Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Forbes-Leith, 1st Baronet (1859-1930) was first elected as Torquay’s Conservative MP in 1910 and served for the next 13 years (pictured above). Known as Charles Burn …
Some we know well, some we drive past every day, some are hidden, and some have stories to tell. Here are some curious parts of our Torquay. The 690 recorded graves of Torre's St. Saviours - now the…
Are you aged 50 or over? The Sewing Room is offering free community mindful sewing sessions in Torbay during August. Three community centres in Torquay, Paignton and Brixham are running weekly sessi…
More than 131,000 Allied and Turkish troops died in the Gallipoli campaign, one of the bloodiest battles of World War One, including 11,400 Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) and 25,000…
Nelson filmed rescuing the Queen of Naples from Corbyn Head in 1918. We've mentioned before that Torbay had an active early film making tradition. One of the first of those Bay-set produc…
How things could have been so different! Torbay was on the way to becoming the British Hollywood. Today we could be a northern European Cannes. We had the exotic-looking locations and the natural ligh…
In 1570 Cuthbert Mayne (pictured below) became a Catholic and attempted to convert the Cornish. He was arrested for the crime of being a priest and on November 12 1577 was executed at Launce…
These images arepart of the Project DAVE (Domestic Abuse Victim Equality) initiative. They were created by a talented team of young people from local charity Youth Genesis Trust.The project is a respo…
The Torbay Interfaith Forum exists to bring together people who are interested in learning more about the belief and practices of different Faiths across Torbay.The Forum aims to foster greater unders…
By Margaret Forbes-Hamilton & Kevin Dixon Just off Torquay’s Lucius Street stands the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Andrew. The church is on the site of one of the oldest settlements of what …
Project DAVE (Domestic Abuse Victim Equality) was created by a talented team of young people from local charity Youth Genesis Trust. The team are committed to ending domestic abuse in the Bay.The proj…
It's the year 2045 and welcome to Torbaymageddon - the first tourism guide offering information on Torbay's cultural and historical heritage since those 37 minutes of nuclear exchanges that …
"In 10 minutes 900 men had their throats cut"It was once believed that the Protestant Reformation involved a general rejection of Roman Catholicism - with the population generally welcoming religious…
Are you caring for a friend, neighbour or family member? Come along to Paignton Library on the 11th of June and see Daisy, from Health and Care Videos. She’ll tell you about their plans for…