The Frome Independent

About The Frome Independent

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The Frome Independent Description

WE ARE MORE THAN A MARKET

We stand for the best. We stand for talent. We stand for independents.

We work with independent local, seasonal and regional food and drink producers.

We showcase fledgling and established contemporary designers & makers.

We nurture traders of sustainable products, contemporary design products and vintage fashion, collectibles and furniture.

We support Frome’s independent retailers and thinkers.

Community. Culture. Conversation. We make that happen too.

Come and reclaim the high street with us.

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Our #SomersetSister t-shirts have popped up today at @sistersguild_frome ! Hope you’ve all enjoyed @stcatherinesfrome pop-up today and got lots of Christmas goodies. •••••••••• #Repost @sistersguild_frome Newsflash ✨✨✨ SOMERSET SISTER Tees are in the Frome shop. Created by @thefromeindependent for the Frome charity ReFresh that tackles period poverty. These Tees are for your sisters, besties, partners, in solidarity. It’s all happening in @stcatherinesfrome and @hubnubcentre... TODAY with the Catherine Hill Pop-Up. There’s so much local talent to discover - come on down for shopping and lunching! @rye_bakery pizza and the beauty of @fiunderhill @therawsoapcompany @darkmoonvegan @deborahcowell2018 in the @hubnubgallery . All the gorgeous shops will be open til 7pm full of friendly peeps and twinkly lights for your delight! #SomersetSister #sistersguild #thefromeindependent #fromerefresh #latenightshopping #stcatherinesfrome #stcatherinespopup
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Some lovely pictures of our final market 2018. Thanks @alicewhitby for capturing the day! We’re back on the first Sunday in March, see you then! . . .... . #Frome #TheFromeIndependent #Somerset @ Frome, Somerset
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Our online shop is live!
Please get your orders in before Wednesday 12th December to be sure you get things in time for Christmas. and do go and see Sisters Guild at the St Catherine's Christmas Pop-Up this Saturday who will be hosting some of our goodies!
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Some lovely memories of last weekend by Alice Whitby Photography, featuring Fair Frome, Rare Species, Frome Community Chioir and lots of lovely traders, shopkeepers and visitors!

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That’s all folks! Huge thanks to all who visited, shopped, traded and performed at our final market of 2018. Thanks also to our amazing crew for all their hard work this year. Have a merry Christmas and we’ll see you in 2019 🎄🎉

