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The twin demands of paying the rent for its Peverell Park ground and making the improvements needed meant that Plymouth Cricket Club’s finances were often a […]
The avenue of red horse chestnuts planted by school children for the coronation of King George VI was made the subject of a Tree Preservation Order […]
In 2001, Plymouth Argyle applied to redevelop the Home Park stadium in phases. Phase 1 was to replace the Lyndhurst (north), Devonport (west) and Barn Park […]
The zoo’s popularity waned during the 1970s and started to incur financial losses. In 1977, the owners, Chipperfields, proposed to keep the quarantine facility and the […]
The present clock is the second to occupy the site. More information is sought about the previous clock tower which is believed to have been installed […]
As the new manager of Plymouth Argyle in 1972, Tony Waiters wanted the football club to have its own training facilities close to Home Park, the […]
Memories of rides on the 10¼ inch gauge miniature railway during the summers of 1946, 1947 and 1948 might have been the inspiration for something more […]
After the swimming pool opened in 1965, Plymouth City Council and sporting interests wanted to establish a sports hall and other facilities in Central Park but […]
When the park was made, the junction between Alma Road and Outland Road was a simple crossroads, and the park’s main entrance path led from the […]
It was third time lucky when the Devon Branch of the charity, Men of the Trees, organised a mass tree planting with 200 children from 15 […]
Roads in America were often built with a green verge or ‘park strip’ and stopping there was called ‘parking’. The term took on a quite literal […]
Of all the major developments that took place between 1960 and 1975, only the golf course has survived. Not only that but it has matured as […]
Before and after the second world war, the city had no indoor swimming pool for public use. The outdoor pools at Mount Wise and Tinside were […]
Following completion of the new Civic Centre in March 1962, the Town Clerk and his staff moved there, having been at Pounds House since 1941. Eighteen […]
Making a zoo on a 6-acre green-field site in just 6 months from the submission of plans to first opening was a remarkable achievement. Mr James […]
The 1931 plan for the park does not show a depot to support all the usual maintenance functions although Mawson’s earlier report confirms that one was […]
On Saturday, 2nd June 1951, the summer of the Festival of Britain, the Western Evening Herald reported a curious event in its regular column, “A Citizen’s […]
For the first twenty years of the park’s existence, its sports facilities were rudimentary with matches being played on heavy, uneven pitches and teams having nowhere […]
The semi-circular car park on Outland Road was part of the original Mawson design and constructed with the park between 1929 and 1931. A row of […]
The Milehouse Corner playground was a long way from residential areas around the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of the park and three more playgrounds were […]
When the park opened in 1931, its only shelter was next to the paddling pools and playground near the main entrance at Milehouse. It was a […]
