fairlynch Coffee time Talks
Our Coffee Time Talks take place on a Wednesday, once a month during the Winter, when Fairlynch is closed to visitors. The venue is the Peter Hall, behind St Peter’s Church and all are welcome. Entry costs £5, discounted to £3 for Friends of Fairlynch, and coffee and biscuits are served from 10.30am with the talks starting at 11am and lasting 45 minutes.
Previous topics have included the St Ives School of painting, life in Devon’s workhouses, Wildlife around the River Otter, the Norman Lockyer Observatory, the Exeter to Exmouth Railway, West Country Mining and managing the Pebblebed Heaths.
A new series of talks begins on 7th September 2022. The programme is as follows:
Wednesday 7th September 2022: Brian Portch - Concorde - an aircraft ahead of its time
Wednesday 5th October 2022: Andrew Chatterton - Churchill's Secret Army
Wednesday 2nd November 2022: Alex Leger - Blue Peter - Behind the Badge
Wednesday 7th December 2022: John Smith - The Romans in Exeter
Wednesday 1st February 2023: Stewart Raine - RMS Lusitania - U-boat victim that changed the course of WW1
Wednesday 1st March 2023: Ken Atherton - Have you seen my little rubber duck? - Global pollution of the marine environment
Wednesday 5th April 2023: Lucilla Phelps - The Fine Art of Photography
Previous topics have included the St Ives School of painting, life in Devon’s workhouses, Wildlife around the River Otter, the Norman Lockyer Observatory, the Exeter to Exmouth Railway, West Country Mining and managing the Pebblebed Heaths.
A new series of talks begins on 7th September 2022. The programme is as follows:
Wednesday 7th September 2022: Brian Portch - Concorde - an aircraft ahead of its time
Wednesday 5th October 2022: Andrew Chatterton - Churchill's Secret Army
Wednesday 2nd November 2022: Alex Leger - Blue Peter - Behind the Badge
Wednesday 7th December 2022: John Smith - The Romans in Exeter
Wednesday 1st February 2023: Stewart Raine - RMS Lusitania - U-boat victim that changed the course of WW1
Wednesday 1st March 2023: Ken Atherton - Have you seen my little rubber duck? - Global pollution of the marine environment
Wednesday 5th April 2023: Lucilla Phelps - The Fine Art of Photography