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Diary Dates 2009/10

Apart from outside visits, all meetings are held in the Music Room of the Central Library.
Start Times 7.30pm
Tea and coffee available

Wednesday 10th February 2010
AGM followed by an illustrated talk by Colin Laskey called Exeter Scenes

NOTE - the bi-monthly talk will be on the second Wednesday of the month from February 2010.

Wednesday 14th April 2010
Anne Howard the Local Studies Librarian will talk on how to use the West Country Sudies Library for research projects.

Wednesday 9th June 2010
Felicity Harper, the archivist of the Powderham Estate will give an illustrated talk on the Courtenay family.

Wednesday 11th August 2010
Sadru Bhanji will give a talk on 'The French Prisoner of War Hospital at Glasshouse, Countess Wear'

Local History Day in association with the Westcountry Studies Library.
Saturday 27th February 2010

Venue - the Westcountry Studies Library and Central Library.

See Coming Events for the summer outside meetings

List of previous speakers for the Society

2002
AprilIan Jubb
Colin Laskey		Old Exeter Postcards
History of the Postal Service
June 13thDick PassmoreHistory Of Theatre Royal, Exeter
August 8thRobert Crawley and Colin ShearsHistory Of Exeter Transport
October 10thElayne HoskinOld Exeter – SW Film & TV Archive
December 12thChristine TriggerExeter A – Z
2003
February 13thTodd GrayThe Lost City Of Exeter
April 10thHazel HarveyExeter Civic Society
June 12thProf. HoldsworthQuakers In Exeter & the S. West
August 14thAlan & Elaine DolleyA Trip Along Exeter Canal
October 9thPeter FaulknerThe Aclands Of Killerton
December 11thRoyal Albert Memorial MuseumExeter Silver & Silversmiths
2004
February 12thNigel Cheffers Heard
Dr John Salvatore		The Exeter Roman  Bath Trust
April 8thDavid ClementAdmiral Sir John Duckworth King
June 8thPat SalterExeter Pubs In the Early 1800s
August 8thAlan MasonowiczHistory Of Exwick Village
October 14thRoger Thorne2½ Centuries Of Methodism In Exeter
December 9thStuart Raymondthe Sources Of English Local History
2005
February 10thProf Ivan RootsEnd Of the Civil War In Exeter
April 14thGordon ChapmanLost Cinemas In Devon
June 9thMichael PortreathGeneral Buller & the Boer War
August 11thKevin WhiteAspects Of Exeter
October 13thPongo BlanchfordThe New Trafalgar Way
2006
February 9thCanon Neil CollingsColourful Clergy Of Devon
April 13thMartin WattsExeter Watermills
June 8thJohn AveryCholera In Exeter
August 10thAngela Sutton-VaneExeter Police Force & Archives
October 12thDr Janet CutlerIsambard Kingdom Brunel
2007
February 8thAndrew DaveyHistory Of Exeter Library Service
April 12thCanon Ann BarwoodThe Exeter Riddles
June 14thGeoffrey HardingAspects Of Georgian Exeter
August 9thDr David KeepSt Boniface
October 11thBob AlcockThe Development Of the Exeter University Campus
2008
February 14thFrank GentExeter Witchcraft Trials
April 10thChristine TriggerFred Karno
June 12thTodd GrayDevon – the Slave Trade
August 14thDavid CornforthFilm of the blitz plus a walk along the leats
October 9thProf Robert SnodwenRestoration Of St Stephen’s Church
2009
February 12thGeoffrey HardingExeter Almshouses
April 9thCarol McfadzeanCharlotte Treadwin & Devon Lace
June 11thDeputyEditor, Express & EchoHistory Of Newspapers In Exeter
August 13thDavid PugsleyExeter Coaches & Coachbuilders
October 8thTim JenkinsonMilestones and Boundary Stones of Exeter
2010
February 10thColin LaskeyExeter Scenes - some interesting postcards and photos