This year's Heritage Open Days events are being held 8th-11th September. Here's the full listing for Devon. If you live elsewhere or want to do a more specific search, the Heritage Open Days website has a general listing by county, as well as a search engine.
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History of Exeter's drinking water
On Friday August 26th, the Exeter Express & Echo carried an interesting article on the history of Exeter's drinking water, in association with the forthcoming national Heritage Open Days visits.
How city tragedy led to the clean-up of water supplies, by Richard Birch, tells of the general history, as well as the initiatives that led to the building of Pynes Water Treatment Works, near Cowley Bridge, after a cholera epidemic killed 440 people in Exeter in the early 1830s.
Pynes is one of several South West Water installations offering Heritage Open Days tours. Places are limited, so call as soon as possible. To book places, contact South West Water's Communications Team on 01392 443020. Sites are:
Mary Tavy hydro electric power station, West Dartmoor: Thursday 8 Sep, Friday 9 Sep.
Pynes, Exeter: Friday 9 Sep.
Brokenbury Waste Water Treatment Works, Churston, Torbay: Friday 9 Sep, Saturday 10 Sep.
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How city tragedy led to the clean-up of water supplies, by Richard Birch, tells of the general history, as well as the initiatives that led to the building of Pynes Water Treatment Works, near Cowley Bridge, after a cholera epidemic killed 440 people in Exeter in the early 1830s.
Pynes is one of several South West Water installations offering Heritage Open Days tours. Places are limited, so call as soon as possible. To book places, contact South West Water's Communications Team on 01392 443020. Sites are:
Mary Tavy hydro electric power station, West Dartmoor: Thursday 8 Sep, Friday 9 Sep.
Pynes, Exeter: Friday 9 Sep.
Brokenbury Waste Water Treatment Works, Churston, Torbay: Friday 9 Sep, Saturday 10 Sep.
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Westcountry Studies Library: Open Days
We have just received news of forthcoming Heritage Open Day tours of the Westcountry Studies Library in the second week of September.
The tours are part of the wider Heritage Open Days event held nationally, from 8th-11th September this year. Heritage Open Days celebrates England’s architecture and culture by allowing visitors free access to interesting properties that are either not usually open, or would normally charge an entrance fee. Heritage Open Days also includes tours, events and activities that focus on local architecture and culture. See the website http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk and associated blog for further details.
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Staff at the Westcountry Studies Library are offering behind the scenes tours of the collection as part of The Heritage Open Weekend. Dates are Thursday September 8th and Saturday September 10th. Details from www.devon.gov.uk/libraries or by calling 01392 384216. Places are limited so booking is essential.
The tours are part of the wider Heritage Open Days event held nationally, from 8th-11th September this year. Heritage Open Days celebrates England’s architecture and culture by allowing visitors free access to interesting properties that are either not usually open, or would normally charge an entrance fee. Heritage Open Days also includes tours, events and activities that focus on local architecture and culture. See the website http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk and associated blog for further details.
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Newsletter: Issue 8, Aug 2011
The eighth issue of Devon History News, the newsletter of the Devon History Society, is now in print or available here: Devon History News 8, August 2011 (PDF format). Contents:
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Contents:
- 1. Cover image: broadsheet of Widdecombe Great Storm, 1638.
- 2. Editorial - Ann Bond.
- 2-3. Chairman's introduction - Shirley Purves.
- 3-4. Programme Secretary's comments - Jane Bliss.
- 4. Membership update - Gerald Quinn.
- 4. Apportionment transcription project update.
- 5-7. National Meteorological Archive feature - Glynn Hughes.
- 8. Affiliated Society Corner - Dawlish History Group - Tricia Whiteaway.
- 9. Out and about with DHS - recent events.
- 9-10. Plymouth History Centre update - Louisa Mann.
- 10-11. Exeter Royal Albert Museum (RAMM) news - Rob Mackenzie.
- 11. Obituary, Professor Joyce Youngs.
- 11. New DHS logo - Chris Jago.
- 12. Official DHS contacts list.
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DRA Newsletter, Summer 2011
The Devon Rural Archive's latest newsletter (#2, July 2011) is now online.
Visit www.devonruralarchive.com: the current issue includes reports on recent DRA events and a diary for the remainder of 2011. For a brief overview of the DRA's work, see the previous post here.
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Visit www.devonruralarchive.com: the current issue includes reports on recent DRA events and a diary for the remainder of 2011. For a brief overview of the DRA's work, see the previous post here.
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