Plymouth After Dark Email Facebook ‘Plymouth After Dark’ is an outreach project currently running in the city and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It’s exploring the range of activities that take place across Plymouth at night with the aim of capturing peoples’ stories and memories, collecting objects and memorabilia and commissioning new work.Continue reading “Plymouth After Dark”
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My Plymouth History
Beverley Kinsella sent us these incredible photos that chart not only her own childhood, but the history of our favourite rabbit, Gus Honeybun! Beverley says: I was born in 1969 and I grew up on the Hoe, maiden name Paull. The Gus Honeybun photo was taken at Drake Fair, which took place at Drake Barracks.Continue reading “My Plymouth History”
Gus Honeybun
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter He’s a star on TV, just for you and for me Who gets post by the tonWoah, oh, oh, oh, ohIt’s Gus Honeybun If you were a child growing up in the Plymouth area from the 1960sContinue reading “Gus Honeybun”
The Swinging Sixties
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter The British Film Institute’s (BFI) online Player features film footage from archives across the UK, including the South West Film and Television Archive – the largest regional archive of its kind in the country. Here are aContinue reading “The Swinging Sixties”
Samuel Phelps
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Samuel Phelps was born on February 13, 1804 in Plymouth Dock (now Devonport) and initially worked in newspaper offices. Shortly after marrying in 1826 he accepted a theatrical post and spent a few years ‘cutting his teeth’Continue reading “Samuel Phelps”
The Theatre Royal
Theatre Royal Plymouth Theatre Royal | Royal Parade | Plymouth | Devon PL1 2TR Facebook Twitter Plymouth has a proud history when it comes to theatre and our current Theatre Royal is the largest and best attended regionally producing theatre in the UK. We have great memories of attending musicals, plays, pantomimes, ballets and moreContinue reading “The Theatre Royal”
The Palace Theatre
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX Facebook Twitter The Palace Theatre or Theatre of Varieties in Union Street, was designed by William Arber of Wimperis and Arber of Sackville Street, London. It was owned jointly by the United Counties Theatres Limited and The Livermore Brothers, Horace and Lechmere.Continue reading “The Palace Theatre”
That’s Entertainment!
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Plymouth has great entertainment credentials and we’ll be exploring this theme throughout the course of today. Under normal circumstances, we’re lucky to have the Theatre Royal, Plymouth Pavilions, a variety of cinema and other arts and theatreContinue reading “That’s Entertainment!”
Plymouth History Festival 