Ashburton Town History 2000

This 8 minute video is from the CD produced in 2000 by Peter Thornhill of Garden Shed Multimedia for Ashburton Town Council. Filmed in 1999, it features John Germon (Town Clerk & Devon Dialect Author) & Peter Webb (local author & historian) talking about some of the town's features. John talks about the Town Hall, Cattle in North street, Cutty Dyer & the Town Council. Pete shows Ashburton Marble outside the (then new) Ashburton Information Centre, a wool drying loft, St Andrew's Church & Lt. Guidon and a little on St Lawrence Chapel. It ends with pictures of some of the town's buildings (and some of the businesses in them - some no longer with us). Go to www.ashburton.org for more info on the town. or for the new book on Ashburton's history go to www.halsgrove.com/proddetail.p...

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The person on the above video with the strong Devon (Ashburton) accent is John GermonSee www.bbc.co.uk/devon/voices2005/features/devon_dialect.shtml

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Hi Pete. Great video and good to hear some genuine Devon accents. I've sent you a private message about this video. Best Regards WLA.

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+WeLoveAccents Yep fine (cannot see how to send private message)

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+peteashburton Hi Pete. Thank you so much for that, that's massively appreciated. Best Regards. John. WLA.

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www.bbc.co.uk/devon/voices2005/features/devon_dialect.shtmlPerson on the video with the strong Devon accent is John Germon (see above web site)