Our next plaque will commemorate the novelist George Gissing, who lived in the city between 1891 and 1893. The plaque will be unveiled at 11:00, at 25 Heavitree Road, EX1 2LG, by Professor Richard Dennis - all welcome. Afterwards we’ll have coffee at the cafe at the Barnfield Theatre on Barnfield Road - a place visited by George Gissing many times when it housed the Exeter Literary Society. Please email Hilary Neville at hneville.ecs@btinternet.com if you plan to come along to the plaque unveiling, so that we have an idea of numbers.

Our society is planning a guided visit to Exeter's Tuckers Hall in Fore Street. We will need a minimum of 8 people who want to go. The costs will be £5 per person, including refreshments. If you are interested, please contact Andy McKeon under andy.mckeon@btinternet.com.

A social event where visitors and guests are welcome and refreshment will be available. At 11a.m. there will be our final talk for the year by Peter Stephenson on 'St. Petroc's Limited', Exeter's charity for people who are homeless or vulnerably housed.

The AGM is a chance for members to hold the Executive to account and issues to be raised regarding the running of the Society. This is an opportunity for members to stand for election to the Committee for the following year. This event is for paid up members only and only they will be allowed to vote on any decisions taken.

Do you want to know Exeter's link to Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel? Then this talk about Exeter-born Fred Karno is for you. A social event where visitors and guests are welcome and refreshment will be available. At 11a.m. David Crump will talk about Fred Karno.

A social event where visitors and guests are welcome and refreshment provided. At 11a.m. Exeter City Councillors Diana Moore and Carol Bennett from the Green Party will start us off in a series of talks looking into what travelling within Exeter in the 21st century could look like. Be prepared for some creative thinking and suggestions which might help change your travel habits and prompt system change.

The Civic Society and Topsham Museum’s blue plaque to Dick Pym will be unveiled at 12 noon on Monday 31 July on Ferry Road on the wall directly below Topsham Parish Church.

Jim Perriam (with Lynn Hornblower) will lead a walk through the Flow Orchards.

As a follow-up to Darren Stockley's talk on 15 July 2023, Exeter Civic Society is invited to visit the anearobic energy plant of Gorst Energy.