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January 2024
Sabine Baring-Gould: One hundred years on
A Zoom talk presented by Martin Graebe – researcher and author. Martin Graebe is a researcher and writer about traditional song and song collectors. His book about the antiquarian and folk song collector Sabine…
Find out more »AGM 2024 (Lit & Art Section)
The Annual General Meeting of the Literature and Art Section. All members are warmly invited to attend.
Find out more »AGM 2023 and a talk (History Section)
Section AGM followed by a talk by Nick Arnold entitled “1069 and All That”. All History Section members are welcomed. Attendance at the AGM is free for History Section members. Non-members £2.50. Light refreshments…
Find out more »AGM 2024 (Music & Folklore Section)
The Section's Annual General Meeting will be held in The Isca Room in Exeter Community Centre, and will be followed by a committee meeting. All the rooms in the Centre are fully accessible by…
Find out more »February 2024
Lundy Island (E Devon Branch)
Simon Dell has been a guide on Lundy Island for over 20 years. He visits regularly with school groups and other organisations as well as delivering public guided walks. In this fully illustrated talk,…
Find out more »The true facts of the Mayflower voyage of 1620 (S Devon Branch)
A talk by Dr Mike Haywood. The cost will be £2 for DA members, £4 for non-members.
Find out more »Riot, Rebellion and Religion in Appledore (Bideford & N Devon Branch)
A talk by David Carter. A couple of newly researched documents have shed light on events in Appledore and Northam in the 1420s - a period usually devoid of detail. Throw Riot, Rebellion and…
Find out more »Annual Members’ Day 2024 (Botany Section)
The Section’s Annual Members’ Day will take place in Whiddon Down Village Hall. Whiddon Down is just off the A30, 7 miles east of Okehampton. A day of talks and other activities celebrating Devon’s…
Find out more »March 2024
Decorating Exeter (Exeter Branch)
Decorating Exeter with Aylwyn Bowen During the last few years permanent arrays of large, poster-style panels have appeared in Exeter city centre, most of them featuring a single historic Exeter building portrayed as a…
Find out more »The History of PECO and Pecorama (E Devon Branch)
A talk by Derek Boswell. PECO was founded in 1946 by Sidney and Claudine Pritchard. Sidney was a model train enthusiast who designed a coupling that he sold to Hornby. PECO started in Branscombe…
Find out more »The Piano and me – Mike Westbrook (Music & Folklore Section)
In this performance at the Bridge Inn, Topsham, jazz composer Mike Westbrook improvises on themes from his musical history with references across the spectrum of genres – jazz classics, pop music and the Blues.…
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