LEISURE: Madame Tussauds including the Star Wars Experience
Posted: 23rd March 2016
YEOVIL-BASED South West Coaches will be running a trip to London and the famous Madame Tussauds waxworks attraction which now includes a special Star Wars Experience exhibition. Founded by the wax sculptor Marie Tussaud, Madame Tussauds is now a major tourist attraction. Today's wax figures include historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars and famous…
CLUBS AND SOCIEITES: Branston visit for 1st Ilminster Beavers
Posted: 15th March 2016
THE Ilminster Beavers were treated to an exciting tour of the Branston potato factory at Seavington as part of the national Farm to Fork project. Twenty-five Beavers visited Branston’s South West site to learn everything there is to know about potatoes as part of the Farm to Fork initiative backed by Tesco. The tour gave the Beavers the opportunity to learn how potatoes…
LEISURE: Arundells and Salisbury Cathedral
Posted: 10th March 2016
A TRIP is being organised by Yeovil-based South West Coaches to visit Arundells – the home of former British Prime Minister, Sir Edward Heath – on Sunday, March 20, 2016. The house reflects Sir Edward’s time in public office and contains collections of paintings, musical and sailing memorabilia along with bronzes and oriental pieces of artwork just as they were when he…
LEISURE: Museum of London including Metropolitan Police Crime Exhibition
Posted: 10th March 2016
NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN objects from the Metropolitan Police Crime Museum have gone on display for the first time in a major exhibition at the Museum of London. The Yeovil-based South West Coaches will be running a trip to the Museum of London on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Since its establishment by serving officers in the mid-1870s the Crime Museum has previously only been…
HOLIDAYS: Easter Parade at Rocamadour in France
Posted: 10th March 2016
WITNESS the spiritual Easter procession by candlelight at Rocamadour in south-western France – with a trip being run by Yeovil-based South West Coaches. The six-night holiday is being run by Wednesday, March 23, 2016, until Tuesday, March, 29, 2016. People will be able to enjoy the Easter procession on the Saturday (March 26, 2016) evening as it winds its candlelit way…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Braving the Dartmoor snow for Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Posted: 28th February 2016
MEMBERS of the Rotary Club of Ilminster braved the snow on the hills of Dartmoor in order to attend the final day of this year’s Rotary Youth Leadership Award programme. Rotarian Owen Paterson, who organised the participation of this year’s entrants from Ilminster, said: “This is one of the most rewarding things that we do as a club and is a real opportunity for us to…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Ilminster ATC welcomes high ranking visitor
Posted: 26th February 2016
CADETS at the Ilminster squadron of the Air Training Corps welcomed a very important visitor earlier this week to their headquarters. THE former Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF, Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, in his role of Wing President of the Devon and Somerset Wing Air Training Corps, regularly visits squadrons and takes a keen interest in the training of Air…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Brewers Arms receives CAMRA award
Posted: 22nd February 2016
THE Brewers Arms at South Petherton has been named as the Pub of the Year by members of the Somerset branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. Branch members and chairman Phil Edmond went along to the Brewers Arms to congratulate landlord Duncan Webb and the team on their success. Phil said: “It’s a fantastic pub and really deserves this award. We have some great pubs in…
LEISURE: Easter Egg Hunt at the Recreation Ground
Posted: 18th February 2016
EGG-CITING fun is being planned for next month on the Ilminster Recration Ground with the annual children's Easter Egg Hunt. This year’s event – being co-ordinated by the Party on the Park organisers and Ilminster Lions – will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2016. Funds raised from the event will go towards the costs for this summer’s Party on the Park event. It is expected…
LEISURE: Big thumbs-up for Ilminster Party on the Park
Posted: 18th February 2016
ORGANISERS of the annual Party on the Park event in Ilminster have been told that it has become a key social event in the town’s calendar. Members of Ilminster Town Council’s open spaces committee gave organisers their blessing for the Party on the Park to be held at the Recreation Ground in Canal Way on Sunday, August 28, 2016, from midday to 8.30pm. There will be live…
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