JSBlog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Straight Point, Devon: click to enlarge Correlation of difference sources and media often produces intriguing stuff. I was just re-reading Notices of the Flowering Time and Localities of some Plants observed during an Excursion through a portion of South Devon, in June, 1851 (Edwin Lees, Esq. FLS, pp530-541, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany , Volume 4, Part 2, J. Van Voorst, 1852). I'm...
swpp and bppa (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Joe Clarke has recently become a member of The Society of International Fashion and Glamour Photographers (SIFGP) Find more photographers from England on The Society of International Fashion and Glamour Photographers (SIFGP web site The Society of International Fashion and Glamour Photographers (SIFGP is a partner organisation of the SWPP & BPPA
swpp and bppa (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Joe Clarke has recently become a member The Society of International School & Event Photographers SISEP A new ‘Society’ to support School and Events photographers by providing a range of focused benefits. Find more photographers from on The Society of International School & Event Photographers SISEPweb site The Society of International School & Event Photographers SISEP is [...]...
swpp and bppa (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Joe Clarke has recently become a member of The Society of International Commercial & Industrial Photographers (SICIP) Find more photographers from England on The Society of International Commercial & Industrial Photographers (SICIP) web site The Society of International Commercial & Industrial Photographers (SICIP) is a partner organisation of the SWPP & BPPA
Devon History Society (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Wild Devon , the magazine of the Devon Wildlife Trust , has an interesting article in its Winter 2009 issue: "Mapping the past", in which David Chamberlain of Devon County Council's Land Changes Department writes about the rapid changes in Devon landscape over the past century. He mentions, for instance, the shrinking heathland of the Bovey Heathfield , and the establishment of new ponds...
The Life and Times of this Old Git (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Todays post is about the Storm and high Winds that swept across South Devon last night and today. A few times every year the Rail line from London and the Midlands to Plymouth and Cornwall gets closed by these type of storms due to waves that reach 30 feet high and break up to 40 yards acrooss the lines and roads, also causing damage to them. The government have pumped millions in the last few years...
Devon History Society (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
From the Exmouth Journal , 3rd November 2009: Anniversary of Devon's Ordnance Survey maps celebrated with free Exeter event : Devon County Council's Westcountry Studies library is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ordnance Survey one-inch mapping in Devon with a Devon Maps day. The free event, which will be held on Tuesday November 10 from 10am until 4pm, includes a fascinating exhibition of 18th...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The charming story ( Report , 29 October) of the lady whose acromegaly was spot-diagnosed while travelling on a bus in Barcelona is not a new one. In 1889 the French neurologist Pierre Marie, who was the first to document and to name this disorder, described four patients of whom two were diagnosed solely on " simples rencontres faites dans la rue ". Dr Paul Lewis London • Is it just...
Different Shades of Green (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
David Shepherd, who died yesterday, was a son of Devon. Instow, in the north of the county, isn't an area that I know well, despite having lived in the county for nearly twenty years, although I have been to the sublime ground among the dunes where Shep learned his cricket, and have also visited the post office which used to be run by his mother and brother. From memory his brother served me, and his...
Holiday Parks UK (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Are you looking for something a little bit different this year for your new year celebrations? If so then consider one of the New Year Breaks in Devon at the log cabin parks, you can enjoy spending time in your own log cabin with your friends or family for a three, four or week long break. The log cabin parks can be enjoyed throughout Devon including the popular areas of Exmouth, Bude, Teignmouth and...
Dark Rock Diaries (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
It’s hard to believe that in a few weeks time I will have lived here for seven years. For I made the move from Exmouth in December 2002. When you consider that I had lived the previous 51 years, all but nine months when I was in Kent, in Exmouth, it was quite a change for me, but one that I have never really regretted. I had been thinking about moving here for some time, but typically me, being...
Peerage News (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
_.The engagement was announced 13 Oct 2009 between David H. Jardine-Paterson, elder son of Mr and Mrs Michael Jardine-Paterson, of Balgray, Dumfriesshire, and Emilia Mary Florence d'Erlanger (b 1982), youngest daughter of Mr Robin Gerard d'Erlanger, of Hensleigh, Devon, by his wife the former Hon Mary Elizabeth Josephine Pellew (b 1947), dau of the 9th Viscount Exmouth (1908-70). David Jardine-Paterson...
Ramblings of the recently retired (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
I cannot believe we are almost halfway though October, it seems no time at all since this year started. But then again, we have had another busy year. A quick check with Glyn confirms we have commitments all this week. Looking back, I note we had holidays in Woolacombe in April, Italy in May, Pittenweem (Fife, Scotland) in August, Alicante (Spain) in September, we are off to Cornwall soon for 5 days....
Devon History Society (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Meetings are mostly held on the first Monday in the month at 7.30pm at Glenorchy Church Hall, Exeter Road, Exmouth. Monday 5 November - Dr Jo Cox - Devon Thatching and Thatchers; Monday 2 November - Prof. Roger Kain - Tithe Surveys of England and Wales; Monday 7 December - Annual Christmas lunch; Monday 4 January - Members' evening of presentations Monday 1 February - AGM and Bob Lankester - the Exeter...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Case is not being linked to E coli outbreak at farm attraction in Devon A child has died after contracting the poisonous strain of the common E coli bacteria, the Health Protection Agency said today. The source of the infection in the child from Devon, thought to be a toddler, has not been identified but the case is not being linked to an outbreak at a farm attraction in the county. The child died...
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