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  • Wiltshire Boy Takes One-Man Protest to County Hall…..

    Wiltshire Boy Takes One-Man Protest to County Hall…..

    Proper job; welcomed return of The Wiltshire Boy sees our intrepid Swampy-in-Harris-Tweed taking his protest to the highest officials, County Hall in Trowbridge. Have no concern; our heroic dissident’s solo campaign about the roadworks in Devizes will be heard…. save one minor hiccup. All afternoon I was raising awareness at ‘County Hall’ for the suffering commuters Read more

  • Nipped into the Turkish Barbers on Snuff Street

    Hello there, a quick one from me today; I know you like a quick one. It is Friday and not a moment to spare. Just here to say I nipped into that Turkish Barbers on Snuff Street today and came out transformed into a movie star… well, kind of.   Not one for beauty and Read more

  • Another Seend Breakfast!

    By Zoe McMillan   Another Seend breakfast …well, that’s music to our ears indeed!!! Don’t miss our finale…this coming Saturday (1st Sept) sees the last Seend breakfast of the season and you’d be crazy to miss out. You don’t just get service with a smile, you get entertainment too as the volunteers pull together to Read more

  • Big Inflatable Stage!

    Big Inflatable Stage!

    Images used with permission of Gail Foster And an assortment of others, thank you to all!   Did you see that, a big inflatable stage, wasn’t it something else? No, it was a big inflatable stage, pretty cool though; much like the rest of the Bank Holiday Monday, when the belated sun finally put its Read more

  • All That Soul; Nothing Else Needed

    All That Soul; Nothing Else Needed

    Saturday night dilemma; keen to catch Calne’s The Compact Pussycat at the Southgate, but as eclectic as my musical tastes may be, primarily I’m a soul man, and couldn’t resist The Devizes Scooter Club’s highly anticipated All That Soul night. So, coming to them, on a dusty road, a good idea sparked… because I’ve a Read more

  • Circus Noir, With Popcorn

    What’s going on in that big black tent on the Green in Devizes? The circus is in town, circus noir – if there was never such a genre, there is now. There’s popcorn scattered over the black stage along with broken manakin limbs. A gaunt Italian chap in briefs is awkwardly navigating a double-headed unicycle Read more