History Group exhibition at Galmpton Open Gardens

Date: 10 April 2022
Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Galmpton Village Institute
Entrance Fee: Free!
Galmpton Institute, or The Village Hall, was completed in 1902 on instruction of Squire Thomas Bolitho of Greenway, whose portrait still hangs over the fire place within the hall. It was originally opened as a Temperance Hall, Squire Bolitho being concerned that the preponderance of licensed premises in the area meant there was nowhere for […]

Dartmouth Guided Tour led by John Risdon

Date: 7 May 2022
Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Entrance Fee: Optional donation to RNLI Dartmouth
Meet outside Kingswear Station at 9.30am or the Dartmouth passenger ferry terminal at 10am. The tour will break for a refreshment stop. Should you wish to participate I would be grateful if you could notify me by either phone or e-mail so that I have some idea of numbers.johnrisdon@heritage-southdevon.co.uk Tel. 01803 844102 or mobile 07768 […]

South Devon Coastline Course – final session

Date: 18 March 2022
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Galmpton Village Institute
Entrance Fee: £5 (includes refreshments)
Led by John Risdon, the course has been created to highlight the sheer beauty and diversity of the South Devon coast. It is a perfect example of how our geology has moulded our geography, and hence our heritage of human development over the past thousands of years, from settlements to 21st century tourism. All welcome.

A.G.M. followed by Illustrated Talk “The Very Slow Evolution of the Railway” by Dennis Sheen

Date: 11 March 2022
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Galmpton Village Institute
Entrance Fee: £2
Our Annual General Meeting will be followed by an illustrated talk by our very own committee member Dennis Sheen. The story provides a brief outline of the gradual development of the early English railway system. From Newcomen to efficient steam locomotives; wooden tracks to usable tracks; from public resistance and disbelief to realisation of the […]

Illustrated Talk ‘Lighting the Rock’ : the saga of the Eddystone Lighthouse by Ian Howes

Date: 14 January 2022
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Galmpton Village Institute
Entrance Fee: £2
The fascinating story of the Eddystone Lighthouse, located on the dangerous Eddystone Rocks, approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of Rame Head in Cornwall, England. Eddystone Lighthouse The first lighthouse on the rocks, completed in 1699, was the first in the world in open ocean. The rocks lie in the open sea beyond Plymouth Sound, one […]

Illustrated Talk “Mayflower II of Brixham” by John Scotney

The Mayflower II ship in harbour
Date: 19 November 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Galmpton Village Institute
Entrance Fee: £2
An illustrated talk by our very own committee member John Scotney who has written a book on the Mayflower II project. The Mayflower II is a replica of the 17th century ship that took the first permanent settlers to America in 1620. It was built at Upham's Shipyard, Brixham, and in 1957 sailed to America […]