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Topsham faked on Mystery Map

December 9, 2013, 8:03 am
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ITV's two-part programme Mystery Map aired recently: see Mystery Map: Ben Shephard and Julia Bradbury talk ghosts, UFOs and weird happenings. The second episode looked potentially of interest, as it covered the mystery of the "Devil's footprints" incident of 1855. It was filmed in part by the River Exe in Topsham, using fake snow sprayed on Topsham Museum's river garden to attempt to recreate the horseshoe-like prints. The snow was not all that was fake, however: the internal and external shots identified as "the village church of Topsham, in Devon" were actually the church at the nearby Clyst St George. Did they think nobody would notice?


For readers in the ITV region, the relevant episode of Mystery Map can be seen on ITV Player until around Dec 27th; the Devil's Footprints section is in the third segment.
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Flooding - travel news

February 6, 2014, 1:53 pm
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TRAVEL NEWS - updated 12th February
Note that there is currently extensive disruption to train services in the South-West, beyond the effects of the break in the coastal line at Dawlish. There are currently no mainline rail routes out of Exeter. Check your journey if travelling to and from Exeter. See the official rail sites:
BUS/ROAD TRAVEL
Currrently the 57 bus to/from Exeter is re-routed to avoid roadworks on Barrack Road; the RD&E Hospital bus stops are still served. There has been some service disruption to the 57 due to flooding of the Clyst valley road between Darts farm and Bridge Hill.

TOPSHAM
The Exeter Express & Echo has a number of reports of the flooding in Topsham due to the storm on the night of February 4th, when heavy rain, a spring tide, a storm surge, and a south-easterly wind, combined to raise waters to flood level.

Pictures and Video: Flooding in Topsham caused by strong winds and heavy rain.
"Blitz spirit" alive in Topsham after major flooding
The Goat Walk in Topsham destroyed by storms




Above images from JSBlog: see "It was a dark and stormy night"/ The morning after / Goat Walk damage.
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TCA: Youth Activities for February

February 11, 2014, 4:40 pm
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TOPSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
FEBRUARY ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 2014

Whilst many Topsham families know about our August Youth Activities programme, this year we can offer activities during February half-term for children and young people of all ages.  This is a special programme, with all financial proceeds going towards TCA’s Revitalising the Rec project.  Only the watercolours workshop requires prior booking.  Otherwise we will register children on the day at the venue.  The “cost” is a minimum donation.

Mon 17 Feb   10-12    Topsham Bowling Club        SKITTLES             Age 10-15          £2
Tues 18 Feb  10-3    Dorothy Holman Centre    WATERCOLOURS*      Age 10-15         £8  FULL
Wed 19 Feb   1-3    Recreation Ground        FOOTBALL FUN**     Age 10-15         £2  VENUE UNFIT
Wed 19 Feb   1-3    Dorothy Holman Centre    INDOOR GAMES     Age 10-15         £2
Thur 20 Feb   10-12    Dorothy Holman Centre    SONGS & STORIES     Age under 5     £2
Thur 20 Feb   10-12    Topsham Rugby Club        TAG RUGBY**          Age 6-10         £2
Fri 21 Feb         10-12    Dorothy Holman Centre    INDOOR GAMES     Age 6-10         £2

*Booking essential    **Requires studded boots

Booking and further information (if needed) from Sue Wright, 01392 876674 or swrightathome@btinternet.com.
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Travel status

February 11, 2014, 4:53 pm
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Dine aboard the "Edwardian Lady"

March 21, 2014, 2:10 pm
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The Edwardian Lady is now available for booking for evening river tours: a new venture by Topsham's ferryman Mike Stevens.

Dine aboard Topsham's Edwardian Lady. Available for small private parties, evening tours, history cruises, etc. Set three course menu to your own specifications. Bring your own beer or wine. All for £25.00 a head.

Boarding times: departs from Topsham Quay, 6.30pm-10.00pm (tide permitting). For further information, please contact Mike (07801 203338) or Lesley (07890 298399).

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Topsham Rec Revitalisation

April 14, 2014, 12:36 pm
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GREAT NEWS! Plans for the Revitalisation of the Rec are now well advanced. Topsham Community Association and Exeter City Council are now in a position to begin ordering additional equipment and amenities for the area within the fence. Existing equipment will be refurbished and the following new items will be installed, hopefully in June in time for the long school holidays:

Junior fitness trail; senior fitness trail; zip wire; rodeo board; springer see-saw; basket swing; petanque pitch; boat structure; multiplay structure; shelter; wide slide; kickback board; volleyball/badminton net; chess table.

The size, design and location of equipment has been carefully thought through to allow for safety, social and aesthetic considerations, with the central area of the Rec largely untouched, as requested in the community consultation. The final few hundreds of pounds raised will be spent on benches, planting and landscaping, making the area a focus in the community for everyone, whether for rest, play or exercise.

