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Blackberry carnival grows

... Blackberry carnival grows Plans are afoot already for Axbridge's Blackberry Carnival on Saturday, September 24. An innovation is a fancydress bed race through the town on carnival eve. And a return to tradition is a carnivalnight dance in the Town Hall ...

Published: Thursday 14 July 1988
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 153 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

Skittling aids club Axbridge Youth Club staged a skittles championship which raised £224 for club equipment and ..

... staged a skittles championship which raised £224 for club equipment and towards the cost of their float for September's Blackberry Carnival. Children's Champion was Craig Norton, Ladies champion was Sheila Norton and the Men's champion was Dave Skinner ...

Published: Thursday 18 June 1987
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 61 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Autumn seems loath to start

... the conker tree which has shed a few. Blackberries arc late. According to, as they say in the newspapers, a usually reliable source of information, on the last night of September the Devil spits on blackberries and makes them inedible. Well, around ...

Published: Thursday 15 October 1987
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 334 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

Insider section

... these young Stretch (from the fun-filled carnival clowns at Axbridge's left) enjoyed clown- which proved to be t annual Blackberry ing around and act- a great success with Carnival held at the ing the fool with colourful floats and weekend. bowler hats ...

Published: Thursday 27 September 1990
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 126 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

Winners

... £lO Mrs. L. Addicott (Chewton Mendip). Plans go well for carnival Plans are going well for So, if any Axbridge Axbridge's Blackberry girl aged between 12 and Carnival on September 18 thinks she has the 20 with many floats and right attributes, she is walking ...

Published: Thursday 17 July 1986
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 163 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Call to ban gambling machines rejected

... cafes and He said he was members decided that take-aways. ;4= o . I Some of the walking entries are pictured at Asbridge's Blackberry Carnival. From left they are (back row): Aua Richardson, Heidi Newman, Laura Camp. Front row are: Robbk McKenzie, Matthew ...

Published: Thursday 02 October 1986
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 164 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

week in January, there were snowdrops, aocuses, primulas and pansies in full bloom in my garden, and daffodils ..

... which will encourage buds to break lower down. Similarly with blackberries the old canes should have been cut down after fruiting, and the new ones tied up in their place. If the blackberries are new, shorten them back to about 15 inches. You will, of course ...

Published: Saturday 21 January 1989
Newspaper: Bridgwater Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 560 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

of a hard

... spending September days? Over the last few years I have been experimenting with simplifying the recipes for elderberry, blackberry and rice and raisin wines. Having reduced them all to the basics, the whole operation, as well as the product, is now much ...

Published: Thursday 22 September 1988
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 612 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

ACTUAL SIZE How going

... Details are in the Hedgerow Pack, price £l, available from: The YOC Hedgerow Project The Lodge Sandy Bedfordshire SGI9 ZDL. Blackberries C.Ooc)tv How did the showjumper break his nose? By jumping against the clock. Wig 8 3 Ply W !kitott 1 . 9 !alouiwkit 9 ...

Published: Thursday 04 October 1990
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 202 | Page: 28 | Tags: none