Budleigh Past and Present

  A small group of amateur artists is engaged in depicting objects at Fairlynch, some of which have rarely been exhibited in public.  Martyn Brown    and  Lyn Cooke explain:      The idea  of starting a group to draw the collections developed from the Museum’s Puttee Group, established in 2014 to work on puttees as part of the   Heritage Lottery Fund WW1 project.   Members of the group had participated at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter in an arts group, using their collections creatively to inspire visual and written responses.  For Fairlynch the idea was picked up by Museum volunteer Lyn Cooke and she proposed the ‘Drawing the Collections’ pilot group via Trustee Martyn Brown. The first session took place in October 2015 after the Trustees had agreed the pilot project, and the group has met monthly — usually  consisting of five or six people. On each occasion ...

The opening day for the 2016 season at Fairlynch Museum is drawing closer and many of Reg Varney’s fans are looking forward to visiting his centenary exhibition ‘Our Little Clown.’ This post is specially for some of those 12.5K members of the On the Buses Fan Club who think that they'd like to follow in the footsteps of their favourite actor, in Budleigh Salterton and beyond. It can be a long ramble, with stops for refreshment in Reg's chosen pubs, or a bit shorter. Fairlynch Museum opens only in the afternoon, and I would recommend spending some time at the exhibition before going further afield. And of course there are plenty of displays on other interesting subjects at the museum. So why not spend a few days in our beautiful area!  Have a look at http://visitbudleigh.com/   to see what accommodation is available. ESPECIALLY THE WEEKEND BEGINNING FRIDAY 1 JULY.  ON THAT DAY AND ON SATURDAY 2 JULY A SPECIAL TRIBUTE SHOW IS TAKING PLACE IN ...