150 years ago – December 16th 1871
* All the inmates of Williton workhouse were treated to a sumptuous dinner of stewed rabbit, the kind gift of Sir Alexander and Lady Hood, of St Audries
*A party of ladies and gentlemen from Knowlewell House, Bishops Lydeard, enjoyed skating on the Sandhill ponds.
* The long-established inn at Dunster, known as The George, was to be put up for sale by auction.
* H H Hole, photographer, of Williton, announced that he had introduced a new style of portrait known as The Lorne.
100 years ago – December 17th 1921
* A service of praise for the Irish peace settlement as held at Watchet Baptist Church. It was conducted by the Rev T Brain.
* A Government inspector of council houses told Dulverton RDC that the dwellings in Winsford were the best he had seen.
* Dulverton RDC was told by the surveyor that the Withiel Florey roads had not had any stone on them for five or six years.
* The GWR would run a special excursion train on the Minehead branch to Taunton for the Somerset Charity Cup final between Watchet and Radstock.
50 years ago – December 18th 1971
* William Gates, of Helwell Green, escaped with a black eye and cuts when his crane toppled into Watchet harbour while loading a Dutch vessel.
* Bicknoller Parish Council would only approve two houses being built at Great Moore, next to old people’s bungalows and the village inn.
* David Beach left Williton Players to be a drama adviser in Rotherham after producing ‘Nostalgia and the Oasis’.
* As the population age increased, Minehead Senior Citizens Club was told the town would have its own social services office in 1972.
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