a
collection of photos; glass plates to snaps, Victorian to early
1930`sPlymouth in Old Photographs
a
collection of photos; glass plates to snaps, Victorian to early
1930`s
a Steve Johnson Cyberheritage "content over style" page: e-mail Steve Johnson
Over the years I have collected many old photos, some as print, some as acetate film, others as fragile glass plate, some as copies, and now with the Internet, some electronically mailed to me from the other side of the world. Here are some of them, these are the "odds and sods" all unmarked but local to the Plymouth area...I know my way around old Plymouth in my mind`s eye. The order I have presented them in is just as they come...to an extent!..or my fancy! The picnic outings you will see could have been, Church, Sunday School, or a "works" outing, or possibly the outing of the staff of a large country house.
ON THE WATER
fishy, fishy on the Fish Quay, Barbican Plymouth
to catch a fishy for my dishy? boys at Fish Quay steps......smelt bashing!
Plymouth Hoe pier....further back (pier was Blitzed in war)
Hop, on the Hoe Pier..or is it a jump?
Mayflower Steps area, looking across to Tothill, Coxside and Queen Anne Battery
boys having a paddle at Tinside with West Hoe pier in the background
Port of Plymouth Model Boat Club, based at what was the Royal Western Yacht Club and is now the Waterside Bar, and another different view and also another one
Herring? fishing boat PH 229 (Plymouth Harbour)
Herring? fishing boat PH 378 (Plymouth Harbour)
the "John May" steaming out of Sutton Pool
sailed up the river, or a river?
sailing out past Mt. Batten breakwater
Two ladies in front of a boat *
JUST LOOK AT THIS ONE: a Gig with raised oars in the sea off Nazareth House, Devils Point. note Prince of Wales Battery, the fortification seen at right brooding over hillside of Eastern Kings.
I should know this one, but I don`t, it`s not Plymouth, but it is familiar
a man with a very silly hat on
ON THE BEACH
in these a lot of familiar faces turn up in each photograph
this little bunch of pals are near Cawsand and the old fishing cellars and are later than most of the above, maybe early 20s - 30s
on the beach, what a super shot, the Cellars (as ruins) are still there
what a lovely pony tail she has
girl sitting on a rock and a boy drinking out of a Codd bottle
and another
same location, I think, but a different group, love the school cap
another picnic party at Barn Pool, Mt. Edgecumbe
more sitting in the briney with Milton`s Temple in the distance
another different party or trip
rowing in to Barn Pool at Mt. Edgecumbe
on the stoney beach at Barn Pool with Milton`s Temple in background WHAT A PHOTO!
on the seashore under Garden Battery at Mt. Edgecumbe WHAT A PHOTO!
and yet another, this time it`s Bovisand
on the remains of the stumpy pier remains on the main beach
ON THE TOWN
now look dear, this is the tail,not the starter, and it`s a goat
allo, allo, allo, Devonport Police at Devonport Guildhall and Police Station
UP THE RIVER, POSSIBLY BY WARLEIGH HOUSE ON THE TAVY
on a grassy riverbank up river from the Brunel Rail Bridge across the Tamar (seen in distance)
IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
on what looks like "fresh" water, who is that man in the Top Hat?
BANG! big guns at Grenville Battery, Maker Heights, near Plymouth
Colebrook at Plympton, near Plymouth, now part of Plymouth
* same ladies in beach photos
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thanks to Plymouth City Museum and Gerald Barker for their long standing support of my work along with the citizens of Plymouth in loan of material and "general backing!" and more. Thanks
Daddy, is that the Hoe and is this Plymouth Sound? Where you can see the sea and hear the sound!
