BEFORE THE BUSES: a museum fund-raiser with a difference
Sue Newcombe, manager of Budleigh Salterton's Tourist Information Centre, is delighted to be handling ticket sales for the Reg Varney tribute show BEFORE THE BUSES on Fri 1 and Sat 2 July It’s a fund-raiser for Fairlynch, but rather different from the usual events. And it’s going to raise money for two other good charities, and provide a great evening’s entertainment. Or rather, two evenings, as the show BEFORE THE BUSES is taking place on Friday 1 and Sat 2 July at 7.30 pm. Reg Varney’s story, as those who have seen the museum’s centenary tribute exhibition will know, is impressive. Reg Varney, aged 10, with his father. Their relationship is touchingly described in the autobiography The Little Clown A wartime birth 100 years ago; the discovery of his amazing gift as a musician and as a comic, making his way from humble beginnings in the working men’s clubs of Lon...