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Daisy Bane recalls her time on the Frome Carnival Committee
 Daisy Bane recalls her time on the Frome Carnival Committee 704 768 Mercer Design
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Daisy Bane helped with Frome Carnival for 27 years. She and her husband decorated the floats and Daisy looked after many of the Carnival Queens read more
Bill Ellis remembers the making of Frome’s Father Christmas float
 Bill Ellis remembers the making of Frome’s Father Christmas float 598 708 Mercer Design
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Bill Ellis and his father both worked at Wessex Engineering. Here he describes converting a Bedford truck into Frome’s popular Christmas float read more
Bob Norris talks about his farming life at Sandy’s Hill Farm in Frome
 Bob Norris talks about his farming life at Sandy’s Hill Farm in Frome 905 1024 Mercer Design
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Bob Norris followed his father into farming. He discusses the changes that increasing mechanisation brought to the industry read more
Gloria Wingrove remembers her childhood on a Lullington farm
 Gloria Wingrove remembers her childhood on a Lullington farm 225 271 Mercer Design
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Gloria Wingrove talks about growing up on a farm, helping to care for young animals, collecting wood and growing vegetables read more
Lin and Brian Walton recall their dairy farm in Spring Gardens
 Lin and Brian Walton recall their dairy farm in Spring Gardens 876 768 Mercer Design
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Lin and Brian Walton talk about how they built up their goat husbandry and ice cream business at Cherry Tree Farm in Frome read more
Keith Higgins remembers his work in the dairy industry
 Keith Higgins remembers his work in the dairy industry 661 768 Mercer Design
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Keith Higgins talks about his farm work and his jobs at Oldford Creamery in the days when it was owned by Express Dairies read more
Jeff Smith talks about his early enthusiasm for plants and gardening
 Jeff Smith talks about his early enthusiasm for plants and gardening 692 768 Mercer Design
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Jeff Smith describes how he sold plants from a young age. As an young man he worked in different nurseries and began a gardening business read more
John Burge helped his father to deliver beer to Frome pubs
 John Burge helped his father to deliver beer to Frome pubs 750 727 Mercer Design
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John Burge recalls helping his father with beer deliveries from the Lamb Brewery and United Brewery to the pubs in and around Frome read more
Trevor Biggs remembers Wilson and Scotchman of Keyford
 Trevor Biggs remembers Wilson and Scotchman of Keyford 661 768 Mercer Design
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Trevor Biggs remembers his apprenticeship in the coppersmith department of Wilson and Scotchman and their premises at the Cooperage read more
Ron White recalls growing up near the Market Yard
 Ron White recalls growing up near the Market Yard 778 1024 Mercer Design
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Ron White describes playing in the Market Yard as a boy and recalls seeing livestock being unloaded for market near the Cheese and Grain read more