Christmas lights switch-on in Yeovil
Posted: 11th November 2013
THE countdown to Christmas will officially start in Yeovil on Thursday (November 14, 2013) with the switching-on of the festive illuminations. More than 40 new displays have been put up this year to help make the town an even more attractive place in which to visit and shop. The lights are funded by Yeovil Town Council – with contributions from South Somerset District…
Yeovil joins the nation - We Will Remember Them
Posted: 11th November 2013
SHOPPERS, office and shop workers and those who wanted to pay their respects gathered in Yeovil town centre this morning (Monday, November 11, 2013) to mark Armistice Day. The siren at AgustaWestland sounded to start a two-minute silence at 11am to commemorate the moment when the guns went quiet to signify the end of the First World War. A short service preceded the…
Two hundred and twenty-six men from Yeovil went off to war and didn't come home
Posted: 11th November 2013
THE nation will fall quiet at 11am this morning (Monday, November 11, 2013) to mark Armistice Day – the moment when the guns fell silent to signal the end of the First World War in 1918. A short service will take place at the War Memorial in the Borough of Yeovil before a two-minute silence at 11am. The siren at AgustaWestland is expected to be sounded to mark the…
People gather to pay their respects on Remembrance Sunday
Posted: 10th November 2013
HUNDREDS of people descended on Yeovil town centre this morning (Sunday, November 10, 2013) and gathered around the War Memorial to pay their respects to those that had lost their lives during times of conflict. A parade of servicemen and women, both past and present, as well as youth organisations marched to the War Memorial before civic dignitaries arrived and took…
We Will Remember Them
Posted: 10th November 2013
THE people of Yeovil will converge on The Borough today (Sunday, November 10, 2013) to pay homage to those from the town who have lost their lives in the First World War, Second World War and subsequent conflicts – the list of names here makes sombre reading and we urge you to read them. The War Memorial in the town centre was unveiled and dedicated in July 1921. The…
Lest We Forget on the eve of Remembrance Sunday
Posted: 9th November 2013
SERVICES of Remembrance will take place across the South Somerset area tomorrow (Sunday, November 10, 2013) as the district joins the rest of the nation in remembering those who have died in conflicts and wars at home and abroad. There will be a parade through Yeovil town centre tomorrow morning with a service at the War Memorial in the Borough where wreaths will be laid…
Abseil coins in cash for Flying Colours Appeal
Posted: 9th November 2013
ORGANISERS of the Flying Colours Appeal hope that around £11,500 will have been raised from the charity abseil held today (Saturday, November 9, 2013) down the side of Yeovil District Hospital. Around 50 daredevils took the plunge and the money they raised will go towards the £500,000 campaign to build a bigger and better special care baby unit at the hospital. Community…
Wessex Truck Show hands out money to charities
Posted: 9th November 2013
ORGANISERS of the first-ever Wessex Truck Show in Yeovil handed out cheques worth £2,000 to two worthwhile Somerset charities today (Saturday, November 9, 2013). Representatives of St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice and the British Institute for Brain Injured Children, better known as BIBIC, went along to the Fox and Hounds pub at Charlton Adam to receive £1,000 each. The…
Firefighters thank people for support
Posted: 9th November 2013
FUNDS for the Fire Fighters Charity was boosted today (Saturday, November 9, 2013) with a charity car wash at Martock Fire Station. The firefighters were kept busy during the day with a steady stream of people who went along to get their cars given a good clean with a donation to the charity. The firefighters would like to thank everyone for their support. PHOTO: Drivers…
Hospital abseil for Flying Colours Appeal
Posted: 9th November 2013
YEOVIL District Hospital will be hosting a 100ft abseil today (Saturday, November 9) in aid of the Special Care Baby Unit to help towards the campaign to raise £500,000 needed to build a bigger and better unit as part of the Flying Colours Appeal. All participants will receive a medal and a certificate on completion of the challenge and anyone that raises over £125 will…
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