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If you would like your organisation or volunteer activities or ideas to feature on All About Frome

contact email studio@nullfrome.fm and put All About Frome in the subject.

Rupert or Julia will get back to you.

Rebellious Jukebox – 12th September

Posted on September 11, 2019

Special guest on this week’s Rebellious Jukebox show is Frome poet Liv Torc.

Liv is one third of the Hip Yak Poetry Shack, who host the Hip Yak Poetry Slam at the Frome festival each year, and she also runs the Spoken Word stage at WOMAD and the Hip Yak Poetry School. She is a Radio 4 slam winner and performed at Glastonbury on the Poetry and Words stage earlier this year.
Listen to Liv talk a bit about her work and then read her poem, The Human Emergency, on the show.

www.livtorc.co.uk

www.hipyakpoetryshack.co.uk

Facebook/livtorcpoet

Twitter/livtorc

That, plus the usual mix of genre-hurdling musical delights.

The Rebellious Jukebox, presented by Julian Crawley. Thursday evenings from 8.00 until 9.00, repeated Sunday evening at 10.00.

All About Frome – 10th September

Posted on September 10, 2019

ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW

Roger From Frome Area Community Land Trust talks about the Trust’s input into genuinely affordable housing in Frome

www.fromeareaclt.org

info@nullfromeareaclt.org

Carolyn Clements (left of picture) and June Barnes talk to Frome FM about the Frome Carnival and what events are being held to help raise vital funds to help keep the carnival running

www.fromecarnival.org.uk

Contact June on 01373 461625

or the judging organiser on mandy_morgan@nulllive.co.uk

Jeremy Westcott interviews Lisa Van der Zanden and Angela Ward (left of picture) regarding an intriguing new festival to Frome called ‘Pushing Up the Daisies’ where they aim to break the taboo around death and funerals

Pushing up the Daisies is happening on the 11th, 12th and 13th October in Frome

www.pushingupthedaisies.co.uk

Helen Viner; Community Projects Officer from Frome Town Council talks about their ebike scheme where they are currently offering a 50% discount code to get you around those horrid hills around Frome a little easier!

discount code: CYCLESEPTEMBER

www.frometowncouncil.co.uk/ebikes

If you would like your organisation or volunteer activities or ideas to feature on All About Frome

contact email studio@nullfrome.fm and put All About Frome in the subject.

Rupert or Julia will get back to you.

Frome Agricultural and Cheese Show

Posted on September 9, 2019

Cheese The Frome Agricultural and Cheese Show is here again and Frome FM will be transmitting live from the West Woodlands Showground from 9am until 5pm on Saturday, September 14th.

In conjunction with Frome College Radio Club the production team of technicians and presenters will deliver 7 hours of live radio during the day, including the regular morning Saturday Sizzler show with Ida Down and Johnny and a one-hour special featuring interviews with show competitors, exhibitors, management and of course the public.

If you’re at the show, call in to the Frome FM outside broadcast studio on stand 03 and have a chat – you might get on the air!

Different Sounds – Saturday 7th September 2019

Posted on September 3, 2019

This Saturday’s Different Sounds features on exclusive interview with former XTC bass player, Colin Moulding.

In an extended and exclusive chat, Colin chats about his career so far and his latest project TC&I.

Colin has also chosen eight of his favourite songs to share with us and to talk about.

The show also features an interview with the hugely talented Irish singer songwriter Ken O’Duffy, chatting about his excellent new album Last Night at The Gentlemen’s Club.

Presented by Ian Leak, the show starts at 8pm. Click here to listen on demand.

All About Frome – September 3rd 2019

Posted on September 3, 2019

This week’s ALL ABOUT FROME

Contact sheet

The guests today were (from left to right):

Helen Sprawson-White, Chair Mendip District Council; Rowena Mayo-Candy; Frome Team Sergeant Rachel Clark and PCSO Gary Maule

Kate Levi, Stewart Grant and Michael Jackson

Helen Sprawson-White, Chair of Mendip District Council,

Puts the Council’s position on proposed removal

of Frome’s second fire appliance.

To take part in Somerset County Council’s consultation:

www.dsfire.gov.uk/safertogether

The consultation runs until 22^nd September

Rowena Mayo-Candy talks about running 800 miles

to raise money for the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance

For more look at their 800 in 6 Facebook or Instagram or

www.dsairambulance.org.uk/fundraisers/800-miles-in-6-months

28^th September, 1-4pm, Mary Bailey field

Come and run the last 3 miles (8 laps round the field).

Team Sergeant Rachel Clark and PCSO Gary Maule

talk about policing in Frome and giving school talks

on cannabis and knife crime.

PACT (Police and Communities Together) Meeting

Victoria Park bandstand, 10-12pm on Saturday 7th September.

Stewart Grant, Kate Levi and Michael Jackson from

Smallisbeautifulafrica.com talk about skydiving to raise money

for a Ugandan orphanage library and water borehole

www.smallisbeautifulafrica.co.uk

26^th September, charity quiz at The Sun Inn in aid of

Smallisbeautifulafrica.com £10 per Team of 4/5

Other Community News

(we didn’t have time to mention)

On Saturday 7^th September, Dorothy House Hero Walk

6-10pm Bath Spa University, 1km, 5km, 10km routes.

For more information www.dorothyhouse.org.uk

Frome Town Council is taking part in an Ebike discount scheme. For the month of September, you can hire an ebike for only £5 a day. And we hope to have Helen Iver, who is leading the project, on the programme next week to tell us how it’s going. And for children who love to cycle, Frome Lions and Leos are putting on an event at the Old Showfield on Sunday 8^th September. There will be ebikes to try out and the popular smoothie bike. More information at frometowncouncil.org.uk

More cycling and less car use is a great way to reduce our carbon footprint and on that theme, Sustainability Frome have a meeting on the 5th September, from 7-9 at the Good Heart Café on Palmer Street. And at the Town Hall on 10^th September, at 6.30, there’s a meeting about a scheme for businesses where Green Nation install your solar panels free, in exchange for buying the discounted green electricity.

If you listened to our outside broadcast at the Cornerhouse recently, you’ll know that Lucia Chadwick has moved from Active and In Touch to work with Focus Frome Counselling. It is launching on Friday 6^th September from 12-3pm at St Johns Cottage, Frome. Also present will be the mayor, Mark Dorrington, and author and Emeritus professor Brian Thorne. More information at focusbath.com or on the Facebook page.