Harry Mottram

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SOUTH BRISTOL VOICE FEATURE: Red Star Bedminster FC: how it all began back in 1987

By Jon Stephens: They called themselves Red Star Bedminster – after Red Star Belgrade – not the Post Office. It all started in October 1987 when myself and Mark Newman – we were friends who had recently moved to Bristol from Durham – met up to think about having a kick-about on a new artificial 5-a-side pitch at Windmill Hill City Farm.We managed to amass six people for that first game – nobody…

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Bath Voice What’s On in March: story time in the library, Elevate Festival, USA photography exhibition at the American Museum and Heathers The Musical

MARCH 6, 2023 Regular events in BathMondaysWidcombe Choir. Widcombe Social Club. 7.15-9pm. For details see the Widcombe Association website.TuesdaysCentral Library with Bath La Leche League. Meet the friendly breastfeeding support for mums. 10-11.30am. Details at Email: [email protected] or call 01225 339023 (Mara) or 01225 317631 (Helen).Old Theatre Royal Tours. Guided tours every…

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Rapscallion Magazine Theatre Review: Tink is fabulous, funny and true to life - Kat Kleve flies in Lizzy Connolly’s coming of age fairy fable

Tink. Review. Tobacco Factory. There’s a change between our heady days in Primary School when we confidently fly with ambition – to a fall when the hormonal confusion of Senior School crushes us. Social conventions, acne, peer pressure and bullying knock the confidence we once had. Set in the round on a circular pink floor with a minimum of props but over hung with numerous light bulbs Kat…

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Axbridge News: gas pipe work in Jubilee Road set to last into March as the network is upgraded in readiness for hydrogen and biomethane

By Harry Mottram: Wales and West Utilities are currently updating gas pipes in Jubilee Road in Axbridge with the work scheduled to last until March 9, 2023. A set of two way traffic lights have been installed along with ramps and pedestrian diversions. Residents should have received letters informing them of the work. The utility firm state on their website: You’ll notice signs and safety…

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Axbridge News Comedy Review: the Hartlepudlian on dogs, Nazis and being blind – David Eagle’s Flying Solo show wows in Axbridge Town Hall (but not everyone enjoyed it)

‘Being blind I have super powerful hearing’ says David Eagle as he steps onto the small stage in Axbridge Town Hall. ‘In fact,’ he continues ‘I can read your mind. Is David Eagle blind – is the first question people whisper to their friend in the audience – but I can hear them.’ He then talks about the most popular online searches when people Google his name. They are: ‘Is David Eagle Blind?’ and…

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Axbridge News: major changes to bus routes announced by First Bus while the 126 service continues from Axbridge to Wells from Libra

FEBRUARY 23, 2023 By Harry Mottram: Bus operator First West of England has made major changes to bus timetables a services starting on April 2, 2023. They cover mainly Bristol, Bath, South Glos and North Somerset. The news is part of a raft of changes and revised bus timetables to come on April 2, 2023, which bus operator First West of England said will add 3,000 hours of bus journeys in the…

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Rapscallion Magazine Theatre Preview: a modern fairy tale at Bristol's Tobacco Factory featuring Kat Kleve in Tink

DID YOU KNOW FAIRIES ARE BORN BIG? Tink was a BIG, brilliant, young fairy. Until one day, in a tragic cliché, Tink began to shrink… In this thoroughly modern coming of age musical monologue, we join Tink on her journey from childhood to adulthood. Can she find her lost light and re-write the fairy story that she began a long time ago? This intimate play with music inspires you to stand tall…

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Bath Voice News: nurses at the RUH to pause industrial action next week as talks with the Government begin

FEBRUARY 22, 2023 By Harry Mottram: Next week’s planned industrial action by nurses in Bath has been put on hold after it emerged the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) were to hold talks over pay and conditions with the health secretary Steve Barclay. Walk outs had been planned for next Wednesday and Thursday across the country with nurses in A&E and intensive care joining the strike for the first…

