HEATWAVE LATEST:

 

 

Mirage reports 'on the increase'

Like our friends pictured above in the film Carry On Follow That Camel, several people have told us the hot weather this week has affected their vision with a handful of  'mirages' sighted across Langport and Huish Episcopi.

The phenomena are caused by shimmering heat on the horizon fooling human eyes in to thinking something's there that's not. 

2 days ago Carry On Langport asked locals and visitors to send in their experiences and many were received including dolphins on the Parrett, an Easyjet circling Pendra's, a litter bin between Tesco footbridge and the back of the Town Hall and a triffid spotted on Wagg Drove.

 

Staff at Kelways Nursery say they've now recaptured it and have apologised to the 7 hippies on the drove who got stung.

"Don't think they even noticed" said an eyewitness, "think they were off their tits anyway" 

However, many readers' messages about alleged mirages turned out to be true - they actually happened.

 They included a sighting of one of the Temperley sisters eyeing up the soon-to-close La Fleure premises on Post Office Corner (her website says she's opening in June), packaging for 5 new paddle boards dumped next to overflowing bins on Cocklemoor and a pair of socks floating down a stream in Huish Episcopi marked £22.00

Other 'real' visions - not mirages - included several multi-coloured roadworks markings on the ground around the entrance to the precinct (that'll be for the transport hub - let's hope they're not demolishing anything old and precious) and workmen measuring up and photographing the front entrance of the Langport Arms (work begins next month apparently) 

Sadly - not being genuine mirages - all of these had to be rejected from our postbag. 

NEWS JUST IN..... 

Just before we sign off, details of one more real mirage has just arrived in Carry On Langport's inbox so let's get that out now: 

Sitting at home in the stifling heat on Tuesday, a Bow Street couple claim they saw an online public update on the proposed parking fees in Langport but then realised that would be just daft.

(the public getting an update....not the parking fees)

Definitely a mirage that one folks. 

 That's it for today, thanks for the contributions including the one from a former water company employee who says "unless things change" he absolutely does not let his children swim in the Parrett.

 

 

(You lot can research and argue that one out among yourselves)

That's it for today, log in again soon! 

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Keeping the buggers on their toes since 2015

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Marshall Who???

Marshall Peanut!

Who remembers this band that played round these here parts in the 90s, did all the pubs, the farmyards, the festivals.

All local lads who partied hard with the teenagers and 20-somethings of the era.

Let's take a look.

This has resurfaced on a YouTube channel.

If you remember them, or WERE them even (we know you're still out there ladz) then enjoy this and say hello in the comments on Facebook...

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 [Still talking about Marshall Peanut 30 years after they split up]

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Flying Cow Alert!

 

Another golden oldie's been sent in from readers Linda and Shirley.

This was taken in the late 50s - perhaps 1960 - and the local young men from left to right are Ivor Lock, Chris Harwood, Brian Chorley, Terry Tilley, Ron Webb, John Treasure and Nigel Chorley.

Many thanks to those on the Carry On Langport Facebook page who helped identify them, Alan Burge in particular who reeled out the names in a flash!

We've also discovered that the location of the photograph is in the grounds of Burton Pynsent Monument.

Apparently, just after it was taken, the 7 young men ran for cover as a cow came crashing down out of nowhere

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Sorry Daisy, sorry Gertrude, we know it's part of your folklore

That's your Friday bulletin folks!

Quick bit of advertising before we sign off....

This is all this weekend at Westonzoyland:

and a reminder Langport 'Club Day' - a.k.a The Langport & District Friendly Society Walk - is on Saturday 23rd of this month, Long Sutton's is the Saturday after.

And a heads-up for carboot sale fans - sellers & buyers alike - the next one on the field down near Westover is a week Sunday, that's May 24th.

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'The Leader of the Pack' 

Established 1953

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More oldies from days gone by....

 

 

Yet another batch of fantastic old photographs of yesteryear have surfaced.

This top one's a beauty! Filled with people many of us know and knew, it's the opening of the primary school swimming pool in 1963.

Cutting the ribbon is Taunton woman Janet Franklin who was an olympic swimmer, to her right is Eli Scott who was not only the landlord of you-know-where but also a school governor and there looking on proudly to Mrs Franklin's left is a man many of us remember....our old headmaster Mr Coles!

