The Handbook for Torquay and Its Neighbourhood, with the Natural History of the District
Devon History Society (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
BBC News for 20th November 2009 spotlights the restoration of the 12th century Torre Abbey, Torbay: Lottery funding for ancient abbey . Significant structural repairs have already been carried out to part of Torre Abbey, which is believed to be the oldest building in Torquay, Devon. ... Founded in 1196, the abbey is listed with English Heritage as an ancient monument and has two Grade I and four Grade...
busdriving (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Sunday morning is a half day tour round Teignmouth and Dawlish, two sea side towns a few miles up the coast from Torquay. What this entails is a drive out through Welswood and Babbacombe with a running commentary on the way. Usually I mention the human arm bone found in Welswood, with human teeth marks in it which some learned professor from Cambridge University had the nerve to suggest that some people...
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Torquay United have brought in Spurs full-back Adam Smith, BBC Radio Devon reports . read more
Devon Surfer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
This is a message for Chris and Emma Hewson, whose father is Kenneth Hewson (deceased) from Torquay Devon. My name is now Mark Land (formerly Mark Hewson), my sister is Suzanne. We were born in Torquay in 1966 and 1964 to Kenneth Hewson and Patricia Kelly. I am desperate to get in touch with you. I have photos of our father from his Aikido days given to me by his ex-partner during a meeting in Totnes....
Devon History Society (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Wild Devon , the magazine of the Devon Wildlife Trust , has an interesting article in its Winter 2009 issue: "Mapping the past", in which David Chamberlain of Devon County Council's Land Changes Department writes about the rapid changes in Devon landscape over the past century. He mentions, for instance, the shrinking heathland of the Bovey Heathfield , and the establishment of new ponds...
busdriving (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
On my way home this evening, walking because I can't use my bus pass after 11pm, and it was only just after 11, I heard the not too gentle sound of a helicopter flying towards the centre of Torquay. Now 45 minutes later it is still there, still making lots of noise while most of Torquayions (those who live in Torquay) are tucked up in bed trying to sleep. Hovering helicopters do make a lot of noise...
Deals Network (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
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George Szirtes (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Not my photographs, just plucked off the web, but there is something peculiarly truthful about the bottom one. Torquay was early British Seaside to my family, the learning of the seaside code of fun. We started in Kent and, over the years, worked our way across the south coast, venturing at last into Devon and Cornwall. This time it was the invitation to do the pre-dinner reading on Saturday night...
Foodie Pantry (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Today is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's birthday (and mine as well. ) To honor one of my favorite poets and shared birthday mates I'd like to explore Devonshire cooking. Devon was th e shire where Coleridge was born on this date in 1772. Devon is a wonderful place with the English Channel to the south and the Irish Sea to the North.One of its other towns is Torquay , the town wheret he TV show " Fawlty...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
A candlelit vigil is to be held in Devon later in memory of a brother and sister who died following a house fire in Torquay.
Torquay and Devon Holiday Blog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Staff here at TLH Leisure Resort in Torquay are really getting busy with their personal development and today we had 3 more people complete their NVQ’s! This time it was through South Devon College under the tutelage of Sarah White. Kamil…
wordslikepictures (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
How cute is this house? And if you look closely you can see the sea! It's in one of my favourite parts of the UK, down in Devon. I like Cornwall and Kent is beautiful but Devon has this irristable charm. My Great Uncle used to have the best little place in the middle of Torquay, I can still remember the bedroom I used to get when I stayed. My brother was way too small to get more than a cot, but my...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
A teenage girl has died in a Devon house fire that also killed her eight-year-old brother, firefighters have said.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Firefighters are attempting to rescue two people trapped in a house fire in the Devon resort of Torquay.
Devon History Society (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Further to the post about Hannah Cowley, see Scrapblog: A Writer from the South-West : this weblog by poet and writer Julie Sampson is a fascination exploration of the many (largely little-known) women writers who lived and worked in, or were inspired by, Devon and Cornwall. Julie Sampson ... Recently edited Mary, Lady Chudleigh's Selected Poems for Shearsman and is working on a book about women writers...
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