There's one in New Zealand too!
procession in Ashburton
John Oakford in New Zealand
Any takers??
The College atop Wolborough Hill.......
© Derek Beavis. "Newton Abbot. Britain in Old Photographs"
..........and again
© Stapleton Road & Flickr.com
Snow on Powderham Road, always difficult to
climb in the Winter
© jamescoleuk & Flickr.com
Badger's Holt
© Mike Jeffries & Flickr
The old Newton Abbot Bus Station
© Cliff Essex
The old Newton Abbot Fire Station circa 1958
The top of Powderham Road, looking from Hill
Road across the junction with Courtenay Road.
© Copyright Robin Stott 
Top of the steps
Picture courtesy of Alan Tuppen
The end of the long haul to school
© Copyright Robin Stott
Francis Ching circa 1963
Bakers Park, where we played rugby, soccer
and cricket
© Copyright Gwen and James Anderson
The cooling tower in the 1960s
© Getty Images
The end of a landmark
© Derek Beavis. "Newton Abbot. Britain in Old Photographs"
The old Penn Inn swiming pool, now gone to
make way for a supermarket.....and here it is
below!
St. Mary's Church, Wolborough - well known
to the C of E boys no doubt
A very good book indeed!
© Derek Beavis. "Newton Abbot. Britain in Old Photographs"
The old Imeprial Cinema
Alexandra Theatre
© Derek Beavis. "Newton Abbot. Britain in Old Photographs"
Odeon Cinema, now gone forever!
War Memorial on Armistice Day 1949
© Derek Beavis. "Newton Abbot. Britain in Old Photographs"
© Derek Beavis. "Newton Abbot. Britain in Old Photographs"
The old Imeprial Cinema
Alexandra Theatre
© Derek Beavis. "Newton Abbot. Britain in Old Photographs"
Odeon Cinema, now gone forever!
War Memorial on Armistice Day 1949
© Derek Beavis. "Newton Abbot. Britain in Old Photographs"
Ralph Rayner at election time - date unknown
2 comments:
HAVE HAPPY MEMORIES OF TEACHING IN ASHBURTON COLLEGE NEWTON ABBOT CIRCA 1957/58. COACHED RUGBY TEAM CAPT BRYANT WHICH WAS QUITE HANDY. NAMES THAT COME TO MIND COLIN SNELL IAN WEBBER RHYS DAVEY JOCK LESSELLS HELSTON ADRIAN MCGURRAN PATEY CHESSUM G. JOHNSTON . ATTENDED OLD BOYS REUNION DINNER DANCE IN QUEENS HOTEL WITH MY
THEN GIRLFRIEND NOW WIFE OF 54 YEARS. SHE WAS THEN A STAFF NURSE AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL
RETURNED TO IRELANDTO A CAREER IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WITH A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER. RETIRED IN 1999. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS IF ANYONE CARES TO REMEMBER.
Amazing that I have only just discovered this forum. I was a day pupil at that school in about 1948. I lived with my parents in Old Totnes Road, Wolborough. I remember in the winter our classroom was freezing with just one solid fuel stove for heating. The boarders were on good terms with the cook and often scrounged some buttered bread which we used to make french toast using a pencil as a toasting fork to hold the bread in the open doors of the stove. I can still remember the smell of bread, butter, coal smoke and burned pencil! Thanks for the memory!
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