Why not give Torquay’s women the vote?
During the campaign for voting rights for women, Torquay had two organisations with differing tactics. These were the National Union...
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.
During the campaign for voting rights for women, Torquay had two organisations with differing tactics. These were the National Union...
During the nineteenth century the Industrial Revolution brought about massive economic changes to Britain. It also transformed the small villages...
Recently there have been a number of local folk and visitors that have been concerned about the over development of...
It’s said that the United States sees drug abuse as a sin while the UK has decided addiction to be...
In 1956 the people of Hungary rose in revolt against their government and its Soviet-imposed policies. Thousands joined militias and...
The Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister. The role doesn’t...
Spoiler alert! In the classic 1994 movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ Andy Dufresne - played by Tim Robbins - is sentenced...
Continuing our series of Torquay residents who have made their mark, this time it’s C Denier Warren who died in...
Here at WASD we like remembering Torquay residents who have made their mark on the world, particularly those who have...
"Although the Barn that stands today is a perfectly pleasant place to visit, it is said to house some strange...
During the nineteenth century visitors to Torquay could stay at ‘Tardeo House’ on Avenue Road and be served “good vegetarian...
Beginning in early 1925, Torquay experienced a crime spree that lasted for 12 months. Shops, huts, stores, and cars were...
On 2 November 1957, the New Statesman magazine published an article by JB Priestly on ‘Britain and the Nuclear Bombs’,...
Here at WASD we like to remember locals who have gone on to greater things. One of these was the...
Here at WASD we’ve often said that Torquay began by impersonating other places. Indeed, our assumed title of ‘The English...
Much of Torquay is Victorian or Edwardian, from a time when the town claimed the title of the richest in...
“These murders are the most heinous crime to have been committed in this country for a generation or more", Justice...
We’re all familiar with Living Coasts, the marine animal exhibit on Beacon Quay, known affectionately as the Hair Net. Living...
From the 1950s to the 1990s, visitors to the Bay were invited to visit four must-see attractions. Three of these...
Here at WASD we recently ran a piece on how technology would quickly change our lives. We looked at how...
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