Bond fans queued round the block to be there at the Wellesley cinema’s Skyfall premiere. The new 007 film opened simultaneously at over 700 cinemas around the UK, and for once our local picture house was right there in the front row. “We’d sold 170 tickets in advance, which is pretty much a record but …
Stuck for a Christmas present for one of the men in your life? If they are cricket fans then the just out book; ‘Somerset Cricket The Glory Years 1973-1987’ might just bowl them over. It’s published by Wellington’s , Halsgrove Press. The book is a visual history of the best years of Somerset county cricket …
WELLINGTON’S newest community group, Wellington District Rotary Club, marked its debut with a highly successful launch party at the newly-refurbished Somerset County Museum. Prince Edward had opened the venue only 48 hours before, so the museum looked shiny and spectacular. All but one of the 25 founder members of the new club were in attendance, …
After a distastrous weekend for sport a week ago, both major Wellington teams are at home today for key matches. The rugby club’s 1st XV entertain Bideford, a strong side placed second in the league table with only two losses from ten matches. With a young and relatively inexperienced side Welly will do well to …
Wellington Operatic Society is searching for young actors to star in ‘Oliver’, next spring’s production at The Wellesley. The process of finding them and turning well-behaved youngsters into convincing urchins and pickpockets will take six months., Director John Walker and Choreographer Charlie Evans held the first of two ‘Oliver Workshops’ at the Arts Centre in …
Anna Gorman has just taken on a run-down Wellington pub with a mouldy reputation and is breathing new life into it. The Dolphin has been re-born with a new style, new look and new team. This landlady knows what’s she’s doing. Anna has spent the past 10 years building up the Prince of Wales, Gloucester …
After the children and families at Sampford Arundel School celebrated a traditional Harvest Festival at the village church with songs and poems. the children visited the older members of the village community and presented them with harvest gifts. During the service older children presented their work on healthy eating and children in Class One performed …
Jason Nicholls, head of PE at Courtfields School, has just won the British BMX championships – 24 years since he last won a national title at the age of 13. Jason kindly took a few minutes off from teaching football and hockey to do an exclusive Q & A with Around Wellington: 1. What exactly …
Wellington 34 – Penryn 21 Wellington welcomed Cornwall’s oldest rugby club to the Athletic Field hoping to reverse their fortunes after the last couple of weeks.They took to the field with a much changed front row with Lee Wadham and Ricki Waygood stepping up from the Seconds together with Anthony Gill out behind. Early exchanges …
Prince Edward opened Langford Budville’s fantastic new Jubilee Hall on Monday. The village began fundraising for the project almost 30 years ago, so it’s been quite a long wait. “We were the only village our size in the whole of Somerset without a hall and that was the big factor that persuaded the National Lottery …
For those of us who like to make an early start to Christmas shopping, the Craft Fair at Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm offered an ideal opportunity to stock up on jewellery, cards, toys, glass, cosmetics, clothing and gifts of every kind – and have a cuppa and a cake at the same time. Warm …
