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Part of the East Devon World Heritage Coast
Down
in Devon, down in Devon,
There's a village by the sea,
It's a little piece of heaven
And the angels call it Beer!
Beer is a pretty seaside village built around a small cove on the south coast of the U.K. in East Devon.
The object of these pages is to provide information about my home village of Beer. If you have any pictures, stories or information that you think may be of interest, please contact
News
July 24-26th, 2009 - 319th Meeting of The Morris Ring hosted by Exeter Morris Men. Performances at Jubilee Gardens on Sat 25th from 2.45p.m. - For more details click here
June
20th, 2009 - Midsummer Music For
Life at Beer Football Club.
Noon until midnight.
April 18th, 2009 - THE ROOT - An evening of Rhythm and Blues to raise money for a bench in memory of Jim Riley, one of the founders of the Beer R&B Festival. Among those appearing were:- Jellicle Cats, Copoutz, Brock and the Badgers, Walk Hards and Tim Royce's King Roosters at Mariners Hall from 7p.m. Admissiion FREE - but all donations gratefully received towards the Memorial Bench Fund.
March 2009. Caxtons Collectiques of Bampton is doing valuations and sales of various items from a late person's estate. This includes a large album of sketches and watercolours of towns and villages in East Devon and West Dorset, including paintings of Beer, Seaton, Axmouth and Lyme Regis. The artist was an amateur called Margaret Froude Hancock. All of the watercolours/sketches are from the Victorian period and some are dated between 1877 - 1890. The paintings have been valued at £30 each. Anyone interested can contact Stuart Bennett on 01398 331510 before they are auctioned off for charity.
February 19th-21st, 2009. Panto People present 'Aladdin' at the Mariners Hall.
February 17th, 2009. Natalie Puddicombe was awarded the Tallow Chandler's Prize and City and Guild Medal of Excellence in a ceremony in London for her work at Beer Puffins Pre-School.
February 13th 2009. Music for Life Event at the Dolphin Hotel.
February 7th, 2009. There will be an Activies fair in the Mariners Hall where representatives from clubs and groups in the village will provide and display details about the activities available in the village.
November 2008. Alan Barrett and his sister Julie were taken to South Africa as part of the TV programme, "Noel's Christmas presents" that was broadcast on Sky One on Sunday 21st December.
Panto People are looking for a keyboard player for their forthcoming production. Anyone who is interested should contact the director, Audrey Tims, on 01297 20048.
Beer Music for Life are planning to hold another 12 hour music event next summer at the football field. Click here for details of their events.
October 12th, 2008. A two seater Spitfire flew over Beer to scatter the ashes of Jim Riley, a co-founder of the R&B Festival at sea.
Beer was awarded the Silver Gilt Certificate at the South West in Bloom Awards for 2008.
October 9th, 2008. Organ open day at the Congregational Church.
September 13th, 2008. A team of 4 rowers from Beer, Justin Adkin, Robert Adkin, Martin Adkin and Sam Phillips, participated in the Great River Race, which is a race from Richmond to Greenwich on the river Thames. Details
August 2008
- Generation Soccer ran a summer holiday
football camp at Beer Albion Football Club on Thursday 14th
& Friday 15th August 2008 for children
aged from 5 to 14 years of age.
July 19th, 2008 - Music For Life festival at Beer Albion Football Club, from midday to midnight in aid of Cancer Research UK starring the Blue Bishops. The weather was good, as was the music and a total of over £5000 was raised.
June 2008 - Beer Coastguard team received awards from the MCA and Devon and Cornwall police at a presentation night at Sidmouth Sailing club. The awards were for the work carried out in the early stages of the Napoli grounding incident, January and February 2007.
June 2008. Beer Bag project. From an idea that originated at Beer Primary School a reusable shopping bag made from jute and with a Beer logo is in production.
Sponsored Horse Ride 2008. Charlotte Wakley organised a ride from Whitchurch, Bristol to Beer,Devon, arriving on Easter Sunday to raise funds for The Mission for Deep Sea Fishermen and Cancer Research UK. Click here for more details. The event raised £4750.
March 9th, 2008. AVR Grizzly. Among the competitors were Ali Green, Sue Green,'Bilko' Mutter and Richard Oswald.
February 21st-23rd, 2008. Panto at the Mariners Hall.
January 2008. John Scott has been elected a full Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts.
September 14th, 2007 - Rock samples from the cliffs were onboard an unmanned spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The samples contain photosynthetic organisms and are attached to the heat shield. The craft is due to return on September 26th, when the samples will then be taken for analysis. They are part of an experiment to detemine whether microscopic life can be transported through space in rocks.
September 9th, 2007 - The Grizzly. Among the competitors from Beer are Jenny Morgan, Richard Oswald and Lynne Beavis.
