You can hear the Air from County Derry (Danny Boy)   more »

Mendip District Council has a budget for projects in Street.   more »

Monday evening two big bands made the Parish Church vibrate to some old favourites. One band came from UWE and the other from over the road.   more »

A new look for the Methodist Church:

The exciting news is that the definitive local history book, that is gradually covering the whole country, has reached Street. The local section of the Victoria County History, covering Street, Glastonbury and the area around, is to be published very soon.   more »

Two researchers have contacted the Street Society recently expressing an interest in Clemence Housman, sister of the famous poet AE Housman, and of his more prolific but less celebrated brother Laurence.   more »

Jane Tompsett, who has lived near Street Parish Church for several years, is now beginning a tour of duty in Nigeria. She will be working as an employee of the Nigerian government, in association with the Leprosy Mission.   more »

To celebrate Michaelmas Day, a quarter-day, or St Michael and All Angels Day (29th September) David Parsons devised an evening of readings, song and instrumental music under the title of Angels and Devils, wonderfully supported by Helen Lunt (soprano), Janet Whitteridge (flute) and Mary Ellis (cello and readings).   more »

The AGM of the Street Society this Tuesday 26 September, 7.30 in the Methodist Hall, is to hear the local organiser of the National Trust on what the Trust is up to in Somerset.

Street has Collard Hill as its nearest NT property, with its rare Large Blue butterflies and its associations with the Civil War. Glastonbury Tor is another NT site that you can't miss.   more »

I happened to notice something going on this afternoon as I passed by Street Library gardens, so I went home for my camera. You can see the result here:   more »

Hello Street People:

I descend from the Street family (Rev Nicholas Street-
b.1603, Bridgewater, Somerset.
d.1674, New Haven, CT, USA.).

...   more »

This planning application got beneath my radar, until I read about it in the Central Somerset Gazette:   more »

There was a meeting of what are called 'stakeholders', people who have a stake in what the new Houndwood housing development will be like, on Monday.   more »

Much to my surprise I found myself yesterday evening not only attending Ashcott's 8th Beer Fest but also among the judges selecting the best beers.   more »

This message came via the Street and Walton church site www.streetandwalton.co.uk this morning.   more »

Strode Musical Theatre Society performed 'Trial by Jury' by Gilbert and Sullivan in the Parish Church this evening.   more »

Peter Preston, a really good egg, retired from chairmanship of SOPWA at the end of last year, after - wait for it - twentytwo years.   more »

The Gazette reports the trial of Daniel Rogers this week:   more »

The Gazette gives a little more about the murder that I referred to on Sunday   more »

I was told by a friend that a young woman from Street was killed in a car accident near Taunton, and this item from the BBC may refer to her:   more »

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a woman's body in Street, Somerset, on Saturday night.   more »

It just so happens that this evening there's too much music to enjoy.

In the Strode Theatre it's the last ...   more »

Clarks had their moment on BBC1 Watchdog this evening, among the dodgy tradesmen and crap telephone service suppliers. So what was their sordid secret?   more »

Many people know Norman Parker's distinctive art, meticulously drawn or painted, inspired by the Surrealists and delighting in visual humour and optical tricks. His recent exhibition at the Rural Life Museum introduced his art to more people, and Street Bookshop tells me that reproductions of the Tor series sell well as greetings cards.

Many of us know Norman also as a thoughtful, modest and witty conversationalist, as well as a strong Christian believer, so we had high expectations of his illustrated talk on visual art and the Christian response to it. He gave us a wonderful evening.   more »

A level exams are not often a spectator sport, but Music A level includes a public performance which is recorded and the recording sent off to the exam board.

I was glad to be able to join an audience of 30 to 40 people in Millfield's Music School to hear Hoong Ern Ng play his 20 minute piano recital today.   more »

The Rector told me that Anthony Clothier has died. Apparently it was quite sudden.   more »

I have just been told that you can visit this website to see the drawings that accompany planning applications.   more »

A cheque for £1,500 has been presented to a charity worker by the Street Salvation Army.   more »

The Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Rt Revd Peter Price, held a large audience spellbound yesterday evening as he spoke about and played records of some of his favourite jazz, from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald to Jools Holland and Madeleine Peyroux.   more »

Former BBC and ITV producer Stephen Lynas, who is now Parish Resources Adviser for the Bath and Wells diocese, gave a brilliant talk on the changing media and possible Christian responses to them, in the Mission Church this evening.   more »

I had to negotiate the hair-raising turn out of the road from Kingweston into the main Somerton road every school day for 19 years. Over time I learned what to do.   more »

I remember doing a car maintenance course in Street, years ago, where another course member was on call 24 hours a day. He was a volunteer fireman.   more »

Having received emails almost daily from Arabella Churchill during her time in Sri Lanka and Thailand with Children's World International, there has been silence for the past week.   more »

The Church of England churches of the immediate area are getting together for 6 sessions, each Wednesday between Ash Wednesday (1st March) and shortly before Easter (in fact, 5th April).   more »