Ilminster Town Council have slammed a proposal by Persimmon Homes to build up to 450 new houses on land south of Canal Way. Chairman of the Planning, Highways and Transport Committee Andrew Shearman told Persimmon’s reprensentative at the meeting, planner Jamie Grant, ‘your company does not listen to what the people of this town want’.
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Colourful art showcase by school children at Ilminster Arts Centre
“Schools Go Visual” is the sixth exhibition of its kind at the Arts Centre, and is a wonderful opportunity to see the high standard of art in five nearby schools. The exhibition opens on Monday, February 13 with artworks by pupils from Chard School, Greenfylde Church of England First School, Neroche Primary School, and Swanmead School.
Can You Help? Daughter of Ilminster Home Guard tracking down comrades
BROTHERS IN ARMS: STC Home Guard of Ilminster, with Geoffrey Ford in the back row, fifth from the left, and below, some of the guards’ equipment A CANADIAN woman whose father was evacuated to Ilminster during the Second World War and served in the town’s Home Guard is appealing to the public to help track down his brothers in arms. Geoffrey Ford previously lived in Orpington, London, and was evacuated to Ilminster in November 1940 as an employee for Standard Telephone and Cables .