Harry H Corbett in Torquay
“Sex and horror are the new gods” ************* Harry H Corbett was one of the best-known television stars of...
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.
“Sex and horror are the new gods” ************* Harry H Corbett was one of the best-known television stars of...
If you’ve taken on the profession of Fearless Vampire Killer, what’s the first thing you’re going to need? Of course,...
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“...to the Fleece tavern to drink and there we spent till 4 a-clock telling stories of Algier and the manner...
One of the strangest sub-cultures of the twentieth century began with a now-forgotten author who spent his last days...
Torquay ,“a swank seaside resort”, The New York Times 1950 Continuing our series looking at movies made in Torquay, here’s...
Even though Torbay is an east-facing natural harbour and a refuge, the Shipwreck Index of the British Isles still records...
During the early twentieth century two reported incidents gave a house in Torquay the reputation of being one of...
Back to our theme of movies made in Torquay... or, in this case, movies almost made in Torquay. This one...
Today Kents Cavern is a fine tourist attraction and well worth a visit. But what about the actual name of...
The origin of the name of Torquay is fairly straightforward – the hill by the quay. ‘Tor’ is...
“A very punchy, funny, scary movie and a fantastically unnerving location.” The Guardian Some Torquay folk can be a little...
Dark haired dangerous school kids Vicious, suspicious sixteen Jet-black blazers at the bus stop Sullen, unhealthy and mean Teenage...
“Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste I've been around for a long, long...
“A generation who try not to fall not in love because it’s ‘square’… who fall in love because they’re...
Over the years Torquay has featured in many movies. One often-forgotten film reflecting its time was 'That Summer'. Released in 1979,...
In February 1873 the Torquay novelist Annie Hall Cudlip visited a séance. She came to explore her interest in Spiritualism,...
“If you touch me, I’ll kill you!” (Winnaretta Singer to her first husband on their wedding night, while on top...
In 1888 a series of murders took place in the East End of London and were blamed on an unidentified...
St Michael's Chapel Torbay’s many fine churches show how important the Christian faith was to local people. Yet there...
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