Budleigh Past and Present

https://tutora.co.uk/get-kids- out-learning Fairlynch has teamed up with an educational organization which we hope will result in more children visiting the Museum, making an afternoon at Fairlynch a truly enriching family experience. And it still costs nothing!   ‘Get Kids Out Learning is an easy way for families to find fun days out local to them, but which still provide great learning and educational opportunities for the kids,’ says CEO Scott Woodley, a former primary school teacher who founded the organisation.  ‘Our website pulls together all of the best educational venues across the UK and allows parents to search for them by region to quickly see all the information they need to plan a great day out!’ Locally, Get Kids Out Learning has teamed up with places like the World of Country Life and Coldharbour Mill; bigger names in the partnership include St Paul’s Cathedral, London, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire and Leeds Castle in Kent.   ...

In the sixth of a series of posters illustrating different aspects  of Fairlynch Museum we look at some of the items on show  in the Local History Room. Click on the image to enlarge it.

  Visitors to Fairlynch may be puzzled on seeing this colourful panel in the Museum’s front garden. All will be revealed if they buy their copy of The Times of their Lives, the second in the Heroes of the Jurassic Coast series of adventure stories set in East Devon. The stories are written by pupils of St Peter’s, Drake’s and Otterton primary schools with the help of their teachers and the support of a guest writer. The first of various murals which illustrate scenes in this latest book was featured in an earlier blog post  here This panel in the Museum garden relates to Chapter One, entitled ‘The Fireship’ and was painted by students from Exmouth Community College. Can’t you can just hear and see the “devastating battle cries with boats bursting into flames, wild flames that were swirling and spinning out of control” and the “constant firing of the hurtling cannon balls”?   Sir Francis Drake makes an appearance...

In the first of a series of posters illustrating activities at Fairlynch we look at what the Museum does for young people. Click on the image to make it full-size.