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  • Swan Dies in Road Accident at The Crammer

    Swan Dies in Road Accident at The Crammer

    A swan from the Crammer hit on the road between Morrisonโ€™s roundabout and the traffic lights this morning, has died…. In territorial disputes, the wildfowl will chase others, and they will flee onto the road. In other cases, desperate for food, some venture afield and cross the dangerous road. Emotionally upset, founding member of the Read more

  • If Old Photos of Devizes Were Posted on Social Media Today…..

    If Old Photos of Devizes Were Posted on Social Media Today…..

    Looking at old photos of Devizes can be a pleasurable way to spend a Sunday morning, such a beautiful and historic market town we live in, and things haven’t changed all that much…. architecturally…. But what if these photographs were posted on local Facebook groups today? What would the comments be? Our non-roving reporter, Karen Read more

  • The Great Pothole Debacle; Are Wiltshire Councillors Teleported into County Hall?!

    The Great Pothole Debacle; Are Wiltshire Councillors Teleported into County Hall?!

    As a younger chap, for it once was so, I’d procrastinate with the washing-up, putting it off until the point I’d run out of cutlery or crockery. By this time the daunting task of tackling the mountain was too much to bear. Not forgoing, I’d be suspicious organic matter in the sink could’ve evolved into Read more

  • Song of the Week: Sienna Wileman

    Song of the Week: Sienna Wileman

    Okay, I admit it, our Song of the Day feature was too optimistic, and failing every day to post a tune meant it fell by the wayside. Song of the Week, think I can manage that, just! Let’s reintroduce it now, every Wednesday without fail, pinky promise, and do the first one right about now! Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Comedy Night @ The Piggy Bank, Calne – Tuesday 31st January 2023

    REVIEW โ€“ Comedy Night @ The Piggy Bank, Calne – Tuesday 31st January 2023

    Whatโ€™s Funny About Tuesday Night? Andy Fawthrop You know how weโ€™ve previously moaned on and on (and on) on these pages before about the lack of comedy in D-Town?  Well โ€“ guess what?  No โ€“ thereโ€™s still a yawning gap where the comedy should be in our lovely town.  But we continue to live in Read more

  • On The Wayside with Viduals

    On The Wayside with Viduals

    Akin to Ghostbusterโ€™s nemesis Slimer when he appears over the hotdog stand, I was squatting a spacious windowsill at Wiltshire Music Centre with an Evieโ€™s burger summoning me to munch, when a mature lady swung open the fire-door to the third stage at Bradford Roots Music Festival a couple of weeks ago. She looked agitated, Read more