Mid-Somerset Show: 172 years of farming tradition is ready for its day in the sun
‘The future of the show is healthy – we have come a long way in past decade’ Summer in Somerset is the time for farmers across the region to celebrate their work and show off their livestock to others in agriculture and the public at large. The Mid-Somerset Show is back on Sunday, August 20
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Mid-Somerset Show: 172 years of farming tradition is ready for its day in the sun
‘The future of the show is healthy – we have come a long way in past decade’ Summer in Somerset is the time for farmers across the region to celebrate their work and show off their livestock to others in agriculture and the public at large. The Mid-Somerset Show is back on Sunday, August 20…
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Taunton Town’s Jake Crump on his love of ‘helping club reach the masses’
‘Viral video took social media followers from 130 to 10,000’ Doing a job you love is always a huge life achievement and for Taunton Town Football Club’s Jake Crump, this is something he can tick off on his life goals list. Jake moved from managing a local team to being The Peacocks’ social media guru…
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Gloverscast founder Ian Perkins: ‘Transformation at Yeovil Town has been phenomenal’
‘I’d like to think we’re honest and give a good balanced view of things’ Being a Yeovil Town Football Club supporter in recent times has been akin to being punished for following the team and sport you love. In the darkest hours of recent seasons there was a chink of light that came through and…
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Clinton Rogers: ‘Life has never been busier since retiring from BBC’
‘The bright lights had no allure for me as Somerset is home – where I am happy’ Clinton Rogers was one of the most recognisable faces of the West Country over the past few decades as he anchored BBC news in Somerset and beyond. As with all good things though, it had to come to…
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Who are STORM? Top local band set to kick-off Yeovil Town fanzone
‘The past months have been like the old days, which is brilliant’ Yeovil Town Football Club open the gates to Huish Park for the first time this season and welcome fans to their game against St. Albans City in the National League South. While relegation was a hard hit to take, a new owner in…
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Read With Yeovil ‘combatting loneliness’ with vibrant group
‘If we can make just one person feel less lonely, our job here is done’ While the coronavirus pandemic brought the country to a standstill, in Yeovil a new book group was born and has flourished ever since. Read With Yeovil has a couple of main aims, to share a love of books and to…
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Inside Yeovil Literary Festival – what it takes to bring it to life
‘It’s quite impressive to have curated an established festival that has gone from strength-to-strength’ The Yeovil Literary Festival team have announced their headline authors for the latest incarnation of the book event that brings top names to South Somerset. Martin Hacker, the marketing manager at The Octagon Theatre in Yeovil, told Somerset’s Alive! the inside…
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Yeovil Dancecentre’s Lisha Allen set to unveil epic new ‘creation’
‘The Allen School of Dance, or YDC, is one of the longest running family dance schools in the UK’ Lisha Allen is the third generation of her family to run the Yeovil Dancecentre, also known as the Allen School of Dance or YDC, which was established in 1939. It is one of the longest running…
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James Bamford’s Project Dance is a ‘dynamic force’ ahead of homecoming shows
‘Dance has an unparalleled ability to unite people’ There is a significant amount of pride and joy in James Bamford as his Project Dance company head to Somerset for one of their biggest shows, the county that the founder and Artistic Director of the dance troupe calls home. On 5th August, Project Dance will perform…
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Yeovil Town’s Josh Staunton ‘felt duty to steer club to a brighter future’
‘Let’s have some fun on this journey’ When Josh Staunton joined Yeovil Town Football Club from Halifax Town in August 2020, little did he know that he would be taking the first steps on the path towards being a club legend, with his actions off the pitch being as significant as the ones on it.…
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