Frome is certainly different, so it is no surprise that this is used as the town's brand, doing things 'differently'.

There are also many different Fromes, nearly everyone, including the current Mayor, talk about "Old Frome and New Frome", but there are certainly more than just two divisions in this beautiful town set in hills. Consistently put in the top lists of places to live, the town has many diverse groups, overlapping each other in a mishmash of different cultures and backgrounds.

A well-known and much loved heritage site, Frome has an exciting history, back to the earliest days as a thriving market town. Back in 1685 the town supported the Monmouth Rebellion, earlier still it harboured protestant dissenters (again a sign of doing things differently).

Aside from the wonderful and ancient architecture the thriving market and stage coach postings left behind, there are a series of tunnels, perhaps more aptly called underground caverns, currently being excavated by a team of eager historians, and these may have been used as escape routes and hidden passages for those not able to show themselves.

There is even a tunnel, four miles long, going from the centre of Frome out to the world-renowned Longleat Safari Park- the entry way is known, but does not come up in the lions' enclosure ? Apparently not, when it was damaged during WWII the lake in front of the stately home drained away overnight.

Another wild tale of Frome?

There are many stories to Frome, magical and enchanting, and maybe some of them are true, because this is after all a town of storytellers.

Did you know David Bowie had a poetry reading of his own work in an upstairs room which was then a folk club at The George Hotel in Frome, around 1964.

So the story goes he wasn't much of a poet, and so a star was born from the largely unimpressed audience.

He might not have been a popular incomer, but time and again when people talk of Frome they say friendly, and that was certainly one of Nub News' most popular three words.

Frome has a strong sense of community, so no matter where you came from, and it is reckoned that the town has 62 different nationalities, but once you move in, you become a Fromie.

It has been described as the 'least lonely town in Britain' and while no one can be guaranteed a friend if you move to Frome, there is always someone out there willing to talk

While pop ups, art shows and incredible music events abound, there are no illusions, there is extreme poverty in the town too. So there is a community fridge - that word again - open to all which has won a European award for its uniqueness.

Other examples of Frome doing things its own way ?A people's budget, a monthly independent market, even its own currency.

Today Frome, is in the words of some of those who live here : vibrant, welcoming and ground-breaking. In the three words from the local MP David Warburton, Frome is Compassionate, Green and Innovative.

The name Frome derives from the ancient word Fraww, which means brisk and the town is certainly not sitting back on its historical haunches. It is expanding and unlike so many towns in the UK can say that it simply doesn't have any spare room for small businesses to move in, so it is putting that at the heart of two big developments due to start in 2020.

With a direct rail link to London, there are plenty of new Fromies, who have, sadly pushed up house prices, but have also brought in lots of ideas and independent businesses.

Like plotters and protestants, just another wave of incomers that the town is proud to welcome as it plans on being a vital town on the edge of Somerset for many more years to come.