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In the picture #7

This week Eddie Dyke has been in touch to take the investigations into the Great Devon Consol a little further.

During it’s hey day, the mine owners built a narrow gauge railway to transport the dressed copper ore to Morwellham to be loaded onto barges and shipped to Plymouth where it would be distributed

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Hullo!

The PRSD got themselves invited to the celebrity wedding of the season this weekend, but unlike those salacious magazines, we won’t be spilling the salt. Suffice it to say, there was a great vibe and great music from a banjo man (it was a fast crowd) and the one and only time Le Chat Noir

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Don’t get grizzly

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Oh, the life of a natural history filmmaker – weeks in the wilderness with only bears for company. And all because you want to find out what they do in the woods. And for those of you who don’t know, there’s a chance to see Peter Cayliss’ film (along with some

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Cold Comfort

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The announcement that fuel prices are set to rise by 10 per cent come the new year is chilling news to the one in five older people in the South West who live in one room to keep warm and save money in winter.

The figures were released by Help the Aged

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Arts and minds

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Our up-beat friends over at the Plymouth Environment Centre are holding a charity art auction which kicks off tonight at the B-bar and the lobby of the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth.

There’s everything from young and old, near and far, and established and up-coming artists. Peter Randall-Page has donated works, as has

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View From Here film events

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We’ve just pulled this staight off the D+CFilm site. To unearth more check out the View From Here stories about the film festival next week in South Devon

How annoying is not getting a signal? Try not getting a signal when you really want to escape your infuriating family. Crossed

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Hidden histories

West Country working class history is getting a well-deserved airing tomorrow (Friday) at UNISON, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park.

The fun starts, because fun it is, at 10am and lasts until 3.30pm in a free day-long conference, which aims to highlight the often hidden story of labour history.

According to the blurb: ‘The West Country

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