Author: Sandra Barkwith
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Open Evening – Discoveries
Report on Presentations by Members by Bryan Pledger The story my sister told me by Peter Beaven Peter started with “Once upon a time” and said “when my cousins came to see us they used to talk about Budleigh Salterton. His sister had a story about this family that a mother and daughter travelled by…
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Heroes of Woodley Airfield – talk by Joy Pibworth
‘Heroes of Woodley Airfield’ talk by Joy Pibworth. Many key figures in aviation history have ties with Woodley and this fascinating talk used the names of streets as the basis of their stories.
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The Edwardians – talk by Tony King
Reported by Christopher Singleton The Edwardian Era, sometimes referred to as the Golden Era, spanned the years from the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Tony King’s talk provided a framework to this period, from early Victorian times to 1918, with a wealth of images,…
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The Great Exhibition of 1851 – talk by John Brearley
Henry Cole (designer of the first birthday card) and Digby Wyatt (from the Slade School of Art) approached Prince Albert, patron of the Royal Society of Arts, and suggested a visit to France to see the exhibition with the idea of staging one in the UK. This led to a Royal Commission with a committee…