Topsham Community Association Matthews Hall, Fore Street , Topsham.
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Food News

April 26, 2014, 12:58 pm
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Topsham Grill House - a new venture by Denley's - is now open at 62 High Street (adjacent to Denley's). Open Mon-Fri 4pm-11pm, it cooks takeaway food including kebabs, hot and cold Eastern Mediterranean starters, charcoal-grilled meats, and pizzas. Telephone orders welcome.  62 High Street, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0DY. Tel: 01392 875440.
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Nello's Longest Table 2014

April 27, 2014, 3:47 am
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Nello’s Longest Table: Sunday July 13th 2014
Booking Information
 
Bookings Taken from Tuesday 29th April (not before 9am) at Route 2 Topsham

It’s time for another Longest Table, where our whole community can sit down together to enjoy meals prepared from local and locally sourced foods at a table stretching the entire length of Topsham Fore Street, part of Ferry Road & The Quay. Our First Nello’s Longest Table in 2008 & then in 2010, 2012 were such a great successes, we hope that you will all enjoy another!

The Roads will be closed to traffic and parking from 12 noon on Sunday July 13th in order to set up the tables. Pre Dinner drinks at 4pm and all eat at 5pm, we hope that you will join in the celebrations in what will be Topsham’s biggest ever street party.

Tables cost £30 (for up to 6 people). For this cost you will have a table reserved for you. It will be up to you to bring your own meal (local and locally sourced, please), friends – and chairs. Cash or cheque (Topsham Food Festival) SORRY NO CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS

Times and details about the event will be on your booking forms.
All proceeds from the Topsham Food Festival will go towards the Topsham Community Association (for community use) and to Force Cancer Charity.

For further information about the Topsham Food Festival, visit www.topshamfoodfestival.org.uk, contact Liz at Route 2 Topsham or info@route2topsham.co.uk, or email Marc Millon marc@quaypress.com .

If you have any queries regarding the parking and road closure please contact our policing team via the non-urgent police line 101–to give a message to PCSO Anthony Keller.

We look forward to sharing this special event with you!

Liz, Marc, Kim and the Topsham Food Festival organisers

PS. We will be celebrating Topsham Maine, USA’s  250th year – Topsham themes of both sides of the Atlantic welcome!
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Family Fun Day - Passage House Inn, Monday 5th May

April 30, 2014, 7:55 am
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Passage House Inn, Monday 5th May
FAMILY FUN DAY
We are having a family fun day to raise money for Children's Hospice South West and Hospicecare, on the first bank holiday Monday in May.

There will be a Hog Roast and BBQ, Live Music and street entertainers.

All musicians and singers welcome to join us for an "al fresco" jam session (Weather permitting, indoors if not). No holds barred, PA provided, also drum kit and backline.Jam slots available from 3pm- 8pm. Contact Martin Stork for more info or comment on here if you want to play.

See www.passagehouseinntopsham.co.uk / Facebook  Family Fun-day For Children's Hospice South West and Hospicecare.
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Charity ... verifiability

May 22, 2014, 10:12 am
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I can't say anything explicit enough to raise legal issues, but I've been made aware of a Exeter and Devon Police tweet about businesses mistakable for charities.

You see a person with a collecting bucket and some flyers. This will usually be a charity; they'll accept a donation, and give you a flyer about their work. However, rarely, it might in reality be a business that just sells flyers. The latter is not illegal if it's clear that that's the deal. But it's a very grey area if the vendor makes the situation insufficiently explicit, so you think you're donating to a charity, but are in fact buying an overpriced piece of paper.

That said, be cautious about collectors in Topsham. Ask yourself this:
  • Is this a national/local charity of well-known credentials?
  • Is this in aid of a charity event run by someone of known reputation, on behalf of the above?
If not, check the credentials:
  • If it's a charity, the vendor should be displaying a valid registered charity number.
  • Any associated materials should check out: e.g. the website will work, and should make explicit whether it's a business selling some product, or a charity.
If none of these check out satsifactorily, part with your money at your own risk.
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Topsham Bookshop - new copier!

May 28, 2014, 4:00 am
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The Topsham Bookshop is pleased to announce that its new photocopier is now in service.


Prices have increased after a years-long freeze - copies are now 10p for A4, 20p for A3 - but it's still great value, and a handy service close to the centre of Topsham.

The Topsham Bookshop is open 10.30am-5.oopm, Monday-Saturday (closed for lunch 1-2pm).
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Raffle and Silent Auction Prizes Required!

May 28, 2014, 4:08 am
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I am holding a raffle and silent auction at Matthews Hall on the 20th June to raise money for McMillan, FORCE, Hospiscare and Melanoma Focus. If you feel able to donate a gift to support the cause, I would be very grateful. Please contact Lori on 07595 294793.
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Flood Fair comes to Topsham, Friday 4th July

May 28, 2014, 4:25 am
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Flood Fair comes to Topsham, Friday 4th July, 3 – 8 pm


On Friday 4th July, Matthews Hall is hosting a Flood Fair - an exhibition, followed by an expert panel Q&A including emergency services - to help residents plan for future events like the storms of early 2014.

