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Ford Park Cemetery
The Cemetery, popularly known as Ford Park Cemetery, and owned by the Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse Cemetery Company finally went into liquidation in 1999 owing to the decline in burials following the opening of the two Council run cemeteries at Weston Mill and Efford and also in part due to the increasing popularity of cremation. At that time there had been upwards of 250,000 pesons interred in the Cemetery but there was still room for some 10,000 more.
A charity - The Ford Park Cemetery Trust - was formed in 2000 to run the over-grown and vandal damaged cemetery and has now, with the help of a very willing team of volunteers and a dedicated ground staff, completely cleared the grounds, ...read more here
Contributed by Tony Dean
Bubbles up your bum!
Just look closely at the picture, sitting on top of the fountain was half the fun & excitement of coming to the pool. Water wings under my arms and the supervision of Granddad Russell I made my first attempt at learning to swim. Getting really daring swimming to the back of the pool, climbing out would lead to the open sea where only the brave would swim. The pool was accessed by steps from the road at the front of the Hoe. Walking down the damp steps we then divided into boys and girls changing rooms from where we emerged into the circular concrete pool. There were 2 four layer fountains to climb and sit on and a central taller fountain ...read more here
Contributed by margaret gradwell
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Ford Park Cemetery
The Cemetery, popularly known as Ford Park Cemetery, and owned by the Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse Cemetery Company finally went into liquidation in 1999 owing to the decline in burials following the opening of the two Council run cemeteries at Weston Mill and Efford and also in part due to the increasing popularity of cremation. At that time there had been upwards of 250,000 pesons interred in the Cemetery but there was still room for some 10,000 more.
A charity - The Ford Park Cemetery Trust - was formed in 2000 to run the over-grown and vandal damaged cemetery and has now, with the help of a very willing team of volunteers and a dedicated ground staff, completely cleared the grounds, ...read more here
A memory of Plymouth contributed by Tony Dean
Bubbles up your bum!
Just look closely at the picture, sitting on top of the fountain was half the fun & excitement of coming to the pool. Water wings under my arms and the supervision of Granddad Russell I made my first attempt at learning to swim. Getting really daring swimming to the back of the pool, climbing out would lead to the open sea where only the brave would swim. The pool was accessed by steps from the road at the front of the Hoe. Walking down the damp steps we then divided into boys and girls changing rooms from where we emerged into the circular concrete pool. There were 2 four layer fountains to climb and sit on and a central taller fountain ...read more here
A memory of Plymouth contributed by margaret gradwell
Extracts From Plymouth & Devon books
Union Street, famous to sailors throughout the world,
is the high road from Devonport to Plymouth. Even in
Victorian times it had a wild reputation, but it reached
the zenith of its colourful activities in the 20th century.
An extract from from"South Devon Coast Pocket Album".
The impressive Guildhall, a masterpiece of elaborate
Victorian Gothic, was built in 1874. There had been
three other such buildings previously. During the last
war it was reduced to a mere shell but has since been
restored to its original glory. Its tower is a noted land-
mark over the city.
An extract from from"Devon Pocket Album".
Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports
by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian
times. For many years the Great Western Railway ended its journey
at the city. Only with the construction of the Royal Albert Bridge
across the Tamar to Saltash did the railway open up the Duchy
of Cornwall.
An extract from from"South Devon Coast Pocket Album".
In this busy scene Victorian ladies shelter from the sun
under dark parasols. They must have been sweltering
in their heavy gowns. Old Town Street, like so many
Plymouth thoroughfares, was devastated in the war.
Altogether, around twenty thousand Plymouth buildings
were destroyed as a result of enemy bombing.
An extract from from"Devon Pocket Album".
Construction of St Andrew’s started in 1370 and the tower was built by
Thomas Yogge in 1481. Its status as the mother church of Plymouth
could not protect it from the Luftwaffe and in 1941 it was reduced to
a shell. Restoration started in 1949 and St Andrew’s was eventually
reconsecrated in 1957.
An extract from from"Devon Churches Photographic Memories".