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December 2019
The geodiversity of Torbay (S Devon Branch)
Professor Malcolm Hart will give an illustrated talk on how the diverse geology of Torbay reflects its 400-million-year journey across the Earth's surface. Note our new venue for this season's talks.
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AGM 2020 (S Devon Branch)
South Devon Branch AGM, followed by a quiz and a tea. Note our new venue for this season's talks.
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The Two Moors Way (S Devon Branch)
Sue Viccars, the editor of Dartmoor Magazine, will look at the good bits (and the tricky bits!) of writing up a long-distance walking route. Note our new venue for this season's talks.
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Newton Abbot’s workhouse (S Devon Branch)
John Ellis will talk to us about the Union workhouse that opened in Newton Abbot in 1839. By the 1890s it housed several hundred and the conditions there caused a national scandal. Note our…
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Babbacombe Pottery (S Devon Branch)
A talk by Brian Lowndes-Pateman whose grandfather began the business in 1921 providing a printing and photography service. He later began making red pottery jars filled with 'Devon Violets' perfume, and these became his…
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