Torquay’s Violet and Mrs Morris versus the Daily Mail
We’ve mentioned Torquay resident Violet Tweedale on WASD before. It was Violet’s investigations of Torquay’s Castel-a-Mare, documented in her book...
Make sure you and those you care for Stay Well This Winter
Keep an eye out for elderly relatives and neighbours and support them in the cold weather to Stay Well This...
The Devon Arms – Torquay Harbourside’s History Pub
Tucked away on Park Lane off Torquay Harbourside is the historic Devon Arms. The pub was taken on earlier this...
1971: Klackers cause Torquay chaos
There’s a joke going around at the moment: a young boy opens his Christmas present from his grandfather and...
Christine Keeler and the Torquay Vicar’s son who brought down the Government
With the death of Christine Keeler it’s worth remembering the role played in the Profumo scandal by Torquay osteopath Stephen...
London Bridge – a Torquay landmark
For decades anyone sitting their GCSE Geography exam was prepared for a question about sea arches. It would be along...
Dick and Lena in Torquay
Back in the 1970s and 80s if you went to Princess Theatre you could see two stars that have almost...
Some Torquay Women
Here are just a few of the lesser-known women who lived or worked in Torquay. They helped make our town...
Tipping in Torquay… do you?
Do you ever give a tip in Torquay? If you do, why do you do it and who do you...
“There are no atheists in the trenches”- a Torquay saying
The Western Times of November 6, 1914, covered a story, ‘Col. Burn’s Late Son: Torquay’s Expression of Sincere Sympathy.’...
Torquay’s pubs in 1850
Following the recent Spotted discussion on Torquay’s Lost Pubs, here’s a list taken from White’s Directory of those Inns, Taverns...
“Is anybody there?” Torquay and the Ouija Board
A few weeks ago a handmade cardboard Ouija board was found abandoned in some Torquay woodland and an image...
‘The Beast of Xmoor’ – terror in North Devon
“There been over twenty attacks around Exmoor in the last two months and no one has managed to get a...
Torquay’s Blackball: “Is it on the condom?”
Imagine, if you may, that you are one of Hollywood’s ‘Frat Pack’ of young comedy actors. You’ve been out with...
The ’Spoons of Torbay
Torquay has its Green Ginger; Paignton has the Talk of the Town and the Isaac Merritt, Brixham has the Vigilance....
Gracie Fields in Torbay
Gracie Fields was a comedienne and singer in the British Music Halls. In 1937 she was the highest paid film...
A couple of Torquay Fascists
During the inter-war period Torquay’s MP and the editor of the town’s newspaper had a similar and very surprising view...
Mr Patel – the ‘terrorist’ who died in Torquay
"I am very sorry for what I have done here, but this is the place. I had to be here...
The Haunting of Toby Jugg: Sex, Communism & Satanism at Dartington Hall
Continuing WASD’s interest in all things weird about South Devon, here’s a tale of sex, communism & Satanism in Dartington....
Where There’s a Will (1955) in Staverton
Our latest WASD homage to movies filmed in glorious South Devon is to the Totnes-set 1955 comedy ‘Where There's...
