Programme


January 7th 2025 2-30PM in the Manor House, Dawlish.	Martin Brown - The Atmospheric Railway In a change from our earlier programme, Martin Brown will present a talk about The Atmostpheric Railway. This will be followed by a short presentation by David Allanach about his new book "Dawlish and the Railway: 2014 breach and what followed".
Tuesday February 4th 2025 2-30PM in the Manor House, Dawlish.	Recent Excavations in Roman Exeter and Area by Derek Gore Detail to be added
Tuesday March 4th 2025 2-30PM in the Manor House, Dawlish.	Talk by Todd Gray Details to be confirmed
Tuesday April 1st 2025 2-30pm in the Manor House, Dawlish.	AGM and a talk "Pictures, people and places, a look at the DLHG archive" by Mike Trigger. What is the Dawlish Local History Group Archive? Why is Park Road so called? Why are their leisure facilities at Sandy Lane? What estates made up Dawlish? Was there a tower in the north side of St Gregories? etc....
Tuesday May 6th, 2-30pm in the Manor House, Dawlish.	The Building of Exeter Cathedral part 2 by John Allen In June 2023 John Allan presented part 1 of hist talk and has agreed to continue to story with part 2. John as the Archaeologist at Exeter Cathedral, has been closely involved in the extensive conservation work of the Cathedral. Founded in 1050 with the enthronement of the first Bishop of Exeter, in the presence of King Edward the Confessor and Queen Edytha, Exeter Cathedral is one of Europe s great cathedrals. The building was significantly developed from the 12th to 14th centuries and remains the most complete example of a first rank church in the English Decorated architectural style.