JOYCE DENNYS: Coffee Time Talk with SARAH BUSSEY on Wednesday 6th March

Joyce Dennys is the subject of our next Coffee Time Talk, on Wednesday 6th March 2024 at 11am in the Peter Hall behind St Peter's Church, Budleigh Salterton. The illustrated talk will be given by her biographer and Friend of Fairlynch, Sarah Bussey, whose book Joyce Dennys and Budleigh Salterton - An Artist's Life and Work in her Place and Times can be purchased at the museum or through our online shop.

Joyce Dennys was born in British India in 1893 and came to Budleigh Salterton aged eleven, when her father Lt-Col Charles Dennys retired from the Indian Army and brought his family here to live. She lived here almost eighty years and was known to most local people as Doctor Evans' wife. Unknown to them she was also a hard-working artist, illustrator and comic writer whose work was seen everywhere, including frequent contributions to The Sketch  and Punch from the 1920s to the 1950s. 

Coffee and tea is served from 10.30, with the talk starting at 11am. Entry is £4.00 to Friends of Fairlynch and £6.00 to others. All welcome.