Future Events
Dates for your diary in 2025
Thursday 17 April Palace Theatre, Paignton 10.30 am
David Hinchcliffe 'The Extraordinary Life of William Scoresby and his links to Torquay'
Thursday 1 May Topsham History Society 2.30 pm
St Nicholas Methodist Church, Fore Street, Topsham EX3 0HQ
Paul Davies 'Devon's Antarctic Connections' Local men and memorials associated with the Scott and Shackleton expeditions.
Thursday, 5 June 2025 (NEW DATE) 12.30pm
Scott Lunch at Elizabeth House, Plympton
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The after lunch speaker will be DCPS patron and great nephew of Edward Wilson, Dr David Wilson.
His talk will be entitled Thousand Word Pictures: Fresh Insights Into Captain Scott's Last Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913
Places are limited so please contact Brigette Dixon to book your place as soon as possible brigettedixon616@gmail.com
Thursday, 4 September 2025: 10.30am
Committee Meeting – Duke of Cornwall Hotel
Thursday, 16 October 2025: 7.30pm
Duke of Cornwall Hotel
Society meeting A talk by Anne Strathie – A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects from Cook’s Circumnavigations to the Aviation Age.
24-26 October Shackleton Autumn School Weekend, Shackleton Museum, Athy, Kildare. Ireland
