The Sundial Summer Fair

Sundial Care Home in Tipton St John hosted its Summer Fair in their three-acre grounds, drawing strong support from family members (residents), relatives, members of the community, and volunteers for an afternoon of activities, stalls, and entertainment to celebrate the end of the summer season.

Visitors enjoyed a range of games, including Guess How Many Sweets Are in the Jar, Name the Teddy, Hook a Duck, and the ever-popular Splat the Rat. The fair also featured a variety of stalls, such as hair braiding, a book stall, locally handmade children’s clothes, tea and coffee, cake sale, face painting and more.

Singer Zara King provided live entertainment throughout the afternoon which had a couple of family members dancing non-stop, and later announced the winners of the raffle as the day came to a close. Signature mocktails were served by small business Botanic, alongside ice creams from the East Devon Ices van. Local neighbours Bella and her mum Liz sold home-baked cakes to support Bella’s school trip to New York and Hospice Care also supported the fair with a tombola stall.

Team members brought along their children to enjoy the activities and help run stalls, creating opportunities for intergenerational connections within the home. Leftover books and prizes from the stalls have since been donated to the Tipton Fete, ensuring the community continues to benefit from the day’s success.

Sundial Care Home is nestled in the heart of Tipton St John, and has long been known for their strong community involvement. The care home places great importance on maintaining strong community connections for those who live there, supporting their wellbeing and sense of identity. Many family members come from the surrounding area, and events like the Summer Fair support them to stay close to their community, while also giving those from further afield the chance to build new community connections.

If you would like to learn more about Sundial Care Home, please visit https://www.sundialcare.com/lifes-journey-continued/

Heritage Open Days Talk: Bideford Ceramics and International Maritime Trade

As part of Heritage Open Days, The Burton is presenting a mini-exhibition of ceramics selected from its archive, displaying works not typically accessible to the public (13th-21st September). This will focus on the relationship between Bideford’s history of ceramics and international maritime trade, both of which saw the town’s influence stretch across the globe. 

Come along on Sunday 14th September to hear more about this fascinating topic from Sadie Green, an expert in North Devon Pottery and its export to the Eastern seaboard of America in Elizabethan times. Sadie’s talk is free to attend but booking is required.

Call the gallery on 01237 471455 or book via our website at https://www.burtonartgallery.co.uk/exhibitions-activities/heritage-open-days-talk-bideford-ceramics-and-international-maritime-trade/

 

 

Sunday 14th September, 2025

Heritage Open Days Talk: Bideford Ceramics and International Maritime Trade

With Sadie Green

11.30am-12.30pm | FREE | Booking essential

 

Looking on the Bright Side of Bideford.

Always a pleasure to visit the Burton Art Gallery & Museum and yesterday we checked out the ‘Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape’ exhibition with works by a host of well-known 20th century artists including Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, L.S. Lowry, Patrick Heron and Elisabeth Frink.

A fusion of vibrant and sombre modern art and landscapes including a change of location for the famous ‘Matchstick People’, Glasgow, not Salford, Manchester was the focus of the painting by L.S. Lowry.

The Summer might be over but the Summer Exhibition is running until the 14^th September so if you love art and the history do check it out.

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‘Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape’ runs until 14th September at The Burton at Bideford, Bideford, North Devon EX39 2QQ. Free entry.

See www.theburton.org for more details on the exhibition and upcoming exhibitions and  events.

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About: ‘Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape’ examines the intersection of abstraction and landscape in British art from the 1920s to the early 1970s. Organised in collaboration with The Hepworth Wakefield, ‘Into Abstraction’ draws on their extensive holdings of modern art to explore how artists used abstraction during periods of social upheaval to engage with the natural world and human experience. Tap here to read all about the exhibition and the Burton at Bideford >