TALKS PROGRAMME - SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2016
September 7th Katherine Findlay and "Red Cross Hospitals in Devon"
Julia Neville
Katherine Findlay, the South West Heritage Trust, will be outlining the aims and work of the Devon Remembers Heritage Project, and Julia Neville will be presenting a talk titled " The Red Cross Hospitals in Exeter and Devon in the First World War ". Julia's talk will be based on her research while working as a volunteer with the Devon Remembers Heritage Project.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 14th Keith Badman "USA Coast to Coast by Amtrak"
The US still has transcontinental railways which offer a fairly economical and highly enjoyable way to see the country at ground level. Illustrated by his own photos, this talk will be a description of how to equal the North American tourist trains at far less cost and far more involvement with a cross-section of the population.
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September 21st Felicity Harper "The Courtenay Family of Powderham Castle"
Felicity is the Archivist of Powderham Castle and she will be taking a light-hearted look at the history and legacy of a famous Devon family over 700 years.
There is a very informative web page with details of Powderham Castle at the following address :
http://www.powderham.co.uk/
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September 28th John Allan "Medieval Monasteries of Devon"
John is a consultant archaeologist to Exeter Cathedral and Glastonbury Abbey, a member of the Council of the Society for Medieval Archaeology and a Member of the Council of the Society of Cathedral Archaeologists. He is an Honorary University Fellow in the Archaeology Derpartment at the University of Exeter and has published many papers relating to the Medieval period.
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October 5th Carole Pilley "Helping Where It Matters Most -
Exeter Community Initiatives"
Carole is the Development Manager of Exeter Community Initiatives, a charitable company based in Exeter and will be describing the role and work of the charity whose aim is to help people to get their lives back on track through involvement in community projects, improving their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, increasing their sense of belonging and developing skills to help them succeed in life.
Exeter Community Initiatives has a very informative web page at the following address :
http://www.eci.org.uk/about/exeter-charity/
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October 12th David Hogan "The Soils of Devon"
David is a member of the British Society of Soil Science and is an independant environmental consultant, based in South West England, specialising in soil survey, wetland assessment, and the determination of environmental conditions for the preservation of wetland archaeology. His interests include climate change, land use and carbon storage.
David invites members to bring soil samples from their garden for general discussion.
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October 19th Ruth Gidley "Look Together, Live the Moment :
Making RAMM a Dementia-friendly Museum
Ruth is the Community Participation Officer with Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum. After working as a journalist in London and Central America, Ruth was able to return to Exeter and work in the museum that she loved as a child, and she will be explaining her role in making the museum welcoming to everyone and her involvement with community projects.
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October 26th Social Meeting
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November 2nd Robin Ravilious "Ravilious' Record of Devon Life"
James Ravilious is recognised as one of Britain's most important documentary photographers. Robin and James were married in 1970 and in 1972 moved to North Devon near her family home in Dolton. It was there that James was commisioned by the Beaford Centre to record a rural life which was rapidly changing. In 17 years he took over 70,000 black and white images for the Beaford Archive. Robin will be a showing a selection of these, and giving some background to James' approach, and to individual images.
If you would like to see more of James' work, the Beaford Archive website contains 1700 images which James regarded as his finest work and these can be viewed at the following address :
http://www.beaford-arts.org.uk/archive/
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November 9th Mike Jeffery "The Miller's Tale (with References to Cricklepit Mill)"
Mike is one of the volunteer millers at the Cricklepit Mill, Western Way, Exeter. There has been a mill on this site since 1220 and Mike will be describing the history of the site and the role the mills played in the industrial development of the city of Exeter.
Cricklepit Mill is Devon Wildlife Trust’s head office, a wildlife garden and a working Mill all in one and the following web page contains details about the visiting the Mill :
http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/cricklepit-mill
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November 16th General Assembly
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November 23rd Tony Buller "The Exe Estuary :
Man-made Changes During the Last 2000 Years"
Tony had a career as a geologist and petroleum technology adviser and will be showing how the Exe Estuary we see today is not just the result of natural forces but has been influenced by man for many centuries.
