P.O.D World: People of Devon

Ottery St Mary Carnival Marks Tar Barrel Season

Posted by Caroline Reid on Friday, December 9, 2011 In : Ottery News 

By Holli Holman

Ottery St Mary Carnival lit up the streets of Ottery St Mary on the 29th of September. The beginning of the annual event was marked by the arrival of the ceremonious tar barrel. The Tar Barrel itself stands for the beginning of the Tar Barrel season.

From then on the carnival commenced with a procession of bright colours and loud music. Entrants included the various talented majorette troops of the county and the ever comedic Nunsford Nutters – this year taking on a Bir...


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Thousands line the streets for one of the best carnivals yet

Posted by Caroline Reid on Thursday, November 24, 2011 In : Axe Valley News 



By Laura Goldsbury Noy

Thousands lined the streets of Sidmouth on Saturday night to watch the grand carnival procession make its way through the town. <?

Residents as well as those from further afield such as Crediton and Bridgwater entered this year’s carnival making it one of the best yet. 

Following the trend of other carnivals in East Devon this year, entry numbers were high from all over Devon and with the fine weather on Saturday, Sidmouth’s walking entries were amon...


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That's where I left my giant placard! Exeter is pissed at potential rise in travel costs

Posted by Caroline Reid on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 In : Exeter news 


By Caroline Reid

I was strolling down Exeter High Street, minding my own business with my attention firmly focused on the vital level of Angry Birds that I was having issues with (those damn boomerang birds are useless!) when I walked smack bang into the middle of this lot.

As you can see by the sign, it all looks very boring and I was going to just shimmy my way inconspicuously from out of the braying crowd when I realised that the old dude shouting angrily in to his megaphone might ac...


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Exeter's First and Last Zombie Walk?

Posted by Caroline Reid on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 In : Exeter news 


By Caroline Reid

The un-dead terrorised the streets of Exeter last weekend as horror fans of all ages joined in the very first (and probably the last) Phonic FM Zombie walk to the 2011 Zombie ball, organised by DJ Mike James in a bid to showcase some of the newest local rock band talent including headline act, The Defiled and metal band, Dirty Magic which took place at the Phoenix.

Shoppers were left stunned as hundreds of gory zombies marched, walked and dragged themselves through Prince...


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