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Spielberg's filming on Dartmoor - you read about it here first!!

By marzipanthecat

If you were at the Princetown casting haven't heard back from the casting company by now, then you...

By EddieGrundy at 12:11 on 08/08/10

It was on the 20th July that Okehampton People broke the news that Steven Spielberg was to film his latest film, The Warhorse, using Dartmoor locations. At the time this was dismissed as mere speculation - and the company casting extras for the shoot insisted it was for a film called 'Dartmoor'. But just three weeks later, the local media are awash with the story, with Spielberg's progress through the area making top billing. ...
Late night alcohol delivery? Is Okehampton ready for it?

By PartyCellarPR

The Police did object, but it took several delayed appeal hearings to finally be heard. 5 months...

By EddieGrundy at 12:07 on 05/08/10

Even Okehampton (finally) has a pizza & kebab delivery service and Indian meals are available on the end of the phone... but what about booze? Drink available 'til 4 in the morning? Make the call and along comes another bottle of JD and two dozen cans of lager... This is just what a new Exeter business, Party Cellar, is offering the city. They've been granted a licence to supply alcoholic drinks, using a central warehouse and...
Government help for Devon's independent shops and markets

By nicolaluvsart

That's right, it was my parents, Cecil and Aleida Cole who owned it. They closed it in 1989 and Dad...

By Richard_Penny at 14:11 on 30/12/09

Over the twenty years I've known Okehampton the town centre has changed almost beyond recognition. The traditional local shops have all but disappeared. That wonderful hardware/department store - what was it's name? - where McPhie's is: the cobbler in the arcade: Dewhurst the butcher, a national chain but locally staffed and run. Even Gateways supermarket was in Fore Street. Thank heavens for Donalds and Martins who keep the flag...
Okehampton's all-new Co-op - or just Somerfields re-badged?

By nicismeg

its more expensive than somerfield!!

By EddieGrundy at 12:55 on 16/08/10

Although generally a fan of Lidl & Waitrose, the presence of a new supermarket in town is too much of a temptation... so having braved the traffic I parked in the Co-op car park, noting the newly-painted lines, and went to have a shufti. Hmm. New baskets. (Black, plastic, kidney-shaped, with lots of pull-along ones.) New staff uniforms. (How many have Jean Brooks and Christine Phare had now? Gateway, International, Somerfields -...
Spielburg on Dartmoor? I join 1000+ hopefuls for extras casting.

By GhostofMrsP

I was at the casting too, and there were so many people there that I guess they won't let the...

By EddieGrundy at 11:26 on 26/07/10

Saturday morning saw the extras casting for what is reputed to be Steven Spielburg's latest offering, The War Horse. Having applied by e-mail and been asked to attend, I set off for my first venture into the world of film. After a pleasant drive over the Moor from Moretonhampstead, I looked for the village community centre, where the casting was to be held. It was easy to identify: there was a fifty yard queue stretching from the...

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By Richard_Penny at 10:59 on 08/09/10

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By Okehampton-People at 11:00 on 02/09/10

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Veg farmers know their onions - see their stand

By Okehampton-People at 11:00 on 02/09/10

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Woman remains in critical condition

By Okehampton-People at 11:00 on 01/09/10

A 21-YEAR-OLD woman is in a critical condition after being involved in an eight-car pile-up on the M5 near Cullompton last week. She continues to receive care at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, after the crash on the northbound carriageway took place on Thursday between junctions 28 and 29 at 9pm. A police spokesman said there are no updates on the condition of her one-year-old girl, but said there was “no indication she was...