September 8th, 2007 - Rattenbury Day 10a.m. to 4 p.m.
August 2007. The Jason Bewick Memorial Plaque has been temporarily removed from Charlie's Yard. It will be replaced by a stainless steel plaque once it is completed. It will be 22 years this Christmas since Jason was lost at sea on December 27th, 1985.
July 31st 2007. The Centenary of Scouting was celebrated by Beer Scouts and Cubs with a campfire on the Common. Video
July 21st 2007. 24 hour Relay for Life in aid of Cancer Research at Beer Albion Football Club from noon.
July 14th - 18th 2007. Quilt and Craft exhibition in St Michael's Church. from 10a.m.
April 30th 2007. Reverend Jeremy Trew was installed as the new vicar of Seaton and Beer by the Bishop of Exeter at St Michael's.
January 28th, 2007. It is now over a week since the MSC Napoli was grounded off Branscombe beach. So far the weather has been kind to us and we have had no debris or oil pollution on Beer beach, although Pound's Hall beach does have some rubbish on it. The authorities hope to have all the oil off the ship by the middle of the coming week, if the weather holds up.
July 2006. Stuart Gale, the headmaster of Beer Primary is leaving at the end of this term. An 'acting' headmistress has been appointed for the start of next term.
July 2006. Archaeologists from Exeter University have
been working on excavations at Beer Head and Gun Cliff.
May 21st, 2006. The Vicar, Anne Thorne, officiated at her last service
as Vicar of Beer before moving on to a new ministry in Braunton, North
Devon. The vicar of Seaton, Tim Schofield, now becomes responsible for
the Beer parish in addition to Seaton.
April 23rd, 2006. A new memorial to Sean Wakley and Ali McLeod has been placed in Charlie's Yard.
April 22nd, 2006. The prize-giving function for the Atlantic Rowing race event is held in Teignmouth.
A DVD lasting over an hour and three-quarters has been created from film taken by the All Relative crew during their Transatlantic crossing. Copies of the DVD have gone on sale at £10 from Beer Post Office. All profits will go to the Exmouth Lifeboat appeal.
February 23rd - 25th, 2006. Beer Panto Society performed 'Alice in Wonderland'
January 8th, 2006 15.37gmt. The "All Relative" Atlantic Ocean Rowing team completed the race over 800 miles ahead of any other competitors.
Panto People
Beer Panto People performed 'Aladdin' during half-term on Feb 29th, 20th and 21st, 2009
Axe Vale Pottery
A collector of this pottery is interested in its history. She is particularly interested in contacting Sarah Jones, the daughter of the late Dr Jones, who worked at the pottery in the 1960s. If you have any information about the pottery please email Jan Fryer
The Grizzly
The 2009 AVR Grizzly took place on Sunday 8th March.
2009 Result
1st John MacFarlane (Thames Hare and Hounds)
2nd Ryan Prout (Thrift Green Trotters)
3rd Toby Pearson (Thames Hare and Hounds)
1st Lady: Nicola Juniper (Thrift Green Trotters)
Full results are available at Axe Valley Runners web site.
Wurlitzer Organ
The UK Theatre Organ Club hold concerts on the Wurlitzer organ that is installed in the Congregational Hall. The organ is believed to be the first one imported to the United Kingdom from the U.S.A. Visitors are more than welcome to view the Wurlitzer.
Click
here for Friends of Beer Wurly.
Click here for the Congregational Church site.
Forthcoming concert dates:
NOTICES
Regatta
Regatta Day 2009 is on August 13th, 2009.
Annual R&B Festival
The 12th Beer R&B Festival will be on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th October 2009
The line up for 2009 is:The Big Blue, Giles Hedley & The Aviators,Robin Bibi Band, Vince Lee & The Big Combo, The Nigel Bagge Band, Tim Royce
For more information: www.steppinout.info
Short Mat Bowls
Short Mat Bowls is played in the Mariners Hall every
Tuesday and Thursday from 7.30 p.m.
Council
Meetings of the Parish Council are held the first Tuesday of each month in the Mariners Hall.
Beer Luggers
Fishing Trips
Deep sea fishing trips can be arranged from Beer beach.
Contact the following boatmen:
Cyril Newton
01297 21460
Kim Aplin 01297 21955
Beach Huts.
Chapple
& Son (est. 1923) Home: 01297 20756 Beach:
01297 20076 Mobile: 07974523616. Beach huts and
refreshments
Pubs and Restaurants
Barrel o Beer 01297 20099
Steamers
Mariners Hall
Bookings: Nigel Groves 01297 21159
First published November 1996. Date last updated: May 20th, 2009. Please report any problems with this site to