Budleigh Past and Present

Continued from 25 Sept 1942 -   A tragic accident at Dalditch Camp: LIEUTENANT JAMES AYERS BAYLEY (1918-42)      https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/10/ww2-75-tragic-accident-at-dalditch-camp.html         El Alamein War Cemetery.  Image credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Charles’ name does not appear on Budleigh Salterton’s War Memorial, but the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records tell us that he was the husband of ‘G. E. Holmes, of Budleigh Salterton’ and that he is commemorated in the El Alamein War Cemetery.   Image credit: www.warmemorialsonline.org He is also listed on Otterton's War Memorial. Thanks to the kindness of Otterton resident Jane Bennett I was able to incorporate information from her book Otterton Remembers , published in 2018. The book gives detailed biographies of Otterton men whose names are listed on the village war memorial: 16 from World War One and seven from World...

Towards Colaton Raleigh by Laura Boyd  Colaton Raleigh’s Village Art Group, which includes Friend of Fairlynch Rowan Turnbull among its members, has been shortlisted by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in a competition for the prestigious annual Echo Local Art Show this summer. The exhibition is run by the Exeter Express & Echo and this year’s competition is being run on a botanical theme. ‘We entered because, although small, we are quite strong on the flower painting front and think we could put on a really good exhibition,’ says Rowan. ‘ Penny Silverthorne and Laura Boyd in particular are exceptional artists and deserve a wider audience. Let's hope we get a chance.’ Rowan describes her own art training as ‘ad hoc, informal and life-long’. Inspired originally by the colours and landscape of her native Cumbria she has embraced Devon scenery and splashes away in watercolours, acrylics and mixed media, painting flowers and local impressions. ‘Making ...

  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 protest movement led by Britain’s small cider-makers whose livelihood is threatened by EU bureaucracy. Since 1976, cider-makers who produce fewer than 12,000 pints a year have not had to pay duty. Earlier this year the European Commission demanded  that Britain end the tax relief which has allowed many small producers to flourish, and which has encouraged the revival of a traditional craft particularly strong in the West Country. The National Association of Cider Makers believes that such small producers make up 80% of Britain’s 480 cider-makers, and that four out of five could be put out of business if the EU tax demand is met. “If you enjoy the occasional glass of English cider you may well feel like...