The Secretary’s Soliloquy or Traumas of a Treasurer

by Walton GalePublished January 2013 This is not an attempt to draft a pocket edition of a history of the Old Plymouth Society. It is merely a record of some of the Society’s activities over the past years, and a little of the background to these events.The Old...

Historical Sources – Useful and a Minefield

by Nicholas J CasleyPublished January 2013 I am indebted to Ray Bush for his ‘rejoinder’, Historical Sources -Useful or a Minefield, that appeared in the last issue of Old Plymouth Today. It should have taught us all to be even more sceptical of assertions...

Heroes of Plymouth

by Major John Barrow, MBE.Published January 2013 The third in this series. A series which I have been informed by many of you is a particular favourite, thank you for your kind words. This time another recipient of the Victoria Cross, Second Lieutenant John James...

Widey Court

by Pamela MagillPublished December 2012 Widey Court, once the historic Mansion which King Charles I used as his headquarters during the siege of Plymouth in 1643 during the Civil War is no longer in existence. It was demolished in 1954. The site is now occupied by...