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President: Brian Warmington M.A.

Past Talks

1977-78

  • Natural History Evening
  • Local History Workshop
  • Memories, Memories
  • North Devon of Yesteryear
  • Rames and Wrecks
  • Public Transport of North Devon
  • An Evening Walk Within The Parish

1977

  • An evening of slides of Old Hartland
  • The Fascination of Books, Maps and Prints
  • An evening of slides of Old North Devon,

1978-79

  • Rames and Wrecks
  • Area Librarian Ken Hunt with more old and interesting books,
  • Pictures of Yesteryear
  • 100 Years of Hartland School
  • The Presence and the Past - Preservation or Reconstruction
  • Two Years Before the Mast
  • Film of the Orkney's

1979-80

  • The History of Hartland School
  • Hartland through the eyes of William Heard
  • A members evening of old slides and memories
  • Hartland's Non-Conformist Churches
  • "Rames and Wrecks"
  • An Evening at Hartland Abbey

1980-81

  • Hartland Quay
  • "A History of Clovelly"
  • A members evening for Christmas
  • An evening of slides from the Hartland Society's own archive
  • The History of Hartland School
  • 'An evening of memories of the West Country Inn'
  • Annual General Meeting - A guest speaker will be present

1981-82

  • "The Parish of Morwenstow"
  • Members Evening
  • An evening of slides from the Society Archive
  • Visit to the new District Coastguard Centre
  • The Hartland Society plays host to the Bradworthy Local History Group
  • Cheristow - the last 1000 years

1982-83

  • "Hartland through the four seasons"
  • "Hartland Tales, Topics and Treasures"
  • "A surprise package'
  • An evening of slides from the Hartland Society Archive - many new ones!!
  • The life and times of "Cruel Coppinger"
  • Visit to the Bradworthy Local History Group
  • Docton Mill

1983-84

  • Enchanting slides on Wildlife
  • Harvesting and Thrashing of Yesteryear
  • Festive Entertainment
  • "From Ploughboy to Priest"
  • Slides from our archives
  • "Farm Move in 1948"

1984-85

  • Members' photographs and slides of local interest
  • Rev. Fred Pennington - Life in Hartland
  • Morwenstow Society
  • New Year Party - Mark Myers has offered to show slides of his paintings
  • Thomas Gory Burrow and the Hartland Chronicle
  • Devonshire Dialects
  • Hartland Abbey

1986-87

  • An evening of slides of the carnivals of 1967/8 plus street scenes of yesteryear
  • Life in Clovelly
  • Woolsery Historical Society
  • 'Hartland Treasure’
  • "Getting to Know You"
  • "Where, What and Why"
  • "Old Bideford"
  • Exploring our Parish Church

1987-88

  • Old Time Harvest Festival
  • An evening of dialect reading and telling of local humour and the showing of photographs
  • Hartland in the Hungry Forties
  • Members photos of events of years gone by
  • Wild Flower Diaries and a selection of slides
  • Abbey and its History

1988-89

  • Harvest Supper
  • Devonshire Dialect
  • Hartland Quay
  • The Abbey River
  • Slides from the Archive
  • Carnivals of Yesteryear
  • Place & Field Names

1990-91

  • Harvest Supper
  • "Then and Now"
  • Festive Meeting at Hartland Quay Hotel
  • "Methodist and Non-Conformist History"
  • Slides from the Archive
  • "Cory Burrow"
  • "Know your Parish" Quiz

1991-92

  • Hartland's Heritage Coast
  • Hartland Point Lighthouse
  • Festive Meeting at Hartland Quay Hotel
  • "Hartland Historian, Richard Pearce Chope"
  • Slides from the Archive
  • "All in a Day's Work!"
  • "Work-a-day Hartland"
  • "Know Your Parish" Quiz

1992-93

  • "Hartland Quay - A Vanishing Port"
  • Hartland's Christian History
  • Festive Meeting of Devonshire Dialect
  • The Story of My Home
  • Slides from the Archive
  • Historic Artifacts and Curios of Yesteryear
  • "The Story of the Abbey Wall Paintings"

1993-94

  • "Abbey River - from Source to Sea"
  • The Story of My Home
  • "Hartland Through the Seasons"
  • Slides from the Archive
  • "From Ploughboy to Priest"

1994-95

  • The Story of My Home
  • The Story of the Harton Town Trust
  • The Story of Stoke and it's Past
  • "Hartland Through the Seasons"
  • Slides from the Archive
  • Past Characters of Hartland Abbey Recalled

1995-96

  • Slides from the Archive and a Local Pictorial Quiz
  • Looking at Elmscott
  • The Story of My Home
  • Recalling Hartland Characters
  • An Evening in the Countryside

The 1996/7 season consisted of talks on:

  • A centenary of Thomas Cory Burrows " Hartland Chronicle".
  • Enriching the local Environment for wildlife.
  • 100 years of motoring.
  • 21st anniversary dinner.
  • Tracing local family trees.
  • Hartland characters.
  • The local studies and record office.
  • A trip to Knightshayes Court.

The 1997/8 season consisted of talks on:

  • The life and times of Geoffrey James.
  • The Second World War, and its impact on Hartland.
  • A Festive meeting and entertainment at Hartland Quay Hotel.
  • Recalling the shops of Hartland.
  • Place and Field Names.
  • A natural history evening with photos from the collection of the late John Jeffery.
  • Hartland characters, past and present.
  • An outing ( to be arranged)

The 1998/9 season consisted of talks on:

  • Characters of Hartland - Past & Present
  • The Public Houses of Hartland and the Area
  • A Festive Selection from the Hartland Society Slide Archive
  • Hartland Fire Service - Past & Present
  • "Romance" - and the "Hartland" Perspective!
  • The Abbey River
  • An Evening Devoted to Natural History

The 1999/2000 season consisted of talks on:

  • "Hartland Branch, Royal British Legion" by Mr A Higgins, &
    "The Story of Local use of Water Power" By Mr S Hobbs
  • The History of My Home: Blendylake by Mr C Prouse & Farford by Mrs B Davey
  • Natural History Evening - "The Birds of our Coast"
  • Hartland 2000 - Looking Back
  • Tourism and Farming
  • Medicine & Education
  • Domestic and Social Changes

The 2000/1 season consisted of talks on:

  • A Fresh Dip In The Photographic Archive!
  • James, Charles, Oliver, Charles, James
  • Know Your Parish! - Light hearted quiz evening
  • Dr. Somerton's Hartland
  • The Amazing Bird Photography of John Jeffery
  • Twenty Years Of The "Hartland Times"
  • An Incomer's View Of Hartland

The 2001/2 season consisted of talks on:

  • A Look at the Story of Hartland Quay by Stephen Hobbs
  • More From The Older Archives by Brian Warmington
  • Know Your Parish! - Light hearted quiz as we approach the festive season.
  • Pottery - Its Place In Our Community
  • Our Ancient Parish Church and its Story by John Cass held at St. Nectan's Church.
  • The Flora of Hartland by Clare Gurton
  • Recording Hartland's Weather Statistics by Richard Needham

The 2002/3 season consisted of talks on:

The 2003/4 season consisted of talks on:

The 2005/6 season consisted of talks on:

The 2006/7 season consisted of talks on:

The 2007/8 season consisted of talks on:

The 2008/9 season consisted of talks on:

The 2009/10 season consisted of talks on:

 

 

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