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November 30th Alan Wright "The Freedom Trail : The Route Used by Allied Escapees Through the Pyrenees"
The Freedom Trail, or Chemin de la Liberte, is but one of the many routes used during WWII by people escaping the Nazi regime in France. From 1996 this trail has been used for an annual four- day walk in July, undertaken as an act of remembrance to honour the sacrifices of the local "Passeurs" who shepherded escapees from the Nazi regime across the border to Spain.
Alan Wright, a retired Naval Officer, undertook this walk in 2014 to raise funds for the Royal British Legion. He will relate his experiences and introduce some of the stories of the wartime exploits of those who used these escape routes for real.
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December 7th Social Event
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December 14th Tom Greeves "The Three Hares - The Story of a Quest from Medieval Devon to Ancient China"
Dr Tom Greeves is a cultural environmentalist, Chairman of The Dartmoor Society, was the first Sites & Monuments Officer for the County of Devon, and was the first Archaeologist to Dartmoor National Park Authority. He has worked freelance since 1990, and has written a number of books relating to the environment and history of Devon.
Since the 1980s Tom has been investigating a motif of three hares (or rabbits) following each other in an everlasting circle, a symbol that occurs in 17 churches in Devon. In 2000, with two colleagues, photographer Chris Chapman and art historian Sue Andrew, he set up the Three Hares Project, and research is ongoing into the origins and meaning of the symbol and its links with religions of the Old World. A book titled 'Three Hares - A Curiosity Worth Regarding' by Tom Greeves, Sue Andrew & Chris Chapman is now published @£30.00 + £10 p&p and is available through
http://www.chrischapmanphotography.co.uk/skerryvore/order.htm
More details of Tom's work and publications can be accessed at the following address :
http://www.tomgreeves.org/index.html
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December 21st No Meeting
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December 28th No Meeting
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Julia Neville
Katherine Findlay, the South West Heritage Trust, will be outlining the aims and work of the Devon Remembers Heritage Project, and Julia Neville will be presenting a talk titled " The Red Cross Hospitals in Exeter and Devon in the First World War ". Julia's talk will be based on her research while working as a volunteer with the Devon Remembers Heritage Project.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 14th Keith Badman "USA Coast to Coast by Amtrak"
The US still has transcontinental railways which offer a fairly economical and highly enjoyable way to see the country at ground level. Illustrated by his own photos, this talk will be a description of how to equal the North American tourist trains at far less cost and far more involvement with a cross-section of the population.
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September 21st Felicity Harper "The Courtenay Family of Powderham Castle"
Felicity is the Archivist of Powderham Castle and she will be taking a light-hearted look at the history and legacy of a famous Devon family over 700 years.
There is a very informative web page with details of Powderham Castle at the following address :
http://www.powderham.co.uk/
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September 28th John Allan "Medieval Monasteries of Devon"
John is a consultant archaeologist to Exeter Cathedral and Glastonbury Abbey, a member of the Council of the Society for Medieval Archaeology and a Member of the Council of the Society of Cathedral Archaeologists. He is an Honorary University Fellow in the Archaeology Derpartment at the University of Exeter and has published many papers relating to the Medieval period.
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October 5th Carole Pilley "Helping Where It Matters Most -
Exeter Community Initiatives"
Carole is the Development Manager of Exeter Community Initiatives, a charitable company based in Exeter and will be describing the role and work of the charity whose aim is to help people to get their lives back on track through involvement in community projects, improving their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, increasing their sense of belonging and developing skills to help them succeed in life.
