November talk: 5 November, 2:30pm: AGM followed by a talk from Jackie Hunter on “East Devon Detectorists”. (postponed from February). Click here for AGM details and documents.

January talk: Thursday 7 January, 2:30pm. Talk by Rosemary Griggs on ‘Finding the Real Kat Ashley’. Rosemary returns to give us the story of Kat Ashley, governess to the young Queen Elizabeth and later her First Lady of the Bedchamber.

February talk: Thursday 4 February, 2:30pm. Talk by John Davidson on ‘Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Baron Exmouth, and the Siege of Algiers’. This action in 1816 resulted in the freeing of over 3,000 European slaves.

March talk: 4 March, 2:30pm. Talk by David Westcott on “Exeter City Mission - The rise & fall of the West Quarter”.

April talk: 1 April, 2:30pm. Talk by Robert Guyver on “Lady Harriet Acland’s American Adventure (1776-1778).

May talk: 6 May, 2:30pm. To be advised

June visit: Thursday 3 June

July visit: Thursday 1 July

August visit: Thursday 5 August

September visit: Thursday 2 September

October talk: Thursday 7 October

November AGM: Thursday 4 November