Brixham Museum

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 ... 🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞

Happy National Poetry Day! Here's a poem by Priscilla Shrives, who lived at what's now @Guardhousecafe, worked as a laundress and was a lifelong poet. Discover more about her in our Berry Head exhibit @BerryHeadCRT

Dogs allowed back on Torbay beaches from 1 October wearesouthdevon.com/dogs-allowed-b… #WASDNews #Devon #SouthDevon #News #Community #Local

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…