A free app that brings Frome’s streets to life through voices and sounds is giving residents and visitors alike a new and exciting way to explore Frome.
Walking Memories is an easy to use sound walk which includes a map and downloadable app for mobile phones and offers listeners a chance to uncover Frome’s interesting past thanks to using oral histories recordings collected by Home in Frome over the last 10 years. The material has been incorporated into this innovative app by artist and tech wizard Ralph Hoyte and Phil Phelps of Satsymph.
After successfully securing support from the People’s Budget – a Frome Town Council Community Grant – along with funding from Frome Society for Local Study and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the walk was launched as part of the Black Swan Art’s Listen: A summer of sound art and the walk has now been handed over to Frome Town Council to host on the Discover Frome website.
It includes a map, complete with instructions on how to download the app and use it. Maps are also available to pick up from the Discover Frome Information Point at Black Swan Arts. Once on your phone, you can experience any part of the walk anytime you like, so there are lots of opportunities to explore all two hours of content.
As well as Walking Memories, Discover Frome has a number of walks available to suit a variety of interests. From guided walks led by knowledgeable locals which include Heritage Trees, Saxon Frome, comedy walks and more, to those you can take at your own pace such as Green Spaces, Plaques of Frome, or Whatcombe Fields.
Find out more about all of the Discover Frome walks , including the Walking Memories Sound Walk at: www.discoverfrome. co.uk/town-walks/
Pictured: Dorothy-Anne and Andrew Bryant enjoy ‘Walking Memories.
![Town-wide programme brings month of social activities in May
A month-long programme of activities and events is set to take place across the town in May as part of an initiative encouraging residents to connect with themselves, each other and local places.
The scheme, Frome Connects, will run throughout the month and includes a mix of social activities, creative events and informal meet-ups in community spaces.
Highlights include the return of Dress Up Fridays, which began during lockdown and invites people to wear formal clothing or fancy dress and turn the town into their catwalk each Friday.
Set-piece moments include a Kate Bush-themed flashmob (Running Up That [Catherine] Hill) on 30th May, followed by a bell peal at St John’s Church where the bells will play Running Up That Hill.
There will also be a whole-town drone photo on Friday 30th May, with everyone encouraged to ‘look up’ at around 12.30pm.
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.
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A month-long programme of activities and events is set to take place across the town in May as part of an initiative encouraging residents to connect with themselves, each other and local places.
The scheme, Frome Connects, will run throughout the month and includes a mix of social activities, creative events and informal meet-ups in community spaces.
Highlights include the return of Dress Up Fridays, which began during lockdown and invites people to wear formal clothing or fancy dress and turn the town into their catwalk each Friday.
Set-piece moments include a Kate Bush-themed flashmob (Running Up That [Catherine] Hill) on 30th May, followed by a bell peal at St John’s Church where the bells will play Running Up That Hill.
There will also be a whole-town drone photo on Friday 30th May, with everyone encouraged to ‘look up’ at around 12.30pm.
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.
Pictured: l-r Jenny Hartnoll and Ginny Adams")
