You are cordially invited to the Visitors Day breakfast meeting of the Blackdown chapter of BNI at the Beambridge Inn, Sampford Arundell, Wellington TA21 0HB, on Tuesday 29th January 2013 at 7.00am – 9.00am, where BNI Director Graeme Crosbie will share BNI’s secrets to success through “word-of-mouth” marketing. BNI is a business and professional …
News that Wessex Water is to auction Rockwell Green’s distinctive water towers has prompted a mixed reaction in the local community. For some, the sale promises a much-needed redevelopment of both the towers and the site; for others it signals a possible erosion of privacy if the towers are sold and converted into living accommodation. …
Wellington Cricket Club has started the fourth edition of their popular and successful winter coaching programme for young players in the past fortnight and already attendances are at the level they have been in previous seasons. The Club runs three sessions – each one hour in length – on Friday evenings at Court Fields Community …
Alice in Wonderland has its first night at the Wellesley theatre tonight. Let’s hope the snow doesn’t make too big a dent in what is traditionally a big turn-out for the Wellington Pantomime Group’s annual show. this year sees the addition of a Sunday matinee at 2.30pm, with three shows on Saturday at 10.00am, 2.30pm …
Year 10 students at Kingsmead School Wiveliscombe have reached the South West final of a Coca Cola sponsored national competition. Their task was to create a new ‘healthy soft drink’ for a target market of their choosing. They had to develop the new drink, design its packaging and create an on-pack promotion that would encourage …
As this month sees the loss of three of the fixtures of the British high street – Jessops, HMV and Blockbuster – I’m reminded of Wellington’s own loss. Three months ago Wellington Bookshop shut up shop. The posters in the window tell a sorry tale, the dog-eared “This is a happy place” and the more …
Last month Around Wellington published an appreciation of Dr John Cole, a former Wellington GP and by then terminally ill himself. Dr Cole died over the weekend and we have received this message from his daughter Alison: “Very sadly, my dear father, Dr John Cole, passed peacefully away in the early hours of this morning. He was …
Former Wellington School pupil Carly Bawden is heading for stardom in her role as Eliza Doolittle in the Sheffield Crucible’s production of ‘My Fair Lady’ which opened last month. The show is hotly tipped to transfer to the West End having received rave reviews in national newspapers. The DailyTelegraph said her performance was “remarkable. A …
The news that two local schools, Court Fields Secondary and Wellesley Park Primary, have both been judged by Ofsted inspectors as failing their pupils has generated an understandably strong reaction around the town. Few local residents are immune from the consequences – from parents of youngsters approaching school age to those with school-age children and …
THE QUERKS are a successful Wiveliscombe-based funk/rock/disco/pop party covers band. “We’re all roughly in our 40`s but you wouldn’t know it!( haha),” said singer Kate Burrows. “We are very diverse band with fiddle being our lead instrument. Unfortunately we’ve lost our guitarist and desperately need someone to take his place, ideally someone local to the …
Ofsted’s dismal verdict on Court Fields has attracted more comment to Around Wellington than any story since the website launched last summer. Here are the ones received so far. There has been no selection by the Editor to create either a favourable or an unfavourable view. Michelle Liggett Terrible but as we only have one …
