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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
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
Three Ashes, Oakhill
We used to stay at Three Ashes, Stoke Hill with my grandparents most summers in the fifties. They were called Moore. My mother (now deceased) was called Enid Moore and was brought up by her grandparents, John Moore a quarryman and his wife (I do not know her first name). Her mother was called Edith Florence May Moore, but we were brought up to call her auntie. Does anyone out there have any memories/photos of the area. I would be most obliged as I am trying to trace my family tree to give to my grandson.
Many thanks
Linda W
A memory of Stoke St Michael contributed by lnda wilson
Rodden farmchurch and brook near FromeSomerset
I lived at Easthill estate halfway up Styles hill. I have countless childhood memories of exploring the parish of "Rodden". The farm and church was a playground for me as achild.If i remember correctly a Mr Patterson lived in the farm, he would let us camp in the field next to the weir in our summer holidays. He would also let us use his boat, it was yellow i think... We would put it in the brook just before the bridge near to the church. the bridge was so low we would have to lie down in the bottom to get under it! I also remember in afield near by the remains of what looked like archways just above grass level...never ...read more here
A memory of Rodden contributed by jt davies
Extracts From Mells & Somerset books
This is a good view of the
village and St Andrew’s
church. Note the pony
and trap setting off for
the road to Frome to
the left of what is now a
general store and post
office. On the riverbank
there is now a small
pumping station.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
A view of the south
porch. St Andrew’s
Church was built in
the latter part of the
15th century of oolitic
limestone in the
Perpendicular style.
Buried in the graveyard
now is Monsignor
Ronald Knox, who lived
for a time at the Manor.
Siegfried Sassoon and
Lady Violet Bonham
Carter are also buried here.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
The church was restored
in the 19th century when
part of the roofing was
renewed. A stone pulpit
replaced the earlier
wooden one, and the
old Jacobean pews were
largely replaced with
new ones. Each of the
pew ends are different,
and were carved in the
village. The stained glass
for the windows was also
produced locally.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
These cottages lie on
the road down from
the school, one of the
first church schools in
Somerset. The thatch
looks so picturesque
today. The signpost
beyond directs the
driver to Frome on the
right and Coleford to
the left. The ‘halt’ sign
looks less strident than
those we are used to today.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
Here six roads meet.
By now the car has
replaced the pony and
trap. The road ahead
leads to the centre of
Mells. The fine houses
are an indication of
Mells’s prosperity
during the time when the
woollen industry
was thriving.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".