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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 »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 »Local shipping history (Plymouth Branch)
A talk on local shipping history – title to be confirmed – to be given by Paul Wright.
Find out more »Thomas Fowler and his Thermosiphon (Bideford Branch)
Born 1777 in Great Torrington, Thomas Fowler was an inventor whose most notable invention was the thermosiphon. This forms the basis of early hot water and central heating systems and a surprising range of…
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 »The Icelandic Adventures of Pike Ward (History Section)
A talk by Katherine Findlay. Pike Ward was a Teignmouth man who became a hugely important figure in Icelandic history at the turn of the last century.
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 »19th century bridges on the Torridge (IA Section & Bideford Branch)
A talk by Professor Bill Harvey, who is a world expert on masonry arch and tunnel behaviour and the author of a widely-used software package for the analytical assessment of arch bridges and viaducts.…
Find out more »April 2019
The Plymouth Blitz (Plymouth Branch)
A talk, “The Plymouth Blitz”, given by Graham Naylor.
Find out more »AGM 2019 (Tavistock Branch)
Annual General Meeting, followed by an illustrated talk by Richard Finamore on the work of the Devon Rural Skills Trust.
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