Plymouth Nostalgia

Dartmoor National Park contains some of the best preserved examples of prehistoric settlements and tin milling activity in the country plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-…

This aerial picture shows Mutley Plain in c1932 📸 Still some very recognisable features 👀

After the war, the Efford estate expanded even further and by 1951 what was then one of Plymouth’s longest single streets had reached its present limit – number 491 plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/e…

Plymouth's historic school in the heart of a Stannary town with celebrated past pupils plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/p…

One of the city's former manor houses, which is now a mere shadow of its past glory, is being restored for generations to come plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/g…

Royal Parade and newly completed Pophams/Lloyds c1957 📸

Remarkably, some 75 years later, the estate appears little changed; the old field pattern is still discernible here and there, marked out by trees plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/e…

It was a Plymouth institution. There were Plymcos across the city, and we all loved them. The store based at Transit Way, where Tesco is now based, used to contain a crèche for children in the entrance so you could drop your kids off whilst you shopped. #nostalgia

It quickly became a car park that time, and #Plymouth, forgot. A time capsule, tucked behind houses that only a handful of local residents knew about... plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/g…

Cap'n Jaspers on the Barbican, pictured in May 1997 🍔📸 We all have fond memories of this legendary cafe ❤

Then and Now: St Andrew’s Cross pictured in 1952 and a Google Maps image of the same view today #plymouthhistory #plymouthnostalgia

Dartmoor is shrouded in mystery and folklore but not many legends are as tragic as Kitty Jay's grave #dartmoor #history plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/k…

Plymouth's lost pier, before and after the war. Built in 1880, Plymouth's Pier was destroyed in the Blitz, but its rusting remains were not taken down until 1952.

Many of us love looking at old photographs - and if you are one of them, you're in for a treat this week. We've brought back 13 fascinating photographs from the archive #plymouth #nostalgia plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/g…

The Beeching Axe was devastating for Devon and Cornwall and saw significant number of rural communities lose their lifeline railway line plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/b…

Budding historians and lovers of #Dartmoor can now step back through time and experience what life was like in the 14th century plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-…

The pavilions would have been linked by a roof to provide a central sheltered space which could be used for film screenings, theatre shows and televised sports events plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/l…

It's time to take a walk down memory lane with these fascinating photos from the archive plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/g…

People have been calling for its return for years plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/g…

Plymouth's lost bridge to nowhere - the original Forder Valley link road plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/g…