This week in history - From our files
29/6/1898:
- 40 people have been poisoned after eating ice cream: 2 died
- Adverts of the time: Woollatt’s wonderful pills + Holloway’s pills and ointments; “Splendid tonic for weak people”
- Several convictions for bigamy, attempted suicide, fraud and arson
- Dedication festival at the parish church - St John the Baptist
28/6/1939:
- Cinema showings of “men with wings”, “flight into nowhere” and “the Lady’s objects” (front cover news)
- Wellington school speech day with new headmaster Mr A.J Price
- Potato disease (eel worm disease) followed drought and caused crop failure
02/7/2003:
- Year 5 students at Wellington school put on a show
- May cut plans for women’s loos at the Rockwell green pavilion for lack of money
- Moulin Rouge themed wedding held
- Prince of Wales (now the king) visits Sheppy’s
- £1 coin causes £300 of damage to the Nynhead ride on mower
- Milverton Church fete raised around £2,100
- Mark Dyer challenges C of E views on homosexuality on radio 4’s moral maze
- Courtfields prom
- Kingsmead students (around 60) walked 30km on Dartmoor for bronze DofE
- Man hangs himself after his partner leaves him
26/6/2020:
- Armed forces day poems and pictures from children @ local primary schools
- Older and lonely phone calls: Age UK helped people in covid
- Prep school prepared to welcome back everyone
- Lockdown measures are being gently eased
- Surplus food from Morrisons in Minehead are being delivered to local schools to ease the transition back to school