Budleigh Past and Present

Enthusiasts of the author R.F. Delderfield who've enjoyed visiting the Fairlynch exhibition about this much-loved East Devon author will be looking forward to seeing the Exmouth production of one of his most successful plays. Ronald Delderfield, playwright, novelist and lover of East Devon The Exmouth Players are celebrating Delderfield's 100th aniversary by staging a production of his wartime comedy, Worm’s Eye View , at the Blackmore Theatre in Bicton Street . Worm’s Eye View is set in Albert House, the Bounty family's residence at Sandcombe, in the winter of 1942-43. Sandcombe, the name that Delderfield used for his first novel All Over The Town , is clearly Exmouth, the town where he grew up. The plot centres on the family of Mr and Mrs Bounty, their daughter Bella and Mrs Bounty’s son Sydney from a previous marriage. Reluctantly, the Bountys have accepted that five RAF recruits are to be billeted with them. Mr Bounty is more willing than his wi...