Exmouth History Day, Saturday, 13th October

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It's the Golden Jubilee year of Exmouth Historical & Archaeological Society

Celebrations will be on Saturday, 13th October 2018, at Glenorchy church and hall, Exeter Road, Exmouth EX8 1PP 

from 10.00am to 4.30pm

Exmouth: Glenorchy United Reformed Church

·        Four talks

·         A Victorian head gardener - Dr. Francis Burroughes

·        Exmouth 50 years ago -  Ian Cann

·        The first seaside resort in Devon, and what happened next - Mike Tracey

·        Exmouth... in the Middle Ages and the Tudor period - John Allan 

There will be an exhibition of Exmouth history and art, and a second-hand booksale

·       
Launch

The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Exmouth; the first of  a series of occasional papers by April Marjoram

      
          Cost £10.00 per person, to include coffee and tea but bookings after 31st August will be £12.

·      Bookings:

 Mike Tracey 01395 260442

mdclaredale@tiscali.co.uk

Programme

10.00               Arrival & registration (coffee/tea available from church coffee shop, cost 50p)

10.30               “A Victorian head gardener” - talk by Dr. Francis Burroughes: informative,                                     entertaining and gently humorous.

11.30               Coffee/tea (included)

12.00               “Exmouth 50 years ago” – illustrated talk by Ian Cann, drawing on the lifetime                                   collections of himself and Paul Radgick, both born and bred Exmothians.

1.00                 Lunch – not included, but if you bring your own it may be eaten in the church hall, or                        there are many cafes and takeaways within a short walking distance. Tea and coffee                     (included) will be available in the hall.

2.00                 “The first seaside resort in Devon, and what happened next” – illustrated talk by                                Mike Tracey, former chairman of EH&AS.

3.00                 Tea/coffee (included)

3.30                 “Exmouth and its neighbours in the Middle Ages and the Tudor period” - illustrated                   talk by John Allan, doyen of Devon historians.