Blue Plaque & Wren Music Open Mic Day

As part of the Sabine Baring-Gould centenary celebrations there will be a Blue Plaque unveiling at the gates of Lewtrenchard Manor opposite the Forgotten Garden car park. At 6pm onwards there will be a Wren Music organised folk music open Mic at he Blue Lion Inn, Lewdown. EX20 4DL, which was where some of SBG’s folk collecting began. SBG was famous for collecting folk songs of the Tamar Valley eg Strawberry Fair (made famous in the 1960’s by Anthony Newley), A Cottage Well Thatched (about a tradition of houses on Dartmoor if built with a roof and hearth in 24hours could become the builders property), Widdecombe fair etc.