Elves from Stoodley & Son who served hot chocolate drinks and cakes on Lighting Up Night raised £80 in donations for next years Christmas lights. Funeral director Tracey Warren joined Ellie Collins at the stall in the George Shopping Centre after appearing live on ITV Westcountry news with presenter Ben…
Father Christmas arrived at the Open Day at Crewkerne Railway Station by train. The festive event, organised by the Friends of Crewkerne Station included a photographic exhibition of snow scenes at the railway station in the winter of 1962/63 and 2017/18. There was also a raffle, mince pies kindly supplied…
Crewkerne Library stayed open later on Lighting Up Night and offered children the chance to decorate Christmas shaped biscuits with marshmallows and seasonal coloured icing in red, green and white. The library’s Christmas raffle for a Yankee candle advent calendar proved a great attraction and was won by a lady…
Crewkerne & District U3A’s Local History group heard of an appeal to rebuild a World War Two dive bomber when they welcomed David Morris at their monthly meeting. David who is the Curator of Aircraft in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton said: “I want to appeal to…
The first cryptic clue on a Sunday morning radio programme Clueless with Richard Lewis on BBC Somerset & BBC Radio Bristol led the Somerset broadcasting team Luke Knight and Andy Bennett to Crewkerne. Listeners are invited to phone, email and tweet the answers to the clues, which are read out…
FilmCrew present a canine tale of strange beauty when the Isle Of Dogs takes to the movie screen at Wadham School auditorium on Friday December 7th at 7.30 pm. Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion tale begins with a scene setting prologue from ‘Before the age of obedience’ and fast forwards to…
Christmas events began at the George Reynolds Centre on Thursday evening with a craft fair and festive cafe. A variety of stalls offered a range of crafts and gifts for Christmas, including handmade decorations and cards, knitted and crochet items, jewellery, cushions, hand finished chocolate and fudge and Harry Potter…
A Crewkerne woman celebrated her 97th birthday with friends after a Body Awareness and Stretching session in the Unitarian Chapel Hall on Thursday morning. Beatrice McMorris has been attending Carol Stephenson’s weekly workout, designed to benefit older people in a supportive and non competitive environment, for the last 18 months….
Creative ideas flowed at Crewkerne’s first lantern making workshop organised by the Crewkerne Christmas Committee. The free event in Victoria Hall attracted people of all ages and was run by Richard Godden of PlayArt Education which is based in Ilminster. PlayArt specialises in producing dramatic sculptures and creations from a…
A five year old rescue dog helped at the Christmas Fayre run by the Yeovil & District Branch of Cats Protection in the Henhayes Community Centre on Saturday morning. Wilf helped Santa as he welcomed children and gave them a present. Wilf’s owner Mary Dawe who is Branch treasurer said:…
