Frome
With a vibrant arts scene, Frome isn t your typical historic market town. An amalgamation of independent boutiques and specialist shops, contemporary galleries, musical talent, and a real sense of community spirit, it s easy to see why Frome scooped the National Great Town Award in 2016 and one newspaper even called it the coolest town in Britain.
Throughout the year the town hosts a number of popular events including the Frome Festival in July which boasts ten days of music, literature talks, art exhibitions, comedy and much more. There s also the Frome Agricultural & Cheese Show and the festive-rich Frome Christmas Extravaganza. Keep an eye out for events organised by the not-for-profit Cheese & Grain café and bar which has welcomed an array of talent to its stage. Foo Fighters even performed a secret gig there in early 2017.
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“THE tiny village of Langthorne, near Bedale, is dying,” announced The Northern Echo, the D&S Times’ sister paper, in 1964. “Year by year, more of the 21 houses in the village are condemned and families move out. Already, 10 houses are under closing orders.” There were no nameboards at the entrance to the village, no signposts pointing to it; the village pub, The Crown, was closed and condemned; there was no main sewerage and 95 per cent of houses still had earth closets. Most of the houses, said 68-year-old Fred Pocklington, were “tumbling down”, and garage owner Ronald Murfin said: “If the council cannot do anything to help the village, you might as well call it dead and all that is left is to bury it.”
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