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When the evenings draw in, the Project runs a series of winter talks. Some are about local matters, others are more exotic.
Winter Talks
Chris Woodruff on AONBs and funding for community projects which celebrate the identity of an area.
Phil Planel, (Parishscapes Project) on addressing the small scale and local, drawing on a range of different resources, from maps and documents to the memories of local people.
Phil Planel, (Parishscapes Project) on addressing the small scale and local, drawing on a range of different resources, from maps and documents to the memories of local people.
John Torrance: Working the Stones of Branscombe -
burning and gypsum for plaster, flints were knapped for building and for guns, clay for cob cottages, marling fields etc., and beach pebbles were exported for use in grinding-mills.
Chris Tilley: The East Devon Pebblebeds Project - Based on past and present archaeological excavations, Chris will be talking about the extraordinary Bronze Age landscape of the Woodbury Common Pebblebeds, and comparing it with the present day landscape.
Barbara Farquharson: Three Trunks in a Branscombe Attic
The excitement of a discovery of a fine collection of photo albums and three trunks of letters and documents in a Branscombe attic and the ways in which it builds up a vivid family history that begins in the 1830s and ends a hundred years later.
The excitement of a discovery of a fine collection of photo albums and three trunks of letters and documents in a Branscombe attic and the ways in which it builds up a vivid family history that begins in the 1830s and ends a hundred years later.
‘World War 1, Reports from the Home Front’
Drama-doc compiled by Nigel Freathy and performed by members of the Branscombe Players. Branscombe in war time as seen through the pages of the parish magazine
Richard Edmonds:The Branscombe Coastline, then & now -
Drama-
Richard Edmonds:The Branscombe Coastline, then & now -
Geology and geo-tourism along the Dorset and East Devon coast; why it’s been given World Heritage Site status, and how the Jurassic Coast team are trying to protect and promote an understanding of the coast to local people and visitors.
Sue Dymond: Branscombe a Parish at War
Looking at life in the parish in WW2 using local memories and documentary evidence - evacuees, school life, working in the factory, the impact of soldiers on local life, fundraising for the war effort and more
John Torrance: Branscombe in the Middle Ages
Chris Chippindale: Echoes and Prehistoric Rock Art
Bronze and Iron Age rock art found in Valcomonica in the Italian Alps. The setting, the way in which people moved around the alpine landscape and how they responded to sounds & echoes from the rocks are examined.
For images go to:
http://www.rupestre.net/alps/valca_figures.html
For images go to:
http://www.rupestre.net/alps/valca_figures.html
