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Page last updated at 10:15 GMT, Friday, 18 December 2009

tangmere steam train at yeovil junction station dec 2009

Age of steam returns to Yeovil

Staff who looked after the steam locomotive Tangmere during the steam era have been reunited at Yeovil Junction after more than 40 years.

Steam power in action in Somerset

Westonzoyland Pumping Station opens its doors on New Year's Day showing how steam power changed the levels and moors.

Relive the noughties in the West

At the end of the decade, we look back on the events and stories which defined the noughties in the West.

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In pictures: Wellington's past

Cricket museum gets windfall

Let Me Tell You: Taunton in 1967

Service for children killed in WWII

Early image of Yeovil football team

Taunton's oldest building

Somerset's 'Pure nymph' pyramid

Audio slideshow: WWI experience

In pictures: Protecting Porlock

Women's refuge charts its history

In pictures: Woolworth memories

In Profile: Harry Patch

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