South Somerset District Council’s Community Heritage Access Centre has just received an exciting addition to its social history collection from former employees of the gloving company W.J. and E.G. Ricketts Ltd of Addlewell Lane, Yeovil.Kevin and Sandra Millard, both of Yeovil, who worked at the gloving company in the 1960s and 1970s have kindly donated several items from their time at their former workplace. Full Story: Read More
South Somerset District Council Councillor Cathy Bakewell to become Baroness
Councillor Cathy Bakewell who is South Somerset District Council Ward Member for Coker is to become a Baroness and is said to be “delighted, thrilled and humbled” to be chosen for the great honour. Cathy’s first job in the political arena came about when she became Paddy Ashdown’s secretary in the years before he was first elected MP for Yeovil in 1983 and she continued in that role for many years. Eventually she decided to play her own part in politics and was elected to Somerset County Council in May 1993. Full Story: Read More