HAVE YOU GOT A FAMILY CONNECTION PAST OR PRESENT WITH ST ANNE'S CHAPEL IN BARNSTAPLE?

North Devon Moving Image (NDMI) is looking for local people to get involved with an oral history film making project about St Anne's Chapel in Barnstaple. NDMI has been commissioned by St Anne's to produce a digital video archive of stories which build a picture of the people who link St Anne's today with its past. Amanda McCormack, founder and Director of NDMI says "We want to hear from anyone who is interested in or has links with the history of St Anne's.  As well as offering exciting opportunities for volunteers we will be running free and fun, accessible oral history film making workshops as part of the project." "Our short course will teach people that oral history films can be entertaining as well as informative and we aim to give participants the skills and inspiration to carry on making films themselves." The project will run from now until October 2014.  Research and interviews will cover four main topics; St Anne's today, the recent renovations, The Grammar School and The Huguenots. So if you have a story to contribute, would like to get involved with research or join a film making workshop please contact Amanda McCormack, North Devon Moving Image by email northdevonmovingimage@outlook.com or telephone 01271 860610.

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NDMI  - North Devon Moving Image aims to create, collect and share short documentary films about life in north Devon today

St Anne's chapel is an arts and community centre in Paternoster Row, Barnstaple

Hailstones and High Paths

It's the same every year, just when you think it's Spring and time to relax, nature throws a few curve balls. or hailstones as it was today. It was freezing, deceptive, it looked so warm and sunny but in the space of half an hour we had endured three seasons in one. Nevertheless it was great to be out so I could see what Mother Nature has been doing in the wooded valley above Bideford Bay. Not much to speak of as yet, spotted a sprinkling of Primroses, a couple of Dog Violet and a single Red Campion. The first flowering Alexander complete with Yellow dung-fly and abundant Spring Beauty with their huge heart-shaped leaves glistening with rain drops. The ancient trees have taken a beating over the winter but are at last bursting into life. The old track has taken a beating too, looking more like a highway now that the verges either side have been flattened so much so that the wild garlic spears look like lettuce sticking out of an overfilled salad sandwhich..There is minimal traffic allowed here, thank goodness,  just the holidaymakers at the cottages and work vehicles but even so absolutely no consideration seems to be given to the delicate flora. The drivers are wandering further and further over the verges, the huge wheels churning up, then pounding the ground. Last year the wall on the ancient bridge was badly damaged and had to be rebuilt, and today I was sad to see that there is a hole and a crack on the other side. A little "driving with due care and attention" pretty please! Walked along the South West Coast Path beside Peppercombe Meadows and watched the billowing clouds over Clovelly and Gallantry Bower. I never get tired of the ever-changing view across Bideford Bay. Articles and photos copyright Pat Adams 22nd March 2014.

Explore the Coast and "Country" Side of Bideford Bay with the North Devon Focus Picture Tour

Seminal Motown artist, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas come to Barnstaple this April.

South West Promoters Hold It Down are proud to bring one of the original and best loved soul artists of all time to Barnstaple next April. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were among the most successful groups of the Motown roster during the period 1963-1967. In contrast to other Motown groups such as The Supremes and The Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas were known for a harder, R&B sound, typified by "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave", "Nowhere to Run", "Jimmy Mack" and, their signature song, "Dancing in the Street". During their nine-year run on the charts from 1963 to 1972, Martha and the Vandellas charted over twenty-six hits and recorded in the styles of doo-wop, R&B, pop, blues, rock and soul. Ten Vandellas songs reached the top ten of the Billboard R&B singles chart, including two R&B number ones. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Martha and the Vandellas amongst the 100 greatest artists of all time.

Sun 13^th April, The Factory Petroc, Oakwood Close, Roundswell Ind Estate, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 3NJ

For more info go to www.holditdown.org

TICKETS £17.50 plus booking fee

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