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April 2021
Reconstruction Drawings (Buildings Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing Richard Parker of Historic Building Recording and Interpretation will give a talk entitled “Reconstruction Drawings: Interpreting the past in smears and scratches”. Reconstruction drawings are an…
Find out more »The Ship (Tavistock Branch)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing A talk by Geri Parlby about a recent discovery painted on the side wall of a shop in Market Street, Tavistock of what appears to be a…
Find out more »How to fill a fault (Geology Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing Full title: “How to fill a fault: insights into the nature and significance of rift-related fissure fill networks in the fractured carbonates of Tor Bay”. A talk…
Find out more »Devon Tollhouses Lost and Found (IA Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing Full title: “Devon Tollhouses Lost and Found – how new information challenges what we thought we knew”. A talk by Dr John Kanefsky. Important notes If you…
Find out more »An introduction to Mosses and Liverworts (Botany Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk: An introduction to the world of mosses and liverworts by Tim Purches, Secretary of the Botany Section. All are welcome, members or not. Important notes…
Find out more »An interview with Dr Ian Mortimer (Lit & Art Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing “History and writing history: an interview”. With Dr Ian Mortimer, historian, poet and author of many books including the ‘Time Travellers’ series. Important notes If you would…
Find out more »May 2021
Iron ore mining in Devon and W. Somerset (IA Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing Full title: “Iron ore mining in Devon and West Somerset and its links with the South Wales iron and steel industry”. A talk by Dr Mick Atkinson.…
Find out more »Estuarine foraminifera and metal pollution (Geology Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing Full title: “Estuarine foraminifera from Marine Conservation Zones in South-West England: impact of metal pollution in a mining heritage area”. A talk by Professor Malcolm Hart. Important…
Find out more »The Rolle Canal in North Devon (Tavistock Branch)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing A talk by Adrian Wills entitled "Devon's lost waterway - The Rolle Canal in North Devon". Adrian and his wife are founder members of the Rolle Canal…
Find out more »Music In The Westcountry (Music Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing Dr Stephen Banfield will give us some Devon context drawn from his recent book "Music In The Westcountry: Social and Cultural History Across an English Region". Important…
Find out more »Talk: Harland & Wolff (Appledore) and AGM 2021 (Bideford Branch)
Postponed from 9 April due to unforeseen business reasons. To be held by Zoom video conferencing John Wood, CEO of InfraStrata will be talking about Harland & Wolff (Appledore). He sees “Appledore playing a…
Find out more »June 2021
A Devon Jazzman (Music Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing A Devon Jazzman – music and chat with Craig Milverton. Important notes If you would like to join this meeting, please contact the Organiser (details below). You…
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