Margaret Whorlow began working at the Co-op store in Palmer Street, aged 14, and continued to work there through the Second World War

The Paniccia family had a shop on Naish’s street in Frome. Pauline Rogers worked in the factory and drove the family ice-cream vans

Ken Miller describes how took his ironmonger’s van around the villages, before moving to his shop in the Westway Precinct

Jim White began work in his father’s shop on The Bridge in 1957. He later moved the business to Cheap Street before selling up in 1987

Judith Loughlin tells us about running the Barnardo’s shop in the Kingsway Precinct and her role in working with volunteers

Margaret Vaughan opened the Settle Restaurant in Cheap Street in 1975 after a career as a shepherdess. Her daughter later opened La Strada

Quintyn Howard-Evans reflects on his time as an estate agent and recalls how Cooper & Tanner once sold fruit, vegetables, poultry and eggs as well as houses

Diane Rouse arrived in Frome as an evacuee. She and her mother settled here and started a fashion shop on Catherine Hill, which she ran for 21 years

John Burge worked as a shop assistant at Fosters from the age of 16. He recalls the rivalry between the manager and assistant manager

Janet Ruddick has known Frome all her life. She and Diana Ingram recall the shops that used to be on Catherine Hill, from Badcox to the Market Place