FROME FESTIVAL TREASURE HUNT

Marilyn Sims has won the 2024 Frome Festival Treasure Hunt, receiving a beautiful silver pendant from Annette Gabbedey’s Eternal Collection. Frome resident Marilyn has been taking part in the annual Treasure Hunt ever since the Festival started in 2001, stating “I’ve always done it with my daughters and my grandson and it’s a wonderful thing to do in the school holidays with the children. We always have fun!” The Treasure Hunt was once again set by Gavin Rea, the former Frome Festival Chair, who has recently been recognised as a lifetime Vice President of the Festival. The quiz consists of many photos of the less recognisable Frome landmarks, sculptures and symbols along with cryptic clues in the form of riddles. Marilyn added “We’re always surprised that there are always one or two difficult questions that we take a long time to get right. This year it was the plaque about the Valentine Lamp. We walked up and down the hill three or four times.” In total there were 15 completely correct entries with the winner drawn from those randomly.

The prize-giving took place at Annette Gabbedey’s studio shop at 5 Catherine Hill, where the pendant was presented to Marilyn by Annette and current Frome Festival Chair, Rosie Eliot. Annette Gabbedey said “I’m delighted to be able to donate a prize again. I’ve been donating prizes since the start of the Festival and am honoured to support it because it’s a really important part of the town.”