Tragic Echoes from Torquay’s Pimlico
If you drive down through Torquay town centre in the direction of the Harbour you have to take a detour to avoid the pedestrianised Lower Union Street, taking you behind Primark and WH Smiths. Thi…
Kevin Dixon(Author)
“Theosophy – The Ageless Wisdom in the 21st Century”, at Torbay Inter Faith Forum
The Torbay Interfaith Forum exists to bring together people who are interested in learning more about the beliefs and practices of different faiths across Torbay.The Forum aims to foster greater under…
Torquay’s Purple Angel Day Centre for people with Dementia
Every Friday between 10-2pm the Purple Angel Day Centre at Acorn offers support to people with dementia.The Centre cares for people with dementia and works to stimulate their abilities. Our members bu…
Isadora Duncan at Oldway Mansion
Here at WASD we like movies that are made in the Bay. And we especially like movies that are based on real local incidents and characters. This time it's Isadora (also known as The Loves of Isadora), …
“Christian Communities in Conversation” at the Torbay Interfaith Forum
The Torbay Interfaith Forum exists to bring together people who are interested in learning more about the beliefs and practices of different faiths across Torbay.The Forum aims to foster greater under…
1907: Lenin takes a Torquay holiday
This one is a bit of a mystery. It's caused by an intriguing old photo which is titled: “VI Lenin on holiday in Torquay circa 1907”- that's it pictured below. There doesn’t appear to be any ot…
Torquay’s Past MPs: Charles Rosdew Burn- Conservative and Fascist
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 …
Torquay Curious
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…
The Sewing Room
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…
Torquay and the Great War’s ANZACs
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 (1918) – when Torquay was Naples
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…
Hollywood, Torbay – it could have been so different!
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…
Some Torbay Names
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…
Project DAVE- tackling Domestic Abuse in Torbay
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…