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December 2023
Christmas in the Caves
The Devonshire Association presents Christmas in the Caves on Tuesday 12 December 2023 from 5:45pm at Kents Cavern, Torquay This is a special event for members of The Devonshire Association and their friends and…
Find out more »Rachel Evans of Tavistock (Plymouth Branch)
A talk by John Hudswell, full title “Rachel Evans of Tavistock (1812-1883): author, poet and teacher”. 1846 saw the publication of Tavistock's first guide book, Home Scenes by Rachel Evans. Part descriptive and part…
Find out more »A Tudor Christmas (S Devon Branch)
A Tudor Christmas with the Lady Katherine. Appearing in full period costume Rosemary Griggs will bring the festivities, feasting and fun of a Tudor Christmas to life in a lively presentation. We will travel…
Find out more »17th century Atlas of British Isles (Tavistock Branch)
A talk by Tony Gale. John Ogilby’s Britannia was a monumental effort which entailed surveying 23,000 miles of roads across Great Britain. This gives us many unique insights into 17th-century England, and some beautiful…
Find out more »New Year Plant Hunt 1 (Botany Section)
New Year Plant Hunt at Mount Batten, Plymouth. The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland hold a New Year Plant Hunt every year in the last few days of December and the first few…
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New Year Plant Hunt 2 (Botany Section)
New Year Plant Hunt at Lympstone. The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland hold a New Year Plant Hunt every year in the last few days of December and the first few of January.…
Find out more »AGM 2024 and members’ presentations (Plymouth Branch)
Branch Annual General Meeting and members' presentations. Members are invited to bring digital images, exhibits, mini-talks etc (offers to the Secretary in advance please).
Find out more »Churchill’s Secret Army in East Devon (E Devon Branch)
A talk by Andrew Chatterton. Mention the army in Britain in 1940 and people instantly think of Dad’s Army. The truth is very different. Highly secret civilian groups were set up to cause as…
Find out more »New Year Gathering 2024 (Exeter Branch)
Exeter Branch's New Year Gathering will again be held at the Cowick Barton, one of Exeter’s oldest pubs, whose site can be traced back to the 12th century. A ‘Country Man’s’ buffet will be…
Find out more »AGM and Jurassic Calamari (S Devon Branch)
After our Annual General Meeting, we will have a talk ‘Jurassic calamari: new research on fossil squid-like cephalopods from the Wessex basin’ given by Malcolm Hart (Emeritus Professor, Plymouth University).* Belemnotheutis. Image contributed by…
Find out more »Honey Wood Orchard (Bideford & N Devon Branch)
A talk by Chris Tattersall entitled “Creating and running Honey Wood Orchard, a Traditional Cider Orchard”. Chris writes “The story of how our idea developed over the years and then evolved into planting a…
Find out more »AGM 2024 (Entomology Section)
Section AGM at 2.30pm followed by a talk to be given by Liam Olds: “Spoilt for choice: Invertebrates of Colliery Spoil Habitats”.
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