This week in history 14/07/1937 

·      ‘The case for Anglo German Friendship’ The Weekly notes that continued peace in Europe will rely on ‘cordial relations between Great Britain and Germany’ 

·      Wellington Conservative Club holds its annual garden fete where attendees brave the threat of rain to turn out in force. 

·      A letter to the editor complains that the roads are inadequate to cope with the increase in motor transport 

·      A Women’s Conservative Meeting is held in Nynehead where Mr Hessom laments the ‘unfortunate situation in Spain’ (the civil war) 

07/13/1898 

·      A reader’s letter to the editor warns of the dangers of overeating in the summertime

·      Farmer William Bussell is charged under the Swine Flu Fever Order after illegally transporting pigs from Combe Florey to West Bagborough

·      Mr J. Borough of Withypool secures a license to sell petroleum after sanitary inspectors give the thumbs up 

·      A fire broke out at the Star Inn in Hemyock for the second time in a few months, with a blocked chimney identified as the culprit 

·      A Mr Galpin intervened on a Collumpton parish council meeting to ask why children were being denied access to the cemetery – even with parental supervision

13/07/2016 

·      Kevin Fuller thanks the Wellington community for their support following his near fatal fall from a ladder 

·      A ‘travelling gang’ commits 13 crimes in the town in a single night, including stealing a motorcycle

·      Then Railways Minister Claire Perry indicates she is optimistic about plans to bring a railway station to Wellington

·      Court Fields students celebrate graduation at the prom 

15/07/2009 

·      Wellington health officials were bracing for an outbreak of Swine Flu

·      A row broke out over delays to the reopening of the library, with The Co-op Estates and the local authority in a war of words

·      ‘Wellington bobbies could soon have stun guns’ plans to arm local police officers with tasers are floated