AGM
We would like to invite everyone to our AGM on MONDAY JULY 25th at the Village Hall starting at 7.30pm. New members are particularly welcome and if you would like to become more involved in our activities this evening provides an opportunity. Once the business of the evening is complete,
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Professor Stephen Rippon
In May the Local History Group was delighted to welcome back Professor Stephen Rippon. In front of a packed audience Professor Rippon provided an update on the current state of play regarding the Ipplepen Archaeological Dig. The dig which ended in 2020 received national coverage and some of the findings seem set to permanently alter our perception of the Roman occupation of the southwest.
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Coffee Morning
Many thanks to all of you who turned up to our coffee morning in March. It was lovely to see so many of you. We are often required to work in isolation cataloguing the documents in our archive and the photographs on our website, but we do maintain a strong presence on social media and appreciate all the feedback that we receive.
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Talks: At the end of February, we were treated to an excellent talk by Alex Graeme from Devon Unique Tours. The event was well attended, and Alex provided a good-humoured and informative guide to the background of Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’. It helps when you have an Ipplepen link and the Ipplepen link was the name Baskerville.
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The Evergreens
Recently we received the minutes and records of another one of Ipplepen’s most loved organisations. The inaugural meeting of the club that came to be known as the Evergreens was held in the Church Hall on August 26th, 1952, thanks to community donations of £1 19s 4d.
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21st FEBRUARY 2022 at 7.30pm in IPPLEPEN VILLAGE HALL
Alex Graeme
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Alex is the owner and guide at Unique Devon Tours, and he will be explaining the background to one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most loved Sherlock Holmes stories and,
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE FROM IPPLEPEN LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
Back towards the end of last year a group of hardy souls braved the cold on a Saturday evening for the 10th St. Andrew’s Ipplepen Candlelit Procession. There was all the usual colour and music in the streets as magical lanterns depicting dragons,
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TODD GRAY: UNCLE TOM COBLEY
For only our second talk since lockdown we were delighted to host Todd Gray who entertained a well-attended meeting with his take on that famous old Devon folk song – Widecombe Fair.
With a wide range of visual material and a good smattering of actual song,
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ST. ANDREW’S LANTERNS FESTIVAL
The St. Andrew’s Lanterns Festival is set to return this month where we can all enjoy a pre- Christmas weekend of light and sparkle.
This year we are combining last year’s ‘Window Wanderland’ garden and window displays with our traditional lanterns procession.
For the procession we will be gathering outside the Village Hall at 6pm on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27th.
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TALK AT THE VILLAGE HALL
On MONDAY OCTOBER 18th at 7.30pm we welcome TODD GRAY to the Village Hall. Many of you will know Todd as an entertaining speaker and this time his theme has a very Devon flavour.
“The Devon ballad that conquered the world: Uncle Tom Cobley &
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