Cyberheritage from Above

25/01/2026

Thanks to Louise Littlewood for this fabulous aerial photograph from her Gran, of a very pre-war Plymouth Hoe. I think it’s the first aerial I’ve seen that shows the old style swimming pool.

19/01/2026

16/01/2026

29/12/2025

HOE bandstand

28/12/2025

Thanks to David McGregor for this aerial photo of WILLOUGHBY’S SHIP REPAIR YARD in the inner basin of MILLBAY DOCKS. Some of the ships visible are, Green Ranger, Scott Discovery & Robert Dundas, among others. Can we date?

03/12/2025

A 1980s STOCKING FILLER. If you love local history you can’t do much better than this - it’s Chris Robinson‘s latest book on Plymouth in the 1980s with over 800 photographs, many are taken by the late Keith Davey, a most excellent local photographer whose work has been shown here on this page recently and shared widely; many others have submitted their work including local photographers Trevor Burrows, Betty Fox and myself. Trevor, Betty and myself spent years working together as colleagues in what was then Plymouth Polytechnic as staff photographers. The book is available in Waterstones, das Box, Chris Robinson’s shop in New Street and of course online at chrisrobinson.co.uk