Brian Smedley

Oct 23, 2024 | bridgwatermercury.co.uk | Brian Smedley

The Moon is a Balloon (Image: Brian Smedley) It didn’t occur to me that a giant balloon that looked like the moon would be taken to heart and soon become part of the Bridgwater community. Ha, lunacy, but it did. Luke Jerram devised a giant inflatable moon, exact and precise. And he got Cameron Balloons - who he lived next door to - to make it for him. Then he put it in Bridgwater docks and people loved it.

Jul 17, 2024 | bridgwatermercury.co.uk | Brian Smedley

Cllr Brian Smedley, Leader of Bridgwater Town Council. (Image: Supplied) SO I’m sat in a bar waiting for the England game - very subdued atmosphere - then again, I am in Scotland, nobody seems to want to talk to me - writes Brian Smedley, leader of Bridgwater Town Council. Admittedly I’m stripped to the waist and have painted a red cross on my chest. One guy mistakes me for a paramedic. I don’t yet know the result of the big game.

Jun 4, 2024 | flipboard.com | Luisa Godinez-Puig |Brian Smedley

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Mar 20, 2024 | somersetapple.co.uk | Brian Smedley

DESPITE rumour and speculation on social media the former hospital on Salmon Parade, Bridgwater, is NOT being demolished. Ward Councillors Tony Heywood and Jacqui Solomon (pictured below) have been involved in the project since it started and want to reassure people of the plans and outcomes. Cllr Solomon said: “It is listed and it certainly wouldn’t be demolished without listed building consent.”Cllr Heywood said: “It is planned to become a mixed social care facility, including a training centre.

Feb 7, 2024 | bridgwatermercury.co.uk | Brian Smedley

Bridgwater Town Council Leader, Brian Smedley. (Image: Brian Smedley) PEOPLE often forget that there was 72 hours of trouble-free sailing before the Titanic hit that iceberg, and sank, writes Bridgwater Town Council Leader, Brian Smedley. And it’s pretty much the same with the RMS Titanic Unitary. Nobody noticed the engines were on fire when it left Southampton. Hardly anyone bothered that there were less lifeboats than actually needed.