Let Animated Exeter entertain your young ones

If you want to entertain your young ones this half term look no further than Animated Exeter.

Take the kids to Moshi Monster Sunday, which includes a special festival screening of the new ‘Moshi Monsters: The Movie’ and a ‘Make a Moshling’ workshop.

Have some fun learning to animate at one of many workshops aimed at different age-groups and abilities; make characters from your favourite C Beebies programme, Mike the Knight and bring them to life at Exeter Cathedral on Monday; discover how scrap meets animation to make weird creatures come to life; visit our exhibitions, see...

Peco Open Garden Day

Event Date: 
06/07/2014 - 10:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

FREE entry to the Gardens (other charges applicable) Donations welcome to our nominated charity of the year Devon Air Ambulance.

Full programme of events available shortly on our website: www.pecorama.info

Vintage and Classic Vehicle Rally at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
25/05/2014 - 10:00am to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

A wide range of vehicles from the last century on display, with an average of 200 vehicles.

If you would like to take part in this free event, please contact us on 01297 21542.

For more information visit www.pecorama.info

Spring Gardening Weekend at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
04/05/2014 - 11:00am to 05/05/2014 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

Pecorama's Head Gardener will be giving expert tuition on how to produce beautiful Hanging Baskets and Troughs.

The Workshop will take place in the Top Spot Marquee between 11am and 4.30pm on both days. Visitors can join in at any time during each session.

Participants can bring their own planters and troughs, or these can be purchased along with a wide variety of plants at Pecorama.

Cost: TBC

Please refer to our website: www.pecorama.info

Peco Pirate Day

Event Date: 
13/04/2014 - 10:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer
Peco Pirate day - a fun day out for the whole family which features
  • Piratical Performances' songs and sea shanties
  • Pirate Fancy Dress
  • Treat from the Garden Room for children in pirate fancy dress

For more information visit www.pecorama.info

National award for Devon cider retailer

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/13/2014 - 12:02pm

A Devon based cider maker is celebrating its silver jubilee year in style after winning a national retailing award.

The Green Valley Cyder Barn and Ale House retail outlet based at Dart’s Farm at Topsham near Exeter has won the nationally recognized Drinks Retailing Award for Independent Cider Retailer of the Year 2014.

The Cyder Barn has grown from a small outdoor unit selling only cider pressed on site and made only from Devon apples to a large in-store retail outlet stocking 180 ciders and perrys from the UK and across Europe. It is now probably the largest retailer of...

Author Writes Book

Authored by Roger Jarman
Posted: Thu, 02/13/2014 - 11:53am

For years, I've collected newspaper headlines that leave me thinking "And....?". A top example was a piece in the Express & Echo: 'Police choir sings'. A headline that wasn't quite.

Is it the same with the title above? Well, for me personally, no. For more than fifty years, stories have wandered unasked into my head; I've picked them up, turned them over, tickled their tummies perhaps, and then set them down to run away. But last April was different.

My eye was caught by a piece in the local paper about the venerable Devon & Exeter...

Exeter School pupils selected for England U18 hockey squad

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/13/2014 - 11:46am

Three pupils from Exeter School have been selected for the England Under 18 hockey squad this week.

Upper sixth former Tom Poustie joins the squad for his second year along with Lower Sixth Formers Harry Skinner and Will Marsh.

They will train over the next few months as part of a squad of 24 players at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire, in preparation for international tournaments held in Germany and Spain at Easter and in July.

Exeter School Hockey Performance Coach, Mr Graham Skinner, said these three boys have worked exceedingly hard to earn...

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