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SCENE 3 Skating on ice
Would you know where you came from?
Talking with elders at Age Concern, St Thomas
"EX4"
A day of theatre and outdoor fun!
Come along to the Research Group
Living Here Primary School Project
West Exe Children's Centre
New storytelling house at West Exe Children's Centre
Gerald Holds the Fort
Early Years Project
Work in progress
Workhouse paupers bread to be the 'best seconds '
FOCUS C: WHICH WRITTEN SOURCES CAN WE USE? (Food)
You never know what's on your doorstep!
Lesson D2: Role playing jobs in the workhouse
Lesson D1: Did people work in the workhouse?
Lesson C2: Comparing what we eat and what they ate in the workhouse.
Lesson B4: What was it like to be a child in the workhouse?
Lesson B3: A very funny shape of building
Lesson B2: We call it the old hospital...
Lesson B1: A photo-walk around the workhouse site
Lesson A3: Now and Then
Lesson A2: Fieldwork in the locality of the school.
Lesson A1: Investigating maps and aerial photographs.
FOCUS E: CROSS-CURRICULAR LITERACY LINKS.
FOCUS D: WHICH WRITTEN SOURCES CAN WE USE? (Employment)
Lesson C1: Finding out about food then and now.
FOCUS B: WHAT DO PICTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS TELL US ABOUT PAST LIFE IN OUR AREA?
FOCUS A: WHAT IS OUR AREA LIKE TODAY?
My pick of the site
Anderson shelter used in St Thomas
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Alphington, Cowick, Exwick and St Thomas
Where is Exwick?
Where is St Thomas?
Where is Cowick?
Where is Alphington?
360 degree images west of the Exe
Alphington
Cowick
St Thomas Parish Church
St Thomas
Exwick - Winchester Avenue
Exwick - Foxhays Garage
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How to add your own pages
Neighbourhoods
Alphington
Using the Allotments
Future_heritage
Alphington Conservation Area
Stone Age flint axe
Further research on the Alphington Ponies
Alphington during the Second World War
Warden's seal of Exe Bridge
A very early map of Exeter, made in 1587
Researching a shoe donation from Alphington
The Walkey family of Alphington
The girdled snail
An old Alphington document
The Alphington ponies
Red shoes
Work skills in Bakers Yard, Alphington
Searching for Alphington!
A brief history of Alphington
A brief history of Alphington
A brief history of Alphington
Thomas Gray (1787-1848) - more from RAMM
Boundaries, brooks, crosses and more from Alphington
The inns of Alphington, past and present
St. Michael and All Angels Church, Alphington
Gerald the Giraffe too tall for RAMM
Old photographs and prints of Alphington
A mystery cottage
Alphington's link with Charles Dickens
Alphington cattle and horse fairs at Midsummer and Michaelmas
Lightning Strike at St Michael's
Alphington village
An Alphington village production
One of Alphington's old bakeries
Wildlife and flora in Alphington
Alphington's wild flora
Alphington's wild flora
Alphington's wild flora
Alphington's wild flora
Butterflies in and around Alphington's Lanes
Moths in and around Alphington's lanes
Mammals in and around Alphington's lanes
The birds in Alphington's lanes
Reptiles and amphibians around Alphington's lanes
The insects in Alphington's lanes
The flora and wildlife in Alphington's old lanes
Cowick
Future_heritage
Water water everywhere...
Swete Vol. 1
Swete Vol. 1
Roman coin found at Cowick Fields
Warden's seal of Exe Bridge
A very early map of Exeter, made in 1587
Exwick
Future_heritage
Exwick School
We are the guardian angels
Warden's seal of Exe Bridge
Ticket to ride
A very early map of Exeter, made in 1587
Man with sailing ship?
A set of stone angels from Exwick cemetery
Were you at the Swan Fair in 1988?
St Thomas
The Morrison Table shelter
'Devon Leather'
'Devon Leather'
A place of special architectural and historical interest...
Future_heritage
Pinces Gardens
A useful link
The St Thomas Easter Fair
Manilla Mould from Birdall's Foundry, Cowick Street
Anderson shelter used in St Thomas
Ladybirds, but not as we know them...
Civil war comes to St Thomas
Hayes Barton, St Thomas
St Thomas workhouse from the air
Garton & King
A glimpse of seventeenth century St Thomas
The Flowerpot ring
Pirates in St Thomas?
Roman coin hoard from St Thomas
Roman coin found in Alphington Road
Warden's seal of Exe Bridge
Ellen Kerswel and her daughter, Gladys – St Thomas
An object from the workhouse in St Thomas
Ticket to ride
A very early map of Exeter, made in 1587
Whose Grandfather was the Vicar of St Thomas the Apostle Church?
Portrait of a Devon Wrestling Champion
Portrait of Thomas Gray, railway pioneer
My favorite things: a dress from RAMMs Collection
Met your girl by the gasworks wall?
West-side stories
Ron's story
What we owe to the few...
Frost, Fuel and Fishing
On Exwick Farm
The County Ground in the 1920s
Shillingfords and Exeter
St Thomas
One way traffic in Cowick Street
Dancing West of the Exe
A day with a Hedgehog
Anderson shelter used in St Thomas
Boxing and the Bullers Arms
From west of the frozen Exe to life in India
The felling of an historic tree in Alphington
The felling of an historic tree in Alphington
Funny tales from Alphington
Alphington during the Second World War
Mrs Letts, Wardrew Road
Mr Pollard, the Alphington baker
Flooding in Exwick in the 1950s and 60s
Slums in St Thomas
Memories of home
Liz Moreton remembers the floods when she was a schoolgirl.
