(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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