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
| 2002 | ||
| April | Ian Jubb Colin Laskey | Old
Exeter Postcards History of the Postal Service |
| June 13th | Dick Passmore | History Of Theatre Royal, Exeter |
| August 8th | Robert Crawley and Colin Shears | History Of Exeter Transport |
| October 10th | Elayne Hoskin | Old Exeter – SW Film & TV Archive |
| December 12th | Christine Trigger | Exeter A – Z |
| 2003 | ||
| February 13th | Todd Gray | The Lost City Of Exeter |
| April 10th | Hazel Harvey | Exeter Civic Society |
| June 12th | Prof. Holdsworth | Quakers In Exeter & the S. West |
| August 14th | Alan & Elaine Dolley | A Trip Along Exeter Canal |
| October 9th | Peter Faulkner | The Aclands Of Killerton |
| December 11th | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Exeter Silver & Silversmiths |
| 2004 | ||
| February 12th | Nigel Cheffers Heard Dr John Salvatore | The Exeter Roman Bath Trust |
| April 8th | David Clement | Admiral Sir John Duckworth King |
| June 8th | Pat Salter | Exeter Pubs In the Early 1800s |
| August 8th | Alan Masonowicz | History Of Exwick Village |
| October 14th | Roger Thorne | 2½ Centuries Of Methodism In Exeter |
| December 9th | Stuart Raymond | the Sources Of English Local History |
| 2005 | ||
| February 10th | Prof Ivan Roots | End Of the Civil War In Exeter |
| April 14th | Gordon Chapman | Lost Cinemas In Devon |
| June 9th | Michael Portreath | General Buller & the Boer War |
| August 11th | Kevin White | Aspects Of Exeter |
| October 13th | Pongo Blanchford | The New Trafalgar Way |
| 2006 | ||
| February 9th | Canon Neil Collings | Colourful Clergy Of Devon |
| April 13th | Martin Watts | Exeter Watermills |
| June 8th | John Avery | Cholera In Exeter |
| August 10th | Angela Sutton-Vane | Exeter Police Force & Archives |
| October 12th | Dr Janet Cutler | Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| 2007 | ||
| February 8th | Andrew Davey | History Of Exeter Library Service |
| April 12th | Canon Ann Barwood | The Exeter Riddles |
| June 14th | Geoffrey Harding | Aspects Of Georgian Exeter |
| August 9th | Dr David Keep | St Boniface |
| October 11th | Bob Alcock | The Development Of the Exeter University Campus |
| 2008 | ||
| February 14th | Frank Gent | Exeter Witchcraft Trials |
| April 10th | Christine Trigger | Fred Karno |
| June 12th | Todd Gray | Devon – the Slave Trade |
| August 14th | David Cornforth | Film of the blitz plus a walk along the leats |
| October 9th | Prof Robert Snodwen | Restoration Of St Stephen’s Church |
| 2009 | ||
| February 12th | Geoffrey Harding | Exeter Almshouses |
| April 9th | Carol Mcfadzean | Charlotte Treadwin & Devon Lace |
| June 11th | DeputyEditor, Express & Echo | History Of Newspapers In Exeter |
| August 13th | David Pugsley | Exeter Coaches & Coachbuilders |
| October 8th | Tim Jenkinson | Milestones and Boundary Stones of Exeter |
| 2010 | ||
| February 10th | Colin Laskey | Exeter Scenes - some interesting postcards and photos |
| April 14th | Geoffrey Harding | The Templers of Stover |
| June 9th | Felicity Harper | The Courtenays of Powderham |
| August 11th | Sadru Bhanji | The French Prisoner of War Hospital at Glasshouse, Countess Wear |
| October 13th | Todd Gray | New research in Exeter's history |
| 2011 | ||
| February 8th | Sue Jackson | Ernsborough House, Home for the Incurables |
| April 13th | Richard Giles | A train to Exmouth – a journey of 150 years. |
| 8th June | Anne Howard | Using the resources of the Westcountry Studies Library. |