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October 2020
Mining and Miners of Newton St Cyres (IA Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk by Brian Please (introduced by Richard Pocock). It can be claimed that, together, Upton Pyne and Newton St Cyres had the first commercially successful manganese…
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Brunel’s Grand Designs (IA Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk by David Greenfield (introduced by Mary Miles). The talk will include stories behind some of Brunel’s famous bridges. David Greenfield is a civil engineer and…
Find out more »December 2020
Silver Mining in Devon (IA Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk by Peter Claughton (introduced by Mick Atkinson). This presentation will look at the mining and processing of silver-bearing ores in Devon from the medieval period…
Find out more »January 2021
Provisional: AGM 2021 (Geology Section)
AGM followed by a joint meeting with the Torquay Museum Society at 11 30am. A talk: 'Mining in the Tamar Valley' to be given by Rick Stewart FSA
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