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Hungry?!
In the run-up to Sunday's market we are sharing full lists of all the participating traders, and where you can find them.
Here's who you can discover this Sunday in our Street Food section on Scott Road!
... Dan's Somerset Deli: Quality Cheese. (In Westway Precinct) Thai spice Spengler's Deli Ah-Ma's Dumplings Palmer Street Bottle The Bubble Wafflery Socarrat Catering South Street Kitchen Buckland Burgers Jacob's Finest Falafel Little Jack Horners Ltd Kinori Alp Mac Penleigh Farm Traditional Butchers Tuk-Tuk Cafe Open Sesame Snowdrop Cottage Fine Foods Milk Street Brewery, The Griffin, Frome Stefano's Homemade Food La Bonne Crepe _________________________________________ _______________
Photography: Alice Whitby Photography & Lee Elkins for The Frome Independent 2018
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In the run-up to Sunday's market we are sharing full lists of all the participating traders, and where you can find them.
Here's what you can discover this Sunday in our Suitcase Sale, which you can find on The Bridge, St. Catherine's Frome, and Cheap street.
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... Edventure MAKE Course Wooly Hoops The Junkyard Rabbit Knots & Shots Sartorial Chic Button & Squirt Dreamers are Welcome Amelia Stone Jewellery Jessica Lee Paly Glass Funderhill ceramics Sew This Space FLAB Design Victoria Williams Jewellery
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Beeswax Wraps UK Merrimaker Nora Wright and more!
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Hej Gro Utta Nutta Janes Grains Rose and Shine Cupcakes John's Bees Clare Elizabeth Kilgour Floristry & Jewellery Design Jess Hughes Designs Modern Makers Issi Bulloch Mama and The Chimp Josie Mitchell Jewellery Some Such Magazine Tabby Rabbit Rosie Mclay Art Pilea Plant Shop Fizz Goes Pop David Daniels Purple Pollen Lima Lima Jewellery Jollydollyshop Laura Holden Studio World Basket JO JOOF Designs Gill’s Barrow Leo and Bib NiinaKmakes Black Cactus co Sky Sioukii Scatter jewellery The Gilded Leather Company Fatpoppycat Boo to a Moose Mary Kilvert _________________________________________ ________________
Photography: Alice Whitby Photography for The Frome Independent 2018
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Our friends Somerset Farmers Markets will be back with us this Sunday. Come and find them at the end of Cheap Street Shopping, next to the Boyles Cross.
Here's your lineup for Sunday...
Round Hill Roastery - Coffee all the way from Midsomer Norton... Bioaquafarm aquaponics- aquaponically produced trout and fresh produce Ellises Farm- fresh & cured pork & hot on the day. Fussels Fine Foods- culinary rapeseed oil products Gould's Traditional Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese Henny & Joe's Ltd Herby4- Chaider & tofu Hullabaloos Lemonade - Made to make you smile Beech Ridge Farm- free range poultry Marshwood Vale Cider - plus mead & gin In Clover- Hardy plants & willow craft Wainwrights Bees- 6 varieties of honey Nutts Scotch Eggs- multi award winning! Oven to You- wide range of sweet tarts The Incredible Brewing Company - Bristol Micro Brewery Teeny Greeny Farm- micro herbs and leafy salads The Leafy Tea Company- ethically sourced teas South Sun Biltong- traditional recipes using local ingredients Sagebury Fine Foods Ltd- gluten free savouries Simply Raw Milk- unpasteurised creamy milk Taylors of Bruton- traditional bakers Timmy's Chillies Marmalades and Jellies- tasty marmalade's with a kick! Feltham's Farm - Camembert style Somerset cheese Sugarlaine- exquisite patisserie Terre Del Checco- Olive oil from the farm The unusual pork pie company- all kinds of flavours! Westcountry Waterbuffalo- award winning local meat Wookey Farm- goats milk, meat, cheese & soap Wraxall Vineyard- local wines including sparkling
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Photography: Alice Whitby Photography for The Frome Independent 2018
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In the run-up to Sunday's market we are sharing full lists of all the participating traders, and where you can find them. Here's what you can discover this Sunday in our Food Producers section which covers Market Place and Stony Street. Look out for a separate post about our friends at Somerset Farmers Markets who will be next to Boyles Cross
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Rye Bakery... Somerset Charcuterie Pistachio Provenance Step and Stone Wootten Dairy The Old Cheese Room Ltd Westcombe Dairy Bath Culture House Homewood ewes Cheese The Bakemonger The Barley Sugar Bakehouse Moonraker Preserves At the Chapel
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Four Legged Fancies Friary Liqueurs Whitelake Cheese Crumpet! Cakes. Elspeth's Kitchen Dark Matters Wiltshire Chilli Farm Moist Lovett Pies Umami Bath Soft Cheese Lucille's Caravan PressHead Cider Dosa Tom
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Photography: Alice Whitby Photography and Joel Baxter Photography for The Frome Independent 2018
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Need help navigating the market?
In the run-up to Sunday's market we are sharing full lists of all the participating traders, and where you can find them. Here's what you can discover this Sunday in our Designer-Maker section which runs the length of Market Place.

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Matt Waite Pottery Gaganis Glover and Smith Lost Shapes Hive Originals Kobi & Teal Elytra England Sleepy Doe The Print House Wolfe Academy Forest and Fawn Dakota rae dust Priestlands Birch Products Wild and Fermented (Tracebridge Fermenteria + Elder Farm) The Spice Sultan Forge Kitchenware / Alex Pole Ironwork Holdsworth Hunt Knives Badger House Leather Polished Grey Jewellery Design Jules and Clem The British Blanket Company 12 20 Ceramics Hannah Brown Interiors Mild West Heroes Fivebargate Design Studio Sonja Klingler Glass Planty Kate Gill Flury Scout&Boo The Pipe Shop Foreground Projects Mendip Lavender Milly'O GeoAttic Hirsch & Kirsch The Silver Shed Warwick Borsay Weavers Wood Alpacas Priormade Loof Terrariums Elisabeth Barry & Denman+Gould Charlotty Ottowin Handmade Footwear Kay Morgan Bohobo Aromatherapies E.Ballon Design Moorswood Karen Dawn Curtis Girl's Own Store
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Photography: Alice Whitby Photography for The Frome Independent 2018
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The powerhouse that is Donna Somerset will be spinning tunes all day this Sunday, courtesy of these friendly faces! Come and find The Vintage Mobile Disco down at our pop-up Village Green, outside Frome Library.

