YEOVIL NEWS: Yesteryear calendar 2016 now on sale

THE Community Heritage Access Centre has published its 2016 Yeovil calendar.

Now in its third year, the calendar is produced by the CHAC team and funded by Arts Council England.

This year’s calendar takes in a broader perspective than previous editions.

Heritage information assistant, Joseph Lewis, said: “With the 2016 Calendar, we reflect a period of time from 1880 to 1960, to illustrate Yeovil’s past and the collection of photographs held at the Community Heritage Access Centre.

“For example, we range from a photograph of the Borough, taken by keen Yeovil amateur photographer Henry Stiby around 1880, to a view of the underground toilets and the Britannia Inn, in Vicarage   Street, around 1965 - now part of the Quedam Shopping Centre.

“In this way, we aim to encompass the within living memory angle and also images which have now slipped into history, for the title “Yeovil in the Past.”

PHOTO – TOP: The front cover of the calendar shows 3,000 Yeovil Town FC supporters at Yeovil Town Station about to board six special trains to see the Glovers take on Manchester United in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup of the 1948-49 season.

PHOTO – RIGHT: A busy shopping day in Middle Street with the George Inn and Chubb Bakers taken in Easter 1959.

The calendars are available at £6 each or two for £10. Please add £1.50 for postage and packaging.

To order one, contact Joseph Lewis at joseph.lewis@southsomerset.gov.uk or send a cheque made payable to South Somerset District Council to: CHAC, SSDC Lufton Depot, 7 Artillery Road, Lufton, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8RP.

Calendars will also be available from:

• Yeovil Tourist Information Centre, Petters Way, YeovilBA20 1SH.
• Cartgate TIC, Cartgate Picnic Area, A303/A3088, Stoke Sub Hamdon, near Yeovil, Somerset, TA14 6RA.
• The Emporium, 39 Princes Street, Yeovil, BA20 1EG.
• South Somerset District Council's offices at Brympton Way, Yeovil.

South Somerset District Council’s heritage spokesman, Cllr Nick Weeks, said:  “The calendar in previous years has sold out very quickly, which shows the level of interest in the history of Yeovil.

“The calendar is a fantastic opportunity for residents to take a good look at the history of Yeovil through 2016. Each month's picture is very interesting and will get you thinking about just how much the town has changed over the years.”

Any profit from the calendar sales will go towards the care of the historic collection at CHAC and also secures the production of the calendar in future years.

PHOTO – ABOVE: The summer sale at Denners in Yeovil’s High Street in July 1945.