CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Fete and craft fayre with Ilminster Lions
Posted: 8th May 2016
ILMINSTER Lions are holding a fete and craft fayre on the Dillington Estate today (Sunday, May 8, 2016) from midday to 4.30pm. The fundraising group is celebrating 40 years of community service and yesterday staged a Kennel Club approved dog show at Dillington. There will be more four-legged friends on show today alongside the fete and craft fayre.
LEISURE: Sunshine and sand in Bournemouth
Posted: 6th May 2016
THE Yeovil-based South West Coaches will be running a two-night break down in the Bournemouth area later this summer where people will be able to enjoy the favourite coastal resort and surrounding area. The trip is being run from Sunday, June 19, 2016, to Tuesday, June 21, 2016, and people will stay at the Norfolk Royale Hotel on a half-board basis. The opening day of…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Cadets impress in bid to win award named after Ilminster’s Mr British Legion
Posted: 29th April 2016
YOUNG cadets from the Ilminster area were interviewed by members of the local branch of the Royal British Legion in a bid to win the Jack Sandy Shield of Excellence. Members of the Ilminster Squadron of the Air Training Corps and the Ilminster Platoon of the Army Cadet Force were interviewed earlier this month at the Minster Rooms by a group of panellists who were…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Love singing? Join the Ilminster Belles
Posted: 28th April 2016
AN OPEN Evening is being held in Ilminster next week for people interested in joining a fun-loving choir. The all-female Ilminster Belles choir will be holding the informal event at Greenfylde First School’s main hall on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. If you love singing, want to meet new people and interested about joining a choir – this could well be…
LEISURE: Quiz night for defibrillator appeal
Posted: 28th April 2016
A QUIZ night will be held this weekend at the Royal Oak pub in Ilminster to help raise funds for the ongoing defibrillator appeal. People are invited to go along to the pub in Ditton Street for the quiz at 7pm on Sunday (May 1, 2016) with a maximum of eight per team. It will cost £2 per person to take part in the quiz, while the winners will receive 50 per cent of the…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Masons support the Anthony Nolan Trust
Posted: 25th April 2016
THE Nyanza Masonic Lodge from Ilminster has donated £1,400 to the Anthony Nolan Trust. Each year the Worshipful Master of Nyanza Lodge gets to choose the charities that they want to support during their term of office – known as Mastership. Keith Green elected to support the Ilminster Brownies, Ilminster Youth Football Club, and the Anthony Nolan Trust which helps to…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Annual meeting for the Heritage of the Ile
Posted: 21st April 2016
THE Heritage of the Ile Trust meets tonight (Thursday, April 21, 2016) for its annual meeting at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster. A former chairman of Ilminster Town Council, Tony Goverd, will be the guest speaker at the meeting which will start at 7.30pm. Mr Goverd will give his presentation about the History of Herne Hill following the business matters of the AGM and…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster Beavers are planting for space!
Posted: 20th April 2016
MEMBERS of the Ilminster Beavers group are taking part in the Rocket Science experiment partnership between the Royal Horticultural Society and the UK Space Agency. The Beavers last night (Tuesday, April 19, 2016) planted 200 rocket seeds as part of the experiment which is being backed by British astronaut Tim Peake who has been at the International Space Station since…
LEISURE: Charity quiz at the Royal Oak
Posted: 19th April 2016
THE Royal Oak pub in Ditton Street, Ilminster, will be hosting a charity quiz this weekend where the winners will be able to decide which charity will receive some of the proceeds. It will cost £2 per enter and a maximum of eight people in a team with a 50-50 split between a cash prize for the winners and a charity of their choice. The quiz takes place on Sunday (April…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Recruitment evening at Ilminster Air Training Corps
Posted: 14th April 2016
THE Ilminster 2381 Squadron of the ATC will be holding a recruitment evening TONIGHT (Thursday, April 14, 2016) where new cadets can go along and get involved. The ATC meets at its headquarters in Shudrick Lane every Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7.15pm to 9.30pm and cadets get involved with a huge number of activities. These include flying fixed wing and…
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