Talk to the WI

I enjoyed my talk to the WI last month. I know from the response on Facebook and in this magazine that many of you love our old photographs and we are always pleased to take the opportunity to share some of these memories with you.

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Professor Stephen Rippon

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MONDAY FEBRUARY 25th

IPPLEPEN VILLAGE HALL

7.30pm

Entrance is £4 or free to members

Refreshments included – donations welcome

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Professor Rippon will be using this talk to update us on all last year’s finds and to reflect on where we are now and what the plans are for the future.

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IPPLEPEN LOCAL HISTORY GROUP

LANTERNS PROCESSION

Our lanterns procession continues to go from strength to strength and is another example of the wonderful community spirit that exists in the village. Just to recap the prizes were awarded as follows.

The Family section was won by the Buick Baker family with their singing mice.

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DEREK GORE
We had a very good attendance for our autumn talk at the Village Hall. Mr. Gore’s theme was the Roman settlement of Devon and since he is an expert on all the recent research on the Roman invasion and the information from the latest archaeological finds it proved to be a very interesting evening.

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Our next talk

THE ROMAN CONQUEST AND THE SETTLEMENT OF DEVON – DEREK GORE, EXETER UNIVERSITY

VILLAGE HALL WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31st 7.30pm.

MEMBERS FREE

NON-MEMBERS £4

REFRESHMENTS AND RAFFLE.

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Lanterns Procession

The lanterns procession this year will take place on SATURDAY 24th NOVEMBER at 6.30pm. The lantern making sessions at the Hub have been arranged for the following dates:

TUESDAY 23rd OCTOBER 10am – 12.30 pm

SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER 2pm – 4.30pm

SATURDAY 17th NOVEMBER 10am – 12.30pm

Future Talks

The Local History Group will be hosting the following talks at the Village Hall:

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31st – DEREK GORE ‘THE ROMAN CONQUEST AND THE SETTLEMENT OF DEVON (with particular reference to the IPPLEPEN dig)

MONDAY FEBRUARY 25th 2019 – PROFESSOR STEPHEN RIPPON ‘UPDATE ON ALL THE RECENT FINDINGS FROM THIS YEAR’S DIG’

MONDAY JULY 22nd 2019 AGM and talk on a Newton Abbot theme

MONDAY OCTOBER 21st 2019 – TODD GRAY (theme to be arranged)

Italian Gardens

The Local History Group would like to extend a warm thank you to Angela Dodd Crompton for putting together such a well prepared guided tour of the Gardens at Ambrook.

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Lanterns Procession

It might seem a tad early to be reminding everyone about this year’s lanterns procession but I shall give you a heads-up anyway so that you can start thinking creatively about the event. The date is SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24th and news of lantern making sessions at the Hub will follow in next month’s magazine.

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