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September to November Days out with a difference!
As part of its commitment to expanding its conservation and education programmes on the Moor, the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust is looking for new volunteers to join its wonderful conservation team helping to look after its land at Bellever, Postbridge.
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Opportunities range from checking the ponies to brush cutting, stone walling, fencing, putting up signs, strimming and unearthing and recording Bronze Age archaeology!
Dartmoor Moorland Guide and conservationist Paul Rendell will be leading work party events as follows:
Saturday, September 5th; Saturday October 3rd; Wednesday, October 14th; Saturday, November 7th; Wednesday, November 18th and Saturday, November 28th.
In addition, FREE guided walks at Bellever are being offered for groups of six persons or more, to learn more about the heritage, history, archaeology, flora and fauna of Dartmoor and hopefully to meet our herd of Dartmoor ponies.
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Walks can be tailored for people of all ages, interests and abilities, looking for a good half-day out on the Moor. Ponies graze the land as part of the Charity’s work to reveal, maintain and manage the archaeological treasures and to keep the foliage under control!
Contact the DPHT on 01626 833234 or email: admin@dpht.co.uk to find out more about joining our conservation working parties, to see how else you can get involved with preserving the Dartmoor pony on Dartmoor, or to organise a date for a guided walk.
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TAVISTOCK TOWN COUNCIL WORKING FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
During these challenging times Tavistock Town Council continues to work hard in order to deliver essential services to the local community during the Coronavirus pandemic. Staff in our Works Department have been busy keeping our cemetery open, as well as tending to parks and open spaces, including The Meadows, Whitchurch Down and the smaller local parks, keeping them neat and tidy to provide pleasant, safe havens for the community to enjoy.
The Pannier Market is an essential part of Tavistock’s identity and Offi cers have worked tiresly to enable to safe opening of the market complex which includes the award-winning Grade II Listed themed market venue Butchers’ Hall. Looking ahead the Council are extending the opening days of the Pannier Market to include Tuesdays, and so the market will be open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-4pm with Butchers’ Hall opening throughout the coming months for artisan markets and events. Due to the ever changing world we now live in we urge visitors to our thriving market complex to check our opening times on the Tavistock Town Council website or Facebook page before venturing out.
Your Council wishes all in Tavistock, your friends and family safe and well in these diffi cult times, please continue to follow the applicable guidance, stay alert and protect yourself and others.
Did you know that in addition to the award-winning Grade II Listed venue Butchers’ Hall being available to hire, the beautiful park located in the heart of town has a vast area available to book for events and Tavistock Town Council has various services for hire, including external scaffolding, and a cherry picker service. Please contact the Works Department for further information at: becky.hadfi eld@tavistock.gov.uk
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September 26 Memories by Moonlight
Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is inviting people to remember and celebrate the life of a loved one and raise vital funds for the charity.
A Memories by Moonlight ceremony will be broadcast live on Facebook from the Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell at 9pm on Saturday, September 26th, giving people the opportunity to light a candle and come together virtually for a special evening of refection.
The poignant and uplifting ceremony will feature readings from all three of the charity’s children’s hospices – Little Harbour, Little Bridge House near Barnstaple and Charlton Farm near Bristol. It will also include music, poems and a twominute applause to celebrate the lives of those no longer with us. The names of loved ones will also appear along the bottom of the screen.
Everyone who registers to take part in the event, which is being sponsored by National Friendly, will get the chance to join the virtual memory ceremony. People can then choose to simply donate in memory of their loved one, or complete a walk or activity at a time and location that suits them and ask friends and family to make a donation towards this.
Participants will receive a beautiful memory pack in the post, which will include a candle bag, taillight and booklet. To sign up to Memories by Moonlight simply visit www.chsw.org.uk/ moonlight. Registration is just £10 and a memory pack, along with details of how to access the Memory Ceremony, will be sent in the post.
September 11-20 Heritage Open Days
England’s largest festival of history and culture returns in September and this year, support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery means as well as experiencing local events, visitors can participate in activities much further afield and see even more hidden places. For the first time, the Heritage Open Days (HODs) programme will comprise a mix of in-person and digital events; communities will be able to celebrate the stories of the places and spaces that are important to them while staying safe and adhering to current social distancing measures. All HOD events are free.
Last year 5,700 events were organised which welcomed more than 2.4 million visitors. This autumn, some venues and outdoor spaces will open for pre-booked events and visits by small groups, while others will offer virtual tours and digital experiences.
Annie Reilly, head of producing, said: ‘Heritage Open Days is about connecting people so we can share in the amazing stories of the places, spaces, nature, heritage and history around us. The last few months have shown us how online events can bring us together even when we have to remain apart.
