Our poster for the Official Opening of the Starcross Pavilion tomorrow

Starcross History

http://starcrosshistory.blogspot.co.uk/
FREE membership  AND No admission charge to the bi-monthly meetings in this pavilion.

Wednesday   July 8th 2015              at 7:30pm

Wednesday  September 9th 2015   at 7:30pm

Wednesday  November11th 2015  at 7:30pm

Wednesday  January 13th 2016     at 7:30pm

Wednesday  March 9th 2016         at 7:30pm

Speakers will be arranged

To cover the £20 charge to hire this brand new pavilion,

 we ask everyone to please bring a raffle prize, and we charge £1 for teas&coffees

PROJECTS   

Ø  We are recreating Captain George Peacock’s The Swan of the Exe for  Trail RecycledArt in the Landscape.Our ‘wackin burd’ will be installed on Teignmouth seafront during the week July 11^th - July 18^th. After the summer season, she’ll go On Tour.

Please cut out feathers from milk bottles

Ø  How did Starcross look in the past? Information please, about buildings, wells, and roads etc; to help us with  a series of illustrated, historic maps.

Ø  A Twelfth Century stone cross stood at the top of a flight of stone stairs; and gave Stairs Cross its name. Does it still lie in the estuary silt, where it was thrown by order of Henry V111? Was it made from Portland Stone, Buckfastleigh Limestone, Dartmoor Granite, or  Red Sandstone from the Heavitree breccias? Can it be recreated?

Ø  Should there be a memorial to commemorate the achievements of Captain George Peacock? Did he invent the screw propeller?

Ø  Oral History. Do you have stories to tell? We will record them; on paper, or on audio tape, or on video; whichever you prefer.

SOCIAL EVENT

Visit to Dingles Heritage Fairground Museum on a Saturday in September. Coach fare £8 for adults and £4 for children. Babies and toddlers must have their own baby/child seat. We have arranged a 15% reduction for the entry fee to the museum.

FUNDRAISING

Vintage Games at the Starcross Summer Fete on the Sportsfield on July 25^th

Hard enamel club badges for sale;depicting The Swan of the Exe £10. £15 for 2. £20 for 4

Contact : Monica Lang 01626890650 starcross.history@gmail.com

PS We welcome LOTS of help with everything J