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We are very excited to have our friends from The Good Life Experience with us at our June Market! Founded by Cerys Matthews, Steve Abbot and Charlie & Caroline Gladstone in 2014, for those of you who are yet to discover this magical little festival, you’re in for a treat! The Good Life Experience is held […]
This year we’re catching up with some of Frome’s independent shops and businesses. This month it’s one of your market day faves, Resident. We had a chat with James Borley, who set up Resident in 2015. Click here to read the full Q & A with James, who tells us about his favourite designers, how […]
We have been catching up with traders from across the market this year, finding out more about what goes on behind the scenes and why they do what they do. We caught up with flea traders and musicians Pete and Chantelle, aka DIG, who you’ll find on market days with an incredible array of secondhand […]
This year we’re catching up with some of Frome’s independent shops and businesses, and this month it’s one of the longest standing independent retailers on Catherine Hill, Assembly. Assembly offers “… a hand-picked selection of British garments, traditional grooming products and interesting objects, with a few continental classics thrown in for good measure.” We chatted to shopkeeper Antony Hick […]
We are very excited to announce the return of NIGHT SCHOOL, our series of evening evening sessions that offer the opportunity to learn a new skill under the expert guidance of one of The Frome Independent’s traders, whilst creating something rather lovely to take home with you. This summer and autumn you can try your […]
This month’s featured maker is Boo To a Moose, who creates innovative DIY Cyanotypes kits as well as polaroid art, which can find in the suitcase sale on Catherine Hill on market days. We chatted to Michelle, the maker behind Boo To A Moose about her inspirations, motivations and favourite snacks! Where do you get […]
Spring is here! We are teaming up with Garden Day to welcome in the season with some weird and wonderful rural traditions on Sunday 5th May Come and make yourself a flower crown with our friends from Garden Day UK, watch maypole dancing from students at Oakfield School, and encounter Boss Morris – an all-female […]
I moved my whole life here, only knowing one person. I opened in the most gorgeous space at No. 13 Catherine Hill - I opened the doors and we actually had customers! It was the best feeling and so exciting, I had been saving and planning for this for 9 years. Read more
We are delighted by sales of their “Somerset Sister” T-shirts, which have now generated hundreds of pounds to support vulnerable young people across the town. The t-shirts, which are designed and produced in Frome, are being sold to raise funds for Frome Re:Fresh, a local grassroots organisation that provides sanitary products and toiletries for students […]
This year we’re opening the door on some of Frome’s independent businesses, and we’re starting with one a firm favourite for many of you – Kobi & Teal. Kobi & Teal is the brainchild of designers Nick Fraser and Polly Bell. It opened its doors at the top of Catherine Hill in March 2017, with “a mission to […]
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