Tony Taft, our Reviewer and Photographer writes:Today we had an attendance of 20 with no new members or guests.  Our speaker today was someone who is well known to the club Roger Avery, and the subject of his presentation was, The worms in your garden. Roger is a biologist, so we knew we were in for... Continue Reading →

Review and Photos by Tony Taft. Today we had an attendance of 19 with 5 apologies, we had no guests and no new members.  Our talk today was titled "Sahara. Life on the edge" and was presented by Roger Hamilton This is a return visit by Roger and it was with much pleasure that we... Continue Reading →

Coincidentally the Lunch this year was held on the day of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day 1944.The lunch was attended by 32 members and guests. It was generally agreed that the menu was excellent and we were very well served by the staff of "Paignton Vista" at The Paignton Club, Trevor, Sue, Holly and Josh.... Continue Reading →

Today's meeting was attended by 23 Members with 2 apologies The talk today was presented by our own Member Geoff CoopJohn Lunday reports:-Well………… follow that if you can!To say that I felt hugely disappointed not to have learned more about the fascinating subject of African Postal Stamps (1934 – 1938) would be an understatement. Instead,... Continue Reading →

Roy Matthews reports;- Tuesday May 28 th 14 club members and friends went on the Round Robin Bus, Boat and Train trip from Paignton organised by Chris Martin our Chairman, after doing a very successful similar trip last year.On a damp morning we met up at Paignton bus station and took the bus to Totnes,... Continue Reading →

Our Reporter/Photographer Tony Taft writes:Today we had an attendance of 21 with 6 apologies  Our speaker today was John Polley and the title of his presentation was The Seaton Tramway.  This is the second time for John to give a presentation for us, his previous talk which I must have missed proved to be a... Continue Reading →

Tony Taft reports:- Today we had an attendance of 22 with 3 apologies  Our speaker today was David Follett and the title of his talk was Tragedy to Triumph.  David started his presentation talking about his disability and the reason why he now has to use a wheelchair, David was involved in a Road traffic... Continue Reading →

Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- Our speaker this week was Phil Evans who is a long standing member of our club. Phil has produced numerous talks in the past and his presentation this week was the latest in a highly successful series. One of Phil's principal interests is military history, therefore his presentation entitled,... Continue Reading →

Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- Our meeting this week suffered from a relatively poor attendance of 19 members. Our speaker was John Risdon who presented “Totnes - Ancient Royal Borough and Market Town”. John is one of our very favourite speakers and he has presented a number of talks for us all of which... Continue Reading →

Our Reporter/Photographer Tony Taft reports, Today we had an attendance of 23 with 3 apologies Our speaker today was one of our club members Barry Hayden who was giving a presentation about the origins of our beloved drink Coffee.  Barry started by telling us about a goat herder in Ethiopia called Kaldi who noticed that... Continue Reading →

Today's meting was attended by 24 members with 2 Apologies The Speaker was Gary Joliffe The talk was titled "Till the Coast is Clear" Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:-Our speaker this week was Gary Joliffe whose presentation was called “Till the Coast is Clear”. Gary explained that, “Till the Coast is Clear" is a... Continue Reading →

The meeting today was attended by 24 members and there was one apology.Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- Our speaker this week was Paul Walton who presented a very interesting talk on the, “The Role of the Magistrate “. Paul has been a Magistrate for 15 years and lives in Brixham. Paul did not present... Continue Reading →

Our Reporter/Photographer Tony Taft reports:On a bright warmer day we had an attendance of 24 with 2 apologies and 3 lady guests so the room was quite full. Before the meeting proceeded Barry Ross presented Chris Powling with his club badge we are always happy to do that. Our speaker was one of our club... Continue Reading →

Our Reporter/Photographer Tony Taft writes:- Today on a dull windy day we had an attendance of 24 with 3 apologies. Before the meeting proceeded we were introduced to a new member Chris Powling and we all gave a huge welcome to Chris, I will photograph Chris when he is badged up and his photo will be... Continue Reading →