14 years.
03:52And the opportunity came up for this unit, so we just went for it.
03:56Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:56Lovely.
03:57Thank you so much, Mark.
03:58Pleasure.
03:58Pleasure.
03:59So we're with Nina and her lovely salon here right next door to Moe, her husband Mark's
04:04shop.
04:04So, Nina, how long have you had your salon here?
04:06So we've been here now for six years.
04:08Six years.
04:09Oh, around the same time as Moe?
04:10Yeah, we moved in.
04:11And I think it was a month later.
04:12Yeah?
04:12Oh, how lovely.
04:13And it's right in the heart of Techno.
04:14What do you love so much about your business and the people that you get to meet?
04:19Oh, we've got some beautiful clients and we've had them for a long, long time.
04:22Our clients are really loyal, so we were in Finchfield.
04:24They moved and followed us up here.
04:26And then sort of new clients have joined us along the way.
04:29And they're just such friendly people, you know, just lovely.
04:32We're really, really lucky, actually.
04:33Our clients are just so lovely.
04:35And then working down here was just really, really nice.
04:38Mine's just like the lanes in Brighton.
04:40Yeah, it does.
04:40It's a beautiful area, actually, and all of Techno really is.
04:43So, I mean, do you live here in Techno as well?
04:45I live in Codsul.
04:46Oh, Codsul.
04:47Not too far.
04:47Yeah, not too far.
04:48It's literally a seven-minute drive.
04:49Yeah.
04:50And so coming here in such a beautiful area, I mean, what's this area like to you as a whole,
04:55you know?
04:55I think it's just so, it feels a little bit, it feels quite luxurious, actually.
05:02And it's just, everybody's really, really, really friendly.
05:05Everybody in the village gets on really well.
05:07All the shops work really well together.
05:10Even though there's quite a lot of hairdressers here, there's room for every day.
05:14So, there's never that sort of competition here.
05:16Everyone just sort of helps each other out.
05:20And we just feel really lucky, you know?
05:21It's just out of the town.
05:24It's just lovely.
05:25Oh, that's wonderful.
05:25Thank you so much.
05:26Yeah, it's got a lovely feel.
05:30Chicken.
05:30Yeah, so we're with Sal and Rachel here, who have come for a little trip in Techno today.
05:35So, what do you ladies like about your day out so far in Techno?
05:39The sunshine for a start.
05:40Yeah.
05:41And we've had a lovely lunch in Coco.
05:43And Rachel bought a sausage roll for her husband because he couldn't join us.
05:49And it's halfway for us between Shropshire and Litchfield.
05:53So, that's why we moved here.
05:54Oh, yes, because Rachel's from Litchfield and you're from Shropshire, Sal.
05:57So, is it the first time you come for a day out in Techno together?
06:01It is, isn't it?
06:01We've been to Codsall before and done a couple of days out, haven't we?
06:05But Telford we've done.
06:06Yeah.
06:07But this is rather lovely, yes.
06:08We were ladies who lunch yesterday.
06:11Ladies who lunch in Techno.
06:11Yeah, and what do you think about the surroundings?
06:14Yeah, pretty.
06:15And apart from, yeah, we've had a little car parked for three hours, haven't we?
06:17Yeah.
06:18Oh.
06:18That was good.
06:19Yes, because all the parking is for one hour.
06:21So, you have to know if you want a bit longer.
06:23And I just think the green is so beautiful here.
06:26And in the spring, it's all got crocuses and daffodils on.
06:30And it's absolutely beautiful.
06:31Yeah.
06:32So, it's gone over now.
06:33But, yeah, it's beautiful.
06:34Well, I hope you ladies enjoy the rest of your day in Techno.
06:35We will.
06:36Really nice to see you.
06:37Okay.
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