‘We have seen some ingenious approaches to culture going digital, from virtual tours and online galleries to up-close explorations of artefacts
Hemyock Castle, Gatehouse and Credit: Richard Sheppard
A series of online tours of Hemyock Castle will be launched as part of the Heritage Open Days festival. Available on YouTube, as well as the main castle site, the tours will share rarely seen historic features of the manor house and the hidden nature at the heart of Hemyock. At 5pm on Sunday, September 13th, Castle Manager Richard Sheppard will host a live online Q&A session about the moated medieval castle.
and objects, through to workshops and live-streamed debates. We’re excited by the potential for HODs, not least of all because so many more people will be able to experience the festival regardless of where they are in the country.’
This year’s theme is Hidden Nature, which offers an opportunity to discover the nature that exists on our doorsteps, as well as the built heritage. Areas of the countryside that aren’t normally accessible to the public will be opened up and events will reveal the hidden history of not just our natural landscapes, but also gardens, green spaces, urban parks, orchards, vineyards, farms and forests.
Annie said: ‘Over the last couple of months, with time outdoors being limited, access to nature has become even more important to many of us and HODs will give us all something to look forward to. ‘From socially distanced ‘netwalking’ and rural rambles, to nature-inspired art collections, scavenger hunts, food and craft events – we’re excited to see how the theme of ‘Hidden Nature’ is interpreted and used to create exciting online and offline events and activities.’
For further information visit www. heritageopendays.org.uk.
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September 12-27 Devon Open Studios
Visiting an open studio can be exciting and informative with a chance to see a wide range of work as well as to speak with the artists about their own creative processes. It will also be a chance to get out and about after lockdown! The Pantaloons present ‘Sherlock Holmes’ in the open air at The Big Sheep, Abbotsham, near Bideford. How can one socially-distanced outdoor show possibly contain so much action and adventure? Elementary, my dear! The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company put dynamic detective duo Holmes and Watson through their paces as they tackle their most fiendish case yet in this delightfully inventive and hilarious show for all ages featuring live music, audience interaction and more Most venues will be open from 11am until 6pm each day unless otherwise indicated in the brochure. Work shown and available to buy will include ceramics, paintings using various media, prints, textiles, photography, woodcraft, sculpture, lampshades and jewellery.
This year is strange due to Covid 19. After consultation with the 200 artists who signed up to this year’s event and, presuming social restrictions at the time will allow it, the current plan is to open as usual within a careful framework of hygiene, face masks and social distancing. A watchful eye will be kept on the infection rate and the event will only run if it is still deemed safe to In the Chagford and Gidleigh area there will be around 15 artists exhibiting in various studios, with a similar number in the Okehampton area, Moretonhampstead, Drewsteignton and Bovey Tracey.
Entry to open studios is free and a comprehensive guide with details of each artist will be available to help you plan your own art trail. This year, due to Covid 19, this guide will be produced digitally and will be ready for you to view and download on the Devon Artist Network website from early August – www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk
September 9 Open Air Theatre
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Until September 26 Hinterland
For three months Gladys Paulus’ work Hinterland was quarantined in the gallery at Green Hill, Moretonhampstead. It has, and continues to be a time foreshadowed by loss, pain and uncertainty, uncharted territory. Hinterland’s reopening is timely.
In the year following her father’s death Paulus gradually found her felt-making process developed into a ritual through which she created an extraordinary collection of Ancestral Healing Costumes. Grief led her to explore familial roots in Java, the Dutch colonisation of Indonesia, and Japanese occupation in World War 2. All thread through the work. While her hands were working with wool, she reached through to historic traumas for which, until then, there had been no language other than silence within her family. The silences exerted enormous emotional stress and psychological pressure. Gladys’s work is profound, sound and moving. Hinterland holds steadfastly to principles of compassion and respect, and demonstrates the universal necessity of Although the festival can’t take place in a real live situation, Wren Music is undertaking the slow, painful, work of intergenerational healing.
Andrea Foxwell from Green Hill Gallery said: ‘If you think that the past is a distant country, think again. Hinterland speaks to us now. Many are considering what it is that makes up a fair and equitable society, how to look to and heal past, personal and cultural injustices. Hinterland does just that.’
To coincide with re-opening the Gallery at Green Hill, given the restricted opening hours, photographer Chris Chapman is currently working on a film to bring Gladys’ work to a wider audience and deepen understanding of her creative process.
And to look forward to, the Winter Show
October 31 Baring-Gould Folk Festival 2020
opens on 16 October and runs until the planning a whole day of activities online for Saturday, October 31st.
end of December. A quality showcase of jewellery, wood, textiles, ceramics, cards, paintings, willow and leather works - the perfect place to buy truly unique winter gifts.
Entry is free. The Green Hill Arts Gallery, at the top of Fore Street, is initially open from 10am-4pm weekly on Fridays and Saturdays.
Wren’s Marilyn Tucker said: ‘Safety is our main concern, so live action is going to be limited, but we are planning a whole day of online activity that mirrors the folk festival, with the added extra that it will be Hallowe’en! So there will be an online interactive choir, a music session/folk club and a concert featuring singers from around the world!’ Contact info@wrenmusic.co.uk for more details - check out Wren’s online community at www.wrenmusic.teachable.com/courses
