The First Lockdown Eases
In June outdoor markets and non-essential shops reopened and people began to take their first tentative steps into the ‘new normal’.

The Raso family celebrate 25 years of their pizza shop in Wells.
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The Somerset Cider Bus would normally appear at many festivals throughout the summer. This year it remained at home and visitors came on Saturdays for socially distanced picnics and cider.
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Major General Ray Pett is pictured getting his first haircut since the beginning of lockdown. 4 July was the day salons were allowed to reopen following their closure in mid-March.
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Christopher and other staff members at Court House Care Home isolated at the care home for more than three months to reduce the risk of the virus being contracted by residents.
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Crowds of holidaymakers are seen enjoying the summer sunshine at the beach in Lyme Regis.
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A luxury cruise ship towers over a sailing boat at West Bay, Dorset.
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