And what about all those parents and kids surrounding the ribbon-cutting? See anyone you know? 

 Sadly the pool, a huge asset to the school and where many of us learnt to swim, was built over and never replaced around 40 years later.

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This one's a great line-up of the Langport & Huish cricket team in 1963.

They include Chris and Mike Harwood, plenty of other names needed here if you see anyone you remember.

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This next one was taken at the Royal British Legion bar, upstairs at the town hall, in the late 1960s after a pool [snooker?] match.

 

The men include Ron Trott, Bernard Rogers, Chris Harwood, John Nicholas, Jack Dagworthy & Tony Overd.

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Finally this last one is Pankhurst's Garage on Bow Street, where the blue-painted building and archway are today opposite the old church (now 'party house')

The man on the right is Chris Harwood. 

 

A great peek back through time, many thanks to Shirley Nicholas and her daughter Linda for these.

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 Established 2015

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ANYONE GO TO THE CARBOOT?

 

The Verdict:

A great venue, a huge turn-out and perfect weather saw hundreds of people turn out at the new carboot sale at Langport this afternoon.

Let's wish the event well which we understand may be every other Sunday.

And let's congratulate a handful of local buyers who got what they were after...

 SEEN CARRYING BARGAINS HOME THIS AFTERNOON:

"I found at least 8 old town council litter bins" said an Eastover woman, "and 3 dog poo bins..." she added, "one of them was still warm"

"I was delighted to find 4 old PE crash mats from the old Comprehensive" said Debbie Fawlty at The Langport Arms, "I'll be strapping them round the new porch this summer"

Several shoppers said they even found some of the missing checkout staff from Tesco.

And Finally

 One bashful looking couple were spotted leaving with a pop-up tent.

"Thank goodness for that" said one of the young men "we can only apologise after being caught copulating in the toilets at a Huish Episcopi venue last Bank Holiday weekend"

"We wouldn't normally have behaved like that after an afternoon drinking on a Sunday night...it's just that apart from the cubicle we got caught in....nothing else was open" 

"But now we've got this pop-up, well it won't happen again, we'll erect it on Courtfield Green"

[You're forgiven boyz] 

That's your Sunday bulletin folks!

Thanks for the contributions and carry on reading!

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[First Complained About In 2017]

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A little peek back through time....

 

A huge thank you to Sonya Grace [Purchase that was] who has handed over another handful of fantastic old images of old-timers at the pub she grew up in.

The two in the picture above are Sonya's Nan Rose Purchase and her mother Esther.

In the following pictures we have some idea who we're looking at. They include Sammy & Mary Purchase, Sammy Purchase Senior, Ron and Brian Jotcham and George Sharp.

Sadly who the others were is lost in time, but if you think you recognise anyone please do share this with anyone who might be interested.

[A reminder, you don't have to have a Facebook account to read Carry On Langport. You just need to go to this, the main blog website]

So here you go, let's take a look at a few murky old photographs of punters at one of the many pubs our little town had back in the day.

It's highly likely many of us are related to some of these old faces, we just don't know it!

 

Thank you Sonya!

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If any readers have pubs scenes from times gone by at other Langport venues - The Swan, the Lion, The Old Market House, The Old Custom House [a.k.a The Angel], The Arms, The Railway Hotel or the Royal British Legion and you'd like to share them then e-mail them to bountybar@hotmail.com and we'll stick them on the blog for others to enjoy. 

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Established 2015

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Cheerio Sandra

 

 

 

Farewell to Langport Arms Legend

If you drank, ate, danced, partied or stayed at the Langport Arms over the years - chances are you would've been met and or served by Sandra Stranger who's died at the age of 77.

Born in Wearne in 1948, she stayed local all her life, marrying, bringing up two sons and working at Clarks Shoes of Street before her hotel days began.

Sandra was also a prolific flower arranger, doing displays for weddings and other events and briefly ran a local fruit & veg stall. 

 But for many of us over the years, alongside former owners Malcolm & Richard, she was the face of our town centre hotel - clocking up 3 decades there.

