VICTORIAN Dartmoor photographers will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the Devonshire Association.

Dr Tom Greeves will give a talk entitled 'Landscape and the picturesque: Photographing Dartmoor in the 1860s and 1870s'. The talk will discuss the new material he has discovered about photographers working on the moor from 1860 to 1885.

The subject matter of the photos ranges from scenic views of the moor to historic buildings and industrial activity such as tin mining, as well as towns and villages.

Dr Greeves explores the landscape, deducing the stories of the people who lived and worked over the last 6,000 years or so. He was the first archaeologist for the Dartmoor National Park Authority (1979-85) and was the first site and monuments officer for Devon, establishing the county archive of archaeology from 1976 to 1979.

The talk takes place in the Ockment Centre on Thursday, November 15 from 3.30pm. For more details call chairman Charles Westlake on 07957 274894.