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Mountain Music at the Town Hall
Mountain Music at Wiveliscombe Town Hall, Friday 20th October @ 7:30pm. An unforgettable tapestry of culture, migration and history exploring the roots of what we now call country music and its impact on popular music today.
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Meadow in the Town Hall
Saturday 9th September to Sunday 17th September 2023 You are invited to ‘Meadow’; an installation celebrating the beauty of our fields and verges, drawing attention to the importance of conserving and reinstating these spaces for our wildlife, biodiversity, habitats and communities. Meadow is an installation by flower artist Jan Boddington of Blue Shed Flowers in collaboration with Wivey Grows community growing project and Liz Robertson of Walking with Blooms. Inspired by the interior of the old Town Hall, the landscape glimpsed through the magnificent Georgian windows,…
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The Big Turn On
It was a dark and stormy night but in the doorways and shelters of Wiveliscombe hardy souls emerged to witness an event unseen for many years. Opinions differ as to whether it was the 60s or the 70s but for a long long time (and before Abba, punk rock, alternative comedy and, for most people, even colour television) Wiveliscombe Town Hall has sat silent without power or lights. But those dark years ended at 9:45pm on Wednesday 26th July 2023…
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Summer clean-up
Many thanks to everyone who turned out on Saturday to help give the Town Hall its first clean in over 50 years. Dust, cobwebs, pigeon poo – we found it all. Now looking much better.
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Get Ready for the Big Turn On!
Wiveliscombe is going to be turned on by something really big! Get ready for Wednesday 26 July, 9:45pm, in The Square, Wiveliscombe. The Town Hall has been asleep and abandoned since it was closed down in the 1950s. But after years of work by the charity setup to bring it back to life, the Town Hall is finally going to reopen its eyes. On the evening of Wednesday 26th July the townspeople of Wiveliscombe are invited to witness the power…
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What Happened at the Community Meeting?
About 30 people joined our community meeting on 24 May to find out about the plans to reopen the Town Hall. Our Project Manager, Julian Mellor, gave a brief history of the building and the past work of the Trust after which Trustee Chris Perry explained the agile approach to bringing the Town Hall back into public use. While past schemes have always planned to restore the building in one go we have now switched to taking a succession of…
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BBC Somerset Interview
Emma Bettridge, our Chair, was interviewed on BBC Somerset this morning. Talking about the Hall’s history and tonight’s community meeting she also delved into ghostly butterflies and all the hoped for events that will be hosted. Listen to the interview below.
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Electrics Installed
Another big milestone is reached – after National Grid gave us a power supply in March, this week we’re getting all the wiring installed. Here are Steve and Josh from Somerset Electrical & Property Services working on the installation. Once the electricity supply company installs the meter (end of the month we hope) we’ll be able to turn the lights back on. After 60 years of darkness that will be an incredible day!
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Community Meeting
Wiveliscombe Town Hall community meeting. Wednesday 24 May, 7pm at the Community Centre, West St, Wiveliscombe Find out about the plans to reopen the Town Hall this summer. Find out how to get involved in making it happen. Have your say on what sort of events and performances should be presented. Look forward to seeing you there!
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ANOTHER FUN FUNDRAISER
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night………….. But still the people of Wiveliscombe and it’s surrounds turned out to see the Town Hall Trust’s latest fundraiser ‘We are Bronte’. Wivey’s increasingly busy event calendar meant that the show needed to be held for 15 minutes to allow those watching the fireworks to move onto Kingsmead. For the third year running the Town Hall Trust has put on an innovative and quirky theatre production, this year, Publick Transport’s hilarious interpretation of…