 

 

Sandra's life changed dramatically in 2019 when she suffered a massive stroke and could no longer work or get about by herself.

 

But she refused to give in, battled on and frequented the Arms as often as she could make it.

  

And didn't they know it!

 

(the Baileys sales rep still has a room there)

 

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If you'd like to pay your respects, Sandra's funeral takes place at St Mary's Church, Huish Episcopi tomorrow [Thurs] at midday followed by a celebration of her life at the Arms.

Family say all are welcome. 

 Cheerio then Sandra xxx

 Sandra Stranger

1948 - 2026 

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Quack Quack Quack!

Langport Duck Race!

Like other towns and cities have done for many years, we are delighted to share the news that a Langport Duck Race is on the cards.

The event, involving racing rubber ducks along a local waterway, will take place on a stretch of the River Parrett on the spring bank holiday, Monday 25th May.

It's being organised by the Langport & Somerton Rotary Club.

"Thank goodness for that!" said a local woman, "if had been the masons, there'd be nowhere to park"

Details of the duck race are still being finalised but Carry On Langport has seen a 'leaked' e-mail from the rotary club which suggests some locals and/or their businesses will be banned from taking part.

They include ABP (amid concerns they'd buy up all the nests), the manager at Langport Tesco (who'd close all the staffed nests and ask the ducks to serve themselves) and the management at Pendra's (who'd have their ducks waiting at the start line in 5 different places)

Names of birds taking part and sections of the race will also have to be 'moderated' to avoid offending the under 30s.

The Swan of Colour, Bridge of Colour and Muchelney 'Heterosexual' are just some of the proposed changes.

And it's believed litter trays will have to be installed along the route to cater for any cats competing from Huish Academy.

For more details follow the Langport Duck Race on Facebook.

That's your Sunday bulletin folks.

Thanks for the contributuons and carry on reading! 

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Sunday Bulletin:

 

 

(Nice Clappers) 

Firstly an apology from the publicity team here at Carry On Langport.

Happy to advertise events this weekend such as the vintage market, live music at the Arms and the monthly Repair Cafe.....unfortunately the fundraising coffee morning at St Mary's Church in Huish Episcopi slipped through the net yesterday.

But we believe it went well. The church is looking for cash to pay for a toilet at the premises.

Whether it's a 'Turdis' style portable or a more permanent facility is not known but it's certainly a good cause.

Local bellringer Billy Langford, who can't be named for legal reasons, said it would be a welcome addition.

"Weddings and Sunday services can often be a trial" he told us, "we can usually hold it in but it's when we hear the congregation singing the second verse of All Things Bright and Beautiful that we struggle."

'The purple headed mountain, the river running by....'

Yes we can appreciate that might be a problem.

In other news....

 

 

The emergency services say they've just had one of their busiest weeks in the Langport area.

A total of 43 people with no idea about country life have dialled 999 in the last 7 days about the swans nesting on the roadside on Muchelney Straight.

One switchboard operator reportedly spent an hour trying to calm down a woman who saw one of the birds lifting a twig that looked "a little bit too heavy"

There are no further details.

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Fly Me To The Moon!

With the crew of the Artemis space mission now safely back on Earth, a number of 'classified' images of the dark side of the moon have been leaked to the media this morning.

NASA had initially tried to withhold the pictures which show a handful of items spotted on the lunar surface previously thought to have been missing for centuries.

They include new changing rooms at Langport & Huish Sports & Social Club, a town garden litter bin, a hotel porch and actual checkout staff at Tesco.

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And Finally.... 

[the first line of this one's true, no time to explain but if you know, you know] 

Following the BBC's controversial decision last month to shelve an episode of The Repair Cafe due to a member of the production team being offended by a Bob Monkhouse joke....staff at Langport's repair cafe have revealed they too have had 'issues' this year.

"oh yes" said a spokesman, "like the former town councillor who still hasn't stopped talking....we couldn't repair her"

The North Street service has also had to turn away staff at Pendra's who brought in an old diagram of how to queue at the chippy, the cranking handle of an old Victorian footbridge at the former Railway Hotel and a bell at a Huish Episcopi venue that keeps ringing 3 hours too early on a Sunday.

