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used to live here
Our Dad was the local GP. We lived at The Delmere from birth till aged 12. We both have very fond memories of the village and have been back a couple of times 1946 - 1958
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used to live here
Our Dad was the local GP. We lived at The Delmere from birth till aged 12. We both have very fond memories of the village and have been back a couple of times 1946 - 1958
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 Nunney & Somerset books
Nunney, lying just south-
west of Frome, has a fine
medieval church and the
romantic ruins of a castle.
The George Inn sign spans
the entire road, clearly
indicating its position.
During the prosperity of the
wool trade in Frome, work
was farmed out to people
in Nunney; clothiers called
weekly delivering wool and
collecting spun yarn.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
The church lies behind a huddle of dilapidated cottages
lining the Nunney Brook; here, wool was washed during
the busy years of the cloth trade. Today the cottages are
all restored. They have small gardens overlooking the
brook, which is home to many ducks.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
The castle, surrounded
by a moat, was fortified
and crenellated in the
French Bastille style by
Sir John de la Mare in
1373. It was a Royalist
stronghold during the
Civil War; it was attacked
by the Roundheads and
then ‘slighted’ (rendered
unusable). The most
attractive manor house
on the left dates from
the 18th century, but
it is thought to have
medieval origins.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
Here we see Nunney at the north-east end. The house in the foreground, built in 1820, was the church school
house until 1896, when it became known as the Church Rooms. The lane on the left is locally called Donkey Lane;
it leads to one of the mill sites belonging to the Fussells Ironworks. The road out takes you back to Frome.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
The church lies behind a huddle of dilapidated cottages
lining the Nunney Brook; here, wool was washed during
the busy years of the cloth trade. Today the cottages are
all restored. They have small gardens overlooking the
brook, which is home to many ducks.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".