Colin J. Anderson

Tag: history

So, where did Syd Barrett get the idea to call his new band ‘Pink Floyd’?
The Hall’s of Penzance – a family mystery and tragedy: a birth in Cornwall, a marriage in Devon and a death in Hong Kong – how are they linked?
Vintage Switzerland – Geneva: city and modern housing developments in 1978
Imagine a river with gentle sloping banks, boats, gardens and cafés running through the centre of Newton Abbot. It nearly happened.
USA Day 9 part 1: Minnehaha Park – and off to Minneapolis/St.Paul airport – which has an excellent bar!
Post-war OS maps released showing Newton Abbot in detail in 1956
Merrivale: A 5,000 year-old Dartmoor settlement with stone rows, cists, cairns and a solitary menhir
Newton Abbot timeline: neolithic to 2009
Newton Abbot: How did Newfoundland Way get its name? And whatever became of The Sun Inn? East Street in 1888
Newton Abbot: in 1967 work started on building Chichester Estate with street names dedicated to famous Devon seafarers – but nobody calls it ‘Chichester’ anymore
Sherman Tank: at the bottom of the sea for 40 years