 

That's your Sunday bulletin folks, thanks for the contributions and carry on reading!

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Doing what the Western Gazette used to do since 2015

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What's the date?

 

 With so much nonsense going on in and around our crazy little town the other 364 days of the year, Carry On Langport has never really bothered with April Fools Day jokes. 

So this morning we're just leaving you with this....

 

 

...the publicity photo Somerset Council has just released for Langport's new rural transport hub.

Coming to the precinct, or 'car park' in old money, sometime this year apparently at a cost of around £500,000.

 The consultants and agency staff county hall are bringing in will cost around £475,000 so that's 25k left then. 

Let's see how many other ways they can bugger it up.

We'll probably end up with a pogo stick and a go-kart outside One Stop. 

For more details on this story - no link for you today - just go and ask the butcher. 

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Happy April everybody!

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Established 2015

Complained about in 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2024. 

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Tuesday Bulletin:

 Swans Nesting Along Edges of Muchelney Straight!

Once again this spring folks, at least a couple of pairs of swans are nesting along the road side on Muchelney Straight. 

If you're from round these 'ere parts, you'll know it's nothing unusual.

But if you're not, or you're one of those people who dials 999 when you see a daffodil growing in the wrong place, then....

 

 

And so we turn to social media... 

Some of the frantic comments about the swans nesting there on a local Facebook page in recent days have given many of us something to chuckle about.

They included many calls for 'the authorities' to be alerted including Somerset Council, the Highways Agency, Environmental Health (eh?) and the RSPCA.

Someone even tried to call the Wombles. 

Last night there were unconfirmed reports Donald Trump told the Royal Navy that it should "show some courage" and go and protect 'the Straights of Muchelney'

The President added that if the UK wanted affordable pottery from Thorney then they should seize the Straight and "go get it" 

Thankfully common sense appears to have prevailed. 

 Yes folks, just like last year, somebody's gone out and stuck bollards around the verge where the swans are on their nests.

And at the end of hatching season (4-5 weeks?) they'll be off....just like last year.

Next week

Carry On Langport will be broadcasting live from the gravel path which connects Langport Tesco to the back of the town hall where a cow is expected to stop and stare at a Jack Russel for 30 seconds on Tuesday morning before moving on.

 

 

That's your Tuesday evening bulletin folks, thanks for the contributions and log in again soon!

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(trying to educate townies since 2015)

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Drayton Crown in the spotlight!

 

Today on Channel 4!

If you've been following our Langport lads on Channel 4's Four In A Bed all this week (Jordan & Robin pictured above staying at a hotel in Cornwall on Monday's episode) don't forget it's the all-important Drayton Crown episode this afternoon at 5pm.

Repeated on Channel 4+1 at 6pm.

Go boys, go!

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Established 2015

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Sunday Bulletin

The inquest's been held in to the death of a house plant at the Langport Arms last month.

The Swiss Cheese plant, bought by Richard for Malcolm on his 80th birthday 20 years ago,  had become part of the furniture at the hotel over the years being moved from pillar to post and from fireplace to mantel piece.

But in February it was thrown across the lobby outside the men's toilets during an argument between the Rotary Club and the Freemasons ovcr whether brussel sprouts should be served with a carvery.

Botanists from Kelways did all they could to save the plant but it was pronounced dead in the early hours of February 7th.

Manageress Debbie Fawlty said she'd already been in touch with the former owners and was hoping they'd be happy with her idea for a replacment for the much-loved cheese plant....a red hot poker.

"We thought we'd put it in the reception area" she told reporters. 

At Cheapside Coroner's Court yesterday a verdict of accidental death was recorded

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In other news:

With all of Langport's public clocks now out of action, a pensioner has stepped in to help locals out.

Clocks at the town hall, the library and the old convent are all currently stopped.

Even the one on Langport Hill is struggling.

But 83 year-old Dandy Nichols says her 1950s mantel clock is still going and has decided to put it in her window at her house on post office corner.

"I can't guarantee it'll always be right though" she warned, "I bought it at a jumble sale in Middlezoy so it's got 3 hands and the pendulum swings the wrong way" 

There are no further details.

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And Finally

 

 

MB Games has announced it's withdrawing its Langport version of Monopoly.

