The start of the sixth annual national street ping pong festival is upon us and once more, Exeter gets in on the action with a spectacular launch at the city’s Princesshay Shopping Centre this Friday 19th June.
Centre stage will be the true stars of the show – 10 full sized table tennis tables located right at the heart of Exeter’s busy shopping district.
The tables will be there for anyone to play on in ‘Random Acts of Ping Pong’, but the tables will also play host to master classes from local and national tennis table stars throughout the day on Friday.
Let’s Rock Exeter! brings the very best of the 80s back to Devon, on Saturday 4th July 2015.
The Line-up for the star studded festival includes: Thompson Twins', Tom Bailey, Billy Ocean, Bananarama, ABC, Howard Jones, Midge Ure, Go West, Five Star, Nick Heyward, Nik Kershaw, The Real Thing, Altered Images, Brother Beyond plus Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers
Tickets and full information: http://www.letsrockexeter.com/
We are inviting all Dads & Service Personnel to visit for FREE when accompanied by a paying child.
Our Archivist, Felicity Harper will be doing a fascinating talk about Powderham Castle during WW2 at 12:30 and 2:30 in the Servants Hall.
Did you know...... the current Earl of Devon was born in the state bed on the night of the Exeter Blitz? You can see the fabulous state bed and other interesting artefacts on one of our entertaining guided tours.
Felt Poppy maker, Jenny Liggins will be showing our visitors how to make felt poppies, donations to the Royal British...
This year the flower festival will transport you back to your childhood (farther away for some than others!) as the theme is Nursery Rhymes.
Around 20 displays will be on show in this beautiful old church, from Oranges and Lemons to Little Miss Muffet (watch out for the spider, only joking not real) and many more. The arrangers are hard at work designing their displays and it will be a delight, as always, to see the church filled with flowers.
Also there will be a splendid In Memoriam flower display, alongside the names of those to be remembered.
An exhibition by Exmouth Art Group inspired by the beauty of the surrounding area, the tranquil setting of the A La Ronde house and gardens provide an ideal backdrop for this eclectic range of paintings.
Celebrating the First Anniversary of the official opening of the Walronds, Cullompton there will be a fantastic Tudor Fayre. After nearly 4 years under scaffold, on 13th June 2014 HRH The Duke of Gloucester officially opened the restored and renovated Walronds in Fore Street, Cullompton. In the intervening 12 months the house has been used by a large number of groups for a variety of purposes and volunteers have worked tirelessly in the gardens to provide a charming and relaxing space for the local community to enjoy.
To mark the anniversary, the Cullompton Walronds Preservation...
The team at Killerton are seeking views from the local area about the historic estate to help to capture its new ‘Spirit of Place’ statement.
A special open evening on Friday 19 June in Broadclyst is inviting Exeter and East Devon residents to share their thoughts, views and memories about the National Trust estate.
The team would like to know what makes Killerton different, how it makes people feel and any memories of the estate.
Shaped by views of those that know it well, the statement will sum up the unique, distinctive and cherished characteristics of the...
Rick and Jeanette Wills narrowly escaped being poisoned by the fumes from the gas fridge in their caravan. Rick Wills explains: “It was a chilly night so my wife and I shut all the windows before going to bed.
"We were awoken by the Carbon Monoxide (CO) detector at 2am. I couldn’t smell anything, so I took the alarm off the wall and put it under a pillow to stop the noise. As an afterthought I opened all the windows, including the skylight. When we woke in the morning we both felt awful.”
Carbon Monoxide is a highly poisonous gas that has no colour, taste or smell and can...
