Torquay’s Harbreck Rock
Also known by young locals over the years as Seagull Island, Crab Island, Heartbreak Rock or even Rat Island, the...
Kevin Dixon went to Audley Park – now Torquay Academy – and South Devon College when it was at Torre.
After studying at Birmingham City University, he returned home because there’s nowhere else quite like Torquay.
He then became involved in community and adult education, completed a PhD at Exeter University , and started writing about the weird and unknown side of town.
He now Chairs Healthwatch Torbay and is involved in health and social care in the Bay.
Also known by young locals over the years as Seagull Island, Crab Island, Heartbreak Rock or even Rat Island, the...
One morning in 1576 the residents of the villages of Torbay woke to find an unfamiliar large and well-armed fleet...
At a recent talk on 'The Movies of Torbay' presented to the good folk of Upton Church, a lovely lady...
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It's always a pleasure to find the long heritage of Torbay Horror being continued- and a great relief to find...
In 1840 Dr AB Granville visited Torquay and described a town of the sick and dying. He wrote, "The Frying...
Britain's largest political organisation had its roots in Torquay. It had more support than the trades' union movement and, in...
Here in South Devon we're proud to export our Devonshire ways to other places. For centuries we have disseminated the...
Ladies’ Lounge is a women-only drop-in based on the top floor of the Salvation Army building in Market Street Torquay...
The Purple Angel Day Centre supports Torbay residents with dementia and is based at Rowcroft, Rainbow House, Room 1, Avenue...
Last chance for a Community Grant! Need a small grant for your community project? Funding is now available for small...
We've noted before that the small communities of Torbay were plagued by pirates from North Africa. Another maritime threat came...
South Devon College offers a great opportunity for local people in Torbay and the surrounding area to study History with...
The Neolithic spanned from around 4000BC to 2,500BC. It was the final part of the Stone Age - the 'New...
The Torbay Interfaith Forum exists to bring together people who are interested in learning more about the beliefs and practices...
Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside! I do like to be beside the sea! I do like...
At nine o'clock on the morning of 18th May, 1918, David Clammy died in Lanark's Lockhart Hospital in Scotland. He...
On April 24, 1941, Aleister Crowley wrote a letter to Lady Frieda Harris about his new Torquay venture: "The ultimate...
"You know, they used to call us good time girls... well, we did have a good time, and a damn...
During the latter years of the nineteenth century Torquay claimed to be the wealthiest town in all England. Our seven...
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