It comes after several 'factual' errors were reported around the board including only the blue properties being owned by ABP when in fact they own the oranges and the reds too.

 A Freemason also had issues with the local edition asking whether 'Free Parking' was code for block everybody in and cause chaos around the chapel on Monday nights.

A Curry Rivel woman said she thought the Friday market section of the board was too big, "surely they only need 3 spaces" she told us. 

And an Eastover woman also complained that 'Community Chest' was an unfair description of her address.

MB Games says it'll relaunch the game this summer but refused to comment on claims it was planning to merge the Langport edition with Huish Episcopi.  

"We'd have to think very hard about what to charge when someone lands on 'council tax' " said a spokesman.

Can of worms! 

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That's your Sunday bulletin folks.

Have a good week, spring is here! 

Log in again soon and carry on reading!

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Established 2015

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A Tale Of Three Towers:

 (or spires even - you decide)

DING DONG - HERE'S YOUR SUNDAY BULLETIN!

Clock towers, spires, bell towers - whatever you want to call them - all appear to be in the news at the moment.

Let's do the one at All Saints Hall (on the left) first.

The spire on the building on  North Street has been taken down and replaced with an evidently smaller one.

No problem with that, needs must etc, but the big question is of course, now the spire's been made safe and strong again - will we be getting the large gold-plated weather vane back that mysteriously 'went missing' over 10 years ago?

A beautiful piece of local architecture that seems to have been forgotten. Where is it? In someone's garage or shed? Or did that church warden who went to live in the Bahamas have it?

We need a local Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes to get to the bottom of this one, it would be nice to have it back up there where it stood for decades, in its rightful place.

Now to the school! 

 Local woman and member of staff there Linette Pengelly has launched a fundraiser to save the primary school's bell tower which is in urgent need of repair.

If it isn't sorted, it'll have to come off completely.

It comes as the school's about to celebrate its 150th birthday, look closely and you can see the year 1876 in the stonework above one of the windows.

Here's an idea for you Mrs P.... 

We hear you've got contacts in the local music industry. How about a big 150th birthday concert in the playground? Turn it in to a school fundraiser too? Know any local bands?

All us former pupils could go and finish off with a giant game of marbles, get young Billy Langford to organise a conker match, play British Bulldog on the grass (if there's any left) then we could drag Mr Prewett out of retirement, get him to blow his whistle and all line up for assembly. 

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Just a thought.

Either way, if you want to donate to the school bell tower fund, click HERE to find out how.

Finally to the town hall...

The hands on the town clock have been seized up for almost a year, now the bell appears to have followed suit and it too has stopped chiming.

Looks like the library clock isn't working either and the one at the convent looks pretty knackered as well.

We don't have much luck with public clocks around here do we?

The long delay in dealing with the town clock is evidently about money.

Although it begs the question, wasn't the very expensive refurbisment work a few years ago guaranteed?

Didn't last long did it.

Money in Langport has always been a problem. A tiny town and population with a lot of public facilities to pay for.

If only the town could merge its finances with another very wealthy nearby village filled with houses and council tax payers. Hmmmmm. Any ideas?

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That's your Sunday bulletin folks, thanks for the contributions and carry on reading!

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Posting nonsense since 2015

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FRIDAY MORNING REPORT:

 

OUR SURVEY SAID!

With Langport town clock's bell now seized up as well as the hands, we asked these locals on their way back from a scrabble tournament at Millfield last night how many times the clock had been right since they turned 16: 

We're also sad to report that despite a close contest in the scrabble on Thursday evening, our Langport team lost out at the last minute when they attempted to spell 'cider' with the letter i

"We forgot that at Millfield they spell it with a y" said captain Hammy Taggett, "the posh bastards".

There are no further details.

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Established 2015

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Oh dear oh dear....

 

ANYONE SEE THIS ONLINE TODAY?

 

No greasy spoon, few unpretencious pubs, no cheap rent or people who can pronounce Muchelney around here then.

Croissant & coffee for £6.50 anyone? Not yet but it could be on the way! 

Oh dear oh dear.

Let's open a railway station, put the town in the commuter belt and completely shaft hard-up locals shall we?

