All 35 pupils at Sampford Arundel School have left a lasting memorial to Diamond Jubilee year in the form of a tiled ceramic mural set into the wall of the main building. Each tile carries the initial of the child or teacher who made it. The artwork was made by children and staff under the …
Sampford Arundel School celebrated their annual sports day on one of the few sunny evenings of the summer. Children competed in a range of running, skipping and obstacle races culminating in the traditional school “marathon”. Parents and children then enjoyed a barbeque and refreshments organised by the friends of the school. The photograph shows Evan …
Wellington Farmers’ Market is now open on two Saturdays each month (the first and the third) in the Scouts’ Hall behind Fore Street – good news for local people who value quality food, produced locally and to a high standard without the use of preservatives and additives of any kind.. It’s not only high quality …
As the summer term ends Wellington School’s Deputy Head, Stephen Page, is retiring having been on the staff for 21 years. He was appointed in 1991 when former Deputy Head Alan Rogers became Headmaster following the sudden death of John Kendal-Carpenter in 1990. At the time the school had been without a Deputy for several …
Meet Wellington’s newest and youngest entrepreneurs, Samira Nadim and Olivia Mumford , both 18. Together they’ve formed Follies Vintage Corner and are selling and hiring out elegant clothes of another era from a stall in the new craft market above the Old Sale Rooms. “We’ve been friends since we started at Courtfields School together,” said …
On a weekend when the weather caused everything from flower shows to pig racing to be cancelled actross the district, 30 painters, printers and glass makers doggedly turned out to make the town’s first Art Boot Sale a modest success. “We had to hurriedly re-think our plans to be outdoors in the school playground under …
On Sunday at Wimbledon, players through to the second week may have had a day off but there was plenty of tennis action on the courts of Wellington Tennis Club. Whilst Andy Murray was recovering from his late night action on Saturday against Marcos Baghdatis sixteen of the club’s players were competing in a Jubilee …
New this week from Wilkie, May & Tuckwood 6 Higher Mead, Hemyock, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 3QJ This beautifully presented 4 / 5 bedroom detached executive style family home is set in the popular village of Hemyock and offers well balanced living accommodation throughout. The property further benefits from double glazing, oil fired central heating, …
The Tour de France will focus more attention on cycling than at any other time of the year, especially with Britain having a possible overall winner in the form of Bradley Wiggins and a media pin-up in Mark Cavendish. Wellington is a really active cycling community with the Wellington Wheelers being one of the most …
Ed Ling, Wellington’s very own Olympian, is in the final stages of his preparation for the London Olympics which opens for competition on 28th July. Ed is one of the UK’s team of 11 shooters competing in three events which take place at the Royal Artillery barracks in Woolwich. Ed’s event – the Olympic Trap …
