VE Day, Friday 8 May, 2020 marks 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the war in Europe. The May Day Bank Holiday in the UK was moved from a Monday to a Friday to mark a planned 3-day weekend of events. The COVID-19 pandemic has obviously changed all plans but …
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By Simon Hacker As lockdown continues, The Wotton Times has been talking to the Beaumont-le-Roger Society’s chairman Martin Lee for a snapshop of life across the water, in Wotton’s twin town. For more than thirty years, the entente has been unshakeable. Nations can be friendly, but communities that reach out to each other across borders …
By Simon Hacker Wotton’s nationally-famous auction house may seem a quaint memory, but its gavel is poised and primed for future trade. With all staff furloughed and no practical means to maintain the monthly sales fixtures, Wotton Auction Rooms recently pencilled a date of May 12 and 13 for its next sale at the Tabernacle …
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A Dursley girl has been going the extra mile to raise money for the NHS by doing circuits of her garden. Ellie Fox, 9, has been running laps since Monday 20 in support of essential care workers during the Coronavirus pandemic, and has smashed her initial fundraising target of £63 by a huge benchmark. Josie, …
