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Bridgwater people are very proud of their history. Please post anything history related here and share it. I'm sure it will be appreciated.

23/10/2026

https://www.westoverward.co.uk/bridgwater-history-day-2026/

Bridgwater History Day will be held at the Bridgwater Arts Centre on Saturday 14th November from 1030 until 4pm. There will be talks and films by local historians. The event is free and you can drop in and out during the day. As an extra feature this year the Westover Tapestry will be on display [.....

11/08/2026

https://www.swmaritime.org.uk/product/watchet-history-day-2/

October 3rd 2026 The programme of talks includes tales of nefarious doings in the Bristol Channel, the importance of the railway to Watchet’s marine trade, life in Watchet in the seventeenth centur…

09/09/2024

https://www.westoverward.co.uk/its-heritage-week-here-in-bridgwater-and-everywhere-else/

Heritage Open Days 2024 will take place from 6 to 15 September. Bridgwater will be participating with a variety of events and activities that showcase the town’s rich history and hidden gems. Bridgwater Town Council spokesman for all things historical, cllr Brian Smedley (Westover) said “Bridgwa...

30/04/2024

https://www.westoverward.co.uk/town-diary/bring-back-the-castle/

13/04/2024

https://www.westoverward.co.uk/town-diary/its-the-way-i-tell-em/

It’s my fault of course. If I write slightly too many words for my Mercury column they just end it at the exact moment the wordcount ends and my hilarious punchline just dissapears. That’s what happens this week. However, as I also reprint my EXACT wording as submitted in this ‘Town Diary’ t...

03/04/2024

https://www.westoverward.co.uk/bridgwaters-top-ten-radicals-unveiled-at-shapwick/

26/03/2024

19/12/2023

https://www.westoverward.co.uk/town-diary/radical-in-our-own-way/

Who’d be a sub editor? Not me. I fondly remember the time that my theatre company did an anti fascist play and we got a great review in the Mercury-only to see the headline ‘Sheep Worrying does Fascist Play’. Somewhat missing the point. This week in my Mercury column I thought I’d got the wo...

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