Silverton’s drama troupe, the Silverton Luvvies, is gearing up for its next production, a murder mystery play set over six decades – “The Secret of Willoughby Hall”.
This follows the group’s sell-out production in 2014, which honoured the lives of Silverton’s WW1 soldiers, “Trenches and Wenches”. The play, as with all of the Silverton Luvvie’s productions, is an original work written by director Portia Smith and Iain Gonoude (in cahoots with the Luvvies themselves).
The three-act play, set in the fictional Willoughby Hall, starts in the 1950s and takes the audiences on a...
The eagerly awaited Silverton Hunt Point to Point takes place on Sunday January 18th at Black Forest Lodge, Kenton near Exeter off the A380 starting at 12 noon with the first race.
An exhilarating, crowd-pleasing showcase for amateur horse racing nationally, Silverton Hunt Point to Point, has attracted well over a record 100 entries with some of the best competitors in their field.
Courtesy of the landowners the Earl and Countess of Devon, every jump on the 3-mile point to point course can be seen by race-goers, even from a vehicle. A great day out for all country loving...
A volunteer cook from Exeter who has dedicated the past 17 years of her life to catering for people affected by brain injury is to be honoured at a national awards ceremony.
Margaret Bird, 82, from Silverton village, on the outskirts of Exeter, will compete against only two other nominees from across the UK for The Stephen McAleese Outstanding Contribution to Headway Award, which will be presented at an annual awards ceremony organised by Headway – the brain injury association.
Margaret, 82, moved to Exeter from Cambridgeshire with hopes of retiring almost twenty years ago...
A Silverton man braved torrential rain to cycle 100 miles to support women like his sister who is battling one of the world’s rarest diseases.
James Blackburn lined up alongside more than 80,000 other competitors for the Ride London-Surrey event on behalf of the charity LAM Action. He completed the race in 05:25:20.
The 47-year-old is raising funds to find an effective treatment for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (known as LAM) which mainly affects the lungs.
"We had a great day for what was a brilliantly organised event,” said James, who is director of Carbon Green...
Scottish fiddle player Patsy Reid will be performing at The Big Church in Silverton tomorrow (Tuesday 29 April) as part of her ' The Brightest Path' tour.
Pasty, who has played with several artists over the years including The Cecil Sharp Project and Kathryn Tickell’s Northumbrian Voices, is taking centre stage on the tour which began in Febuary.
The tour will see Patsy perform music from her first solo album 'The Brightest Path', which is Patsy's first solo recording in six years.
The album features artists including Ben Nicholls, Ewan Macpherson and Mattie Foulds...
Scottish fiddle player Patsy Reid is holding a fiddle workshop at The Big Church, Silverton on Monday 28th April at 7pm.
The workshop will focus on learning traditional Scottish melodies by ear (sheet music available) as well as useful elements of fiddle/violin technique. Other melody instruments would also be welcome.
The workshop will take place on Monday 28th April, beginning at 7pm and ending at 8.30pm.
To view prices for the workshop or to book your place visit http://www.patsyreid.com/teaching/
Enjoy the talents of Patsy Reid and special guest Steve Knightley at The Big Church, Silverton on Tuesday 29th April at 7.30pm.
Pasty, who has played with several artists over the years including The Cecil Sharp Project and Kathryn Tickell’s Northumbrian Voices, is taking centre stage as part of her 'The Brightest Path' tour.
Patsy will perform at The Big Church, Silverton, on Tuesday 29th April.
The show begins at 7.30pm with a predicted finish time of 10.00pm.
To view ticket prices or to purchase tickets please visit http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patsy-...
Silverton is honouring soldiers from the village who fought in the First World War with a specially-written musical revue which will be performed between Febuary 20-22 at Silverton Community Hall.
The unique work, titled Trenches and Wenches, tells the story of men from the mid Devon village who went to fight in France and Belgium and marks the centenary of the start of the conflict.
Although concentrating on the soldiers’ heroic efforts and sometimes tragic tales, it will also reveal what life was like for the women left behind without their menfolk through specially-...
A newly designed flag depicting the mythical Killerton Dragon was hoisted up the flagpole by villagers of Silvertonshire this week.
This was to herald the coming of the Silverton Street Market on 3 August. William Hacking, 93 and Harry Madams, 7 were representing the community.
Legend has it that the dragon was born out of the flames of the ancient Killerton volcano and only appears on momentous occasions. According to locals it was last seen just before the Millennium swooping over the village doing a loop-the-loop.
