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Galmpton & Churston District Local History Group

History of Galmpton & Churston District, South Devon

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Month: January 2019

Committee Christmas Dinner – January 2019

31 January 2019 Thea Jones

This year’s Committee Christmas Dinner took place on Monday 21st January at The Weary Ploughman. A good time had by all.

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Retiring Committee member becomes Honorary Life Member

31 January 201931 January 2019 Thea Jones

Since our creation as a Local History Group in 1996, Jean Tregaskes has been a stalwart member of the Committee providing immense intellectual stature and dedication, highly treasured by us all. She has sadly decided to retire from the Committee…. Read moreRetiring Committee member becomes Honorary Life Member

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Kingswear Historians host Greenway guide for a talk on The Greenway Frieze – 11th February 2019

31 January 2019 Thea Jones
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Report on talk “The Penn Recca Slate Mine” by Revd Nicholas Pearkes

24 January 2019 Thea Jones

The Penn Recca Slate Mine talk took place at Galmpton Village Institute on 18th January 2019. Nicholas, former vicar of Littlehempston and surrounding parishes and today chairman of Babbacombe and St Marychurch local History group was introduced by John Risdon,… Read moreReport on talk “The Penn Recca Slate Mine” by Revd Nicholas Pearkes

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Change of topic for illustrated talk on 22nd February

13 January 201913 January 2019 Thea Jones

The illustrated talk taking place on Friday 22nd February will now take the topic of the River Bovey. ‘River Bovey – from Source to Teign’ by John Risdon. Although miniscule in terms of other rivers of the British Isles, the… Read moreChange of topic for illustrated talk on 22nd February

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