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My last year in Frome
I was born and raised in Frome, West End and then we moved to Green Lane. We emigrated to Canada, I did not want to leave Frome at all. I still miss home!. The pretty streets and the steep hills. I can remember swimming in the river, and fishing in it. Every Wednesday going to the market after school to pet the animals. Mum used to buy us fish for dinner every Friday night at a fish shop on Cheap Street. Still to this day I swear it was the tastiest fish I have ever had. The long walk to school (Selwood Secondary) I would not go to Oakfield School (a stone's throw away from Green Lane), I really still do ...read more here
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The Oldest House
Frome's 'Oldest House' or 'Pepperpot' has a chequered past even in recent times. I moved to Frome in 1992 when it was being used as a Travel Agents and looked fairly run down. It then remained closed for a number of years except at christmas time when it was used as a charity card shop. The upper floors of the building have faux tudor styling, the ground floor is laid out to plate glass. It fell into disrepair and suffered from Frome's Saturday night broken window epidemic on several occasions - which now seems to have thankfully passed. However, it has recently been restored and redeemed itself since re-opening as 'Le Strada', the best coffee house in town (in my opinion), ...read more here
Contributed by Julian Hight
Somerset memories
My last year in Frome
I was born and raised in Frome, West End and then we moved to Green Lane. We emigrated to Canada, I did not want to leave Frome at all. I still miss home!. The pretty streets and the steep hills. I can remember swimming in the river, and fishing in it. Every Wednesday going to the market after school to pet the animals. Mum used to buy us fish for dinner every Friday night at a fish shop on Cheap Street. Still to this day I swear it was the tastiest fish I have ever had. The long walk to school (Selwood Secondary) I would not go to Oakfield School (a stone's throw away from Green Lane), I really still do ...read more here
A memory of Frome contributed by First name Last name
The Oldest House
Frome's 'Oldest House' or 'Pepperpot' has a chequered past even in recent times. I moved to Frome in 1992 when it was being used as a Travel Agents and looked fairly run down. It then remained closed for a number of years except at christmas time when it was used as a charity card shop. The upper floors of the building have faux tudor styling, the ground floor is laid out to plate glass. It fell into disrepair and suffered from Frome's Saturday night broken window epidemic on several occasions - which now seems to have thankfully passed. However, it has recently been restored and redeemed itself since re-opening as 'Le Strada', the best coffee house in town (in my opinion), ...read more here
A memory of Frome contributed by Julian Hight
Extracts From Frome & Somerset books
The foreground of this
view is now entirely
obscured by trees and
hedging. The railway line
is no longer visible. The
spire in the middle back-
ground is the church of
St John the Baptist. The
chimneys to the right of
the area are a reminder
of Frome’s industrial past.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
An idyllic rural scene
from Rodden meadow
on the edge of town.
In the middle distance
is the spire of St John’s.
On the left we can
glimpse the River Frome.
Today this view is entirely
obscured by trees.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
This quiet scene belies
the fact that behind the
camera Willow Vale gives
way to the busy town
mill. The boarded-up
shop is now a thriving
cycle shop. The stone
bridge parapet has
been replaced by blue
railings. T Walls, whose
sign advertises the livery
stables, was closely
associated with the
Misses Bull, who ran a
restaurant in the Bull Hotel.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
The stone screen, designed
by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville in
Tudor Gothic style, was
built in 1814 to dignify the
entrance to St John’s. There
has been a church on this
site for 1300 years. The
present one dates from
1100, but was largely
rebuilt 100 years ago.
The iron gates and railings
were later removed to fuel
the war effort.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
From Welshmill, going
up Innox Hill, you
discover this lovely
church built in 1864 and
designed in early English
style by the Frome-born
architect C E Giles. Sad
to say, the trees have
been felled.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".