A “MUST-SEE” exhibition for anyone with an interest in the local history of the area will be held at Sandford Parish Hall from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, April 27.

The exhibition’s main focus is the story behind the recreation of Sandford’s once famous woven serge cloth called Perpetuana.

Demonstrations of wool carding, spinning and weaving with be given.

Other projects, undertaken by Sandford Heritage Group, which is staging the Exhibition of Local Heritage, will also be available to see.

There will also be an attendance with stalls by other local History groups, and covering a wide range of local interest topics.

Weaving was crucially important to the village economy in the 17th and 18th centuries and for a while the village made the best serge of its type, which was exported by the East India Company to places as far away as China.

In 2017 the Sandford Heritage Group commissioned Westcountry textile expert Louise Cottey to recreate a sample of Perpetuana.

This exhibition tells that story, but also spotlights on the work done by other history groups.

The exhibition covers such diverse things as manganese mining, a railway that never was, palaeography, tunnels behind Creedy House, old roads now lost and much more.

Other items of interest will be about Town Mill Leat, the famous Sandford Parish Church bench ends, ironworks from the 19th century, Sandford School, the village water supply and farms in the parish.

There will be details of the Diamond Jubilee Project and old and new photographs of buildings will be on display.

There will also be a history of the parish church and some World War One research.

Admission will be free-of-charge and light refreshments will be available.

There is free parking at Sandford Parish Hall.