Exeter Community Initiatives has a very informative web page at the following address :
http://www.eci.org.uk/about/exeter-charity/
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October 12th David Hogan "The Soils of Devon"
David is a member of the British Society of Soil Science and is an independant environmental consultant, based in South West England, specialising in soil survey, wetland assessment, and the determination of environmental conditions for the preservation of wetland archaeology. His interests include climate change, land use and carbon storage.
David invites members to bring soil samples from their garden for general discussion.
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October 19th Ruth Gidley "Look Together, Live the Moment :
Making RAMM a Dementia-friendly Museum
Ruth is the Community Participation Officer with Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum. After working as a journalist in London and Central America, Ruth was able to return to Exeter and work in the museum that she loved as a child, and she will be explaining her role in making the museum welcoming to everyone and her involvement with community projects.
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October 26th Social Meeting
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November 2nd Robin Ravilious "Ravilious' Record of Devon Life"
James Ravilious is recognised as one of Britain's most important documentary photographers. Robin and James were married in 1970 and in 1972 moved to North Devon near her family home in Dolton. It was there that James was commisioned by the Beaford Centre to record a rural life which was rapidly changing. In 17 years he took over 70,000 black and white images for the Beaford Archive. Robin will be a showing a selection of these, and giving some background to James' approach, and to individual images.
If you would like to see more of James' work, the Beaford Archive website contains 1700 images which James regarded as his finest work and these can be viewed at the following address :
http://www.beaford-arts.org.uk/archive/
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November 9th Mike Jeffery "The Miller's Tale (with References to Cricklepit Mill)"
Mike is one of the volunteer millers at the Cricklepit Mill, Western Way, Exeter. There has been a mill on this site since 1220 and Mike will be describing the history of the site and the role the mills played in the industrial development of the city of Exeter.
Cricklepit Mill is Devon Wildlife Trust’s head office, a wildlife garden and a working Mill all in one and the following web page contains details about the visiting the Mill :
http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/cricklepit-mill
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November 16th General Assembly
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November 23rd Tony Buller "The Exe Estuary :
Man-made Changes During the Last 2000 Years"
Tony had a career as a geologist and petroleum technology adviser and will be showing how the Exe Estuary we see today is not just the result of natural forces but has been influenced by man for many centuries.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
November 30th Alan Wright "The Freedom Trail : The Route Used by Allied Escapees Through the Pyrenees"
The Freedom Trail, or Chemin de la Liberte, is but one of the many routes used during WWII by people escaping the Nazi regime in France. From 1996 this trail has been used for an annual four- day walk in July, undertaken as an act of remembrance to honour the sacrifices of the local "Passeurs" who shepherded escapees from the Nazi regime across the border to Spain.
Alan Wright, a retired Naval Officer, undertook this walk in 2014 to raise funds for the Royal British Legion. He will relate his experiences and introduce some of the stories of the wartime exploits of those who used these escape routes for real.
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December 7th Social Event
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December 14th Tom Greeves "The Three Hares - The Story of a Quest from Medieval Devon to Ancient China"
Dr Tom Greeves is a cultural environmentalist, Chairman of The Dartmoor Society, was the first Sites & Monuments Officer for the County of Devon, and was the first Archaeologist to Dartmoor National Park Authority. He has worked freelance since 1990, and has written a number of books relating to the environment and history of Devon.
Since the 1980s Tom has been investigating a motif of three hares (or rabbits) following each other in an everlasting circle, a symbol that occurs in 17 churches in Devon. In 2000, with two colleagues, photographer Chris Chapman and art historian Sue Andrew, he set up the Three Hares Project, and research is ongoing into the origins and meaning of the symbol and its links with religions of the Old World. A book titled 'Three Hares - A Curiosity Worth Regarding' by Tom Greeves, Sue Andrew & Chris Chapman is now published @£30.00 + £10 p&p and is available through
http://www.chrischapmanphotography.co.uk/skerryvore/order.htm
More details of Tom's work and publications can be accessed at the following address :
http://www.tomgreeves.org/index.html
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December 21st No Meeting
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December 28th No Meeting
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