A GERMAN TV crew visited Frome’s Men’s Shed last month, creating a documentary looking at how to tackle loneliness.
The TV crew were Eva Münstermann, Ralf Heinze and Ole (sound man).
Patrick Abrahams of the Frome Men’s Shed said, “The German TV crew were from an independent TV producer for German public broadcasting stations ZDF and 3sat. The crew were in Frome for two days spending time at the Frome Medical Centre and the Frome Men’s Shed, as well as filming in the town.
“They were filming two documentaries of the same topic, how to tackle loneliness. The 3sat science documentary is 45 minutes long and additionally features more scientific aspects like why are we human beings due to evolution more or less dependent on being member of a group? There are more experts (psychologists, sociologists and evolutionary biologists) involved talking about their study subject.
“The ZDF report is a Scandinavian-style report focusing on the solutions. They interviewed several Shedders during the morning.
“They also helpfully recorded a “Shed happens” ‘ident’ (station identification) for the Frome FM monthly Shed magazine community radio show ‘Shed Happens’.
“The ident states ‘You’re listening to “Shed Happens” on Frome FM at 96.6 locally and online and on demand world wide at Frome dot fm.’ We already have this ident in Welsh, Portuguese, Swedish and Korean from earlier visits by TV crews.”
Above: Ralf Heinze and Ole from ZDF with Patrick Abrahams of Frome Men’s Shed and Julie Carey-Downes (Health Connections Mendip – volunteer coordinator).
![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")
