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March 2019
A Romany family’s culture (Music Section)
A Romany family’s culture - with Tom Orchard and family Kil and Gillie Radi Tom Orchard talks about the living traditions that have passed through generations of the family; of song, music, dance and…
Find out more »The Lower Otter Restoration Project (E Devon Branch)
A talk 'The Lower Otter Restoration Project – the Challenges and Opportunities of adapting to Climate Change' by Sam Bridgewater.
Find out more »Spring Meeting 2019 (Buildings Section)
Featuring talks on the theme of historic social housing to reflect DA's presidency of Dame Suzi Leather: Andrew Thompson on The Bedford Estate and Working-Class Housing in 19th Century Tavistock Ann Bond on Working-Class…
Find out more »Stumbling through Wartime Childhood (Exeter Branch)
Devon author Philip Algar’s talk will be based on his book – Stumbling Through Wartime Childhood – which is part autobiography and part fiction. It deals with the story of a small boy growing…
Find out more »Maritime Plymouth – Shaping the world we know (Plymouth Branch)
A talk by Paul Wright. Whilst Plymouth is known as a home of the Royal Navy, its maritime commercial activities tend to be overlooked. In this presentation Paul will provide a historical narrative about…
Find out more »“Mad, bad and fascinating to know” (Tavistock Branch)
An illustrated talk by Dr Geri Parlby on the ancestors of the Duke of Bedford.
Find out more »Digging Dartmoor Dirt (Geology Section)
The Brendan Moore Lecture "A wellied sleuth digs the dirt on Dartmoor". A talk by Dr Tim Harrod (Soil Survey, retired).
Find out more »Fly Migration (Entomology Section)
The latest studies into this little known subject will be explained in this illustrated talk by Will Hawkes who has been carrying out cutting-edge research.
Find out more »The Icelandic Adventures of Pike Ward (History Section)
A talk by Katherine Findlay. Pike Ward was a Teignmouth fish merchant who at the turn of the last century instigated such trade with Iceland that he became a hugely important figure in that country's…
Find out more »AGM 2019 (Axe Valley Branch)
Branch AGM followed at 2:30 pm by an illustrated talk “The Great Bindon Landslide; new mapping and modelling that may explain how it happened” given by Richard Edmonds*. The Bindon Landslide of 1839 which…
Find out more »Seaside Piers in Devon (S Devon Branch)
A talk by John Cole on Devon's seaside piers, including the events that affected their building and their survival or destruction.
Find out more »Charles Kingsley: his writings and his times (Lit & Art Section)
An illustrated talk by Robin Wootton.
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