A SHROPSHIRE and Wem town councillor has appeared on the BBC’s Countryfile after the popular show came to the town last month.

The episode was shown on Sunday on BBC1, but was filmed at the end of March and featured Councillor Pauline Dee, who was talking to presenter Matt Baker about Soulton Long Barrow, where her husband Terry’s ashes are interred.

Soulton Barrow is only one of three new ones to be created and Cllr Dee reserved a space for her family with Terry before the barrow was built.

“It’s beautiful isn’t it,” she told Countryfile.

“When you go to a cemetery, it can be quite depressing, but here you have such beautiful workmanship.

“I try to come here once a month and when the children come over, they come for a look and the grandchildren too.

“The walk up to it is almost like a walk of remembrance in itself.

“This is what the countryside is all about and you’re able to show what England is at its best.

“I’m really glad to be part of it and I’ll be here forever.”

Toby Angel, from Soulton Long Barrow, told the show that the space was designed with a modern feel.

He added: “The barrow is designed for people of today and as more people choose cremation, these ‘niches’ are were people choose the urns.

“There are key points in the design which you have to be sympathetic to, such as the circle, which is very important.”

The presenter also spent time with artists and craft worker Netty Jackson, who makes stained glass panels for the niches.

Sunday’s show came exclusively from Shropshire, with Baker spending much of it around Soulton Hall in Wem, where he also spoke with owner and farmer Tim Ashton, who is looking to revolutionise the way that soil is tilled in order to prolong its use.

He told the programme: “The last time we ploughed our fields was five years ago.”