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Reflecting on the Falklands conflict forty years ago

Survivors from HMS Sir Galahad (ablaze in the background) are hauled ashore by colleagues at Bluff C

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Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Chris Hallam: "War [Falklands] was never officially declared but the conflict lasted 73 days from April 2nd until June 14th."
Picture of two doves and two hands with flowers around

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The crime of bigamy and the changing punishments over the years

Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum

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Bust of Henry VII

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A time of confusion as 'pretender to the throne' laid claim to the crown

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Notice of auction of Honiton toll huts in 1910

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Celebrations in Honiton in 1910 when toll huts were abolished

Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum

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Sir John Major on Owen Paterson affair

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How the 1992 general election changed the political landscape

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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The commemorative plaque donated to Allhallows Museum

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Remembering Arthur, Honiton's war hero who helped turn the tide of WWII

Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum

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Queen Elizabeth II

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A glance through the decades of The Queen's reign

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Old picture of an auction in Honiton

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The man who sold his wife for £1 at Honiton market

Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum

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Sir Winston Churchill during the Second World War, circa 1940.

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The inspirational life and times of Churchill

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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This vintage illustration depicts King Henry VIII standing with his members of his court. From left

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Chris Hallam asks: "How many Royal marriages have been a genuine product...

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Staff at Express Dairies on Ottery Moor Lane, Honiton

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The rise and fall of Honiton's Express Dairies factory

Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum

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Hail cleared off the main road the day after a freak hailstorm

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Former chief forecaster reflects on the 'unique' hailstorm of 2008

Ottery St Mary Friends of Phyllis Baxter Action Group

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When the magic was still strong... Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their way to Buckingham Pala

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Chris reminisces on his earliest memories from the 1980s

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Brass plaque replica in slate

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Rare plaque fist evidence of lace making in Honiton

Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum

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Smiling young couple in the 1960s, sitting on a sofa with a glass of beer, watching a portable black

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The nation’s changing viewing habits over the decades

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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A meteor during the Perseid meteor shower seen over Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk.

First meteor shower of 2022 to light up the night sky in early January

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Prince Edward, later King Edward VIII, by Olive Edis. Glass plate negative, taken in 1920. Copyright

The abdication crisis of King Edward VIII

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Painting of William of Orange.

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The bloodless coup that sparked the 'glorious revolution'

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Empty red cinema seats with blank white screen for adding a picture. Empty cinema auditorium.

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Chris Hallam: The changing times of the silver screen

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Aylsham, collect pic of Christmas Island nuclear bomb test. belonging to John greenacre. edp 01/01/0

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The Cold War: a time of spies, propaganda and the space race

Chris Hallam - East Devon historian

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Honiton Museum. Picture: Terry Ife

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Museum celebrates 75th anniversary as season draws to a close

Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum

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A plaque that was issued to next of kin for servicemen and women who died during the Great War

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The death penny commemorated fallen soldiers during the Great War

Margaret Lewis, curator of Honiton Museum

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