With guests Vik and Hannah of Creative Cullompton. In the podcast we talk about the amazing Golgotha at St Andrews Church, enthuse about the sheer volume of the local schoolchildren, discuss Creative Cullompton’s next projects and hint darkly at the time Kev nearly got off the train in the wrong county.
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Cullompton School Workshops
Our role in this project has been to deliver educational sessions to the two primary schools in Cullompton. Here we talk about the structure of the sessions and inspiration behind the educational content we delivered.
Continue ReadingThe Gory Story of Tom Austin
On the High Street project we have featured a heavily-edited version of the story of Tom Austin, a local highwayman, and Kev has been absolutely desperate to tell the whole tale in a less sanitised format. Here it is. It’s pretty gruesome.
Continue ReadingChelston Heritage Evening
Our Chelston Heritage Evenings are back! Come and find out more about the heritage of Chelston at the Chelston Manor on Tuesday 8th November, it would be great to see you.
Continue ReadingTed Hughes Poetry Trail at Stover Country Park
Lonely keeper of the gold In the tumbled cleave. A bird out of Merlin’s ear. from ‘Wren’, by Ted Hughes One of the things I love about Taleblazers is that I get to spend most
Continue ReadingApotropaic Marks
Visiting the Walronds we found these interesting circular carvings on the fireplaces and doorways. This is the fascinating story of the witches’ marks, also known as apotropaic marks, scratched into surfaces to stop evil spirits from gaining access to the room.
Continue ReadingJohn Muir Day: Hembury Woods
I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir Today is John Muir Day, marking Muir’s 184th birthday
Continue ReadingThe Bigge Fountain
Taleblazers was an idea that Kev and I had been discussing vaguely for several years, but it was only in lockdown that we started to take it more seriously. The Bigge Fountain, officially called simply
Continue Reading25-30 Rosery Road
Next time you take a stroll down Old Mill Road, turn right at the bottom opposite the park into Rosery Road, and you may notice something strange. Number 25-30 are superficially similar to the other
Continue ReadingEroding Our Heritage: How climate change could be destroying our past
Oh how much I want you at my birthday party. You’ll make the day so much more fun. I do so hope you can make it. Goodbye sister, my dearest soul. Claudia Severa, inviting her
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