The
business part of the meeting confirmed the change of date for Jim Rider.
Here
are his notes on the talk:
“The
book tells the story of the last flight of a Viscount airliner, G-ARBY, which
landed in a farmer's field south of Ottery St Mary in July 1980. All sixty-two people on board walked away and
there were no injuries. It is a
remarkable local story and has never been fully told before. I will be
presenting an illustrated talk on the event in Feniton Parish Church at 7.30 pm
on Thursday 21st April 2016. Everyone welcome.“
I
have spoken to Graeme Smith and he will be joining us for the June meeting (2nd
June) in the Nog Inn.
Friends
of Feniton Church asks if we can do a display or our choosing for the plant
sale on 14/15 May, the Group felt they had nothing new to offer at the moment.
I
have seen various Conflict Commemorations and thought we should check if we
have and service folk from later conflicts who lived in Feniton. Geoff suggested we might look at the Boer War
and the Crimea.
We had a good natter about the wonderful
photos taken by James Ravilious, son of the painter Eric. This link tells more:
http://tinyurl.com/hhrtq8h
Geoff
told us about the maps he is working on as part of a conservation volunteer
project in the Devon Record Office. He had come across a map showing Vicarage
Cottages at Fairmile, these would have been demolished when the A30 was
widened. A photo of the cottages is shown on page 95 of “Around Ottery St Mary”
by Gerald Gosling and Peter Harris. Published 1994.
George
is looking at non-conformist chapels in the area for his current research.
Jenny
is pleased to say she has completed her major research on the Western Rebellion
She tells us one of the Malherbe family was held to ransom in 1483 a ransom was paid He was wounded
by a musket shot. So perhaps this is the “wound” in the shoulder of the tomb in
Feniton Church? She has also finished her work on early immunisation and
Benjamin Jesty.
Will
tells us he has a colleague, Glen Ford, who is to x-ray the arrow heads from Windmill
Hill to confirm the evidence relating to
the period of the Western Rebellion.
Brenda
explained how well the School Project is
progressing, and now has some Church of England notes on Feniton. The current school was opened in 1967 on its current site so it will be its 50th
year in 2017.
In
1863 the first school opened with 30
children, but, it seems like they made the list up from the church baptism register instead of using the actual children.
Some were too old to be in school, so a
false document if ever there was one!
We
welcomed Roy, a new member, he is a Metal detectorist studying the Vikings of Exeter and Crediton.
George sold us about a Cist burial on Dartmoor 3500 years ago, it
held beads , a wicker pot and even bear
pelt.
I have resigned from the WW1 farming project, sadly due to time pressure,
I just can’t get to the sessions in Exeter and incomplete data for the village.
Thank
you all for yet another fascinating evening.
Next
meeting in the Nog Inn on 7th April 8 pm.
