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Award-winning Topsham restaurant launches curry school

With Indian food still regularly appearing in the top ten of the nation’s all time favourite dishes, what better way of impressing your friends and family than by serving up an authentic curry you have made yourself.

Jamil Miah, the owner of Denley’s Essence of India in Topsham - which was named the best Indian restaurant in Devon at the 2011and 2013 British Curry Awards - is opening a curry school, where people of all culinary abilities can learn to make a curry from scratch.

“People are very curious how curries are made and a lot of them want to make them properly, not...

Marmalade Masterclass with Victoria Cranfield

Make your own award-winning Seville Orange Marmalade at Darts Farm on Friday 25th January 2013.

Artisan Double Gold World Marmalade award-winner Victoria Cranfield will be sharing her trade secrets into making her world-class marmalade in a fun and hands-on session at Darts Farm, Topsham.

The ‘Queen of Condiments’ will also teach you how to make delicious spiced orange slices and candied oranges that you can take home with you. This is a fantastic opportunity to kick-start the New Year with a new skill that your friends and family will love.

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Misery continues

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 12/31/2012 - 9:16am

Rail passengers are facing disruption into the New Year as a result of the recent floods.

Meanwhile, forecasters are predicting yet more wet and windy weather.

Services between Exeter St David's and Exmouth are disrupted due to damage caused to a railway bridge by earlier flooding in the Lympstone area.

Services will start and terminate at Topsham with road transport operating between Topsham and Stations to Exmouth in both directions.

Services will remain disrupted until after the New Year.

Services between Exeter St David's and Barnstaple are...

Stagecoach update: shuttle service to Topsham

Stagecoach have announced: "We are running a shuttle service from Exeter Bus Station to Topsham with departures from the bus station at approx. 15.30, 16.30 and 17.30.

"The shuttle is to provide a direct link to Topsham in the absence of the 57 being able to serve the village and until the T service resumes operation from from the High Street at 1831."

#Free the Topsham 1 Twitter Campaign

A Twitter campaign has begun - with the tongue-in-cheek hashtag of #FreetheTopsham1 - after the popular local PCSO Sarah Giles, who tweets as @TopshamPolice, was ordered to stop tweeting.

PCSO Giles, who has more than 1,000 followers, was told to close her account after her tweets about covering freshers weekend drew criticism from some quarters. Gareth Oughton, from the university’s Student Guild, said the police were contacted about “the reinforcement of negative stereotypes”.

Despite that belief, sparked by her fact-based comments on student mayhem and alcohol...

Sapphire Living's grand launch in Topsham

Sapphire Living Space saw the culmination of two years hard work pay off with the grand launch of their state-of-the-art kitchen and bathroom showroom, based opposite Darts' Farm in Topsham. Mark Newbery and Ross Pollard have brought their combined knowledge of kitchen design and property development to Sapphire Living Space.

Almost as soon as we had opened we were invited to give a kitchen and bathroom design masterclass! It was a real honour for us to be invited to speak at Naomi Cleaver’s interior design day at Coombe House Hotel, near Honiton and we enjoyed it so much we are...

CLEE Ethel May

On 11th January 2016 aged 90 years.

Widow of Edgar, sister of Audrey and Mary, loving aunty to all her nieces and nephews.

Funeral service on Monday 25th January at St Nicholas Methodist Church, Topsham at 1pm.

Flowers by 12noon, or donations if desired to St Nicholas Methodist Church.

M. Sillifant & Sons. Family Funeral Directors, 19-20 Holloway Street, Exeter. EX2 4JD

MOGG Patricia

Patricia Mogg passed away on 13 May 2013 aged 78 years. She will be sadly missed by family and friends.

Funeral service at The Holy Cross Catholic Church, Topsham, Exeter on Thursday June 6th at 11.30am followed by burial at Topsham Cemetery.

No flowers please, donations if desired for The RNLI may be sent to Le-Roy Funeral Service, 10 Alphington Road, Exeter, EX2 8HH.

Hospiscare Open Gardens: Conway House, Topsham

Event Date: 
21/04/2013 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Conway House, Topsham

Conway House, Topsham

Visit this secret walled town garden. Herbaceous border, sunken garden and two large wisterias hopefully in their prime.

Open 2pm-5pm, entry £2.50, refreshments available. Wheelchair access is limited. Dogs are to be kept on leads.

Directions: At Countess Wear roundabout in Exeter, take sign to Topsham. Follow signs to Topsham and park in town car parks, either Holman Way or the Quay car park. From the Quay turn left down The Strand. The garden is 3rd left alongside the Museum and first right to garden gate. EX3 0AT.

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