Betty James

Betty, or Elizabeth, was the wife of a Market Lavington baker, Walter James. This is a good point to remind readers of our Museum Miscellany on 4th October in Market Lavington Community Hall. We alwa...

Mrs Sayer at the 1927 Carnival

In Market Lavington and Easterton the carnival was always a part of Hospital Week. Before the National Health Service people needed ready money to pay for health care and those that didn’t have mone...

Struck by Lightning (2)

Storms of one kind or another have been in the news in the last month or so.  The major storm to hit the South of England on October 28th pales almost into nothingness as compared with the awful trag...

More from a carnival

Some time ago we showed a picture of youngsters dressed for a carnival in 1927 (click here). We believe this photo dates from the same occasion It would seem to include some of the same people. Sad...

An Easterton Chapel Outing

The good folks who were members of the Methodist Chapel in Easterton are off to the seaside. And, praise be, it seems as though a sunny day has been delivered to them for this rare, once a year treat....