Talk:Frome, Somerset

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I'm surprised at the lack of images here, if i get time at the weekend I'll pop into town and take a few pictures. --Mercifull ^{(BattlestarWiki)} 10:08, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Ha, Sims!! I thought you would be the only person sad enough to chronicle the wonderful Frome in Wikipedia. lol. Ironman 02:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, someone had to do it :D --Mercifull 10:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

No mention of the famous Cheese Show? Outrageous! I will have to pop something in when I am not working. Ironman 02:51, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

My bad, I think it is the 'Cheese fair' comment in the final paragraph, bit disappointing for the best event in Frome, although I guess it no longer really is 'in Frome' is it?Ironman 02:54, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

This article is a great description of Frome in the period up to 1980. I left the place around that time but even I know that the "metal founding" and "art metal work" of Singers closed down years ago and the cattle market is held in the middle of nowhere outside a local village. Under "historic buildings", the Blue House should at least be mentioned (is this the "Edward VI school"?) There are new industries and mass building of commuter-type housing and a few new facilities. The main feature of the town centre for me is the conversion of once thriving shopping streets into quiet "heritage" residential areas. What about the fabled Frome tunnels and the unique industrial working class 17th century suburb of Trinity. Oh and there must be some decent pubs left (of which there were once so many)

Can someone who knows the place better than me contribute an update to the antique Encyclopeadia Britannica article? - from a Fromite in exile