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Bath Voice Business News: one in, one out – Southgate’s River Island is set to close although a competitor will take its place

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 By Harry Mottram: Bath has lost several retailers in the last few months with the latest one set to close this month when River Island in St Lawrence Street shuts its doors. Along with stores in Harrogate, Shrewsbury, Lancaster and Lemington Spa the Lewis family who own River Island began a so-called restructuring process in 2020 cutting some 300 jobs, seeing the departure of…

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Axbridge News: updates on the lights in Shute Shelve Tunnel

By Harry Mottram: Opened in 1869 and closed in the Beeching cuts of the 1960s the former Cheddar Valley Railway connected Wells to Yatton but is best known today as the Strawberry Line cycle path and walkway. Located between Axbridge and Winscombe is the 165 metre long tunnel which in 2016 was closed for several months while Bristol Water put in a pipeline in the floor of the tunnel. Reopened…

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Axbridge News: Charities get funding boost from the town's annual progressive supper

The Axbridge Progressive Supper held on Saturday, December 3, 2022, raised £2,000 for local charities. The Committee behind the event of Zoe Hebden, Kirsty Edwards, Paul Hughes, Harry Mottram and Margaret Cowey donated £500 each to the Axbridge Heritage Trails, Axbridge Carnival, Axe Valley Mens’ Shed and Cheddar valley Plus Foodbank. The Progressive Supper is a community charity event in which…

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Axbridge News: A disconcerting incident involving suspected illegal hunting near Wedmore in Somerset

By Harry Mottram: Further to a recent post on the Axbridge Community Facebook site about hunting – this may be of interest to some. When cycling to Wedmore this afternoon (Saturday 4th Feb, 2023) a hare ran out in front of me on the B3251 from the left field and ran along in front of me before entering the field to my right and ran at speed up the field and disappeared. At that point I heard…

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Bath Voice Features: Look back to when criminals were executed in Bath’s prison

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 By Harry Mottram. It’s an uncomfortable truth but until 1868 convicted criminals could be executed by hanging in public.The last man to die this way was Michael Barret, an Irish Republican who was hung outside Newgate Prison in London in front of around 2,000 people who taunted him with songs and insults as he died.By then public opinion and those of many MPs had shifted in…

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Look Back: Bath Voice - the real reason why Bathonian Bill danced away with the Strictly Come Dancing glitter ball

It wasn’t just female fans of the BBC TV show Strictly Come Dancing who cheered when actor, musician and comedian Bill Bailey won the coveted Glitter Ball trophy in December – but men of a certain age as well.For Bill Bailey not only looks like a large section of the Great British blokedom with his shapeless sweat shirts, thinning hair and pot belly, but at 55 was almost a mirror image of how…

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Bath Voice Feature: From John de Porta in 1230 to the 21st century mayors

Ralph Allen By Harry Mottram: When the first known mayor of Bath John de Porta took office in 1230 England was at war on two fronts.Just over the border in Wales Llywelyn the Great was on the war path battling the Marcher Lords and on occasion Henry III as he consolidated his power in Cymru.And across the English Channel the king was at war with the French as the monarch battled over the spoils…

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Axbridge News: A full house for the Axbridge Pageant Day of Photography and Film

Press photos of the 1967 pageant were on display By Harry Mottram: There was standing room only for the Axbridge Pageant Day of Photography and Film in Axbridge Town Hall this month. Held on Saturday 14th January, 2022, a series of events unfolded throughout the day beginning with an exhibition of photographs and original items such as the script for the drama from 1967. George Tyte had a…

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Axbridge News: The annual Progressive Supper has been provisionally planned for Saturday, December 2nd, 2023.

The Annual Axbridge Progressive Supper features three course meals at different locations in the town The annual charity dining event attracted more than 150 people last December raising £2,000 for local charities. These were: The Axbridge Carnival, The Axe Vale Men’s Shed, The Axbridge Heritage Trail and the Cheddar Foodbank. The presentation of cheques will take place on Saturday, February…

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