Frome

A name in a book

Family Stories by LoisFebruary 21, 2016September 29, 2018

Swift bright flowing water

Writing by LoisFebruary 19, 2016

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 22, 2015

We’ve all seen ghost signs, I’m sure… those faint traces on the side of old buildings of signs and advertisements, painted onto the bricks or plaster rather than posters being stuck up or metal and wooden notices physically attached to the wall. I came across these two in a side street in the pretty old town of […]

Nunney Fayre

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 1, 2015August 1, 2015

Places by LoisJuly 25, 2015

Street market!

This street market was just near the River Frome, in Frome in Somerset. Now you might think the name of the river rhymed with ‘foam’, but in fact it rhymes with broom, as does the town, so it sounds like Froom. The town must be named after the river, because Frome comes from an old British word describing a […]