Salcombe History Society

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Newsletter – ISSUE 34 – JUNE 2025

Newsletter – ISSUE 34 – JUNE 2025

DOWN MEMORY LANE Salcombe & Beyond: 1960s to the ’80s A SLIDE SHOW with audience participation presented by Roger Barrett and Geoff Foale. TUESDAY, 17th JUNE 2025 – 7 for 7.30 PM at SALCOMBE RUGBY CLUB, Camperdown Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8AX Everyone...
Newsletter – ISSUE 33 – March 2025

Newsletter – ISSUE 33 – March 2025

  King Charles I requested a new First Rate in June 1634. Admiral Sir John Penington supported the project, and her keel was laid down on 21st December 1635. Construction at Woolwich Dockyard was supervised by Peter Pett, guided by his father Phineas, and she was...
Newsletter – ISSUE 32 – December 2024

Newsletter – ISSUE 32 – December 2024

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Salcombe History Society Chair Jasper Evans and the Committee wish all our members a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! History Society 2025 AGM: Tuesday 25th March 2025 The History Society’s 2025 AGM will take place on...