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ACE sales barrow
brings in £200
Thanks to a donation from the Brixham Town Council the ACE
Trustees were able to purchase a barrow to sell the vegetables
and plants raised in their gardens at Brixham College. ACE is
a charity that supports physically disabled people enabling
them to attend adult education classes alongside able bodied
people.
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Exhibition moves
onto Torquay library
An exhibition of photography, creative writing and painting
inspired by free taster courses at Kents Cavern has just moved
from the caves to Torquay Library where it is on show for a
month in the foyer entrance.
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FREE GARDENING
AT BRIXHAM ADULT & COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTRE
Thanks to funding from the Learning Revolution campaign Katie
Babbs invited 20 people to start gardening in a brand new garden
at the Brixham Adult & Community Learning Centre which is
designed to be fully accessible for everyone.
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CALLING ALL WOULD
BE GARDENERS AND ALLOTMENT HOLDERS
If you would like to develop a garden or start your own allotment,
but do not know where to start, come along to an OPEN
MORNING on 21st MAY at 10am at the Adult & Community
Learning Centre off Westover Close.
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The Story of ‘Maid of Honour'
I recently sold a painting (featured here), of a Sailing Trawler
with the curious name of ‘Maid Honour'. I based the picture
on an old photograph from Brixham Museum and subsequently found
out she had a very interesting history.
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Celebrating 60 years of
art!
This year the Brixham Society of Art Exhibition at the Scala
Hall marked the 60th anniversary of the group which has encouraged,
developed and presented the artwork of local people to generations
of audiences to enjoy here in Brixham.
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Trial and retribution!
Brixham based community group The South Devon Players, portrayed
the fate of two women pirates in the Trial of Anne Bonney and
Mary Reed in their evening performance under the Old Fish Market
on August 27th.
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PRINCIPALS VISIT THE GEOPARK
Before leaving the education service in Torbay Heather Maxwell
and Chris Turner went to Kents Cavern in Torquay to find out
why Torbay has Geopark status.
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TRAIL ART
contributions from Brixham
TRAIL opens on July 19th
and runs until September 6th
www.trail.org.uk
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ART EXHIBITION
at Brixham Adult & Community Learning Centre
A Care Worker who paints in acrylics in her spare time has
staged her second exhibition in Brixham.
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GRANT
FUNDS ‘RECYCLED ART' COMMUNITY PROJECT
Brixham Adult and Community
Learning Centre's disabled group, ACE, has just received the
good news that they have been awarded a £7,416 grant from
the South West Foundation.
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NEW POOL,
NEW COURSES
With the re-opening of the Brixham Indoor
Pool as the Admiral Centre there has been a flurry of activity
co-ordinated by the Brixham Adult & Community Learning Centre.
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Brixham Society of Art diamond celebration!
This year is the 60th year since the formation of Brixham
Society of Art. Over the years it has had several locations
for its meetings, and the Society is pleased that from now on
meetings will be held more locally at Eden Park Primary School...
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