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"ARCHIVES FROM THE ATTIC"
"Archives from the Attic" is an annual event promoted by Plymouth City Council, the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, the Devon Family History Society and the Friends of Devon Archives to encourage individuals as well as businesses in Plymouth and West Devon to search their attics for documents and photographs that may be of some historic interest and to deposit then at the Plymouth & West Devon Record Office for the benefit of generations to come. Record Office staff are on hand to offer advice on the suitability of the documents and photographs for depositing and on matters of conservation. Documents can be deposited with them there and then or arrangements can be made for them to be deposited at a later date. Among exhibitors at the 2011 event were: the Devon Family History Society; the Old Plymouth Society; the Friends of Ford Park Cemetery; the Plymouth Data Website; the Cornwall Family History Society; the City of Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery, the Devon Rural Archive and local history societies from Bere Alston, Plym Valley and Torpoint. The next "Archives from the Attic" will take place at the Plymouth Guildhall, Armada Way, Plymouth, on .......... date to be announced .......... starting at 10.30am. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available for purchase.
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