WALLINGFORD MUSEUM, OXFORDSHIRE
NEW EXHIBITION
'CHRISTIE TO CAUSTON:
MURDER & MAYHEM IN WALLINGFORD
Wallingfords not the sort of place youd
immediately think of for Murder and Mayhem but Agatha
Christie, The Queen of Crime, is one of Wallingfords
best kept secrets! This creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
had a house in Winterbrook for over forty years, where she wrote many
of her later books, inspired perhaps by the tales she heard as she
visited the local Post Office and shops! Wallingford Museum's new
exhibition includes various letters she wrote and you can detect for
yourself the intriguing story of her association with Wallingford.
She was President of local drama group The Sinodun Players, who now
run the Corn Exchange Theatre. And that brings us to Causton, the
stage name for Wallingford in a number episodes of the television
drama series Midsomer Murders. Many of the Sinodun Players have
appeared regularly in the series. But all these murders aren't just
in fiction - weve also been investigating for ourselves some
real life murders from Wallingfords darker past and youll
be surprised at the secrets there are to tell.
The exhibtion includes a display of Midsomer Murders filming and location photos + information about the series' association with the town.
More information can be found on the museum's website at http://wallingfordmuseum.org.uk