Wyn and Peter Saunders from Crediton recently celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary with a lunch party at the Anchorage Hotel in Babbacombe.
The couple were both born in the London area and met at the South Bank University where Wyn was a student child nurse and Peter was a student dental technician.
They were married at St Matthew’s Church, Surbiton and honeymooned in Devon.
Both were evacuated to Devon during the war, Wyn to Morchard Bishop and Peter to Bideford. In 1967 they moved to Crediton with their four children.
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter and Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery are to be part of a national programme of pioneering collaborations between artists, museums and audiences.
Thanks to major funding support from Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts programme, New Expressions 3 (NE3) will bring together 15 museums from across England in partnership with the National Trust and the Contemporary Visual Arts Network.
As part of the programme each museum or heritage site will commission and work with an artist who will produce new work in response to the...
A welcome return visit from this gifted live performer, aptly named after Louis Armstrong by her jazz-obsessed father. Louise's powerful vocal delivery and skilful interpretation of swing, blues and gospel classics have made her a regular on Radio 2's Best of Jazz. She blends an effortless, rhythmical style with a sweet warm tone, passion and spirit to create performances that simply stir the soul. Louise "swings like fury" (Humphrey Lyttelton). With pianist George Cooper.
Tickets: £13.00 (price covers the music only).
To book: Please call 01395 568521 or visit the Mill...
One of the UK's premier jazz-blues singers, Mill favourite Helen is one-of-a-kind. Throughout a long career, she's collaborated with the industry's best - Joe Cocker, Albert Lee, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Andy Fairweather Low and others. Helen's natural warmth, sense of humour and vocal virtuosity combine to produce her trademark powerhouse performance. Helen is joined by longtime musical collaborator Mark Cresswell on guitar. Expect musical magic!
Tickets: £13.75 (price covers the music only).
To book: please call 01395 568521 or visit our the Mill Shop in the Mill...
Police have closed the road near Topsham due to a collision between a motorbike and Jeep
At approximately 3.40pm on Tuesday 15 April, police were called to a road traffic collision near to the Retreat Drive in Topsham to reports that a motorcyclist had been in collision with a car. The motorcyclist had a pillion passenger at the time of the collision and both are injured. The vehicles involved are a Jeep and a Suzuki motorcycle. There are no details of injuries at this time but ambulance crews are in attendance and the road has been closed at the scene and is likely to remain...
Otterton Mill celebrate National Mills Weekend with a special day of milling on Saturday 10th May.
This annual festival celebrates the UK's milling heritage, and provides the opportunity to visit mills all over the country.
Come and visit Otterton's mill in action, as it uses water power to produce a signature stoneground wholemeal flour, continuing in a 1,000-year old tradition. The milling is pure poetry in motion and leaves no carbon footprint! The millers are very happy to explain the milling process to you and answer any questions.
Otterton Mill is celebrating this week-long national event by featuring an exciting range of speciality artisan bread in their Food Shop and with their Baker's Lunch specials in their Cafe all week.
Get inspired to bake your own bread at home by buying Otterton Mill flour, plus yeast, a dough scraper and a Mill bread recipe card from the Food Shop.
To find out more about this national event please visit http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/national_real_breadmaker_week/#events
A 1st Mill visit from one of the UK's most original singer/songwriters. Winner of Singer of the Year in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, as well as Best Album and Best Original Song, Chris is widely acknowledged as a brilliant exponent of the topical troubadour form. Originally trained as a chorister, Chris draws on classical influences as well as his deep love for English folk, and is a master at melding traditional song with contemporary themes. Chris plays the guitar, fiddle and viola, and will showcase his latest critically acclaimed CD None The Wiser.
