Category Archives: Out and about

“Dad, please try not to look like a lost tourist.” My son admonished me on the telephone. He had tried to explain to me how to buy a Leap card to use on the trains, trams and buses. With travel … Continue reading →

Outside the Classic Cinema in Yeovil, the colours of the poster remain unfaded in my memory.  Paint Your Wagon was a musical with Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. It was 1970 and not only was the film on release but … Continue reading →

An online search for Samuel Rawson Gardiner’s 1886 History of the Great Civil War revealed that the 1886 edition of the three volumes was available for £750. Finding the books on the shelves of the library, I turned to Gardiner’s … Continue reading →

A pre-war record of the parish from Kelly’s Directory. My favourite line is the reference to the production of  “large quantities of cider.” HIGH and LOW or NETHER HAM form a parish, 3.5 miles north from Langport West station on … Continue reading →

Fought in July 1645, the Battle of Langport was a significant victory for Cromwell’s New Model Army in its campaign against Royalist forces. The army of the Royalist general Goring was routed and driven back to Bridgwater.   Sir Richard Bulstrode, … Continue reading →