Strawberry Line Times: when Banwell was bombed in World War Two – and Weston-super-Mare suffered its own Blitz
When Banwell and Weston-super-Mare were bombed by Harry Mottram Just over 70 years ago saw the start of World War…
Strawberry Line Times Feature: when Italian soldiers were prisoners of war in Somerset
Somerset has been enriched by immigrants since the year dot. Although it’s Syrians, Afghans, Ukrainians and Sudanese immigrants who make…
LOOKING BACK – VIDEO: My mother Mary Mottram on Television South West’s gardening program in the 1980s
Mary Mottram appeared on a gardening programme presented by Terry Underhill Gardening For All for Television South West. She spoke…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES: The Res – the mirror to the sky – why the near circular Cheddar Reservoir in Somerset photographs so beautifully (especially at sunrise and sunset) although including the swans and geese in the picture is rather more tricky
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES: The Res – the mirror to the sky – why the near circular Cheddar Reservoir in Somerset…
Strawberry Line Times feature: Bridgwater Railway Hotel
This article was written in 2014 for the Bridgwater Mercury. One of the scandals of recent times is the neglect…