Frome Valley Voice Features
Appeal following Winterbourne stabbing
Police appealing for witnesses after stabbing in the early hours of yesterday morning in Winterbourne... Read More
The family affair that aims to bring perfection on Christmas Day
IT”S HARD to pin down Nigel Buxton to interview him. He’s a very busy man, running not only Buxton Butchers in Winterbourne, but also a meat processing plant in Portbury... Read More
A train line runs through it: the railway viaducts that are at the heart of the Frome Valley
It wasn’t always as straightforward to get from London to Wales by rail. Before the building of the viaducts that dominate our landscape today it was a circuitous journey... Read More
Guide leader honoured for four decades of work in movement
A FRAMPTON Cotterell guide leader is to be honoured for four decades of work with the movement. Caroline Hanks is being awarded the Silver Sea Stag Award this month for her services to guiding over the last 36 years. For the last 20 years she has been with the 1st Frampton Cotterell Guides... Read More
The Footes of Footes Lane
Local historian Ian Hadrell reveals the story of a family who left their mark on Frampton Cotterell, despite moving to Australia.. Read More
The Coalpit Heath centurian with a firm grip on the 21st Century
Alice Witherall may be 101, but she's not being left behind by technology. The resident of Woodlands Manor is always keen to get on the computer... Read More
The Flag Man of Winterbourne
GORDON Blight meets me at the entrance of his Winterbourne house with a mug of tea in his hand. As we sit down to chat I notice the design on the mug is that of the flags flown for Nelson’s famous ‘England expects’ message to the fleet before the battle of Trafalgar. This is the Flag Man of Winterbourne, and the flag man is a little distracted. .. Read More
Local people
The great and the good living in the Frome Valley Area.. Read More