CREDITON History and Museum Society held a preview evening ahead of the opening of its current exhibition, “Back to the 1950’s”, which is being staged in the Museum at The Old Town Hall.

Welcoming members and friends at the preview evening, David Nation, chairman, praised Cheryl Lewis and Mavis Monaghan “who have worked themselves into the ground” in putting the exhibition together.

Thanking everyone involved, he said how lucky the group was to have people prepared to put in so much effort.

He also noted that, maybe by sheer chance, the model of an usherette beside the Palace Cinema poster was dressed in the yellow and blue of Ukraine.

There are photo displays of 1950’s Crediton and visitors can also reminisce in the period kitchen and lounge areas.

Find out what films were showing at the Palace Cinema and what were the most popular television programmes.

Remember childhood toys and activities and the “golden age” of youth culture in the Museum’s rock’n’roll display – and so much more.

The exhibition opened on Wednesday, April 20 and is now open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10am to 4pm and on Saturdays from 10am to 1pm.