Galmpton & Churston District Local History Group

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Sheila is an education officer at The William Pengelly Cave Studies Centre, Buckfastleigh, Devon where she gives guided cave walks.

Sheila tells the amazing story of 350 million years of development involving volcanoes, coral reefs, and a huge mountain range all in Devon. There is also a cave where you can see the remains of elephant, hippo, bison, hyaena and many other creatures that lived in Devon 100,00 years ago.

The Devon Archive & Local Studies Service comes to Torre Abbey on this day.

The sessions will run from 11.00 am until 3.30 pm, and will take place in the Learning Lab at Torre Abbey.

Archivist Brian Carpenter, by prior arrangement will bring documents from the Devon Archive for people to see.

For more information please contact archivist Brian Carpenter on 01392 888712 or brian.carpenter@swheritage.org.uk

There is also some more information on our website here

The Paignton Heritage Society have very kindly invited us for a free guided tour of Kirkham House, a mediaeval masterpiece, and other than the Parish Church, the oldest building remaining in Paignton.

We will also be taken to visit the nearby ‘clink’ and ‘Coverdale Tower’.

As space and access are constricted we will be limiting our number to two groups of twelve therefore pre-booking is essential.

Please reserve your place below.

Very kindly the Paignton Heritage Society will not be charging for this event.

Parking

Nearby parking will be difficult so car sharing or use of the bus is advised.

Should you have any queries regarding the event please do get in touch.
johnrisdon@heritage-southdevon.co.uk
Tel. 07768 418417

This event is now fully booked, but you can always make your own arrangements for another day via The Italian Garden website https://www.theitaliangarden.org/

A guided tour of The Italian Garden exploring the garden, seeing the work in progress, and learning about its fascinating history, its creators and their restoration plans.

The Italian Garden, which is not open to the general public, is located just outside of Ipplepen.  

For more information about The Italian Garden, see their website https://www.theitaliangarden.org/

• Fermoy’s Garden Centre, Totnes Road, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 5TN

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The Italian Garden, TQ12 5UL

A local history exhibition in Galmpton Village Hall supporting Garden Open day.

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Devon Archive & Local Studies Service, Torre Abbey . Research documents with Brian Carpenter.

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Meet at 10.00am at Brixham Bus Station – participants to contact John as numbers will need to be limited to around 20.  Coffee break en-route.

“Very much an enjoyable morning stroll with glimpses of Brixham’s unique heritage.”

Picture above is of a 1540 pretty town of fishermen, a small pier by it as a succour for fishing boats.

There will be a short meeting for the AGM, followed by an illustrated talk by popular local historian Kevin Dixon.

Join Kevin on a talk about movies made in Torbay over the past hundred years.

All the movies were a product of their time, from historical epics to horror films.

The movies featured famous actors of the day, including Oliver Reed (pictured above in a scene from ‘The System’), Flora Robson, Christian Slater, Alec Guinness and Donald Sutherland. Some were great, some were good and then there were the others…

(this event was originally planned for 15th March but has been moved to 22nd March 2024)

An illustrated talk by Phil Badcott.

This talk is about the transportation of convicts from South Devon all the way to Tasmania