I saw a couple of Marx Brothers films on TV recently, but the sublime idiocy that never failed to entertain me when I first discovered them now seems to have lost its magic. The films (Duck Soup and Horse Feathers) came over as just a stringing together
BIDDESTONE have lost skillful midfield player Dom Khaekphong, who has signed for Toolstation League First Division rivals Bradford Town. Khaekphong is the first signing for Bradford's new co-managers Paul Ranger and Nigel Tripp, who have taken over
I loved this story (from here ): We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the "seniors' special" was two eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast for $1.99. "Sounds good," my wife said. "But I don't want the eggs." "Then I'll have to charge you two dollars
CRICKET: GLOUCESTERSHIRE off-spinner Martyn Ball has announced his retirement from professional cricket today. Ball has accepted a job to become sales director for UK and Europe with Real Estate Development Multinational, The Ginn Company. The 36 year
MONEY isn’t supposed to buy you happiness but I have to marvel at the amount of miserable people who are clearly rolling in it. Take the couples who appear on Relocation Relocation – all of them are high-flying thirtysomethings who have made a mint in
Now they want to teach Britishness in schools. How, pray tell, are they going to manage that? The buzzwords are tolerance and respect, but I’ve got a few more suggestions for the curriculum: The noble art of queuing A true Brit should know the simple
POLICE are trying to trace two women called Sam and Carla who attended George Ward School, Melksham, between 1980 and 1986. Dc Val Ashby, of Trowbridge CID is investigating a complaint made by a female with the first name Wendy, who also attended the
THERE are still spaces available on a coach being provided by Trowbridge Town Council to take health supporters to the Wiltshire Primary Care Trust meeting on Tuesday. The meeting, which is being held in the Corn Exchange, in Devizes, is to discuss
HOLT manager Simon Montecute, who already has enough players signed on to make up four teams, has added two more to his squad. He has signed midfielder Adam Cooksey and 24-year-old striker Tim Edgar to his 47 man squad. Edgar has returned to the club
JOHN Harold Summers, a life-long Labour Party activist in Chippenham, has died aged 80 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease and liver cancer. Known as John to his colleagues and Harold to his family, he was born at Lower Lodge, Pewsham. The son
AFTER a two-year battle with cancer, Marian Cane, of Sorrel Close, Trowbridge, died on January 9 at the age of 54. She was born Marian Gail Humphries on March 28, 1952 at Riverside Eden Vale, Beckington, where she lived until she was three before moving
Miss Sandra Byrne and Mr Ian Altree were married at the Ramada Elcot Park Hotel, Newbury in September. The bride is the younger daughter of Paddy and Dolores Byrne, of County Carlow, southern Ireland and the bridegroom is the son of Chris and Jean Altree
DAVID Sim is the managing director of Wildoak Property Search. He was born in Buckinghamshire and now divides his time between Westbury and London. He gained a degree in surveying at the University of Westminster and has worked in property ever since.
Lee Nott and Caroline Sheppard were married on September 2, 2006, in Cancun, Mexico. The bride is the elder daughter of the late Philip Sheppard and Lynda Munroe and the bridegroom is the elder son of Philip Nott and Adriana Saunderson. Natasha Nott
BABY Chayse was born two days late, coming into the world at a healthy weight of almost 10lb. He is the first child for Sadie Pritchard, 18, and she and Chayse's dad, Paul Beales, 26, are delighted with their new arrival. After going into labour at
WHEN Chris Fox heard he was having a new electricity meter installed he thought the price might go up by a few pence a day. What the 49-year-old, of Charles Street, Trowbridge, was not expecting when he checked his shiny new meter was a 400 per cent
CONGRATULATIONS to our Junior of the Week, Erin James, of North Bradley, who wins a £5 voucher from The Toy Shop, plus two Happy Meals from McDonald's in Trowbridge, Melksham or Chippenham. Well done Erin, thank you for sending in the lovely picture and
FAMILIES are well catered for come rain or shine at the Dick Whittington Mohair Countryside Centre. The centre, in Longhope, Gloucestershire, has both indoor and outdoor activities and has lots of facilities suitable for children aged 10 and under.
FRIDAY JANUARY 26 Rattlesnake Shake, The George, Woolley Street, Bradford on Avon. Passenger Club gig featuring local rock and alternative bands, Salisbury Arts Centre, 7.30pm. Age 15+. Tickets £6 (01722) 321744. Jazz at the Icebox One Last Time, memorial
GOOD news for live music fans, as Players bar on the West Wilts trading estate near Westbury is bidding to establish itself a a live music venue. Ken Bowman, manager of Players and nextdoor nightclub Club Ice is hoping to put more emphasis on promoting
This week we take a look from the opposite end of Silver Street in Warminster. Our archive picture taken around 1930 shows the Obelisk Post Office on the right hand side, now Maxfield House Antiques. The post office has since crossed the street to the
WESTBURY United Paul Brickley will be without the services of Matt Sharp for at least six weeks. Sharp limped off during the Toolstation League First Division game against Truro City and the injury has now been diagnosed as a broken ankle.
X FACTOR stars Eton Road and Robert Allen had a huge welcome when they performed for the crowds in Trowbridge last night. The singers entertained revellers in Chicago Rock Café with a mixture of songs they made their own on the ITV show. About 500 people
On the news this morning there was an item about the government considering an investigation into the way quiz programmes run their premium phone lines and to consider if they should be classed as gambling. BBC radio ran an interview with a man who had
TWO police community support officers and a police constable from Chippenham were awarded for their work following a stabbing in the town centre last summer. PCSOs Gemma Bloomfield, 22, and Georgina Matthews, 23, and Pc Clare Heaven, 38, received their
FROME Town produced a solid second half performance to overcome former Robin Simon White and record a deserved 2-0 victory over Street in the Toolstation League Premier Division. Frome created the better chances in the first half but were denied by
CHIPPENHAM Town's directors have confirmed they have delayed a decision on the future of manager Darren Perrin. He remains suspended on full pay while the directors seek legal advice. In a short statement issued last night by club secretary Chris Blake
PCSOs, special constables and members of the public were rewarded at a ceremony in Warminster on Tuesday. Among those awarded were the two Polish and Portuguese women who helped the police liaise with their communities during the Hayley Richards murder
