Author Archives: Ian

I would like a pink polka-dot bra

Posted on 17th April 2023 by Ian

The summer holidays are just seven weeks away. On Saturday, 3rd June, I shall sail for Cherbourg: a week touring the battlefields of the Western Front (with Juno Beach in Normandy and Dunkirk added to the First World War sites). … Continue reading →

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A puddy place

Posted on 12th April 2023 by Ian

Supper at the Podymore Inn gave the opportunity to read a reproduction of a 1791 history of the parish. PUDDIMORE-MILTON is a parish situated in a flat marshy country (whence the name) on the east side of the Fosse-road, two … Continue reading →

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Another relegation

Posted on 11th April 2023 by Ian

Before the days of the present National League, the top levels of non-league football were  the top divisions of the Southern, Northern and Isthmian Leagues. Yeovil Town played their matches in the Southern League Premier Division. The 1970s were a … Continue reading →

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Republican publicans

Posted on 9th April 2023 by Ian

Eli’s is having a tea party to mark the coronation in May. The American branch of the family who now have the pub have a mischievous sense of humour, the music for the afternoon is to be provided by a … Continue reading →

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How often did someone travel from High Ham to London in the Sixteenth Century?

Posted on 5th April 2023 by Ian

It seemed unlikely that the web would provide much information about a Sixteenth Century Rector of High Ham. To find him mentioned in a 2010 PhD thesis was a real surprise. Katie M. Nelson’s doctoral thesis Thomas Whythorne and Tudor … Continue reading →

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