The potter of Newlands House
Exeter Blitz
Wartime West of the Exe
The Blitz in Kerswill Road, St Thomas
Childhood memories of the Exeter Blitz
Memories of the Blitz
House and home lost in the Blitz.
Gallery
Were you in The Gondoliers in 1946?
A place of special architectural and historical interest...
Water water everywhere...
The view of Exeter from Exwick
"Natural Reflections" Spring and Summer
At work and at play
Mosaics around St Thomas
The felling of an historic tree in Alphington
"Onkers" the famous goose
"Onkers" the famous goose
A view to remember!
"Natural Reflections" Autumn
"Natural Reflections" Winter
Aerial view of the Exe
Notes and queries
Family history
Ellen Kerswel and her daughter, Gladys – St Thomas
Mystery images
Were you in The Gondoliers in 1946?
Willey's Sports and Social Club
Ellen Kerswel and her daughter, Gladys – St Thomas
A view to remember!
Electricity Board - Exeter river basin
A mystery cottage
An Alphington village production
One of Alphington's old bakeries
Quirky notes and queries
The St Thomas Easter Fair
Who loves the Living Here community web site?
St Thomas's church linked to a terrier
Local studies
History
'Devon Leather'
'Devon Leather'
Future_heritage
Pinces Gardens
Find out about maps
Hayes Barton, St Thomas
Researching a shoe donation from Alphington
An old Alphington document
A brief history of Alphington
A brief history of Alphington
A brief history of Alphington
Boundaries, brooks, crosses and more from Alphington
The inns of Alphington, past and present
St. Michael and All Angels Church, Alphington
A set of stone angels from Exwick cemetery
Were you at the Swan Fair in 1988?
Alphington cattle and horse fairs at Midsummer and Michaelmas
Lightning Strike at St Michael's
Alphington village
Nature
Using the Allotments
Future_heritage
Minibeasts are all around us...
Ladybirds, but not as we know them...
"Onkers" the famous goose
"Onkers" the famous goose
The girdled snail
Wildlife on the Exeter Canal
Wildlife and flora in Alphington
Alphington's wild flora
Alphington's wild flora
Alphington's wild flora
Alphington's wild flora
Butterflies in and around Alphington's Lanes
Moths in and around Alphington's lanes
Mammals in and around Alphington's lanes
The birds in Alphington's lanes
Reptiles and amphibians around Alphington's lanes
The insects in Alphington's lanes
The flora and wildlife in Alphington's old lanes
People
Future_heritage
Another link to Abraham Cann
William Courtenay
Further research on the Alphington Ponies
The Walkey family of Alphington
Whose Grandfather was the Vicar of St Thomas the Apostle Church?
The Alphington ponies
Who was Nathaniel? - more from RAMM
Thomas Gray (1787-1848) - more from RAMM
Abraham Cann (c.1794-1864) - more from RAMM
Alphington's link with Charles Dickens
Things to do
Have your say
Future_heritage
Exeter City Council Leisure & Museums Strategy
Learn about historical objects
Find out about maps
Find out about coins
Find out more about your finds...
Find out more about your finds...
Reference sources in your research
Take it further:
Learning activities
Using the Allotments
Find out about maps
Find out about coins
St Thomas workhouse from the air
Come along to the Research Group
Reference sources in your research
Living Here Primary School Project
Teachers, get your school involved
Suggestion for Teachers: create a photo diary
Biscuit goes exploring
Biscuit goes on a train...
Biscuit finds a friend
I didn't know London had places like this.
Research your area
Future_heritage
Look up statistics about where you live.
Find out about maps
Find out more about your finds...
Come along to the Research Group
Researching west of the Exe...
Reference sources in your research
Read about 'local distinctiveness'
Take it further:
Take it further:
Sharing memories
Future_heritage
What we owe to the few...
Talking with elders at Age Concern, St Thomas
Find out more about how memory works...
Worried about your memory?
Affected by memory loss?
Social activities
Future_heritage
South Western Naturalists Union
Pottery at Alphington
Come along to the Research Group
Trace your roots
Family overseas?
Volunteering
"EX4"
Volunteer for 'Living Here... West of the Exe'
Events
Events form
Exeter Play Rangers in St Thomas
The Alphington Garden Flower and Produce Show
National Playday at St Thomas
Fun4Free in Exwick
Sharing the Harvest
Record of events now passed
West of Exe future_heritage
EX4 - The Ivy Project's film about 3 young people west of the Exe
Spring into life in Pinces Gardens
My Neighbourhood Project
Global Gardeners Touring Exhibition
Pub Quiz
What's Wild in Alphington?
RAMM Volunteers in Exwick on 21 February 2008
Three Living Here Pub Quizzes in February
Half Term Fabulous Finds Day for Families, 20 February 2008
Young at Heart, 23 February 2008
Living Here Road Show
Holocaust Memorial Day
Uncovering Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgender histories
FREE taster days for beginners
RAMM roadshow in Cowick Barton
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