An Old Normal
What did the old fashioned High Street look like? With its local, independent shops Fore Street in Exeter still has some of that feel, but who were the shopkeepers of 170 years ago? In 1850, William White published his "History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire" It includes a 32 page Exeter directory from which I have extracted the following names. I have also included some extracts from the UK census to add some more detail to this list.
Extracted from William White's "History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire" 1850
http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218254
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Marsh Barton Farm is now the site of Dart's Farm and Dart Fresh, but how has the land use changed of the past 180 years?
The parish of Clyst St George was surveyed in 1839. This extract from the Devon Historic Environment website shows the area around Marsh Barton. I've added the field names to show how the fields were used back then. Most of this land was owned by Alexander Hamilton Hamilton Esquire and occupied by John Hellier.
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Green New Deal for Devon
https://www.fffexeter.co.uk/gnd-basics
GUIDE TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL
The Green New Deal is a set of five principles to guide a policy plan that will entirely decarbonise and fundamentally restructure our economy to deliver good jobs and a habitable future.
PRINCIPLE 1 Decarbonise for Social Justice
Totally decarbonise the economy of Devon in a way that enhances the lives of ordinary people, workers and communities and works to eliminate social and economic inequality.
PRINCIPLE 2 Create Sustainable Jobs
Create new green, well-paid, secure, unionised jobs across the county guaranteeing healthy and fulfilling livelihoods for all workers, and communities including those in today’s high emissions sectors.
PRINCIPLE 3 Transform the Political Economy
Transform our economy to place human and ecological well-being and prosperity at its centre; enable democratic participation, accountability and common ownership. Our economy must work in the interests of everyone, which means empowering those communities currently marginalised.
PRINCIPLE 4 Protect and Restore Nature
Protect and restore vital habitats and carbon sinks, including forests and wild areas, and ensure the provision of clean water, air, green spaces and a healthy environment for all.
PRINCIPLE 5 Global Justice
Promote global justice by supporting all peoples and countries to decarbonise quickly and fairly, in line with timeframes set out by science, including through transfers of resources, finance and technology from historic emitters in the Global North to the Global South
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Lundy Field Society - Life on the Edge: A long term study of Kittiwakes
In this talk Tom Dickins will outline how his team began a long-term study investigating breeding success in Kittiwakes on Lundy. Kittiwakes are a cliff nesting gull species, which is unusual and tells us something about the decisions that have been reached during the evolution of this species. Tom will also discuss why birds lay the number of eggs they do, and how and why that can vary. He will then turn to predation risks and the challenges of finding food. Life is hard for birds, and for these seabirds, life is quite literally maintained right on the edge.
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Lundy Field Society - Lundy's Early Archaeology
Henrietta Quinnell, a prehistorian specialising in south west Britain, first came to Lundy to dig with Keith Gardner in the 1960s. She will present a sequential account of Lundy's archaeology from early Mesolithic hunter gatherers through to the early medieval cemetery on Beacon Hill. Our knowledge is patchy to say the least and largely still based on Gardner's work and that of Charles Thomas. Her summary account in non-technical language will introduce the island's early history for those who know and love Lundy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS1IeOcsGqw
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How many of photographs have we taken? How many do we ever see?
When you can't visit nature, revisit your past.
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The new series will run from 26th May to 12th June 2020.
At 8pm, on Tuesdays through to Fridays, Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams present Springwatch on BBC Two. We will have wildlife cameras rolling 24 hours a day from the morning of Saturday 23rd May until the final show on Friday 12th June - catch all the best of the action through our website.
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Act Local
Keep doing your bit for wildlife! We may all be largely confined to our homes, but there are still lots of ways that you can help wildlife - whether it's from your window, on your street, during your daily exercise or in your garden.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/RVN7BFtLDybfxqKbQrcZBB/keep-doing-your-bit-for-wildlife
Devon Wildlife Trust - River Otter Beaver Trial
A population of beavers, of unknown origin, has been present on the River Otter since around 2008. However, when video evidence emerged proving that the beavers had given birth to kits (young) in 2014, the UK Government initially planned to have them removed from the river.
DWT opposed their removal and after consulting with the local community, landowners and public bodies, presented an alternative plan: to turn the situation into a five-year trial to monitor the beavers’ effects on the landscape.
https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/what-we-do/our-projects/river-otter-beaver-trial
Show your support: We know people care about these amazing animals – help us make sure the Government knows it too. Please back our call for a national strategy, so beavers can come back for good!
https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/60782/data/1
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