Blog – Colin Anderson

No.59: Layered Pensioner!

Sunday, 1st. February 2026 It is the first of the month and I have morphed into a Layered Pensioner! Actually, two thoughts occurred to me this morning, the other being that now it is February it really does feel like we are in a new year. January has gone forever! In order to combat the…

Newton Abbot in Old Pictures: The Globe Hotel in 1981

The Globe was a fine hotel. Wouldn’t it be nice if the ground floor, which was a restaurant and bar, was the same today? Mr.Austin take note…

No.58: Thoughts!

Saturday, 31st. January 2026 It would appear that I am not in much of a thinking mode this morning. I feel cold, which is hardly surprising as the temperature is about 14 degrees around the home – and 13 degrees in the sitting room. There are breaks in cloud cover allowing us to peek at…

No.57: Divisive Housing?

Friday, 30th. January 2026 I feel guilty this morning as I am letting down people who mean a lot to me. I had planned to meet up with friends for one of my two visits a month to my ‘local’, which is not actually local geographically but figuratively. I have simply run out of money.…

Spy photos, air pollution & Tomorrow’s World

29th. Jan. 1976: geography lectures and measuring air pollution around The Aldwych and Kingsway.

Newton Abbot in Old Pictures: Alexandra Theatre & Market Street, 1981

The Alexandra Theatre has always been one of my favourite buildings in Newton Abbot and, as you can see, Market Street was a busy traffic thoroughfare in 1981.