Definitely not all pants!
My attention was caught by this poster advertising a show next month in Budleigh's Public Hall. Surely a hoax? After all, there were objections at some stage to the recent setting up of the town's Film Society in the Public Hall on the grounds that pornographic works might be shown. And this Knicker Lady show thing seems to be more seaside saucy postcard stuff than Budleigh Salterton's reputation as a genteel watering-place treated so unkindly by Noel Coward & co. But no. It's a genuine show with an authentic pedigree in the person of classically-trained actress and vicar's wife turned fashion historian Rosemary Hawthorne. In addition to winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art as a RADA medallist, she was also awarded the coveted Costume Prize... which is where it all started, says her website. And actually, Budleigh is quite an appropriate location for the show, given our Fairlynch Museum's well-known reputation for its superb costume col...