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October 2021
Snakes and Ladders (Lit & Art Section)
A talk: “Snakes and Ladders; the interlinked lives of two Victorian artists” to be given by Jenny Pery. All are welcome. DA members £2, non-members £3.
Find out more »The Memorials in Tawstock Church (Buildings Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk by Dr Clive Easter who is an expert on church monuments and has been active in the Church Monuments Society since 1986. St Peter’s Church…
Find out more »November 2021
Admiral Preedy and the Victorian Internet (E Devon Branch)
A talk “Admiral Preedy and the Victorian Internet” to be given by Trevor Waddington OBE. Entrance fee: DA members £2, non-members £3.
Find out more »Cretaceous forests of Antarctica (Geology Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk “Cretaceous forests of Antarctica: back to the future for climate change” to be given by Prof Howard Falcon-Lang Royal Holloway, University of London. Important notes…
Find out more »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.
Find out more »Devon Clockmakers (Bideford Branch)
A talk on Devon Clockmakers. The speaker David Thompson, FSA, FBHI, FAHS is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and was Curator of Horology at the British Museum for over 30 years.…
Find out more »Our Crumbling Coastline (Tavistock Branch)
Kajal Donavan will give a talk entitled "Our crumbling coastline, the need to protect our coastline and why rock armour is the preferred option". Photo: Rock armour at Hollicombe Beach in Torbay. © Kajal…
Find out more »The Colourful Arms of Devon’s Colourful Gentry (History Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk “The Colourful Arms of Devon's Colourful Gentry” by Dr David Oates. Important notes To join this meeting please contact an Organiser (details below). You will…
Find out more »Exploring the Indigo Trail (Lit & Art Section)
A talk “Exploring the Indigo Trail: art, writing and journeys of all kinds” to be given by Jenny Balfour-Paul. All are welcome. DA members £2, non-members £3.
Find out more »December 2021
Camera Studies of East Devon Wildlife (E Devon Branch)
A talk “Camera Studies of East Devon Wildlife” to be given by David R White (photographer). Entrance fee: DA members £2, non-members £3.
Find out more »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…
Find out more »Birdwatching on a cosmic scale (Geology Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk “Birdwatching on a cosmic scale” to be given by Dr Daniel Field (University of Cambridge). Daniel Field’s research bridges the worlds of palaeontology and evolutionary…
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