An evening with Tony Beard

As part of the Residents Association agenda of widening its social activities, we are holding “An evening with Tony Beard” on Friday 23^rd September in the Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm.

Tony Beard is a true Devonian, known universally as 'The Wag from Widecombe'. Born and bred in Widecombe-in-the-Moor he spent many years working on his family farm, a genuine 'son of the soil', and is now retired. His unmistakable Devonshire voice has kept him among the most popular of the County's broadcasters on BBC Radio Devon, where each Sunday he presents 'Devon Requests' for three hours from 12 noon. 'The Sunday Request Show' and his 'Dartmoor Diary', in which he talks about the many interesting facets of Dartmoor's natural history, rural life, archaeology and history, make him one of the station's favourite presenters.

The evening will start with a talk about Dartmoor and Tony’s love of its history, his life and the Devonshire dialect. He will bring with him some of his collection of Pre-historic finds, arrowheads, knives, scrapers, spindle whorls etc including some old documents. After the interval, there will be a short cabaret when Tony will transform into 'The Wag'.

All profits from the evening will go towards the Devon Air Ambulance charity. Entry for the event will be strictly ticket only which will need to be purchased in advance. The cost of a ticket is £6.50 which will include a glass of wine in the interval. Tickets can be purchased from Gerry Chambers (01626 888919) and will be sold on a first come, first served basis as we can only accommodate 80 people.