The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Plymouth Argyle (aka the ‘Green Army’) started life in 1886. It became a professional football club in 1903 and joined the Football League in 1920. Things were put on hold during World War II and Home ParkContinue reading “Plymouth Argyle”
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Sports Roundup
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter We’re spending the rest of today looking at sport and sporting activities. Plymouth has links to some famous sporting personalities and teams. This list is by no means exhaustive but provides a few highlights. The ‘All Blacks’Continue reading “Sports Roundup”
The Royal William Yard
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter The team at the Royal William Yard are doing a great job of sharing its interesting history with people during this year’s festival. In case you’ve missed their posts, here are some helpful links: Royal William YardContinue reading “The Royal William Yard”
Plymouth Breakwater: Fascinating Facts
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter For those of us who live in or regularly visit Plymouth, the breakwater is such a familiar sight that we probably don’t appreciate its significance. Yet, it’s been described as ‘the Channel Tunnel of its era’ andContinue reading “Plymouth Breakwater: Fascinating Facts”
The Falklands War
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Taken in the latter part of 1982, the image above shows a busy Falklands Islands Thanksgiving Service on the Hoe. Argentinian forces invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982. Located in the South Atlantic, the islandsContinue reading “The Falklands War”
Plymouth’s Great War
From 2014-2018 the world marked 100 years since World War I, with key anniversaries here in the UK linked to the outbreak of the war (1914), the Gallipoli campaign (1915), the Battles of Jutland (1916), the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele (1917), and Armistice (1918). The start of ‘the war to end all wars’ was particularlyContinue reading “Plymouth’s Great War”
Welcome to Plymouth in 1620
Chris Robinson Facebook Twitter In his new book, Chris Robinson invents a tourist guide to Plymouth 400 years ago. We hope you enjoy this exclusive extract. With our Devon roads barely being fit for travel on horseback let alone in a carriage, the chances are that you have arrived in our town by sea. The firstContinue reading “Welcome to Plymouth in 1620”
Designing The National Marine Aquarium
National Marine Aquarium Rope Walk | Coxside | Plymouth PL4 0LF 0844 893 7938 Email Facebook Twitter Plymouth has been home to an aquarium since 1888. Initially housed at the Marine Biological Association, a new and much larger aquarium was built at the current site near the Barbican in 1997. As the largest aquarium inContinue reading “Designing The National Marine Aquarium”
The Zoo and The Circus
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter This new video clip produced especially for this year’s festival features people enjoying themselves as Tinside Lido on a sunny day, train travel, Plymouth’s days as an ocean liner port of call and some elephants from Chipperfield’sContinue reading “The Zoo and The Circus”
The Wreck of the Dutton
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter This painting is by a man called Nicholas Pocock (1740-1821), a Bristol-born artist who was known during his lifetime for the detailed paintings he produced of naval scenes. His skills were originally honed during a spell asContinue reading “The Wreck of the Dutton”
Plymouth History Festival 