(FOX40.COM) — The primary election to represent State Assembly District 6 is on March 5. FOX40.com distributed a questionnaire to candidates so that they could clarify to residents what they consider to be the key issues facing the district. FOX40.com reached out to all 10 candidates, but candidates Nikki Ellis and Kevin Olmar Martinez did […]
"The community starts arriving at the Airport about 5 p.m. with banners and lawn chairs. It is really a festival atmosphere all afternoon and evening."
"The community starts arriving at the Airport about 5 p.m. with banners and lawn chairs. It is really a festival atmosphere all afternoon and evening."
Earlier this week, Tucker Murphy, the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer, asked where the time capsule buried near the Wayside Cross was located. Searching through the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society’s records, we discovered that a time capsule was buried during the Town’s 200th anniversary held on September 29th, 2001. Because the Museum still had […]
Margaret Lewis - Honiton Museum
Published:
6:00 AM March 2, 2021
The wallet presented to Honiton serviceman Les Ackland on his return from World War Two
- Credit: Honiton Museum
After World War Two ended and under the chairmanship of Mr C N Hatcher, fundraising efforts for the Honiton Welcome Home fund began. The East Devon Pony Club donated the money raised at their gymkhana and the Allhallows School amateur dramatic society performed a three-act play ‘The Crooked Billett’ at the Mackarness Hall. All the proceeds from Carnival Week and a fete held in September 1945 were given.
Two Welcome Home receptions were held for demobbed men and women at the Honiton Modern Secondary school. In May 1946, 205 people were invited and in January 1947, 150 were received.