Diary Dates 2012

Apart from outside visits, all meetings are held in the Music Room of the Central Library. Start Times 7.00pm
Tea and coffee available

NOTE - the bi-monthly talk will be on the second Thursday of the month from the AGM in February 2012.

Thursday 9th February 2012
AGM and Mini Auction - please donate historic items for auction.

Thursday 12th April 2012
The History of Garton and King with Richard Holladay.

Thursday 14th June 2012
Aspects of Exeter in RAMM with Camilla Hampshire. The background to the new museum displays.

Thursday 9th August 2012
Exminster's Wartime Secret with Mike Passmore.

Thursday 11th October 2012
The History of the Salvation Army in Exeter with Prof. Ruth Hawker.

See Coming Events for the summer outside meetings

Photo Gallery

May 2011 – A small but enthusiastic group of members went to St Katherines Priory at Polsloe for a talk and guided tour. A range of photos, plans and prints was on display to show how the priory had become a council depot in the 20th Century, before it was investigated by archeologists and then restored for use by the community. The photo shows our guide telling us the long history of the place.

Only the west range of the priory survives - the church, refectory, dormitories and central cloisters have been lost since the nuns were evicted in 1539. The photo shows the group standing to the east of the west range, in what would have been the cloisters.

May 2009 – About a dozen members turned out on a cold and damp May day for a tour of Exeter's more ghoulish sites. After starting in St Peter's Churchyard and via 21 the Mint, we reached the catacombs dead tired, to meet the residents and raise the spirits with a tale of Victorian burial practises. Anyone who missed the visit can catch up by taking one of the free Redcoat tours, but do choose a warmer day.

March 2008 – members enjoyed a visit to Exeter's Underground Passages. Three of the group are discussing the finer points of Exeter's water supply and the case, for and against, for adding something medicinal to it.

July 2007 – David Snell kindly conducted society members around some of the lesser known parts of the Cathedral - here, David is explaining the workings of the pre-Copernicus clock to the group.

May 2007 – Twenty four members visited Downes, the former home of General Sir Redvers Buller in May 2007.

November 2007 – Madge Wakely came to the Exeter History Day 2007, especially to see the photographs of Maurice Swansborough - she knew Maurice as a young man in the early 1950s.

November 2006 – The many exhibitors and visitors at the Exeter History Day 2006.

2006 – Bill Olive guided the History Society around the hidden nooks and crannies of the Guildhall; here, members are inspecting the city's silver.

2006 – Dutch brickwork was inspected when we were shown around Topsham in the summer of 2006.