A new business group, which held its inaugural meeting on Zoom last week, is aiming to unite local businesses and promote the town of Crewkerne. The catalyst for forming Crewkerne Business Group was a business breakfast morning, organised by Crewkerne Town Council and held at the George Reynolds Centre in…
A stipa gigantea in the Church Street flower bed was recently cut back as it was obscuring the view of road signs at the junction with Market Street. The ornamental grass with tufts of foliage and spikes of flowers has now been removed completely and will be replanted by Crewkerne…
The next remote viewing meeting on Zoom of Crewkerne Town Council, on Monday July 27th, will follow on from the Annual Meeting of the War Memorial Commemoration Trust at 6.45 pm. On the agenda for the full council to consider are two quotations for the installation of air conditioning in…
A washing machine was stolen from the bathroom at Clapton Farm Caravan and Campsite, some time on July 19th. The campsite, situated in a rural setting close to the Somerset and Dorset border, has only recently reopened to visitors, in line with the Government’s Covid-19 health and safety guidelines. A…
Crewkerne Library has announced the winners of its recent poetry competition, which was open to all age groups, with the theme of Happy Days. In the under 10’s section of the competition, the winner is Evie Howe, a pupil at St Bartholomew’s First School. Evie’s winning poem, A Happy Summer’s…
Handel’s oratorio, ‘Hail the Conquering Hero’ played 160 years ago by brass bands from Beaminster and Yeovil at the opening ceremony of Crewkerne Railway Station, was played on euphonium by John Coleshill on Saturday morning. The musical piece, written in 1747 by German born British Baroque music composer, Georg Friedrich…
Free bags of food will be available weekly from a new food distribution point in the town centre. Michael and Kate Fox have set up Crewkerne Community Kitchen which is kindly being hosted, out of normal business hours, by Bar 5 in Market Street, on Thursday mornings from 10.30 am…
The Ladies and Gents toilets in Falkland Square reopened earlier this week, with health and safety signs in place, to remind people to keep to the recommended social distance and wash their hands. The single toilet for those with disabilities, at the end of the block, for which a key…
