

Brixham Museum
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@BrixhamMuseum
Free local museum celebrating the history and heritage of Brixham, Devon. Exhibits on maritime, archeology & local history. Open Tues-Sat, 11am-2pm.






1) Poet @RobertGarnham new collection of poems #Squidbox is a window on its enduring fishing industry - performance coming soon.. Robert has been supported by @BrixhamMuseum to research local history and has met with local people involved in the fishing industry.

@heritage_crafts So excited @heritage_crafts to be receiving grant in Brixham to pot with the withy pots off the South Devon coast. Can't wait to get going with a higher volume of pot making and using them to catch lobster here off the Brixham coast as they used to many years ago ... 🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞







Torbay’s Black Sailors wearesouthdevon.com/torbays-black-… #WASDNews #Devon #SouthDevon #News #Community #Local

Today is @PoetryDayUK & the start of @BhmUK so it's timely to share news of @LouisaAdjoa's workshop organised by @Theatrepaignton torbayculture.org/news/2020/9/30… Supported by @LitWorks & #TorbayCulture's #CreateToRecover @ace_southwest @TNLUK @The_Shorely @PRSD @Torbay_Council



This year is certainly different to what we all imagined. We've shared some reflections on staying #positive during these times & what #TorbayCulture has been doing torbayculture.org/news/autumn-re… @The_Shorely @PRSD @TorbayTDA @LGAculturesport @CoastalCA @RivieraDMG @Torbay_Council

Special for me personally too as this forms a thread between two projects for me as a Producer..#Fishhawkers with artist activist @shelleycastle1 and Encounters Arts @BrixhamMuseum in 2018 and now in 2020 #CreateToRecover with @RobertGarnham @TorbayCulture Things cycle in waves





Today's Squidbox poem looks at the role of women in the 1850s in Brixham. professorofwhimsy.com/2020/09/28/the…