History of Frome

Did you know that Frome was once famous for its booming cloth industry? Take a step in time and find out more about the history of the town.
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Here's the Market Place, taken in 1905. Did you know that a market has been held on this site since 1086? Picture from FROME: Then & Now by G. Russell and the Frome Selwood Photographic Society.
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Frome. Cheap Street by J.B. | #305233704
Frome. Cheap Street - 1910
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Cheap Street in the 1920's, featured in FROME: Then and Now by G. Russell and the Frome Selwood Photographic Society
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This is how the town centre looked in the early 1900s. Did you know that the Blue Boar dates back from 1961? Featured in FROME: Then and Now by G. Russell and the Frome Selwood Photographic Society
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"A bit of old Frome"
https://flic.kr/p/e1XttK | "A bit of old Frome" | H.R. Hughes Sweet Shop in Cheap street, Frome, Somerset c.1907 See Comments Below.
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This is how the town centre looked in the 1980s. Featured in FROME: Then and Now by G. Russell and the Frome Selwood Photographic Society
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Can you guess what year each of these photos of Catherine Hill were taken? The one on the left was taken in 1908, the middle photo taken in 1985, and the final photo was taken in 2015.
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Silk Mill Studios started life as a textile mill. After it closed in 1926, it was used for engineering works until it became unfit for purpose in the mid-1970s. Now it has been saved and restored as an exhibition space by local people. Learn more here: http://silkmillstudios.co.uk/
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Frome through Time
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The Town Mill, Willow Vale
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