I shouldn’t have had that last glass of wine the night before the 10K in Bath.Well, several glasses of wine but it was a wedding reception for a couple of friends and I couldn’t celebrate with lemonade.And so it was with a headache and a woozy feeling that I lined up in the Brickfields in […]
Liberty Steel’s impending collapse as furlough ends; private school shuts after 222 years; and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s film company owing millions to suppliers The GFG Alliance that includes the UK’s Liberty Steel is likely to collapse when the furlough scheme ends at the end of September according to industry insiders. Its demise would see thousands out […]
REVIEW: The Midnight Library, By Matt Haig Nora has a choice when she enters the Midnight Library after her attempted suicide: to die or to live her unlived lives. The librarian Mrs Elms organises her options of rock star, swimmer and pub landlady amongst others which each in their way appear to initially to be […]
Over 25 households on West Avenue, Oldfield Park, joined together in the street’s second annual sunflower growing competition, a project that originally started during last year’s lockdown to bring the community together. This weekend, 22 August, saw the finale with Mayor of Bath, Councillor June Player measuring each entry independently. The winning plant reached a […]
The Axbridge Children’s Trail is up and running – it features 25 places of interest to follow beginning at the Town Square and ending at the playground on the Furlong Field. Pick up the leaflet at the Museum and see if you can follow the trail and getting spotting. The website www.axbridgeheritagetrails.com explains how the heritage trail […]
Every single home in Axbridge was once a new build with some suggesting that perhaps when it comes to development ‘enough is enough.’Unlike some towns new builds and new estates in Axbridge have been fairly small in size caused in part by the limited land available – squeezed as it is between the Mendips and […]
The former mayor of Axbridge Barbara Wells has been talking about the team of women behind the vast number of costumes produced for the Axbridge Pageant. Barbara Wells who leads a team of 25 volunteers to make the costumes along with Jackie Fowler. See the video here: https://youtu.be/kjpydFDwsww The Axbridge Pageant is set to take […]
In an interview with Radio Somerset this morning the Axbridge Chamber of Commerce’s secretary Harry Mottram conveyed the feelings of the town’s business community about Royal Mail’s closure of the sorting office. He said: “The Sorting Office has been run very successfully for 150 years and there is no reason to close it other than […]
The Chamber of Commerce in Axbridge have moved to support the establishment of the town’s proposed heritage trails following a donation to help get the project up and running. Brief reminder of the scheme: A website, www.axbridgeheritagetrails.com A Heritage Trail for all, encouraging local people and visitors to walk around out historic Town and finding out […]
New law to fight fraud The passage of the Ratings (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill through parliament this summer is slow and complex but its eventual passing will be welcomed by ICSM boss Ian Carrotte. “It’s about time,” he said, “it’s a tightening of the law that is long over due as the […]
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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The Rapscallion is an occasional online magazine written and illustrated by Harry mottram. Last issue included:
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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
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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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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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