Issue 109 Winter 2012
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FROM A DARTMOOR HILL FARM
Anton Coaker’s winter tasks
KEEPING THE SCHOOL FIRES BURNING
Life in Widecombe school house 50 years ago – Chris Alton
THE HARD WINTER
Alice Wells’ memories of 1962/63
VICTIMS OF THE DARTMOOR WEATHER
Howard Barkell looks at some World War II crash sites
THE BIRDS OF BURRATOR Photographing birds in fl ight
Martin Webber
JOHN BIDLAKE, POET
David Pitcher looks at a seasonal poem
READER OFFERS
DARTMOOR VILLAGE LIFE In Old Photographs
The Weather – Peter F. Mason
WORK ON DARTMOOR LEATS
Dartmoor Trust/DNPA projects – Jane Marchand
CHANGING TIMES IN LYDFORD
William Gibson visits this historic village
MOOR SHOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS Local farm shops
Lori M. Reich
UNDERSTANDING THE DARTMOOR LANDSCAPE PART 8 Periglacial landforms
Richard Horsham
IVYBRIDGE Open for business
Julia Wherrell
NICK BAKER’S DARTMOOR WINTER
With illustrations by John Walters
LAND OF LEGENDS
Vixana, the wicked witch – Mary Tavy
DARTMOOR ARTS
News and reviews with Susanne Haines
BEATING THE BLIZZARD 1962
Tom H. Maddock
DARTMOOR CURIOSITIES
Two prison crosses – Simon Dell
MOOR FOOD
Lori M. Reich visits Eastcott Vineyard near Okehampton
WALK AND EAT
Kingsett Down and Creason Wood – Sue Viccars
IN THE GARDEN
Ideas for winter from Val Tame
WALKING ON DARTMOOR
Deborah Martin explores the North Teign and Kestor Rock
THE LAST WORD
With Tony Beard
