Frome 3 give us the run around

Two endurance athletes who have run at least 10km (six miles) every day for the past year plan to "finish with a flourish" in Bristol on New Year's Eve.

Jim Plunkett-Cole and Neil Taylor will mark the 365th day with a circular 74km (46-mile) run around the city.

The pair, from Frome, Somerset, began the challenge on 1 January, along with eight-year-old dog Alfie.

Throughout the year the trio have run some 2,800 miles, so far raising more than £6,500 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and Positive Action against Cancer charities.

Asda Extension Plan

Frome Leisure Centre

In need of a complete update. 

Coleford recycling centre

Don't eat the Cheese

The Frome and District Agricultural Society was founded in 1861 with the aim of staging a "Great Exhibition" of the two local specialities, cheese and butter.

In the autumn of 1861 the first Frome Cheese Show was held on a Wednesday in the Market Yard and cheese was both exhibited and sold. It was reported that Messrs Gayton of Trowbridge bought 28.5 tons of Cheddar cheese.

Mr Carey used his own family history and photographs to record changes in farming practice in parallel with the development of Frome Cheese Show. His talk was illustrated with photographs ranging from early shows on the Market Yard to today's activity at West Woodlands.

In 1919 the show moved to Fromefield and, after gradually acquiring more of the available land, remained there until 1998.

It flourished at Fromefield but by the 1990s it was clear that the show had outgrown its accommodation.

There is now a permanent show ring and a livestock village at The Woodlands which hosts the hundreds of cattle, sheep and goats which compete for class and show honours.

A countryside pursuits area has been created along with a nature reserve. Cheese continues to be at the heart of it and has its own pavilion and the show, as a whole, continues to thrive.


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Cork Street

Cork Street from B3090

Frome's tunnels

Frome's historian Terry Cliss, made a mention of Frome's Tunnels.

Here is what he has shared.

Little Jack Horner?

The nursery rhyme says:

Little Jack Horner sat in the corner

Eating his Christmas pie,

He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum

And said "What a good boy am I!"

This nursery rhyme that was taught to young children and we learned it by rote. But we never knew what it meant. But with the aid of local historian Terry Cliss we are getting to the bottom of this pie. 

The Dippy ~ Have Your Say!

A SERIES of events are being organised to encourage people to have their say on what they would like to see done in The Dippy.

F1 McLaren passing through

Frome's Georgian Buildings

ARCHITECTURAL historian Amy Frost, the collections manager of the Building of Bath Museum and curator of Beckford's Tower and Museum, was speaker at the Frome Society for Local Study and the Frome and District Civic Society November talk.

Bath is famous for its Georgian buildings and the names of the architects became well known beyond the city boundaries.

Despite the fact that Frome is so close to Bath and that, in Frome, Thomas Bunn was so keen to emulate (overtake) Bath in the architectural stakes there would appear to be very little known of the work of Bath architects in Frome.

Orchardleigh

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Orchardleigh (also spelled Orchardlea) is a country estate in Somerset, approximately two miles north of Frome, and on the southern edge of the village of Lullington. It comprises a Victorian country house, the Orchardleigh Lake with its island church, and an eighteen-hole golf course. Various accommodation is provided, both in the house itself and at adjacent lodges and cottages in the extensive grounds.

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Awarded for Bravery.

A FROME Special Constable has been awarded a Royal Humane Society Bravery Award after saving a drowning man in Frome.

At an Avon and Somerset Police ceremony in Taunton, Special Constable Steven Cook received the award after he waded into the river near the Cheese and Grain in the town to save a man from drowning in January of this year. Despite the freezing conditions and steep banks, he managed to drag the unconscious man out of the river and saved his life.

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• Friday, November 22, 2013

New Homes Planned

AN OUTLINE application to build 58 homes at TH White, in Frome, has been recommended for approval by planning officers.

Next Wednesday's planning committee will be deciding whether to go with the recommendation and allow the development in the main yard and buildings of the agricultural merchants' business on the east side of Vallis Road.

The site was identified for housing in Mendip District Council's local plan in 2002. So far the council has received six letters highlighting possible problems the new houses could pose with overlooking existing properties and increased traffic on the busy road with no traffic calming. Some neighbours fear there are too many houses proposed for the size of the site.

Planners believe the site is within a reasonable distance of local facilities and services. The developers will be putting two bus stops on the site.



This is Somerset ~ Thursday, November 14, 2013

Britains WW2 Defense was in Nunney

The following was contributed by Historian Terry Cliss, of Frome.

Nunney is holding a World War 2 exhibition about its involvement in the war.

This information had been held in secret for many decades, but at last it is known by all and sundry that Nunney was one of Britain's secret plans to defeat Nazi Germany in WW2.

The Nazis had come across information that there is a castle in Nunney which could have prevented their invading Britain. The Luftwaffe and German Paratroops had been organized to do a drop in Nunney to take the castle and so minimize Britain's resistance. So the British War Office had organized a new division of Dad's Army to prevent the castle being taken. The Home Guard and Captain Mannering were put on full alert to prevent this happening at all costs.

Now it is to be revealed at the Nunney in World War Two exhibition. It will be fascinating to learn of this.

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What the press say:

Public Witnessing.

Many living in Frome are used to Jehovah's Witnesses knocking at their door. The local congregation have now added the above form of public witnessing to the streets in the town. This is because many of us are not at home when they knock. They feel their message is important and all of us should have a chance to listen to it.

Two Witnesses stand quietly with a trolley in the town centre. No need to worry that they will pounce on passers by, as they are instructed to stand quietly by the side of their trolley. They will answer Bible related questions and the interested pedestrian may obtain free any piece of literature on display.

Welshmill Lane

At lower end of Welshmill Lane we find this new building. Since I took this picture they have completed the building which is a Care-Home.

The previous pictures taken of the Riverside Walk were taken just off Welshmill Lane.[10]

Frome waterside walk

As I walked this day into Frome town centre, I had parked on Welshmill Lane and followed an elderly man on his electric scooter. He and his wife were also heading to the market square.

Starting from Weshmill Lane [10] and heading to the Cheese Market [11] is small but pleasant path. This path runs alongside the the river "Frome".

I had wanted to take more pictures of a kiddy's play [10] area and a skateboard park [12]on my left. But as there were many youngsters frequenting it, I did not want to draw attention.

See [10] [11] [12] on the map of Frome