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More on Fairlynch and the Delderfields
Many people admired the excellent exhibition to mark R.F. Delderfield’s centenary last year, staged by Fairlynch volunteer Margaret Brett with much valuable material contributed by the author's...
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Not all museums are from the same mould
The Victoria and AlbertMuseum, LondonImage credit: Andreas PraefckeVisiting one of our national institutions like the BritishMuseumor the V&A brings home to you the big difference between them...
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People from the Past 9: Frances Van Meter (1909-1994)
A corner of the Carter Library at Fairlynch MuseumAt the tenth Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Fairlynch on 22 March 1979, Priscilla Hull, as Chairman of the Management Committee of the...
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Fairlynch Friends lead the way
Two Friends of Fairlynch will shortly be leading walks organised by the Otter Valley Association but open to all. On Saturday 30 November David Daniel will be the walk leader on what is described as a...
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Lots to mull over in Budleigh Salterton
Mulled wine in the Museum, mulled cider in a marquee just opposite in Mackerel Square, with live music to listen to and chorizo casserole to warm you up... and lots more going on in the High Street...
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An impressive display of mill power
Martin Watts: no run-of the-mill speakerLiving as we do on the coast, it’s all too easy to think that Devon’s all about seaside holiday resorts, smugglers’ coves, sea shanties and swashbuckling...
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Red Man or Green Man?
I enjoyed visiting the current exhibition at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum a few days ago. It’s called ‘West Country to World’s End - The South West in the Tudor Age’ and I’ll write more about...
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Lightening up Fairlynch Museum in Budleigh Salterton
Each year Lord Clinton, Patron of Fairlynch, donates a Christmas tree to the Museum. Shown left to right getting the tree ready for the Late Night Shopping event on 6 December are Rob Merkel, Roger...
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World War I exhibition
Fairlynch Museum's Local History Group is still seeking people from Budleigh Salterton and surrounding villages with information for the 2014 WWI tribute exhibition
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Day by Day through the Great War - thoughts from another town
The madness of war: A Swiss shepherd watches a battle on the frontier during World War I from the 1915 edition of Some ‘Frightful’ War Pictures by the celebrated illustrator William Heath Robinson...
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The 2013 Christmas Day swim at Budleigh Salterton
Every Christmas Day spectators and swimmers gather on Budleigh beach just before 10.00 am. Or should that be sadists and masochists...? Even the odd dog is welcome to join. The weather had been stormy...
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Otter landscape was a bargain
The River Otter is always a popular subject for artists and the view of Otter Head is a favourite. Mark Gibbons is a professional painter who specialises in West Country moorland and coastal...
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Fairlynch Friend Steve Hagger leads the way
Above: Bystock Fishponds Image credit: Derek Harper The first of the 2014 Otter Valley Association walks takes place on Saturday 11 January at 10.00 am. Led by Friend of Fairlynch Steve Hagger and...
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Gloriana’s West Country on show
The Boyhood of Raleigh is one of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Millais’ most celebrated works, painted during his stay in Budleigh Salterton in 1870 With the quatercentenary of Sir Walter...
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Wartime memories sought
A Christmas party for evacuee children during World War II. In the first four days of September 1939, approximately 3,000,000 people - mostly children - were moved from the cities to places of safety...
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People and the evolving landscape in the Lower Otter Valley
With our landscape currently being battered by unusually stormy weather the forthcoming talk should be of special interest.Dr Sam Bridgewater, Conservation Manager of the Pebblebed Heaths, and David...
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Lace comes home to Budleigh
Georgina Beare holds the wedding bouquet made by her aunt, Budleigh Salterton lacemaker Winifred Vincent We’ve all heard of Honiton lace. But of course it wasn’t all made in Honiton. The term was used...
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Hoping for yet another museum with a maritime link
Fairlynch Museum and Arts Centre: its Local History Group meets in the picturesque 19th century building Not surprisingly Devon has many local history societies - I’ve counted about 60 mentioned...
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Maddened by the floods? Get mad about moss.
Flooded fields between Annacloy and Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern IrelandPhoto credit Ardfern Having spent many years of my childhood on the now disastrously flooded Somerset Levels, and still...
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