STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES News: Axbridge Pageant 2020 organises a photo shoot to promote the event over this year’s August bank holiday weekend – here’s how to take part
The publicity photo shoot for the Axbridge Pageant went very well today – thanks to all involved – this is…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Feature: when the Nazis bombed the hell out of Somerset (and Edithmead and the railway at Highbridge near Brent Knoll was in the front line)
This article was written in 2015 by Harry Mottram for the Burnham and Highbridge weekly News. He’s updated it slightly but the…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Feature: when caravans cost £13 and had a bucket for a toilet – the evolution of the one of the most popular forms of homes from home with Somerset’s Highbridge Caravans business
In October 2017 Highbridge Caravan Centre was badly damaged in a fire that destroyed 161 caravans and £2m of damage.…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Feature: looking back at the Italian prisoners of war who settled in Somerset after 1945 and made a new life for themselves from shovelling coal to playing in a silver band in Burtle
Somerset has been enriched by immigrants since the year dot. Although it’s Syrian immigrants who make the headlines today but…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Business News: 2019 closes on rogue businessman who went on trading after ban by Insolvency Service (and now he’s got married in a lavish ceremony to a new partner)
The year 2019 has closed on a sorry chapter of dishonest trading by the business man Neill Stuart Malcolm John…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Feature: escaping the Blitz, cider, a twist of baccie and life on the Quantock Hills in 1940s Somerset when life was a little less hectic
This article was written by Harry Mottram for the Bridgwater Mercury newspaper in 2015. High up in the misty folds…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Axbridge Chamber of Commerce and Business News: Somerset Chamber of Commerce Events
Looking for great networking opportunities in 2020? Business to Business Lunch, South Somerset, January 22 Hornsbury Mill, Chard Our B2B…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Feature: Looking back to 1966 and all that with the Bridgwater Renegades keeping carnival alive in Somerset
This brief story was originally written in 2015 by Harry Mottram for the Bridgwater Mercury with some updating in 2020.…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Business News: join Axbridge Chamber of Commerce – for the self-employed and businesses in or linked to the town
Join the Chamber – the organisation for businesses in or connected to the town and the self-employed and interested parties…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Feature: When Highbridge had wharfs, a cattle market and one of the largest railway interchanges in the South West – and gambling took place at the Regal Club
When a factory hooter sounded at the end of the day in Highbridge – and you got paid in cash…