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Bring Back The Wayside Cafe!

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Sunday Bulletin:

 

Let's take look at some local stories coming in this weekend:

Who You Gonna Call?

 

 Staff at the Langport Arms didn't know who to call first on a day last week, a plumber or an exorcist.

A large ceramic sink was found pulled off the wall in a room on Friday morning.

"We were going to get the vicar in to have a word with the resident ghosts" said manager Debbie Fawlty, "but then we remembered that room isn't haunted so we just booked a plumber instead."

But she denied rumours a crate of frozen kippers and an inflatable town councillor were also found in the room.

"Absolutely not!" she said, "that was the week before"

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What's On The Box?

 

 

Langport TV has unveiled a handful of new shows for its spring season.

They include a weekly countdown show on the state of our local roads, Top of the Pots will go out every Thursday.

A new Bow Street-based weekly quiz show is also on the way, 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' will be on Sunday evenings.

It's also been confirmed there'll be a brand new series of the Cartgate Picnic Area sitcom Are You Being Perved? which keeps it's regular slot on Friday nights.

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What's On At Your Local Pub?

Well, one of them anyway.

One of our roving reporters was out and about in Aller last night and popped in to the Old Pound Inn for a few. 

While there he asked a local lad if the pub had any events on the calender.

"Look behind you mate" was the prompt reply:

 

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 Fun For All The Family

With many local roads flooded, hundreds of acres of farmland underwater and rivers still bursting their banks - the Environment Agency says it's expecting to see Burnham-on-Sea pier coming down the Parrett again early next week.

You can get on at Bow Bridge on Tuesday morning with a return ticket now costing just £15.

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And Finally

 

 

Weekend Gentrification Report: 

CCTV footage has emerged of a woman being bundled in to the back of an unmarked van at Castle Cary railway station.

It's reported she wasn't even wearing a Barbour jacket or carrying a Mulberry handbag but was approaching newtly newly arrived passengers and handing out leaflets advertising other things to see in the area.

They included Wells Cathedral, Glastonbury Tor, Ham Hill Country Park, the Somerset Levels, Muchelney Abbey, Sherborne Abbey, Montacute House, Barrington Court, the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Haynes Motor Museum and countless visitor-friendly cider farm venues.

 An eyewitness standing on the platform on the phone taking out a bank loan for a coffee and croissant, told Carry On Langport 4 men in white coats took her away in the van at around 4 o'clock on Thursday

She was then spotted out shopping a day later in a passive compliant state saying that everything was "just fine"

 

There are no further details. 

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That's it for today folks, thanks for the contributions and log in again soon!

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Bringing you your local news since the Western Gazette went tits-up about 10 years ago.

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Still flying the flag!

 

With Somerset commercial broadcasters like Orchard FM, Ivel FM and Midwest Radio long gone [taken over and then closed down by Heart, The Breeze & Greatest Hits Radio to name but a few] a few independent ones are still out there fighting the good fight and flying the flag for local radio

Radio Ninesprings comes out of a studio in Yeovil on FM and online.

It's also there on your smart speaker. 

Possibly not everyone's cup of tea but if you like local info - sport, pub live music gig listings, events - from local presenters who don't talk about Love Island, Emmerdale & Traitors every 20 minutes then maybe give it a go.

Radio Ninesprings also has more than 30 records and doesn't ask you to text in to win £150,000 every 20 minutes either. 

   Maybe even give Saturdays a go, one of Langport's very own is in the chair from 9am till midday every Saturday

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If you want to advertise an event, it's free.

Go to radioninesprings.com, click on 'events calender' and click on 'add event' and type in the details, then the presenters read it out on air from time to time throughout the day.

If you want to advertise your business, as in be part of the station's ad breaks, e-mail info@radioninesprings.com

It's far far cheaper than most people think.

Radio Ninesprings, still flying the flag for local radio! 

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Ministerial Visit:

 

Following her visit to Langport yesterday, flooding minister Emma Hardy said she was "delighted" Persimmon Homes were making good use of the town's potholes but asked why they couldn't have squeezed a few more in:

 

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Dodging potholes since 2015

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Shopping Trip To 1971 Anyone?

Here's a blast from the past!

