Click here to see the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1M56D6Qs80 This is a conversation between Harry Mottram and Dr Mark Freeman of UCL Institute of Education, University College ahead of the Axbridge Pageant 2020. The event takes place in the Square in Axbridge on August 29-31 over the bank holiday weekend. If you wish to take part in […]
Public meeting about the new development at Mendip View Residents attended a public meeting in Axbridge Town Hall on Monday, January 13, to hear a presentation for developing the old blackberry shop and land on Cheddar Road at Mendip View. The presentation by Stonewater housing association was to illustrate how the construction of new homes […]
Planning defeat and musical Anne Higgs The Cheddar Valley Gazette leads on the green light given to developers to build 53 homes on green fields in Axbridge. Maxine Irving writes: “There were long faces in Axbridge on Tuesday night as residents discovered that controversial plans to build houses off Houlgate Way had been given the go-ahead.” The story […]
Travel memoir REVIEW: The Salt Path. By Raynor Winn They walked around the South West Coastal path and to my annoyance dismissed my home town of Seaton as ‘a flash of 1950s time warp.’ Still I suppose by then they just wanted to get on with their 630 mile hike in their final push to […]
Details of the event will be released soon but the recruitment and information evening on Sunday, January 26th, is an appeal to those residents who haven’t yet signed up to come along and find out what’s involved. The Axbridge Pageant 2020 is over the bank holiday weekend in August, Saturday to Monday, August 29-31, in the […]
Harry Mottram gives a view on the controversial development in Axbridge of 53 homes to be built on green fields in the town Over the years I’ve covered several of these planning debates at councils across the South West. I cannot recall a single one where parish councils, town councils and residents’ groups have stopped […]
The controversial plan to build 53 homes on fields off Houlgate Way in Axbridge has been waved through by Sedgemoor District Councillors on Tuesday, January 12, 2020, writes Harry Mottram. The vote of 10 in favour and 2 against gives the developers Hannick Homes outline planning permission to go ahead to put forward further plans […]
The controversial plan to build 53 homes on fields off Houlgate Way in Axbridge has been waved through by Sedgemoor District Councillors on Tuesday, January 12, 2020. The vote of 10 in favour and 2 against gives the developers Hannick Homes outline planning permission to go ahead to put forward further plans to get the […]
Despite opening new restaurants this winter in south east Asia TV chef Jamie Oliver won’t have to pay most of the £83m in debts from his failed Jamie’s Italian outlets. Administrators KPMG said there would a shortfall meaning the 288 trade creditors such as food ingredient suppliers and even the cleaners will get next to […]
The inglorious 12th of January when retail liquidations begin Flog as much as possible from Black Friday to Christmas and the Boxing day and New Year’s sales and then shut up shop while there’s cash in the till. It may seem a crude statement but it is a truism that is not unknown in the […]
Currently Bristol Water are building a pipeline from Cheddar to Barrow using part of the Strawberry Line as their conduit for the work. Before this work they wanted to construct
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Join the Chamber – the organisation for businesses in or connected to the town and the self-employed and interested parties If you would like to join the Axbridge Chamber of
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Harry’s illustrations have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers. If you would like more information contact him on harryfmottram@gmail.com. There are more illustrations, cartoons and articles by Harry at www.harrymottram.co.uk
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From The House on the Square to Dodgy Keeper… Stretchmark Theatre stages plays written by Harry Mottram. It effectively began in 1997 with the pantomime Humpty Dumpty staged in Axbridge
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Stories relating to the area of the Strawberry Line between Yatton and Wells
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New book on one midwife’s journey Midlife to Midwife by Linda Mottram After a bad day childminding and following one too many glasses of wine, this book takes you through
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STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES – Theatre Review: And so it came to pass that an anarchic and highly enjoyable version of the Nativity took place with Kid Carpet and a hedgehog
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Harry Mottram regularly creates cartoons for a number of magazines and newspapers Sometimes they are one off for a particular feature, or as part of a feature he’s written, or
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