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2 June 2007

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The town centre on a Saturday morning with North Street off to the right. On the roundabout is the Burma War Memorial.

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Fore Street.

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The Pitcher and Piano restaurant in Corporation Street. Click on the door for some historical information about the building.

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The Municipal Buildings, Corporation Street. Once the old Grammar School. Click on the door for more information.

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The entrance to Taunton Museum.

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The Castle Hotel.

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The portcullis entrance below the hotel leading to North Street.

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The view down North Street to the Market House.

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North Street. The post office.

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North Street. Debenhams store.

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The church of St James and the Ring of Bells pub in St James Street. The church dates from the early 14th century.

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Burtons Store. This is unusually an original building. Click on the top centre to see the stonework.

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The church of St Mary Magdalene at the end of Hammet Street. The church is English Gothic and was completed in 1508.

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The Almshouses dating from 1635 in East Street. Click over the centre door to see the plaque. Click on the right hand end for more information.

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The strange shaped chimneys.

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The old Victoria Jubilee Nursing Institute. East Reach.

22 November 2008

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A short visit on a dull overcast day to buy some Christmas presents. The park and ride buses today were all vintage models.

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All the Christmas decorations were up in the East Street shopping arcade.

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Looking down East Reach.

15 October 2011

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On the green outside the museum there was an English Civil war living history display.

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Pike men.

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Muskets being fired.

17 January 2017

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The doors to St Mary Magdalene church. I spotted this view as a suitable subject for my local camera club competition on the theme of glass.