All of us who were in Topsham on the evening of Tuesday 4th February this year will remember the ferocious storm that battered the whole of the south west of England that night. In retrospect, the damage in Topsham was actually small compared to many other places, such as Dawlish or the Somerset levels, none-the-less the impact of the worst floods for a generation was felt throughout the community. The great majority of properties flooded suffered only minor inundation, but there are still a few who are ‘drying out’ rooms affected by flood water even now.

Whilst the worst flooding incident was on February 4th, there were other incidents of flooding along the River Exe frontage in the town both before and after that date. As part of the longer term response to these flood incidents, the Topsham Emergency Group, under the auspices of the Topsham Community Association, has organised a Flood Fair to take place in Matthews Hall on Friday 4th July.

The purpose of the Flood Fair is to give residents up to date information and to allow them to question the agencies involved in the aftermath of the floods. The event will consist of two elements, firstly an exhibition, displaying from 3 – 6 pm, with information on:
  • Individual property protection – there will be information on various forms of flood defence, we are inviting a number of suppliers to demonstrate their wares.
  • Community schemes – various agencies will be at hand to give information on plans for enhanced flood defences for both the Exe and Clyst rivers.
  • Grants / finance available – to householders whose properties were flooded.
  • Emergency response –the Topsham Emergency Group and its role in respect of the emergency and other responding services.
There will then be a Question and Answer session from 6.30 to 8.00, which will enable residents to put questions to an expert panel. The panel will include representatives from agencies including the Environment Agency, South West Water, local Councils and the Emergency Services.

The event is being supported by Exeter City Council.

For more information, contact Richard Horne on 07527 221244.

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Nelson

May 31, 2014, 1:29 pm
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The Nelson is under new management. Details to follow.
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White Ensign

May 31, 2014, 1:33 pm
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A reminder that the Topsham White Ensign and Social Club has a recently refurbished website. Apart from its role as a general social club, its Abbey Rooms at the Fore Street end of White Street, near Topsham quay, are available for hire for functions. See www.topshamwhiteensign.co.uk.
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Revitalise the Rec - progress report

June 28, 2014, 7:42 am
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Topsham Rec. is currently closed due to a broken sewer pipe; while this has caused a slight delay, the Revitalise the Rec project is nevertheless nearing the completion of its Phase One. Sue Wright writes:

Following the sewage seepage, which had nothing to do with the revitalisation of the recreation ground, we are waiting for SW Water to complete the repairs and move off site.

In the meantime we are near the end of the first phase of installation of play and exercise equipment. The Proludic equipment – including the zip wire, basket swing, springer see-saw, junior and senior fitness trails, multiplay area and rodeo board – is almost ready to be signed off.

Once Environmental Health gives the all clear on the sewage contamination, the gates will be unlocked, the security fencing will be removed and the Proludic equipment can be used and enjoyed by children and adults alike. We hope this will happen by 4th July.

Phase Two of the project includes the construction of the petanque pitch, the volleyball/badminton net, the shelter, the boat structure on the mound and the wide slide. Exeter City Council has also been repainting and renovating existing equipment. So we hope that Phase Two will be complete in good time for the summer holidays.

We would still like to add more seating, litter bins, cycle racks and planting if we can afford it.  So the Revitalise the Rec fund is not yet closed. If you are pleased with developments so far and wish to help us finish the project, cheques payable to Topsham Community Association can be deposited in its letterbox at Matthews Hall, marked for the attention of TCA Treasurer. Thank you!
Sue Wright
Topsham Community Association
28 June 2014
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Bowling Green Marsh - bird hide improvement

July 2, 2014, 5:34 pm
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New from the RSPB: Bowling Green Marsh hide will be closed from 21st to 31st August for "extremely exciting improvement works". See RSPB: Bowling Green Marsh.
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Topsham Lock Cottage

July 3, 2014, 6:58 pm
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The Topsham Lock Cottage cafe is now open for its summer season (28th June to 25th August).

Cafe in restored lock-keeper's cottage on canal path opposite Topsham; you can reach it either by the Passage ferry slip from Topsham, or if you're walking/cycling along the Route 2 trail on the western side of the Exe. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Opening hours on weekdays are 10.30 until 4 and weekends 10 until 5. Open on August Bank Holiday.  See Topsham Lock Cottage for more details.
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Festival! - 12th and 13th July

July 9, 2014, 4:33 pm
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See the EVENTS PAGE for full details of a packed weekend of events in Topsham on 12th-13th July.
  • Saturday 12th July: Ferry Road Street Fair / Topsham Food Festival at the Quay.
  • Sunday 13th July: Exeter Book Fair at Matthews Hall, Nello's Longest Table all around town, and the Americana band Dirty Money at the Passage.
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Blue Peter: Behind the Badge

November 16, 2012, 12:49 pm
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Blue Peter: Behind the Badge is a new account of four decades of the renowned children's TV show, written by its producer for 36 years, Topsham-based Alex Leger. See The Topsham Bookshop for full details.
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