We’d love to hear from you. You can get in touch in the following ways. Call us on: 01392 438811 Write to/visit us at: Devon Development Education, 17 St Davids Hill, Exeter EX4 3RG. Email us on: dde@globalcentredevon.org.uk. Or if you’d like to get in touch directly with our Project Coordinator or Community Heritage Coordinators,…
Special Object Challenge
Hello superstar story-finders. Are you ready to be an archaeologist of personal objects, a discoverer of undiscovered items? Here’s our next Family Challenge. You can repeat this one for as many objects as you can get your hands on! The Special Object Challenge Ask someone from your family to choose an object which is special…
Conversation and a Cuppa Challenge
Hello superstar story-finders. Are you ready to be an explorer of family history, a discoverer of untold tales? Here’s our next Family Challenge. It’s time to get curious – what have you always wanted to know about your family member(s), but never had the time to ask? Conversation and a Cuppa Challenge Sit down with…
Family Photo Challenge
Hello superstar story-finders. Are you ready to be an explorer of family history, a discoverer of untold tales? Here’s the first of our Family Challenges. Family Photo Challenge Dig out some old photos from when your Mum / Dad / Aunty / Grandparents first moved to their house or town. Look at the photo: What…
Project on hold – Coronavirus
Due to the impact of the Coronavirus, we have taken the difficult but necessary decision to postpone the Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots project for the next two months (April and May 2020). We are intending to resume work in June 2020, providing the national and international situation has improved. But don’t worry –…
Reach Out, Reach In Challenge
We find ourselves in the midst of a new, scary and utterly unprecedented time. Confined to our own four walls, we are all required, for our collective wellbeing and safety, to ‘socially distance’ ourselves from friends, neighbours, colleagues, fellow citizens – even our own families. As planes ground, ferry ports are deserted, and borders close,…
A group of friends from Bolham Camp, including Franc Rosic (far right) on a day trip in Devon. Image shared courtesy of Dale Snow (Franc's daughter).
Research Diary: Discovering European Stories
Tiverton Community Heritage Coordinator Lizzie Mee outlines some of the European connections emerging in Tiverton’s history… As we’ve been delving deeper into the archives and history books, we’ve discovered that a big part of Tiverton’s history is that of the European workers who have travelled to Tiverton to work. This is a vast topic –…
Image courtesy of Dogberry and Finch Bookshop
Event diary: Song out of Darkness Book Launch
Okehampton Community Heritage Coordinator Laurel Miller reports on a fascinating book launch… Okehampton volunteers greatly enjoyed hearing readings from the memoir of local author Karen Eugenia Boreham at her book launch this week. Karen has lived on a Dartmoor farm for 50 years. In her memoir Song out of Darkness, she reflects on her Ukrainian…
Project diary: Exhibition Planning in Tiverton
Tiverton Community Heritage Coordinator Lizzie Mee writes about the thinking involved in planning an exhibition… It’s been a busy start to the year in Tiverton! We’ve begun preparations for recording our oral histories. Meanwhile, the volunteers and I are also busy planning our final exhibition. The narrative of the exhibition is starting to take shape……
Our oral history trainees. Photo: Chris Lavender.
Oral History Training Day
Community Heritage Coordinator Laurel Miller reports on our recent Oral History training day… Hearing a person telling their own story in their own voice is a very powerful way of engaging people with history. You can hear the emotions behind the account and feel a real connection with the person who is talking, and through…
Sketchbook: Jane Daniel
This week’s blog provides a special peek inside the creative mind of volunteer Jane Daniel… Jane lives in Bideford. She regularly produces artwork and poetry, including work expressing her feelings about growing up as a person of mixed heritage in Devon. Jane has shared two of her paintings below.
Captain John Gabriel Stedman. Photo: DDE, from text held at Devon Heritage Centre
Research Diary: A Long History of Diversity in Devon
Community Heritage Coordinator Lizzie writes about the Tiverton team’s early research discoveries. Research in Tiverton has been underway for quite a while and our group of volunteers have been busy exploring a range of different stories. Most early research projects have taken us back in to the 18th century. One of our more intriguing is…
Alice Graham Clapp [digital image of photograph]. Image used courtesy of RAMM.
Research Diary: First World War Belgian Refugees in Devon
Community Heritage Coordinator Laurel writes about new research discoveries… I am writing this blog on 11th November, Remembrance Day. A time to remember the service and sacrifice of the men and women who fought in conflicts across the years. 100 years since that first Remembrance Day in 2019, my thoughts turned to the First World…