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What Katy found
I call in from time to time at Katy Gooding’s vintage and collectables shop at 57 High Street in Budleigh Salterton.There’s a blurred line between some of its contents and some of the artefacts that...
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Do you use Facebook?
Image credit: Bodo AkdenizSpam is a pain. For several years I’ve been emailing recipients of my blog news about Budleigh Salterton and Fairlynch Museum, keeping them up to date with the latest news,...
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Obituary: Tony Colmer (1940-2011)
This obituary was published in the Friends of Fairlynch Museum newsletter, Spring 2015Tony Colmer was born in Merton, near Wimbledon, on 15 March 1940 - the Ides of March, as he would say. The Second...
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Obituary: Bernard Quinn (1926-2010)
This blog, as I write elsewhere, is a kind of museum in cyberspace covering mainly news and features relating to Budleigh Salterton and the surrounding villages of the Lower Otter Valley. Inevitably...
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Smiles and sunshine for the 'Smugglers and Pirates' Family Fun Day
Serious contenders in the costume competition Fairlynch's Smugglers and Pirates-themed Family Fun Day was a hit with the crowds on last Saturday 18 July when the museum welcomed visitors young and old....
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Heath Week Sunday 26 - Friday 31 July 2015
I snapped a photo of this poster, one of many in the area publicising the 2015 East Devon Heath Week.But what better way to advertise the event than with this t-shirt, worn by Fairlynch Museum’s own...
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Hunting the Ladies of the Raj: Part 2
Lord Byron in Albanian dress painted by Thomas Phillips in 1813. Venizelos Mansion, Athens (the British Ambassador's residence). Did he know any ladies of the Raj? My journalist visitor at Fairlynch...
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Kimmo Evans (1972-2014)
There’s a poignant air about this photo that I took of Kimmo Evans in November 2013, a year before his death from leukaemia. He’d come to Budleigh Salterton’s Peter Hall to give a talk jointly...
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An entertaining moment at the Museum
Sophie and Lucy, visitors from Kent, have fun with Fairlynch rocking horse Phoenix "The museum is a resource for all the families in this area and we want them to recognise us as a source of...
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The Budleigh Salterton Railway’s colourful past
Budleigh Salterton railway station in action. The branch line between Exmouth and Sidmouth Junction closed in 1967 after 70 yearsCan anyone tell me who owns the copyright for this fine colour photo of...
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Lacemaking demos at museum
Expert lacemaker Sue Morgan, seen above, will be demonstrating the art of lacemaking to visitors at Fairlynch Museum in Budleigh Salterton during the month of August.Showing off the centuries-old...
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Fairlynch gains its own Joyce Dennys artwork
A Friend of Fairlynch has generously donated this charming Joyce Dennys portrait to the Museum. Regular readers of my scribblings will have noticed that the name of Joyce Dennys has cropped up...
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“A genuine antique with an authentic squeak”
A wheely special garden feature for the MuseumI’ve been waiting quite a time for a spell of fine weather and some summer floweriness to show off this garden feature at Fairlynch Museum. Yesterday it...
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Fit Faces: Drake's School, East Budleigh, 1940
Isn’t it frustrating - and sometimes embarrassing - when you try to remember a name of someone you met, and just can’t manage it.Photos in museum collections can be just as annoying when only a few of...
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Following a star from Budleigh Salterton
Matt Lambert: keen to hear from people with any memories of Budleigh-born film star Belinda Lee She was a celebrity who tragically met an early death in a car crash. The policeman at the scene...
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Invitation from the artist: Saturday 5 September 4.00-6.00pm
Martyn Brown the artist at workFairlynch Trustees are a varied lot. We don’t spend all our time in the Museum; we’re all volunteers pursuing our special interests in different ways.Martyn Brown has...
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Preserving Salterton’s decencies
Thinking of Budleigh Salterton’s nursery school playmates Belinda Lee and Sir Richard Rodney Bennett as I did recently at...
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Not such a scary smuggler after all!
A Revenue Cutter apprehends the smuggler Jack Rattenbury off Budleigh Salterton. Oil painting by Peter GoodhallFairlynch Museum’s Fun Day on Saturday 18 July will have Pirates and Smugglers as one of...
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Cider-making heritage under threat
Trevor Waddington: “We’re talking about the survival of small cider producers who don't want their industry to become history.”Fairlynch Museum’s Chairman Trevor Waddington has added his voice to the...
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Budleigh Mayor to judge Smugglers and Pirates costume competition
But where's his eye-patch? Image credit: David BallWe hear that there’s been a run on eye-patches, but we’re not expecting people to dress up as elaborately as this would-be pirate Blackbeard. It’s...
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