Articles

by Doreen MolePublished December 2012 Until last year (2003) forty-eight boundary stones were noted each year on our annual beating of the bounds, from this year the number will be forty-nine. One of the missing stones at...

by Jan HorrellPublished August 2012 Local newspaper archives, in particular the "Western Morning News", have proved to be both enlightening and entertaining on the subject of exhibitions held in Plymouth in the late...

by Simon CannonPublished August 2012 (This article first appeared in the Spirit, the Parish and Community News for Woolwell, Glenholt, Belliver, Roborough and Bickleigh, Summer 2005 and is reproduced with the author's kind...

by Russell SteerPublished August 2012 I was recently on a "Co-op Way Walk" in the area of Thorn Park and Mutley Park. When we were nearby Hender's Corner no one in the group knew why everyone called the area by this name. I...

by Walton GalePublished August 2012 There seemed to be a lot of horses in the town when I was a child. Surely I wasn't born before the invention of the horseless carriage? Sometimes I feel as though I must have been.Once or...

by Old Plymouth SocietyPublished August 2012 The statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel is sited in Huntley gardens, owned by Caradon District Council, Saltash Town Council and Network Rail. The derelict site was brought back to...