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A weekend long folk festival in June attracted crowds of spectators to the street entertainments around Teignmouth and also to the concert performances in the Carlton Theatre. Many of the entertainers were morris ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

I went along on Saturday 1st November and watched Devon based Grimspound Border Morris perform outside "The Swan" along with three other teams of dancers including Sweet Coppin clog dancers from Taunton to ...Read more

A memory of Bampton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

I went to this folk festival for the first time this year and got some memories that I will never forget!  Exciting music and dance memories at the entertainment venues around Chepstow plus a never to be ...Read more

A memory of Chepstow in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Last weekend I had a glorious gentle walk from Hunters Inn down the track to Heddons Mouth with my wife Elizabeth and two friends, Valerie and Jim. We parked our car by the National Trust buildings up the lane from ...Read more

A memory of Ilfracombe in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Tiverton is an attractive market town in mid-Devon but I have to confess I had never heard of it until the first of the family moved here in 2005! Elizabeth and I were spending a weekend in Exeter with our son ...Read more

A memory of Tiverton in 2005 by John Howard Norfolk

It was a lovely warm August evening and a small gathering of 'bikers' stood around in the car park of the Star Inn - a typical Devon pub in Old Liverton.  They were enjoying looking at each others bikes ...Read more

A memory of Liverton in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

Having retired and moved to the West Country my wife Elizabeth and I set out to explore the area. Our new home is in Tiverton, Devon, but gradually we explored further and further afield and we remember a ...Read more

A memory of Chewton Keynsham in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

This view is exactly the same as the hotel now looks in 2008 - although sadly the landlord, Robin, died just this year. It was his wish that the traditional music and dancing that follows the Bampton ...Read more

A memory of Bampton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

On March 3rd 2007 Whitethorn Morris danced at The Case is Altered at Eastcote again. Although my wife Elizabeth and I had retired from the morris "side" to live in Devon in ...Read more

A memory of Eastcote in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

For very many years the dancers and musicians of Whitethorn Morris have performed in the streets at Wimborne Folk Festival each June and have been fascinated to see another team known as ...Read more

A memory of Winterborne Kingston in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk