EXETER LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
WELCOME
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.
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 listed in detail below.
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UP AND COMING EVENTS
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Date |
Location |
Title (full details below this chart) |
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12/6/19 |
Jurys Inn Lecture Room |
Green Lanes with Valerie Belsey |
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10/7/19 |
RAMM Visit & walk |
University College of the South West |
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14/8/19 |
Jurys Inn Lecture Room |
The Craft and History of Stained Glass in Exeter with Andrew Johnson |
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9/10/19 |
Jurys Inn Lecture Room |
To be confirmed |
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11/12/19 |
Jurys Inn Lecture Room |
Not QUITE One of Us 1500-1900. With Dr Todd Gray |
Our regular bi-monthly meetings at Jurys Inn are held on the second Wednesday of the month for February, April, June, August, October and December 2019. Our walks/visits are also bi-monthly, usually on the second Wednesday of January, March, May, July, September and November. Full details are given below.
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Explore the Quay and its History
Thursday, 16 May 2019
We will be meeting our guide at 11.00 in a coffee shop on the Quay for a short talk and then a walk past the solitary cannon, up to Transit Shed and across past Smith's to Cricklepit Bridge - and then around the Canal Basin (with its relics of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's railway and Exeter's tram system) and along the Canal, over Willey's Bridge, and back to pass the Port Royal. The tour then visits the Custom House (guns,guns, guns!) and provides an opportunity to examine John Abbot's superb plasterwork.
The whole morning's visit will be interspersed with interesting stories about the history of the places we visit and will end at around 12.30pm - when some of us may choose to stay on and have lunch on the Quay.
The cost is £3 and booking is essential. Please don't just turn up as this event is now fully booked and no one would wish to suffer the embarrassment of having to turn you away. However, you are welcome to put your name on the waiting list by using this link:
https://www.bit.ly/ExeterQuay
If you click on EVENTS and then on JOIN WAITLIST as soon as a place becomes available, we will contact you. Alternatively you could put your name on the waiting list for our second identical event on 16 May. The link is:
https://www.bit.ly/ExeterQuay16May
Then, as soon as a place becomes available, we will contact you.
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF THE
SOUTH WEST
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
This visit to the University College of the South West, precursor of Exeter University, will commence at RAMM (the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery) where we will learn how education was integral to the vision of the founders. From there we will move on to visit and learn about those nearby buildings erected at the beginning of the 20th Centuryto provide Schools of Art and Science, the Royal Albert Memorial College, teacher training for women (men had St Lukes) and a student hostel for women.
All this was the realisation of the concept to provide excellent third tier education for all in the South West. It was not until 1955 that they were granted full university status.
This event is now fully booked but we are hoping to run an identical course on 18 July. You are most welcome to add your name to the waiting list for this using the following link:
http://bit.ly/3rdTier18July
Once you have the screen up, click on TICKETS and then JOIN WAITLIST.
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THE CRAFT AND HISTORY OF STAINED GLASS IN EXETER
Talk by expert, Andrew Johnson
Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
Jurys Inn, Western Way, Exeter
Andrew set up his business in 1980, and has worked on cathedrals, minsters, parish churches, country houses and private houses as well as, over the years, with English Heritage, National Trust, Devon Historic Churches Trust and the Council for the care of Churches.
His conservation work is on the principle of minimum intervention, conserving and caring for glass and restoring only where the glass is completely lost due to vandal and/or storm damage.
Andrew is committed to the principle that glass should be cared for and passed on for next generations to enjoy. His intention is always that the original purpose of the glass is conserved and renewed , whether this involves complete conservation and re-leading of glass, to isothermal protection, or stainless steel window mesh protection.
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Not QUITE One of Us - Individuals and the Mob 1500-1900 with Dr Todd Gray
Jurys Inn, Western Way, Exeter
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Exeter has a long history of mob violence, much of it organised by key parts of the establishment. Examples of these will be examined along with other reasons for why individuals have been set apart from the rest of society over the last five hundred years.
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For more information our email address is exeterlocalhistory@gmail.com
If you want to take historical research further, we recommend you give Exeter Memories a try. Their website has for the last ten years been amassing a wealth of information about Exeter. It is well worth a visit. Just click on this link: www.exetermemories.co.uk.
Another site of interest is http://demolition-exeter.blogspot.co.uk which features fascinating articles on Exeter's lost buildings.
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