Torquay: A Social History’ is a 10,000-year journey telling of how a collection of rural hamlets came together to become the richest town in England.
From living in fear of unfamiliar ships in Torbay, the town would become the centre of an Empire’s elite at leisure.
This is about the lives of locals and visitors, of smugglers and pirates, of suffragettes, occultists, radicals, and rioters. Here are ordinary folk, their communities, and the way they saw their world. Often forgotten, they made Torquay the place it was, and the town it is today.
‘Torquay: A Social History’ by local author Kevin Dixon is available for £10 from Artizan Gallery, Fleet Street, Torquay. Open Tuesday – Saturday 11.00 – 5.00 & Sunday 11.00-4.00 or:
https://www.art-hub.co.uk/product-page/torquay-a-social-history-by-kevin-dixon
