• Steaming through Frome!

  By LoveFrome at 21:09 on 29/06/11

  

  Three steam locomotives will be making the journey from Frome to the seaside this summer. Hurrah! Every Sunday from 17th July until 11th September The Railway Touring Company will be running a weekly service to Weymouth in Dorset , called The Weymouth Seaside Express. The 1929-built '4936 Kinlet Hall', the '5029 Nunney Castle' from 1934, and the 1951 '70000 Britannia', will pull vintage carriages on the four-hour trip. Departing from...

• Frome pedestrians get a rough deal from Somerset Highways

  By Fromereporter at 23:08 on 22/05/11

  

  Local residents and parents of pupils at St John's First School have been shocked by the appearance of distinctive County Council spray marks on pavements indicating 'improvement works' for the Saxonvale development will soon be started by Somerset Highways. The works at the key Garsdale junction will include removal of drop kerbs used by the disabled and people with pushchairs and 30% reductions of the pavement widths along the busy...

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