LEISURE: Climb aboard South West Coaches for some great days out
Posted: 3rd October 2016
LEISURE: Climb aboard South West Coaches for some great days out THE Yeovil-based South West Coaches has got some great day trips planned for later this month. The firm will be travelling to Tavistock Goose Fair on Wednesday, October 12, 2016; and then a trip to Haskins Garden Centre and Bournemouth on Sunday, October 16, 2016; and then a day out on Saturday, October 22…
LEISURE: Great FREE golf offer at Cricket St Thomas
Posted: 27th September 2016
THE Cricket St Thomas Golf Club is offering a FREE Autumn Golf Special Offer for those wanting to make more use of the club’s social facilities. People who pledge to spend £250 in the bar and restaurant (or £450 for couples) will receive FREE golf until April 2017 at the club near Chard. It is that simple and there are no catches or time limit to spend the £250. For more…
LEISURE: The show must go on – despite society chairman having to miss out
Posted: 26th September 2016
THE chairman of Chard Entertainment Society, Neil Wells, has had to pull out of his role in the group’s forthcoming show while he recovers from illness. Neil had been expected to play the role of David Horton in the Chard Carnival week show, The Vicar of Dibley, to be staged at the Guildhall in Fore Street on October 5-7, 2016. But his recovery from radiotherapy…
LEISURE: Quiz night with the Mayor
Posted: 15th September 2016
THE Mayor of Ilminster is giving people plenty of time to get prepared and put on their thinking caps for a fundraising quiz night later this year. Cllr Val Keitch will be holding the quiz on Friday, December 2, 2016, at the Ilminster Bowling Club in Shudrick Lane, Ilminster, from 7.30pm in readiness for an 8pm start. It will cost £12 a head and will include a finger…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: In the frame for South Petherton Carnival Day
Posted: 10th September 2016
MEMBERS of South Petherton Photographic Society will be showing off their photos during their annual one-day exhibition today (Saturday, September 10, 2016) as part of South Petherton Carnival Day. The exhibition will be held at the Blake Hall in South Petherton between 10am and 4pm and members will be showcasing their different photographic interests and styles. A…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Lions present cheque to Musgrove children’s unit
Posted: 5th September 2016
MEMBERS of Ilminster Lions Club have presented a £1,000 cheque to the neonatal intensive care unit at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton which cares for premature babies. Dr Chris Knight gave Lions Club members an extremely informative insight into the work of the unit and the use of incubators and special heated mattresses including the very specialised equipment for…
LEISURE: Day trips with South West Coaches
Posted: 3rd September 2016
THE Yeovil-based South West Coaches have got some great day trips planned for the next couple of weeks taking in the famous Widecombe Fair, the Welsh delights of Cardiff and the picturesque Somerset seaside resorts of Lynton and Lynmouth. See the details below and go to South West Coaches’ website for more details about the individual trips. Tuesday, September 13, 2016…
LEISURE: Zembard Singers are back for a second year
Posted: 3rd September 2016
THE Chard-based Zembard Singers will start their second year later this month following the summer break and will look to hit the right note once again. After a successful first year, the Zembard Singers reconvene on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, for the start of their second year. The choir was founded by Trevor Lloyd Jones this time last year, after 40 or so keen…
LEISURE: Cloverleaf Singers stage The Gondoliers
Posted: 2nd September 2016
THE Cloverleaf Singers will be staging a concert version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera The Gondoliers at Combe St Nicholas village hall this weekend. The opening performance takes place tonight (Friday, September 2, 2016) and then again tomorrow (Saturday, September 3, 2016) at 7.30pm. There will be lots of super singers including a number of the talented local…
LEISURE: Great music line-up for Party on the Park
Posted: 27th August 2016
FINAL preparations are being made ahead of tomorrow’s (Sunday, August 28, 2016) Party on the Park at Ilminster Recreation Ground. There will be lots going on with stalls, displays, attractions and refreshments – plus lots of live music. The music will kick-off at 12.30pm with The Elvis Experience starring Jon Whitlam. There will then be local band Edge of Knowhere at…
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