The “world premiere” of the film A Knight in Glastonbury was witnessed by Conservation Society members on March 28.

  Bill Knight, a prominent Glastonian and a founder member of our society, treated us to an entertaining video that recorded highlights of his year of office as mayor. The movie shows the mayor’s parade, complete with band, and the reception in the Town Hall, with Bill’s young son William fully participating.

  Bill proudly showed us his floral displays in Marchant’s Yard by the cottages he restored, the scene of concerts by Burtle Silver Band. (This year’s concert was on June 7.)

  He takes us into Northload Street, passing the award-winning family fish shop with exposed medieval jetty, into the Market Place commenting on its former occupants, and then up the High Street giving us a rare glimpse inside the Masonic Hall.

  We are also taken a few doors along from the chip shop to the Who’d’a’ Thought It inn — Bill’s transformation some 25 years ago of the old Lamb pub.

  Nostalgically, Bill shows us his parents on holiday with him as a lad and other family members; we also see annual flooding between Glastonbury and Street, fish supplies arriving at the old railway station and much else.

  This 45-minute video is well filmed with good sound reproduction and is altogether commendable — credit Keith Fakenbridge of Ashacre Films in Archers Way. Our thanks to John Coles for his projection skills on the night at St John’s Centre (which on weekdays houses the Bay Tree Cafe).