The Clay Ball

The Clay Ball Celebrating the history and nature of Bovey Ball Clay through creative events and activities.

03/05/2024

Have you seen our new poster yet?

Clay Cafe for the Bereaved 💛I‘m pleased to be hosting another Clay Cafe for the Bereaved at The Courtenay Centre Newton ...
27/04/2024

Clay Cafe for the Bereaved 💛

I‘m pleased to be hosting another Clay Cafe for the Bereaved at The Courtenay Centre Newton Abbot on Saturday 4th May 2024 11am to 12.30pm.

This monthly event is a safe welcoming space for those who are grieving to come together remember their loved ones and express their feelings in clay.

For more details please see below or email [email protected]

With warmth

Lula x

A gentle space to sit, share memories and express your feelings in clay.

27/04/2024

A gentle space to sit, share memories and express your feelings in clay.

21/02/2023

This lovely old photo shows Captain John Poole and gang working a mine shaft at Marshalls Brake. Word has it, these guys did all the drilling for clay back in the 1930s when this photo was taken.💪

Photo: © 2000 BCHS

03/02/2023

Teignbridge Clay Cellars 🛶

Back in the 1930s clay was stored in heavy stone cellars at Teignbridge. From there, wooden barges carried the clay along the Stover Canal. The cellars (pictured top left) are still standing today, but now they are occupied by mechanics, vehical traders and Kadie’s K9’s Dog Grooming Services.

Photo: © 2000 BCHS

27/01/2023

A postcard from Decoy! c.1920

This lovely old postcard shows the beginnings of what was to became the main opencast quarry at Decoy (today It is a beautiful lake). The houses of Vale Road are visible on the left and if you squint your eyes you will see a horse in the front of the image and a horse and cart (topped up with freshly dug clay) making it’s way out of the quarry (just beneath the houses).

Clay from Decoy was taken via horse and cart to Newton Abbot Town Quay, where it was unloaded and transported down the river in barges.

photograph gifted to BCHS by Dave Bowen 2011

Hooray I'm a Company Director. The Clay Ball was registered with Companies House on 21st October 2021✨
26/10/2021

Hooray I'm a Company Director.
The Clay Ball was registered with Companies House on 21st October 2021✨

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