It
is amazing, we all turn up at the Nog Inn with nothing prepared, and hey presto
we have a wonderful evening full of topics and interests.
The
business part:
We
will be taking the Railway Photos to the Ottery Heritage AGM meeting Tues 20th
Jun 2017. Chris Saunders will keep in touch with the details nearer the date.
7.30pm: Annual General Meeting
8.00pm: 'The Train Now Departing' The Historic
video of the South West branch lines in the age of steam, plus some
personal memories from special guests.
The
Map site we looked up has sent an update, not had chance to look at it yet, I
will send their email with this report.
We
would like to hold the Rogation Walk on Sun 21st. May I suggest we meet in Green Lane
at 2:30 pm by the path at Beechwood Farm. Then follow the public footpaths to
the back of the village hall and return by road to Green Lane. Dogs welcome,
but must be kept on a lead in the fields where livestock are.
Then
we moved on to our natter over a pint.
Bob told us how nice the Wesley Chapel is at
Fenny Bridges, it closed in 1939 and is
now a holiday let. The windows and layout are
very well done. Good to see it is still being used and not left
derelict. It was a pig sty before the conversion.
Hugh is using the British newspapers archive
for his football research. Brenda and I love this online resource for local and
family history research. Always amazed
at the work the journalists did in taking down so many names and details of the
occasions they were reporting, and then the typesetters putting it all together
for the presses.
Brenda
was so pleased to find an article where her father sang and her mother played
the organ at a wedding, she had no idea of this growing up.
Jenny
has been approached by the Battle Fields Trust to record and highlight the 1549
battle with information boards situated in the village. This will be put to the
Parish Council at the next meeting, Mon 8th May 2017. The thought of
our group was that the wall by the village hall would be ideal.
The
Battle of Pinhoe was mentioned in a tour of Plymtree Church I attended which
may have cause the church there to be damaged and rebuilt? Sounds a long shot
to me!!! Also the Battle of Wiggaton was mentioned, but cannot find a reference
on Google.
Brenda
told us about the Newfoundland fishing where cod
fisherman from southwest spent much of the year. Amazing to thing they
sailed into the virtual unkown, leaving families at home.
Geoff
volunteers in the Southwest Heritage Centre, the old Record office, he tells us
that many shipping records are now on
line here:
In the 1300s winters was warmer, enabling
people to live on Dartmoor and fish
around Greenland. Ship ownership was in shares and even the town owned them. A ship is owned 64 shares, some were sold to the town. Smoking
was good for you and the rum grog neat for the officers!
Devon Colic was caused by Cider,
containing lead found in the materials
used to make the cider.
The
evening was rounded of with some of Alan’s Devon Dialect snippets and a poem
in dialect, “They all be Gone Now”. Thank you all for a wonderful evening.
Next
meeting in the Nog Inn 8pm on 4th May.