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Need help finding your faves?
In the run-up to Sunday's market we're sharing full lists of all the participating traders, and where you can find them. Here's what you can discover this Sunday in our Flea Market area, which also includes our Homes & Gardens traders.
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... Taylor Made Pine Cobwebs Bruton Chattels Botanika Antiques Quirky Vintage Dorothy House Japonica Vintage The Old Chicken Shed The School of Lifei Sue Stokes Antiques Bimblot Charlie Foxtrot Vintage Curley & Rock Gorgeous Old French Stuff Emerald Summerland RETROFERRET.CO.UK Charlie's Curios Cindy's Closet Oldland Vintage Kuroshi Vintage silks and kimonos Retrostuff-etc Spotty Dog Trading Kim Woods Vintage Mr Moustache Furniture Nikki Meape The Ark Quirky Collectables French General Trading Catherine Swaile Delectablecollectable Bygone & Era The salvage quarter Holly's Vintage VIP J.a.m.s. Ironwork Ditsy Vintage Mark Miller (Arnie) The Junk Shop Bees Knees Apparel Super Atomic Pebble The Curious Flea Vieux Francais
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Worley's Cider Field to Fire Claud The Butler FHC Churros Kettlesmith Brewing The Crumpeteers Pythouse Kitchen Garden Cafe
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How Brave is the Wren Makesey's (Sow's Ear & JoyoJoy) Experience Ukraine Wings Furniture and Interiors Ltd Straysparks Botanica Studio Sprout & Flower Compton Garden Flowers Meadowinmygarden Organic Sheepskins Metal In Bloom
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Images Alice Whitby Photography for The Frome Independent, April 2018
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FOODIE GIFTS...
Give the gift of cheeses, crackers, cider gift packs and even bottled Christmas Spirit this year..

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A R T...
Whether it's a print for a gift, or to brighten up your walls at home, come and checkout these cheerful artworks from traders in our designer-maker section this Sunday 2nd December.

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One week to go...
10am -3pm // Sunday 2nd December // FROME

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SKIN DEEP...
Come and check out these lovely skincare products (that would make wonderful gifts or stocking fillers) on Sunday 2nd December. All handmade by small independents, based in and around Frome!

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LET THERE BE LIGHT...
Brighten up your home in time for the short days and long nights to come with these lighting designers, all of whom will be with us on Sunday 2nd December.

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W O R D S ...
If you're looking for Christmas gifts that really say something this year, come check out this little lot on Sunday 2nd December.

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Need help navigating the market?
In the run-up to Sunday's market we are sharing full lists of all the participating traders, and where you can find them. Here's what you can discover this Sunday in our Designer-Maker section which runs the length of Market Place.

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Matt Waite Pottery Gaganis Glover and Smith Lost Shapes Hive Originals Kobi & Teal Elytra England Sleepy Doe The Print House Wolfe Academy Forest and Fawn Dakota rae dust Priestlands Birch Products Wild and Fermented (Tracebridge Fermenteria + Elder Farm) The Spice Sultan Forge Kitchenware / Alex Pole Ironwork Holdsworth Hunt Knives Badger House Leather Polished Grey Jewellery Design Jules and Clem The British Blanket Company 12 20 Ceramics Hannah Brown Interiors Mild West Heroes Fivebargate Design Studio Sonja Klingler Glass Planty Kate Gill Flury Scout&Boo The Pipe Shop Foreground Projects Mendip Lavender Milly'O GeoAttic Hirsch & Kirsch The Silver Shed Warwick Borsay Weavers Wood Alpacas Priormade Loof Terrariums Elisabeth Barry & Denman+Gould Charlotty Ottowin Handmade Footwear Kay Morgan Bohobo Aromatherapies E.Ballon Design Moorswood Karen Dawn Curtis Girl's Own Store
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Photography: Alice Whitby Photography for The Frome Independent 2018
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Need help navigating the market?
In the run-up to Sunday's market we are sharing full lists of all the participating traders, and where you can find them. Here's what you can discover this Sunday in our Designer-Maker section which runs the length of Market Place.

... ------------D E S I G N E R - M A K E R S---------
Matt Waite Pottery Gaganis Glover and Smith Lost Shapes Hive Originals Kobi & Teal Elytra England Sleepy Doe The Print House Wolfe Academy Forest and Fawn Dakota rae dust Priestlands Birch Products Wild and Fermented (Tracebridge Fermenteria + Elder Farm) The Spice Sultan Forge Kitchenware / Alex Pole Ironwork Holdsworth Hunt Knives Badger House Leather Polished Grey Jewellery Design Jules and Clem The British Blanket Company 12 20 Ceramics Hannah Brown Interiors Mild West Heroes Fivebargate Design Studio Sonja Klingler Glass Planty Kate Gill Flury Scout&Boo The Pipe Shop Foreground Projects Mendip Lavender Milly'O GeoAttic Hirsch & Kirsch The Silver Shed Warwick Borsay Weavers Wood Alpacas Priormade Loof Terrariums Elisabeth Barry & Denman+Gould Charlotty Ottowin Handmade Footwear Kay Morgan Bohobo Aromatherapies E.Ballon Design Moorswood Karen Dawn Curtis Girl's Own Store
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Photography: Alice Whitby Photography for The Frome Independent 2018
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More about The Frome Independent

The Frome Independent is located at BA11 1 Frome, Somerset
http://www.thefromeindependent.org.uk