IMAGES of South Tawton?s past will be made available to residents with the opening of South Tawton and District Local History Group?s photographic archive next month. Anyone interested in seeing the many visual treasures illuminated through the lens of photographers from past decades can join the members for an open evening at the Victory Hall, South Zeal from 7.30pm. Guest for the evening will be Natalie Gibbs from Exeter University who will be talking about the Dartmoor Photographic Archive for which the Dartmoor Trust has gathered together a great quantity of photographs of Dartmoor and its surroundings that are now available on the internet. The local history group?s collection of more than 300 pictures has been digitalised by Rosaleen Thayer and entered in the Dartmoor Archive together with other photographs from people who have lived or still live in the parish. Natalie Gibbs, who set up the website will outline the aims and aspirations of the archive and will showcase its use employing club photographs.
