Torquay’s Salvation Army Riots
“The majority in the world are sinners, and are quite against goodness, and I’m afraid it’s the same in...
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.
“The majority in the world are sinners, and are quite against goodness, and I’m afraid it’s the same in...
The first thing to point out is that it doesn’t matter whether you think that ghosts are real or not...
This is about Tuscan Torquay; and why we decided to build mock Italian church bell towers across our town. In...
"For every man and every woman there is that one great love. A love that touches the heart, fires the...
Anstey’s Cove is quiet, peaceful and beautiful, backed by limestone cliffs and a thickly wooded hillside. It seems to have...
The true mothers and fathers of Torbay were never the Georgian gentlefolk we are told about.Our real forebears were organised...
Between the communities of Torbay and the city of Exeter are the Haldon Hills. This ridge of high ground, the...
Tucked away around the back of Torre Abbey is a pet cemetery. It's less Stephen King and more Secret Garden,...
There was a claim that there were once 21 pubs between Torre and the Strand. So we asked Locals what...
The 2021 Census has now issued its findings on Faith & Belief. This new data shows the extent of social...
‘Torquay: A Social History’ by local author Kevin Dixon is a 10,000 year journey. The book tells of how a...
The 2021 Census have just released their findings on Faith & Belief across the UK. The number of Christians in...
'Torquay: A Social History' is a 10,000 year journey telling of how a collection of rural hamlets came together to...
Unleashed Theatre Company @ The Royal Lyceum proudly presents 'Our Torquay Townscape: History, People & Places' A free Talk presented...
Sometimes you could just weep for the fine folk tasked with promoting the English Riviera as a modern, exciting and...
"You're not in London now!" Back in 1949 the romantic comedy drama 'Adam's Rib' starred Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey...
Across Torbay our ancient medieval churches have strange grooves carved into their outside walls. In 1932 the historian Waterfield, while...
Today Torquay has around 65,000 residents -Devon as a whole is about 1.2 million. Bear that in mind as we...
Over £55,000 of funding is available for community projects that improve the health and wellbeing of Torbay residents. Funded by...
Is it possible to be a Christian Atheist? This might sound to be a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron. However,...
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