Families are invited to enjoy hearing about Dartmoor legends, the history of policing, Dartmoor prison and murders at a holiday event.

The face-to-face event is organised by the Devon Family History Society, the Devonshire Association (Tavistock and West Devon branch) and the Tavistock-based The Museum of Policing in Devon and Cornwall to hear speakers and see exhibits and bookstalls.

Everyone is invited to attend on Saturday, August 2 in Tavistock Town Hall where they are welcome to bring a packed lunch if wanted. Booking is needed and under-25s are free to enter.

Speakers are Paul Finnegan (on Dartmoor Prison), Simon Dell (’Murders and a suicide’), Robert Hesketh (’Dartmoor legends’) and Andrea Leggett (’Policing history’).