Open mic.

Back in the 90s, a welcome feature of a sunday afternoon in the Pub were the music sessions at the Silverton Inn. These usually featured local bands and were nearly always well attended. Although there were occasional outbreaks of fisticuffs usually down to marauding bands of ne'er do wells from places such as Cullompton most such events were much appreciated by those who like to spend their sunday afternoons doing something more sociable then being slumped in front of the telly.

Given that most of us would recognise that hiring live bands these days is a somewhat expensive business, perhaps the tradition of the musical sunday afternoon could be revived in another way. Given that at least two of the local pubs remain open on a sunday afternoon perhaps one or the other could provide a simple PA system where local talent could perform acoustically, not so much in order to make money but to show off their talent. Who knows, perhaps Silverton has the next Joss Stone or Chris Martin hidden away in our midst just waiting for the chance to burst forth.