Plymouth Collection

HMS Exeter arriving at Plymouth, Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing the arrival of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Exeter at Plymouth Docks, February 1940. Exeter was returning to Britain for the first time since taking part in the Battle of the River

Coates Plymouth Gin
A label for Coates Plymouth Gin

Provincial Airways Poster
Poster, Travel by Provincial Airways, with a propeller above a red and black car, and details of the south-west coast route from Croydon to Plymouth. 20th century

The Pier, with Drakes Island, Plymouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Plymouth / Pier 1907
Plymouth, Devon: the pier Date: 1907

Two bridges over the River Tamar, Devon and Cornwall
Two bridges over the River Tamar, connecting Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. On the left is the Royal Albert Bridge, a railway bridge designed by Brunel and completed in 1859

Baroque main gate of the Royal Citadel, Plymouth, Devon
The Baroque main gate of the Royal Citadel, Plymouth, Devon Date: circa 1910s

Railway Air Services Poster
Railway Air Services (RAS) Poster, serving Plymouth, Teignmouth, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, London (Croydon) and Isle of Wight

Barred Plymouth Rocks
Barred Plymouth Rock cock and hen

Poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion
A poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion, described as a charming excursion to the West of England, calling at Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth

Western Airways Ltd Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare

Western Airways Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd, showing prices and times from Bristol to various destinations by Air Express Daily, including special day returns. 20th century

Pilgrim Fathers Depart
102 Protestants (24 of them women) leave Plymouth for America in the Mayflower. Only 35 were Puritans. The phrase Pilgrim Fathers was first used in 1799

Torpoint Ferry, Plymouth Harbour, Devon
Passengers disembark from the Torpoint Ferry in Plymouth Harbour, Devon

Pier and Sound, Plymouth Hoe, Devon. circa 1900

Street scene with Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, Cornwall
Street scene in Saltash, Cornwall, with Brunels Royal Albert Bridge towering above, crossing the River Tamar between Plymouth, Devon, and Saltash, Cornwall. Date: 1960s

Saltash Bridge, Plymouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Plymouth / Breakwater 1908
Plymouth, Devon: the breakwater

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), Daily Air Services to Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth, Portsmouth & Southsea, London. Book Here. 20th century

The Impregnable training ship, Plymouth, England The Impregn
The Impregnable training ship, Plymouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Poster, French Line CGT, Plymouth to New York
Travel poster, French Line CGT, designed by Rodmell, Harry Hudson (1896?1984), Plymouth direct to New York, lithograph in colours backed onto linen. Printed by EDIA, Paris. 40ins. 25ins

Beagle A. 61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC
Beagle A.61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC (msn B.606, ex WE587), of the Airways Aero Club. Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B

Provincial Airways Poster
Poster, Travel by Provincial Airways, with door to door service. Showing a biplane above a chauffeur-driven car. 20th century

Drake Plays Bowls 1588
Sir Francis Drake, learning that the Spanish Armada has been sighted near England, insists on finishing his game of bowls at Plymouth

The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, England. Date: 32m

Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, New England, 1620
The Pilgrim Fathers arriving at Plymouth, New England in 1620. Date: 1918

The Landing, Plymouth, Montserrat, British West Indies
The Landing at Plymouth, Montserrat, British West Indies. In July 1995, Montserrats Soufriere Hills volcano, dormant for centuries

Plymouth - The Hoe viewed from the Grand Hotel
Plymouth Hoe viewed from the Grand Hotel. The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and it commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drakes Island

SS Amerique being towed into Plymouth, Devon, 1874
Engraving showing the French Trans-Atlantic Companys steamship Amerique, which was one of the quickest trans-atlantic steamers of the time, 1874

Plymouth Hoe

Royal Naval Barracks - Devonport, Plymouth
Royal Naval Barracks - Devonport (Plymouth Docks), Plymouth, Devon Date: circa 1910s

Viscount and Viscountess Astor and their children
A photograph taken at Lord Astors seat, Clevedon, Taplow, Bucks. Lord Astor was M.P. for the Sutton Division of Plymouth until 191, after he succeeded Lady Astor represented the position

Plymouth Brethren Hall
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN The Brethren hall, Plymouth, England

Pilgrim Fathers landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts
The Pilgrim Fathers landing at what would later be Plymouth, Massachusetts

Les Cloches de Corneville, French comic opera in English, Theatre Royal, Plymouth Date: early 20th century

Eddystone Lighthouse, south of Plymouth, Devon
View of the Eddystone Lighthouse, south of Plymouth, Devon, with the stub of Smeatons Tower on the left. Photograph taken before the helipad was added to the top of the lighthouse

Thomas Smart
THOMAS SMART churchman, vicar of Maker, Plymouth. Date: ? - 1736

Plymouth Guildhall, Devon, England, was designed by local architects Alfred Norman and James Hine in the Victorian Gothic style. Rebuilt after the World War Two Blitz. Date: 1873 and 1959

Be Careful Baby, by Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo. First produced in England at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, March 1918, then the Apollo Theatre, London, April 1918

Commemorative card, convoy to Canadian troops, WW1
Commemorative card, British convoy to Canadian troops, arriving Plymouth, 14 October 1914. HMS Eclipse, Diana, Glory, Talbot and Charybdis acted as convoy to 32 liners carrying 33

Bomb damage in Plymouth
The morning after the raid - Plymouth. Mr Widdicombe walks through the bombed streets to salvage what he can of his belongings

A steward and stewardess, surviving crew of the Titanic
Saved from the Titanic; Mr J. Whitter (steward), and Mrs Robinson (stewardess) following the arrival of survivors in Plymouth

The home coming of the 210 survivors of the Titanics crew
The home coming of the 210 members of the Titanics crew aboard the Sir Richard Grenville, awaiting their landing at Plymouth

The cook and Mr Maynard, survivors of the Titanic disaster
Scene showing the Titanic survivors arriving in Plymouth docks. The cook, Mr. Maynard, was one of the last people to see Captain E. Smith before he died

Ferry at Plymouth
Cars and even a Pickfords removal van, driving onto the Torpoint Ferry at Plymouth, Devon, England

Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, Devon. 1878

Railway map, Devonport & Plymouth, showing the Great Western and London & South Western railways. Date: 1909

Sun Buildings, Spooners Corner, Plymouth, showing Farrows Bank Ltd and other premises. circa 1910s

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