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Visit to Bampton & the Heritage Centre (History Section)
Presentations, talks and video relating to the history of Bampton. For full details and a booking form see the two-page flyer below.
Find out more »Devon Rural Archive Study Day (History Section)
A visit to the Devon Rural Archive, Shilstone, Modbury. 11:00 Members begin to arrive and enjoy morning coffee in the exhibition gallery 11:30 Introduction to the DRA 12:30 Sandwich Lunch with tea and coffee…
Find out more »Hemerdon Mine (Tavistock Branch)
An illustrated talk about Hemerdon Mine (recently re-opened as Drakelands Mine), the tungsten and tin mine near Plympton.
Find out more »Annual Lunch (Exeter Branch)
The lunch will be preceded by a presentation by DA President Dame Suzi Leather (subject to be agreed). Booking is required. Photo of Exeter Golf & Country Club by Tony Buller
Find out more »Poems on Paving Stones. The Exeter Cathedral Yard inscriptions (Lit & Art Section)
Sally Hollings and Prue Nichols will discuss and read from the poems, extracts from which are engraved in the paving of the Cathedral close. You may wish to visit these some time before the talk…
Find out more »Members’ Luncheon (E Devon Branch)
To be held at the Belmont Hotel, Sidmouth. Our invited guest, the DA President, Dame Suzi Leather will give a short talk after the meal. Booking is essential using the application form available from…
Find out more »President’s Symposium, October 2018
"Back to the Future: the Social Landscape of Devon" To be hosted by our 2018–19 President, Dame Suzie Leather. For full details see the news item or the two-page flyer below. You can also…
Find out more »The SHIPS Project (Plymouth Branch)
A talk “The SHIPS Project: Shipwrecks and history in Plymouth Sound” by Peter Holt.
Find out more »The Country Houses of Devon (E Devon Branch)
A talk 'The Country Houses of Devon' by Hugh Meller.
Find out more »Life between the tides (Tavistock Branch)
An illustrated talk by Dave Herdson.
Find out more »Art, illusion and wing patterns of butterflies and moths (Entomology Section)
An illustrated talk by Professor Philip Howse. The visual world of animals is very different from ours and insectivores see images in the wings of butterflies and moths that we cannot see unless we…
Find out more »The Conchies 1917–1918 (E Devon Branch)
A talk 'The Conchies 1917–1918 – the Conscientious Objectors at Dartmoor Prison during WW1' by Simon Dell.
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