Snowglobes from the County of Devon
Devon or Devonshire is an English county in the South West of the United Kingdom. It's popular as a tourist area and is part of the "English Riviera" and is especially nice in summer. Devon globes often optimistically contain images of the sun, sea (associated pirates) and sand.
Torquay is a traditional and thriving seaside town set on Devon's English Riviera coast. It is often the number one destination for holidays in the UK. When we went at Easter after a long drive (its a long way from most places) it was blowing a gale and the local Pizza Hut had run out of coke!
This fishing town is part of the rugged coast of Devon is centred around the harbour where a full sized replica of Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind is berthed
Paignton is a traditional Devon seaside town, with easily accessible beachfront, promenade, pier, colourful beach huts and green parks. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the area of Torbay.
Dartmoor inland of Devon is compsed of rolling hills, vast granite tors, green valleys, and clean rivers. The globes background shows an ancient, stone age clapper bridge which still exist and Dartmoor ponies.
Written records of ponies begin in AD1012, and approximately 1500 still roam the moors.
The ponies thrive on Dartmoor, despite the harsh winter weather and poor vegetation and play a vital role in maintaining a variety of habitats and supporting wildlife.
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Some globes advertise a feature that an area is famous for. In Devon's case its delicious cream teas and I've had a few! The county is home to various legends about pixies who inhabit the high moors in the county. They commonly occur enmass in various formats in tourist shops as shaped perfume bottles. temperature gauges, various lucky charms and key rings etc.
Dawlish is another traditional seaside town, and is centred around The Lawn and Brook, which is home to the famous black swans. For more than a century there have been black swans paddling up and down the small stream that runs through the centre of Dawlish and down to the nearby seashore.
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Widecombe is a small, scenic, settlement in Dartmoor. "Widecombe Fair", is a Devon folk song about Tom Pearce, whose horse dies after someone borrows it to travel to the fair with his many friends. The globe shows the unfortunate horse weighed down by the lazy Devonians.
This is the oldest snow globe in our collection, it dosnt have a name on it but its from Teignmouth in Devon from the late 1960s. Two tigers face each other on a see-saw which has come loose in the globe, what a holiday relic from long ago.