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Herald Express compositor using the old hot metal system of printing at the papers old premises in Braddons Hill Road West, Torquay. Circa 1979
Torquay Pavilions in 1975, shot from the front showing theatre posters from the time
Margaret Thatcher meets her adoring public during a visit to Newton Abbot in 27th May 1987
The new St Peters church at Queensway, Chelston in February 1962
The finished job: The new Oxen Cove coach and car park in Brixham in June 1991
Queuing for fish at the top of Union Street opposite the Town Hall in April 1943 Torquay
The people of Paignton gather outside the Palace Avenue Theatre in May 1945 to celebrate " Victory in Europe". VE Day
Margaret Thatcher at Bovey Tracey in May 1987
Workers at the Government Clothing Factory in Abbey Road, Torquay in March 1943
The Drumbridges flyover between Stover and Bovey Tracey over the new A38 taking shape in November 1973
The old Co-Op diary being demolished in 1978 to make way for the new Herald Express offices on Barton Hill Road, Torquay
Carving the route of the St Marychurch bypass in March 1973
The scene at the bottom of Market Street, Toquay in January 1954. The No. 50 bus is making its way down to the Strand
The Co-Op store which used to stand at the corner of Union Street and Albert Road in Torquay, land now consumed by the Union Square development. Circa 1930s
Waves batter Haldon Pier, Torquay January 1992
The scene after the bombing of Mixbury in Lower Warberry Road, Torquay in April 22, 1941 Four people died. Henry Thompson was 67 and died alongside his six-year-old niece Elizabeth Windeatt
Bomb damage at the junction of St Marychurch Road and Warbro Road, Torquay during the Bank Holiday raid of 3rd August 1942
Footballer Willie Brown Torquay United February 1978
Christmas post panic at the Torquay sorting office in December 1985
Torbays own fireboat in Torquay harbour in September 1973
A couple ice skating on the frozen pond at Torre Abbey Gardens, Torquay. Thought to be in the 1950s
Conservative MP for Torbay Rupert Allason at the General Election count in June 1987 with defeated SDP Liberal Alliance candidate Nick Bye
Extending Torbay Road promenade in Torquay in 1930
Stabilising the cliffs above the Palm Court Hotel in the 1950s. The Belgrave Hotel is in the background. Torquay
Margaret Thatcher attending a teachers dinner in Torquay in April 1971
A house on Babbacombe Road, Torquay opposite the pottery, devastated by an enemy bomb during an air raid. 20th August 1940
September 1957 Northants and England batsman Dennis Brooks surrounded by autograph hunting boys at the Torquay Cricket Festival at the Recreation Ground
Torquay United manager Eric Webber, pictured in front of the old grandstand in October 1951
Looking up Tor Hill Road, Torquay in 1965 with the Masonic Lodge on the right
Paigntons paper salvage depot in May 1942
Snow causing havoc in Torwood Street, Torquay in 1962
The street scene in Tor Hill Road, Torquay in 1963 with the Easterbrook bakery in the centre Vinnicombe and Son Wine Merchants
Torquay United manager Eric Webber (right) bidding farewell to Peter Wakeham on hs departure from the club in September 1958
Paignton mile of pennies for the Spitfire Fund in October 1940
Cannon being recovered from South Quay on Torquay harbour in February 1973. It would be restored and is still on display at Berry Head
Wrecked beach huts on Paignton beach in March 1973
Sea shore in retreat at Oxen Cove, Brixham in June 1990
Paignton lads admiring their haul of scrap metal in a school holiday campaign called " Noisy But Useful", pictured in August 1940
Beach hut tossed aside by the waves in September 1991. Devon
Trawlers beached on the inner slip at Torquay in the 1950s and an extended family of swans enjoying the winter sunshine
The first holiday train from Eastbourne and Brighton arriving at Torquay railway station in January 1973
Children filling sandbags in Paignton in September 1939, at the start of the " Phoney War" as it became known
Galmpton Wolf Cub fete in February 1942 with some interesting posters and games to raise funds for war bonds
Fishermen launching their seine nets off Livermead beach in 1888
Post Office sorting office at Broomhill Way, Torquay in 1984
Fred Pontin official opens the Barton Hall artificial ski slope in 1963 watched by members of the newly formed Wessex Ski Association
Baroness Margaret Thatcher and her late husband Denis during a visit to the L F Harris motorcycle factory. Newton Abbot. 27th May 1987
An emergency water tank for extinguishing fires built in the corner of the Omnibus Station and car park in Lymington Road, Torquay in June 1941
