Lynda, Dorian and Ryland Higgins are celebrating their tenth anniversay at the Half Moon Inn, Clayhidon with a mini festival this weekend For much of the UK pub trade it has been a disastrous decade, with more than 13,000 pubs forced to close as they failed to weather two great storms – the smoking ban …
Two Wellington Farmers’ Market traders are celebrating after being selected as Local Food Heroes. The awards, run by neighbouring food festival Burnham-on-Sea, seek to celebrate rural traders who are championing the value of high-quality produce, driving forward their businesses and encouraging other traders to do the same. “Legglands Orchards have unparalleled provenance and attention to detail to create a …
Wellington has a fishmonger again. Five years after leaving the High St, and 12 years since he started as a Saturday assistant in Cornhill, Sam Cunningham is back in business, on Fore St next door to Perry’s. “It’s great to be back,” said Sam. “I’m going to be selling fish straight from the trawlers at …
Staff at Rumwell Farm Shop are celebrating after winning a prestigious silver award for one of their marmalades at this year’s Marmalade Awards. The Jam Kitchen at Rumwell Farm Shop won the award for its ‘Glorious Grapefruit & Lemon Marmalade’ at The World’s Original Marmalade Awards in Cumbria. Anne Mitchell, Co-Owner of the …
The Green Dragon in South Street has opened its door to customers once again. Extensive refurbishment has transformed the 250 year old pub into a comfortable bar and restaurant with a stone-flagged courtyard and an additional downstairs seating area. Styling has preserved an old-world charm with vintage clocks – all displaying the time accurately – …
Heavenly Teas at Number Ten may be a new outlet in South Street but, for owner Sue Young, its opening this week marks a return to her roots. Sue said, “I’ve come home! I was born in Wellington and went to school here. I’ve been away for 30 years but came back during holidays and …
Jamie and Becky Holmes will be the managers at the Green Dragon in South Street when it reopens on Friday 15 April. Jamie and Becky are currently Wellington Conservative Club’s stewards, in charge there for more than 6 years. Before coming to Wellington they ran a small pub in Bradford-on-Avon and, when The Green Dragon …
Eggheads and quizzers are invited to a Charity Carvery & Quiz Evening at Rumwell Farm Shop on Friday 11 March. The event promises fun, food and fund-raising for a good cause as the evening is in aid of the Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment (SURE). Joint Owner Anne Mitchell called on all local quizzers …
Customers at Rumwell Farm Shop are being invited to support the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance by ‘buying yellow’ this year. The service will receive 10p from each sale of a dozen large free range eggs and each bag of sherbet lemons throughout year. Yellow has been chosen as it matches the organisation’s corporate colour. Anne Mitchell, …
The Taunton-based charity Somerset Sight has received a £1,000 boost from Rumwell Farm Shop. The money was raised from a series of events throughout 2015, including one related to the eggs sold in the shop. Anne Mitchell, Joint Owner of the farm shop and café, said, “Somerset Sight was one of our chosen charities …
Adele and Mark Tarry, owners of The Globe at Milverton, are celebrating 10 years running the award-winning gastro pub on 1 February. Given the number of pubs that have closed during that period, this achievement is cause for special celebration. They’ll mark the occasion appropriately with lots of ‘specials’, all based around the number 10. …
