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Exe Valley

Past Programmes

This was the monthly meeting programme for the year 2017/18

17 May: From Broken Neck to Olympic Torch - David Follett

21 June: Am I A Clutterbug or a Hoarder?- Jasmine Sleigh

19 July: Life in a Town in Northern Ghana - Dr Trevor Wiggins

16 August: Cream Tea plus The Cartoons of Giles in the 1950s - Jonathan Edmunds

20 September: The City of Exeter Through the Ages - Tony Burgess

18 October: A History of Coinage - Bryan Short

15 November: London Suits to Welly Boots - Simon Dawson

20 December: Christmas Party with the Tiverton Singers

17 January 2018: The Night Sky - Carol Boote

21 February: West County Snippets - Tony Burgess

21 March: Tiverton and Palmerston - Jonathan Edmunds

18 April: The Red Arrows - Phil Holt

2016/17

18 May The Wonderful World of Glass- Dr Francis Burroughes

15 June International Art Theft- Marilyn Bishop

20 July GB & USA; Two Countries divided by One Language- Jonathan Edmunds

17 August Cream Tea;Singing for the Brain- Sarah Chapman

21 Sept. History of the Heathcoat Factory And Family- Pippa Griffith

19 Oct. Grand Western Canal Country Park - Mark Baker

16 Nov. The Alexander Technique- Lizzie Feltham

21 Dec. The Christmas Party - All Members

18 Jan.2017 Devon Freewheelers- Russell Roe

15 Feb. Elizabethan Insults in Devon- Todd Gray

15 Mch. 2017 A G M; The Work of Trading Standards- Denise Dearden

19 Apr. Quicke’s Cheeses - Stuart Dowlee

2015/16

April 15 2015 Sailing around the Pacific - Chris Haughton

May 20 The Courtenay Family of Powderham Castle - Felicity Harper

June 17 Working in the Indian Reservation in Canada - Janet Loader

July 15 Tiverton Street Pastors - Chris Roe

August 19 Cream Tea and Entertainment

Sept 16 Fitness Fun - Joy Parke

Oct 21 My Life with a Royal Peculiar - Jim Grose

Nov 18 Open Day

Dec 16 Christmas Party

Jan 20 2016 Feet First - Frank Letch

Feb 17 Land of the Incas - Tom Coleman

March 16 A G M; Living Wills, Lasting Power of Attorney - Lizzie Parmenter

April 20 Why on Earth did they Invent That? - Ian Barclay

2014/15

Jan 15th: Policing the Peninsula; Simon Dell.

Feb 19th: The Life and Times of a Queen's Trumpeter; Peter Cripps.

March 19th 2014 Annual General Meeting

Then: Age UK,Debbie Westlake.

April 16th: The History of the Faberge Egg; Mrs Ann Pagliero.

May 21st: Lifting lives for good- An Oxfam campaign; Mr Chris Babb.

June 18th:The View from the Wings; Mr Brian Freedland.

July 16th: The Work of Magistrates; Hilary Drew.

Aug 20th: Blue Cross:then and now; Margaret Ellwood.

Sept 17th:Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Major restoration; Ann Boyce.

Oct 15th: Help for Heroes; Carrye and Richard Drew.

Nov 19th: Living in Hong Kong; Angela White.

Dec 17th: Xmas Party; The Life and Times of Marie Lloyd; Deirdre Dee.

2013/14

Jan 21st: The rights of women, 1939 to present day; Jonathan Edmunds.

Feb 18th: The human aura and the human energy body; Richard Murphy.

March 18th: 2015 AGM; then: Devon Community Foundation; Mike Bull.

April 15th: Sailing around the Pacific; Chris Haughton.

March 20th: 2013 Annual General Meeting

Then: Memoirs from Members.

April 17th: Trees, Hedgerows, Birds' Nests and Butterflies; Gavin Haig.

May 15th: "An Innocent Abroad" Travels in Outer Mongolia; Bob Burden.

June 19th: Mac's FAQs. Astronomically; Mac Currie.

July 17th: Canine Partners; Malcolm Wells.

August 21st: The History of Hypnosis; Deborah Pearce.

Sept 18th: Women Who Murder; Dianah Pritchett Farrell.

Oct 16th The Future of Air Power Today Alan Wooley

Nov 20th Open Day

Dec 18th Christmas party