The programme has surfaced for the Huish Episcopi & District Flower, Fruit & Vegetable Society Exhibition of 1971. 

Inside are several local advertisers.

Look closely and you'll notice Frank Pengelly's shop hadn't yet moved to the old barn opposite the primary school and 3 branches of Overt Locke are mentioned. 

Enjoy this blast from the past from 55 years ago:

 

Bet that took a few of you back!

And I'm going to thank yours truly for that one, found it in father's old desk!

[and he could be contacted on Langport 141]

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Established 2015

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YOUR CORRESPONDENCE

 

A selection of readers' e-mails, messages & observations.

 

 

Dear Editor,

After several confusing months of hearing and reading about a proposed 'transport hub' for Langport, we have now finally worked out what it all means.

Unless we've got this one wrong, it means removing the parking spaces outside the line of shops in the precinct and replacing them with bus stops.

Brilliant. Well done Somerset Council.

Many thanks.

From all the shopkeepers there and their elderly, infirm and disabled customers.

 

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To Carry On Langport,

Could you please pass on our thanks to the family who sat next to us at a riverside cafe in Langport on Sunday last week.

As they unzipped their Barbours, asked their children Wind and Drift if they wanted soya or oat milk in their double decaf Americanos and tied their 2 Labradoodlerussels to the table, they started talking about the flooding.

My husband and I haven't had such a good laugh for ages.

We thought we'd already heard all the variations of the way Muchelney can be mispronounced but what they came out with was absolutely marvellous.

They then made a car crash out of trying to say Kingsbury Episcopi and Othery and when I heard one of them describe himself as local I'm afraid I spat my coffee out.

Embarrassed, we tried to leave but the Chelsea Chariot they'd come in was so wide we couldn't open the car doors.

Many thanks.

 [Name & Address supplied] 

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Dear Sir,

While playing pool in the newly opened games room in the Old Stable Bar at the Langport Arms last week, I was stunned to see 15 police officers and 4 sniffer dogs barge through the side door.

As I apologised for forgetting to pay for my carvery the Sunday before, it turned out it was actually a reinactment group marking something that happened there over 30 years ago.

How wonderful! 

I have now joined up and wondered if you could publicise our next event in April marking 5 years since cats started attending Huish Academy.

Many thanks.

Steve Davis 

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To Whom It May Concern

Can I just thank you for some of your work in December, in particular the absolute furore you caused when you asked why a local hospitality business closed so early one Saturday over Christmas.

My wife and I usually have a chuckle at some of the comments on the 'Somerton - Say What You Want' Facebook page - like when someone asked if Proper Job's opening hours were the same as Overt Locke's - but that post on your page about the pub hours was priceless.

As were some of the comments you got, we worked [and struggled] in hospitality for many years and are still trying to get our heads around some of them to be honest.

Please ask another outrageous question soon and we look forward to the ensuing hysteria.

Angie & Den Watts, Long Sutton. 

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Dear Blogger,

Please pass on to your readers that it is with great regret we have to announce that there won't be any traffic lights through Langport and Huish until at least the beginning of next month.

Yours sincerely,

The Highways Agency / Somerset Council

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Dear C.O.L,

Re: the suspended ground works for the new changing rooms at Langport & Huish Sports & Social Club.

With no progress likely to be made before at least Easter 2029 and Langport Town FC home games still being played in Somerton, would anyone mind if we threw some bulbs in the abandoned footings there?

And in keeping with the general 'shambolic' feel of the project, we thought we'd plant them upside down.

Regards,

Langport & District Gardening Club 

 PS - and would anybody mind if we planted some tulips in the potholes on Bow Street? 

 

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 To the blogger,

 In some parts of the UK, members of the public have started placing large objects, like bollards, in dangerous potholes to warn oncoming traffic.

With swerving vehicles and punctured tyres becoming a daily occurence here in Somerset, could I encourage people around Langport & Huish to do something similar.

Dangerous? Maybe. But no more dangerous than a cyclist being thrown in to the path of an oncoming vehicle on Bow Bridge eh.

Many thanks.

Citizen Smith.

 

Some interesting correspondence this month, all food for thought!

Thanks for the contributions and log in again soon!

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