Bomb Shelter
Pop-up Art Exhibition
with
Maggie Luff & Jill Jones
April 9th to 23rd 2020
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Beer Quarry
Caves
There are changes afoot at Beer Quarry Caves with John Scott retiring from his position as manager and custodian. John’s love of and knowledge of the Caves is legendary and he will be much missed. Under his leadership the Caves have become a major attraction in the area and the village owes him a huge debt of gratitude. John has always been very supportive of Beer Village Heritage. We all wish him a long and happy retirement.
Beer is a Winner
Beer was the overall winner of the Best Picnic Spots in Britain
Beer made it to the final on Channel 4's Village of the year
Supporting the creation of a series of links between the SW Coast Path and the East Devon Way
Coming on Dimpsy in Beer
DIY Events
All year round - Free Download for the Jubillee Pebble Quiz Sheet for the Big Bug Hunt, Brass-rubbing sheets and the Cowerslea Way short loop walk leaflet from
free activity
Self-guided walks
around Beer and the Beer area
see links and free downloads on our Leaflets-walks-maps page
free
activity
connections between
Geology & History?
Visit the Self-Shelter - free entry
Jubilee Gardens overlooking Beer Beach Fantastic display & story of Beer
free
activity
Rock pooling
During the season - spring tides (around full & new moons) - weather permitting
donation
Watch for Banner outside the Heritage Centre
Equipment supplied
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear
Bomb Shelter
Come and see the bomb and read the story that goes with it
free entry
Behind Jimmy Green's Shop, Fore Street
same hours as the shop
Also available for pop-up displays or exhibitions of history, science & art
Guided Walks & Talks
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Salt Water Fish Tanks
Now emptied for the winter
Back again next
year
free
activity
Beach Clean
DIY 10min beach clean - help yourself to a bag and borrow one of our picker-uppers by the entrance to the Centre - interesting what you find - doing the environment a favour - feel good factor
free
activity
Also try a quick look at
https://www.cleanjurassiccoast.uk/
Some events such as Rockpooling depend on weather and tides - Contact us at : beervillageheritage@yahoo.co.uk
Other Walks
- Loops & Long - Website
Linx
If you would like to be notified of upcoming events then send an email requesting so, to
beervillageheritage@yahoo.co.uk - Your email address will then be added to the list
If you would like to be a member or friend then come to an event and pay £2.50 per person p.a. or £5 per family
Friends have access to, and use
of, the secret friends page with copyright and other
benefits
Other self-guided walks on our Maps & Walks page
Note the volume of beach around Bob's Knob - New Year 2015
If Dogs Run Free
Eastertime 1975
Circa 1902
Bob's Knob circa 1955?
The
Pier - King's Isle
Dec
2018
N.B The size of the beach compared with today!!!
Post code for your Sat Nav EX12 3EE - Top of the slope down to the beach
- beer_blow_in.pdf
- Free download Beer Blow-in Questionaire
A jingle written in 1920 by Kenneth Lindsay, at that time an undergraduate but who became a barrister , a K.C. and the Labour MP for Kilmarnock – sung to the tune of “Clementine”
Down in Devon, down in Devon
There’s a village oh so dear
Sure it’s just a bit of heaven
And the angels call it Beer.
Mr. David, the schoolmaster
Is a Jack of every trade
Always shiny like the briny
Sticks to jobs like marmalade
The fishermen will kindly
Take you anywhere for a bob,
Except old (blank blank), their Charlie Chaplin
Who charges eighteen pence without a sob.
The present version was written
in the late 1970s by Mike Green & Gayle
Chapple
Coming up for a
centenary!!!
“DOWN IN
DEVON”
(Beer’s Anthem)
Sung to the tune of “Oh! My Darling Clementine”
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
They call us Spaniards, they call us Dutchmen,
But we’re English evermore.
And we live here in God’s Country,
And we love our Devon shore
(Chorus - Down in Devon…)
I’ve been thinking, while I’ve been drinking,
‘Bout our haven by the sea.
In the whole of Devon county
Nowhere else I’d rather be … than …
(Chorus - Down in Devon…)
Written for one of the early Panto People pantomime productions
