Download or read book Plymouth at War From Old Photographs written by Derek Tait and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at how WWII brought devastation to the busy streets of Plymouth but did little to dampen the spirit of its inhabitants.
Download or read book Plymouth From Old Photographs written by Derek Tait and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and charming look at the history of Plymouth and its inhabitants, through a fascinating collection of beautiful photographs.
Download or read book Plymouth Transport Through Time written by Derek Tait and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Plymouth's transport has changed and developed over the last century
Download or read book Devon at War 1939 45 written by Derek Tait and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war was declared on 1 September 1939, the people of Devon pulled together in a way that they hadn't done since the Great War of 1914–18. This book covers the people of Devon's contribution to the war effort, from the commencement of the conflict in September 1939, to its end in September 1945. It features many forgotten news stories of the day and looks at the changes to civilian's everyday lives, entertainment, spies and the internment of aliens living within the area.Devon became vital as a base for troops and as a dispatch point for the many men who left to fight in Europe. Several RAF bases were also established within the county to repel German attacks. Air raid shelters were erected in gardens and at public places and many children living in larger cities were swiftly evacuated to the countryside, as Plymouth and Exeter both suffered greatly from German bombing, with much of Plymouth being obliterated. Carrying a gas mask, rationing, the make-do-and-mend culture and the collection of scrap metal all became a generic way of life.Many of the jobs left open by men fighting abroad were taken up by women on the Home Front. The Women's Voluntary Service assisted with the evacuation of mothers and children to the country, carried out civil defense duties and provided food and clothing for the many refugees from occupied Europe.During the buildup to D Day, American troops were trained and stationed within the county before leaving for the beaches of Normandy. Slapton Sands, Dartmoor and Woolacombe were all used as training grounds with tragic loss of life at Slapton.Devon played a truly vital role in the war and its people contributed greatly to bringing the world changing conflict to an end.
Download or read book Plymouth at War Through Time written by Derek Tait and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Plymouth has changed and developed over the last century.
Download or read book Devonport Through Time written by Derek Tait and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Devonport has changed and developed over the last century
Download or read book Plymouth and Washington County written by Willie Drye and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plymouth and Washington County, North Carolina, are entwined with the beginnings of American history. The area surrounding the Albemarle Sound was the birthplace of North Carolina. Plymouth began as a 17th-century trading post on the Roanoke River, which empties into the sound. When the nearby Dismal Swamp Canal opened in 1805, Plymouth was linked to the deepwater harbor of Norfolk, Virginia, and quickly grew into one of North Carolina's busiest ports. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, young men from Washington County enlisted in both the Union and Confederate armies, and Plymouth was the scene of fierce fighting throughout the conflict. Today, Plymouth and Washington County attract visitors eager to enjoy boating, bass fishing, and bird-watching in an unspoiled coastal wilderness; visit Civil War sites; or absorb the fascinating maritime history.
Download or read book It Came to Our Door Plymouth in the World War Photographs by Dermot P Fitzgerald Second Impression written by Henry P. TWYFORD and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plymouth at War written by Derek Tait and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, Plymouth suffered some of the worst Blitz damage in the country. Illustrated with over 220 archive photographs and documents, this work offers a record of the wartime history of Plymouth. It documents aspects of everyday life during this time.
Download or read book Historic Plymouth written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Provincetown in Early Photographs written by Irma Ruckstuhl and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs show turn of the century Provincetown and include views of homes, cottages, lighthouses, wharves, ships, shipwrecks, and life saving stations
Download or read book Plymouth written by Jeremy Gould and published by Historic England Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-war reconstruction offered unparalleled opportunities to the developing profession of urban planners to cast off the constraints imposed by historic infrastructure and produce a new vision of urban living, expressed in rationally designed city centres linked to suburban precincts and with modern integrated transport systems. Plymouth is the foremost English example of post-war reconstruction on the grand scale, laid out to the designs of the most influential urban planner of the day, Sir Patrick Abercrombie. This book explains the circumstances which led to the development of Abercrombie's Plan for Plymouth (1943) and shows how the plan was implemented in the period 1945-62. Discussion of the overall scheme for the renewed city is complemented by description of the different zones which made up both the central area and the new suburbs, and attention is paid to the landscape forms and architectural styles employed in civic, commercial and residential areas. The significance of what was achieved in Plymouth will be assessed and international context is provided by comparison with British and European examples of contemporary planning. Urban regeneration programmes pose a threat to the legacy of the post-war reconstruction period, and the listing of post-war buildings is often contentious and contested. Finally, a discussion of the conservation issues raised by present-day plans for renewal in Plymouth will contribute to current debate about the formulation of policy relating to the buildings and landscapes of the post-war era.
Download or read book Around Plymouth in Old Photographs written by Tom Bowden and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fire of Freedom written by David S. Cecelski and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life of a former slave who became a radical abolitionist and Union spy, recruiting black soldiers for the North, fighting racism within the Union Army and much more.
Download or read book Victorian and Edwardian Devon from Old Photographs written by and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1975 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plymouth Through Time written by Derek Tait and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Plymouth has changed and developed over the last century.
Download or read book Plymouth Colony Its History People 1620 1691 written by Eugene Aubrey Stratton and published by Ancestry Publishing. This book was released on 1986 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the early years of Plymouth Colony, told in part in the words of the settlers, with appendices reproducing original documents and biographical sketches.
