Plymouth Collection (page 8)

New appliances
Showing new appliances issued to the CCFF in Plymouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Plymouth blitzed
One of the blitz raids on Plymouth, When we arrived we saw the people streaming up the hill to the caves outside the city

Hartley, Plymouth
HQ of the Plymouth Contingent at Hartley. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

The new fire station in Plymouth for the Canadians, built by the men themselves with help from special construction gangs

Plymouth (exact location unknown). The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Firefighters Messing Room
One of the messing rooms for the fire-fighters, believe this to be in Plymouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Plymouth after a Blitz raid.. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF) were stationed in England between 1942 and 1945

Plymouth Sound 1930S
Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, with Drakes Island in the distance. Date: 1930s

Lady Harriet Clive
Lady HARRIET CLIVE, later Baroness Windsor-Clive, daughter of the earl of Plymouth, wife of the Hon. Robert Clive MP. Date: 1797 - 1869

Francis Drake Bowling
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE The sign at the bowling green at Plymouth Hoe, Devon, where Sir Francis Drake was playing a game of bowls when he saw the Spanish Armada in 1588. Date: 1545 - 1596

Rev Robert Hawker / Virtue
REV ROBERT HAWKER Clergyman and writer, Vicar of Charles, Plymouth Date: 1753 - 1827

Rev Robert Hawker / Bennet
REV ROBERT HAWKER Clergyman and writer, Vicar of Charles, Plymouth Date: 1753 - 1827

John Endecott
JOHN ENDECOTT Puritan Governor of the Colony of Plymouth Date: 1588 - 1665

Greetings telegram, wedding anniversary, with a border design by C J Bouttell. Date: 1952

Watch Your Step by Harry Grattan
Promotional postcard for Watch Your Step by Harry Grattan; a revue with music Irving Berlin. First produced at the Empire Theatre, 4th May 1915

Man and boy, seed drill, field near Plymouth, Devon
Man and boy with horse and seed drill in a field near Plymouth, Devon. circa 1960s

Holidaymakers on the beach, Plymouth Hoe, Devon
Holidaymakers on the beach and in the sea at Plymouth Hoe, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Memorial to Sir Francis Drake, Plymouth Hoe, Devon
Memorial to Sir Francis Drake at Plymouth Hoe, Devon, on the site of the original bowling green where he is said to have heard about the approach of the Spanish Armada. Date: circa 1980s

Calvin Coolidge church and school, Plymouth, Vermont, USA
Church and school attended by US President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) and his family, Plymouth, Vermont, USA. Date: 1930s

Bovingdon Terrace, Turnchapel, Plymouth, England
Bovingdon Terrace, Turnchapel, Plymouth, near Plymstock, Devon, England. Date: 1908

The Village, Crownhill, Devon
The Village, Crownhill, Plymouth, near Derriford, Devon, England. Showing the Post Office Date: 1910s

The Street, Yealmpton, Devon
The Street, Yealmpton, Plymouth, near Elburton, Devon, England. Date: 1900s

Gigantic Crane, Devonport, Devon
Gigantic Crane, Devonport, Plymouth, near Stonehouse, Devon, England. Captioned: Devonports Gigantic Crane to lift 160 tons, tested 240 Date: 1910s

Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth, Cornwall, England. Showing the ruins Date: 1910s

Princess Square Gardens, Plymouth, Devon, England. Date: 1930s

The Hoe, Plymouth, Cornwall, England. Aerial view Date: 1920s

Mount Wise & Harbour, Devonport, Devon
Mount Wise & Harbour, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England. Date: 1920s

Two Bridges, Princetown, Devon
Two Bridges, Princetown, Yelverton, near Plymouth, Devon, England. Date: 1910s

Winslow house, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
The house of General John Winslow in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, built in 1730. Date: circa 1905

Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, as it was in 1622, with a few basic buildings. From left to right: a store house, the homes of P Brown, J Goodman, W Brewster, J Billington, I Allerton, F Cooke

Scenery of Devon - Plymouth South
Victorian Glass Lantern Slide from a series on the scenery of Devon - Plymouth - South Plymouth J.V. - Roand Britain in a yacht. Part of Box 204 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Scenery of Devon - Plymouth - The Guildhall
Victorian Glass Lantern Slide from a series on the scenery of Devon - Plymouth - The Guildhall. Part of box 204 Boswell Collection; listed, Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Scenery of Devon - Plymouth from the pier
Victorian Glass Lantern Slide from a series on the scenery of Devon - Plymouth from the pier. Part of box 204 Boswell Collection; listed, Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Emmeline Pankhurst Daily Mail 1913
A newspaper placard advertising the Daily Mail dated Monday December 8th, 1913, with the headline, Mrs. Pankhurst Last Nights Decision

Robert Windsor-Clive
Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth (1857 1923), The Lord Windsor between 1869 and 1905, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician. Caption: Good works

St Gregorys Home for Babies, Plymouth. The home was opened in 1925 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, WW1
Men of the Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, with Colonel W E Gordon leading them on horseback, and civilians following them on either side, in the early days of the First World War

3rd Earl Fortescue, Vanity Fair, T
HUGH FORTESCUE, 3rd Earl Fortescue (1818-1905), Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861. British peer and politician. Member of Parliament for Plymouth (1841-1852) and later for Marylebone (1854-1859)

The Bishop of Plymouth
DR J.H.B. MASTERMAN, BISHOP OF PLYMOUTH, in his library. Date: early 1930s

Mayflower memorial stone and Tablet, Plymouth, England
The Mayflower memorial stone and Tablet, Plymouth, England. This Pilgrim ship made the historic voyage in 1620 from Plymouth to the New World

Mount Edgecumbe - Folly overlooking Plymouth Sound
A folly in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, one of four designated Country Parks in Cornwall. Situated on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar. Date: circa 1904

Princess Alexandra of Denmark launches the HMS Queen
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) (wife of King Edward VII) - Queen consory of the United Kingdom and British Dominions - Empress consort of India (1901-1910)

Clyde Edward Pangborn, Col Roscoe Turner
From left: Clyde Edward Pangborn, Col Roscoe Turner and Reeder Nichols, the crew of Boeing 247D, NR257Y, Warner Bros. Comet

A view of Plymouth Hoe from the sea. The four flying boats are Supermarine Southamptons from RAF Mount Batten. circa 1930s. Date: 1930

Curtiss NC-4 flying boat arriving at Plymouth, 31 May 1919. The flying boat - a design collaboration between the US Navy and Curtiss - accomplished the first aerial crossing of the Atlantic ocean

new Plymouth car - California - newest model - Plymouth stationwagon Date: 1952

By Air Anywhere Poster, Croydon 3421, see London by night. Surrey Flying Services Ltd, Croydon & Plymouth. 20th century

Landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, 1620. Print showing a woman being helped ashore from a small boat held in position against a rock or ledge by men with ropes

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