Old Films to be shown at Museum

Two films from the late 1960s featuring Devizes will be shown at the Museum on Bank Holiday Monday by Devizes Video and Cine Club.

The Films 'The Heart of Devizes’ (1969) and ‘Devizes Carnival 1968’ will be shown throughout the day using a standard 8 cine projector.

The showings, which lasts less than an hour, will commence at 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm, and entry is FREE. Pre-booking is not necessary.

The Museum will be open 10am to 5pm and entry is FREE today - so come along see the films and take the opportunity to see the Landscapes of Wessex exhibition which ends today.

Devizes Carnival

The Devizes carnival procession was a great success! The judging was very hard, and I have to say that my favourite was the Silbury Hill Cottage. Unfortunately it came second in its category, but the combination of Fred Flintstone and Phil Harding characters was brilliant!

Carnival Queen's Crown

In the 'Object of the Month' case in the entrance to the museum, we have the crown of the Carnival Queen on display. It was last used a few years ago, and it was lent to us by the family of the last Queen to wear it. We will have it on display until after the Carnival Procession on Saturday.

I have just been asked to be a judge for one of the categories in the procession! I have no idea what I am doing (that makes a change then!) but it should be fun ...

Devizes Carnival Street Festival

I spent Bank Holiday Monday on the museum stall in the market place, surrounded by all the events that had been laid on by the Carnival! The museum had its regular tombola, which created a lot of interest, especially as old friends dropped in for a chat with the people manning the stall.

I was striking Roman coins, and this proved to be pretty popular, as I spoke to 355 people during the day! No wonder that my voice was a little hoarse by the end of the day. As ever, I met a lot of very interesting people, from someone who is in the English Heritage aerial photo unit, detectorists who will hopefully bring their finds to the museum for recording and even the Carnival Queen! (Un)fortunately, Doug didn't have a camera on him, so we are saved having the event recorded for posterity.