A SPECIAL concert is to be held at the Guildhall next month in memory of former Chard Mayor Dave Hill.

Mr Hill, a long-standing member of Chard Town Council, died in April last year after a period of ill-health.

Now Chard Concert Brass, with Chard Rotary Club, is holding a memorial concert on Saturday, March 17, from 7.30pm.

Proceeds will go to the PolioPlus charity. Mr Hill, described by another ex-Mayor, Cllr Jill Shortland, as the ‘unassuming heart and soul of Chard’, had worked tirelessly for the area despite suffering from polio.

Tickets for the concert are on sale priced £7.50 from Chard tourist information centre, Barrons in Holyrood Street, Chard, and club members.