This was our most ambitious project to date abley managed by Dick Matthews the project co ordinator and Tony Easton the project secretary.

The event was attended by over 20,000 spectators who helped us to raise over £70,000 for charity. 25% was donated to The Chestnut Appeal, 25% The North Devon Hospice with the remainder being donated to local charities and organisations who applied for funding.

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Saturday 26th August 2000 saw the culmination of 2 years work. We built a small section, but full size, of the old part of London where the Great fire started in pudding lane. We had a Pub, a butchers shop, a hardware shop, THE BAKERY, an apothecary, a jail, and a church. When the structure was complete members of the public could walk around the streets and visit the shops.

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Torrington was one of the last battles of the english Civil. The battle of Torrington took place on Tuesday February 16th 1646 in the streets of the town. The church was used both as a prison and a gunpowder store when suddenly there was a massive explosion destroying the church and much of the town and killing the 200 prisoners within. No one knows whether the explosion was deliberate or not.

We built a full size wooden replica of the church as it stood before it was blown up. It had a graveyard, stained glass windows, an alter and pews.

Another organisation in town brought the largest muster of the sealed knot society to re enact the battle. Members of the society actually had a wedding in our church along with a local couple who had a blessing there.

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We built a 120 ft long, 120 ft high replica of the Houses of parliament. Members of the sealed knot society hunted out Guy Fawkes (actually a descendant living in Cornwall called Howard Guy Fawkes) and hung him on the gallows in front of the bonfire.

We traced and invited 70 descendants of the original conspirators as VIP`s. They came from as far as Canada, South Africa and Australia.

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