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November 2021
Newton Abbot’s Workhouse (S Devon Branch)
A talk on Newton Abbot's Workhouse, to be given by John Ellis. The Union workhouse opened in 1839. By the 1890s it housed several hundred people and the conditions caused a national scandal.
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Babbacombe Pottery (S Devon Branch)
A talk by Brian Lowndes-Pateman about Babbacombe Pottery, his family business. It was started by his grandfather in 1921 who provided a printing and photography service before he began making red pottery jars filled…
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AGM 2022 (S Devon Branch)
Branch Annual General Meeting and Quiz.
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Taking Flight (S Devon Branch)
A talk “Taking flight. Butterflies, dragonflies and other animals”, to be given by DA President Dr Robin Wootton.
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The Industrial Revolution and Devon’s Gardens (S Devon Branch)
A talk, full title: “The Effect of the Industrial Revolution and Empire on the Gardens of Devon”, to be given by Suzanne Jones.
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Devon Great Consols Mine (S Devon Branch)
A talk about Devon Great Consols Mine, near Tavistock, to be given by Rick Stewart. Once the most productive copper mine in the world, it also produced huge quantities of arsenic.
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