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A nostalgic evening of ‘Dulverton & Exmoor on Film’ is a one-off special event showing remarkable clips of old cine film of Dulverton and Exmoor – coming soon to Dulverton Town Hall.

Enjoy a very special event in Dulverton on the evening on Friday 25 October – an opportunity to look back across very many years of cine film and view some remarkable clips of film featuring Dulverton and Exmoor from as long ago as the 1930s! Tickets are selling fast. You won’t want to miss this!

Enjoy a fun evening of reminiscing and marvelling at some amazing moments captured on film over the years, such as:

  • Sheep shearing in Wheddon Cross in 1938, when the shears were hand cranked and a bottle of beer was essential to keep the shearers going!
  • The wonderful Minehead Lido in in the 1930s, with divers and synchronised swimmers enjoying the facilities.
  • Will you recall the Wild West amateur dramatic production in Dulverton Town Hall in 1970? Perhaps you were one of the cancan dancers?!

Amateur film makers have been attracted to the beauty and character of Dulverton and Exmoor since the invention of the cine camera in the 1920s.  Join us for a spectacular evening of nostalgia when television programme maker David Parker will be showing some of the best of the home movies he has been using in films about the moor for the last 30 years.

The ‘Dulverton & Exmoor on Film’ evening is a special event linked to November’s Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival 2024.  Taking place in Dulverton Town Hall from 7 to 9.30pm on Friday 25 October, tickets are £8 and can be purchased HERE or in person from the Dulverton Town Hall Thrift Shop (open Monday to Saturday 10.30 – 2.30).

To see a few short clips of the films mentioned above, go to the ‘Dulverton & Exmoor on Film’ event page.

 

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Join us for a nostalgic evening of ‘Exmoor on Film’ on Thursday 9 October in Dulverton Town Hall.

Last year Visit Dulverton was delighted to present an evening of ‘Dulverton and Exmoor on Film’ – a packed hall enjoyed an evening of old cine films of the area, carefully curated and introduced by film maker David Parker.

David will be back in 2025 with a whole host of different films to share from right across Exmoor – many dating back as far as the 1920s and 1930s.

Tickets will be £10 per person and will be available online and from Dulverton Post Office.  The bar will be open. Keep an eye on this page for more information.

These are some of the old film clips that the audience enjoyed in 2024…