Tag / Minehead

Preserving the Past My father-in-law’s love of photography means we are fortunate enough to have been left with hundreds of black-and-white photographs dating back to 1932 when he was a teenager. Just eighteen when he met his future wife these photographs portray young people of that era falling in love in an innocent way unknown to youngsters of today. They met, as many people did in those days through the church, their friendship strengthened by the local Tennis Club and their many mutual friends. Families knew each other better in those days. Parents’ approval was more important. My...

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Swinging with Five Star Swing

Review of “Hits from the Blitz” Five Star Swing Band at the Regal Theatre, Minehead Somerset

As I believe I may have said before we are lucky enough to have a theatre in Minehead still putting on good plays and shows, in this present day austerity, with many theatres like The Brewhouse in Taunton, having to close down. The Regal Theatre was built in 1934 as a 1600 seat theatre and cinema. The ground floor is now a Poundland outlet and the theatre is upstairs in what...

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