EXETER LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
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Exeter Local History Society members are hooked on history. If you share our fascination, why not join us? We have six lecture meetings a year (details below). These alternate with six guided walks, plus we occasionally have long distance outings, and we cover an incredibly diverse range of subjects from Roman remains to post-WW2 redevelopment.
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Exeter Local History Society members are hooked on history. If you share our fascination, why not join us? We have six lecture meetings a year (details below). These alternate with six guided walks, plus we occasionally have long distance outings, and we cover an incredibly diverse range of subjects from Roman remains to post-WW2 redevelopment.
Our regular bi-monthly meetings at Jurys Inn are usually held on the second Wednesday of the month in February, April, June, August, October and December. Our walks/visits are also bi-monthly, usually on the second Wednesday of January, March, May, July, September and November. Full details of future walks and talks are given below.
The charge for each meeting is normally £3 (free to members) and the annual membership fee is £12 (£16 for joint membership). If you sample a meeting and decide to join, the £3 cost will be deducted from your first annual fee. Walks and visits normally cost £3 p.p. for members and visitors alike.
We also produce six newsletters a year - how about we email you the most recent as a free taster? To request a copy just email us at:
ExeterLocalHistory@gmail.com
And do check out this website and see for yourself the great selection of subjects with which we entertain our members. Just click on "Recent Events" or "Visits & Walks" on the banner at the top of this page to explore our programme history! Click on "How To Join Us" for an application form.
We hope we will see you soon at one of our many events which we are planning for 2021. Our talks are held at Jurys and for anyone concerned about infection we have been assured that, as far as ventilation and maintaining social distancing are concerned, all directives are followed.
The airconditioning provides clean outside air at regular intervals and the numbers permitted in the room (which normally takes 60) are reduced to 25. We therefore recommend that if any member wishes to attend any event - including the AGM - it is booked well in advance with Eventbrite. There is no charge for members to attend any of these gatherings but we regret that, due to lack of space, there are no spaces available for non-members.
St Pancras in the Middle Ages
Thursday, 11 March 2021
John Allan will describe who lived where in St Pancras Parish in the Middle Ages and what they did for a living - and other things they got up to ! Due to Covid restrictions, thhis talk will be via Zoom.
The booking link is: https:/www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-pancras-in-the-middle-ages-tickets-138294160557
Exeter’s Cloth Trade’
Thursday, 8 April 2021
In this illustrated lecture Dr Todd Gray will give us a rare glimpse into Exeter’s most important export for many centuries - woollen cloth-making.
This talk may be held in Jury's Hotel, if Covid regulations allow. Otherwise it will be a Zoom talk.
Booking details will follow shortly
King George III, An Underrated King.
Talk by Professor Jeremy Black on
Thursday, 12 August 2021
Professor Jeremy Black says of George III (who visited Exeter in 1789) “Madness is hilarious when it occurs two centuries ago. The character of King George III — bewigged and bonkers — provides comic relief for many.” Poor George has not figured highly in British minds. His reign from 1760 to 1820 was marred by that American debacle, trouble in Ireland, war with France, the Gordon Riots, discord in parliament and an embarrassing descent into lunacy.
Professor Black has been teaching a wide range of courses at Exeter University since 1996. He has been the key lecturer for the First Year World History courses, World History-1750, and World History from 1750. He claims to have been adroit at subverting the nonsense topics of political correctness! He also did a Second-Third year course on Newspaper History, and the War MA and dissertations. Although he found global history a tonic, he missed the national perspective. This drove him to try to cover that in print. He has written over ninety books all of which are available from most booksellers (Waterstones, Amazon etc).
Jeremy says he greatly enjoyed the teaching and developed a lecturing style of speaking without notes offering contrasting interpretations which he sought to drum home in lectures, seminars and tutorials. Extensive past debating experience at school and university, always extempore, helped greatly.
The booking link is:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/king-george-iii-an-underrated-king-tickets-129833813431
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Thursday, 11 February 2021 with Clare Maudling. (via Zoom due to Covid restrictions) |
The rehousing of so many poor and bomb damaged families after World War II. |
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Thursday, 11 March 2021 St Pancras in the Middle Ages (Talk via Zoom due to Covid restrictions) |
John Allan will describe who lived where in St Pancras Parish in the Middle Ages and what they did for a living - and other things they got up to ! Link is: https:/www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-pancras-in-the-middle-ages-tickets-138294160557 |
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Thursday, 8 April 2021 at Jurys Inn, Exeter (probably via Zoom) |
‘Exeter’s Cloth Trade’ In this illustrated lecture Dr Todd Gray gives us a rare glimpse into Exeter’s most important export for many centuries - woollen cloth-making. |
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Thursday, 13 May 2021. Meet at the Quay |
Return boat trip with guide to Double Locks for lunch. TO BE CONFIRMED |
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Thursday, 10 June 2021 at Jurys Inn, Exeter (or via Zoom) |
‘Exeter’s Tudor & Regency Buildings’. Robert Hesketh’s talk , illustrated with over 130 images, will relate that rich heritage to the main events occurring during this period. |
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Thursday, 8 July 2021 at Jurys Inn, Exeter (or via Zoom) |
‘Exe Bridge and Exe Island’ with John Allan. Constructed around the year 1200, the old Exe Bridge was one of the best-preserved examples of a major medieval stone bridge in England until its partial demolition in 1778. |
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Charles Dickens’ devon Christmas present :
Originally scheduled forThursday, 15 October 2020 but postponed, due to Covid, until Thursday, 9 September 2021.
John Fisher, writer, author, script and sketch-writer, cartoonist, public speaker. National Trust Volunteer and would-be ukelele virtuoso, now re-visits Christmas hereabouts in Exeter and in particular Charles Dickens’s immortal “A Christmas Carol”.
Winter or summer, at home or abroad, Dickens always wore a button-hole of holly when he gave a public reading of A Christmas Carol. He first picked his holly sprig during an after supper stroll through Rougemont Gardens on a warm August evening in Exeter in 1858.
It is essential to book for this popular event as places are limited. It is, of course, free to members and we hope to have a confirmed date for this event shortly when booking will be possible through this page.
HISTORY EVENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR - AND NEXT!
Originally scheduled forThursday, 10 December 2020 but postponed, due to Covid, until 2021.
Talk at Jurys Inn Exeter by Richard Holladay, on Elands Books. (NOTE: To avoid Late Night Christmas shopping crowds, the day/date might be changed)
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Walk around St Pancras Parish with John Allan who will describe who lived where in the Middle Ages and what they did for a living - and other things they did!
Thursday, 8 April 2021
Talk at Jurys Inn Exeter by Dr Todd Gray who will give us a rare glimpse into woollen cloth-making - Exeter’s most important export for many centuries.
Thursday, 10 June 2021
Talk at Jurys Inn, Exeter by Robert Hesketh on Exeter’s Tudor & Regency Buildings.
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