Tag: Newton Abbot

Beating the Bounds!
Newton Abbot in Old Pictures: The Globe Hotel To Let, 1992
Newton Abbot in Old Pictures: The Globe Hotel in 1981
Newton Abbot in Old Pictures: Alexandra Theatre & Market Street, 1981
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?
Seeing an ad for custard creams in a magazine from 1899 reminded me of a school friend who lived in a ‘Boys Home’…
Imagine a river with gentle sloping banks, boats, gardens and cafés running through the centre of Newton Abbot. It nearly happened.
In 2005 I took my new camera out for a walk around Newton Abbot – and took pictures of pubs!
Newton Abbot 2006: a new supermarket was under construction in the town centre. Did we really need it?
Transport 2000: a successful Newton Abbot millennium event that, sadly, was never repeated
Newton Abbot timeline: neolithic to 2009