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October 2019
The Hunt for the Bushmaster (Bideford Branch)
A talk by Dan Eatherley, naturalist, writer and environmental consultant. Dan is former wildlife filmmaker and the Exeter-based author of Bushmaster: Raymond Ditmars and the Hunt for the Bushmaster, the World’s Largest Viper. He…
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17th-century Medicine (Bideford Branch)
Christopher Braund will be talking about medicine of the 17th century. He is a renowned historian and Chair of the Braund Society and President of the Devon Family History Society and family roots in…
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Charles Kingsley (Bideford Branch)
Biologist Robin Wootton will be talking about Charles Kingsley. Kingsley, author of Westward Ho! was born in Holne 200 years ago and grew up in Clovelly. He supported the work of Darwin, leading scientists…
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Eyes along the Coast (Bideford Branch)
Martin Wilson presents “Eyes Along the Coast- 25 years of the National Coastwatch Institution”. In 1994 when two fishermen lost their lives off the Cornish coast below a recently closed Coastguard lookout, local people…
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A Brief History of Torrington (Bideford Branch)
A talk by Dr Hugh Reed.
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Benjamin Donn Map Study Day (Bideford Branch)
‘Benjamin Donn 1765 Map of Devon’ Study Day at the newly refurbished Torrington Town Hall. Benjamin Donn or Donne (1729–1798) was an English mathematician. In 1765 he published a remarkably accurate map of Devon,…
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