Plymouth is a port city in Devon, southwest England. It’s known for its maritime heritage and historic Barbican district with narrow, cobbled streets. Sutton Harbour is home to the National Marine Aquarium, where sharks and rays glide in a deep tank. Also in the harbour are several marinas and a fish market, the Plymouth Fisheries. The Mayflower Steps are where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for the New World in 1620. Plymouth Original Strength Gin has been distilled at England’s oldest working distillery, Black Friars on Plymouth’s historic Barbican since 1793 Jackas Bakery, located on the Barbican, is reputed to be the oldest commercial bakery in the world still in operation In 1919 Nancy Astor became the first woman Member of Parliament, representing the constituency of Sutton in Plymouth In 1882 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle worked at a friend’s medical practice in Durnford Street, Stonehouse William Cookworthy discovered the process for making porcelain using clay from a Cornish quarry in 1766 and subsequently set up a factory in Plymouth Plymouth became the first town in Britain to receive a fresh water supply from outside its boundaries thanks to Sir Francis Drake constructing a 14-mile leat from the River Meavy on Dartmoor in 1591 The original Eddystone Lighthouse (1698 - 1703) was the first offshore lighthouse in the world and constructed of wood. The third Eddystone Lighthouse was re-erected on Plymouth Hoe in 1882 and is a now popular tourist attraction. The fourth Eddystone Lighthouse is still in use Aircraftsman Shaw (better known as T E Lawrence – Lawrence of Arabia) served with the RAF in Plymouth The Port of Plymouth serves the biggest Naval Base in Western Europe with base ported vessels including nuclear submarines and large warships, and many ships from foreign navies visit Plymouth for Operational Sea Training Sir Francis Chichester left Plymouth on 27th August 1966 in his ketch Gipsy Moth IV and circumnavigated the world singlehanded, arriving back in Plymouth on 28th May 1967 after 266 days Sir Joshua Reynolds (first president of the Royal Academy) and Captain Bligh (of Bounty fame) were both born in Plymouth, in 1723 and 1754 respectively Originally Plymouth Argyle Football Club was known as Plymouth Argyll Football Club, as the founders of the club wanted the team to emulate the style of football played by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The name was later changed to ‘Argyle’ because the founding members had rooms in Argyle Terrace in Plymouth Plymouth sided with the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War and the Royalists, once returned to overall power, placed cannons facing both towards the sea and the town to remind Plymothians of the future consequences if they repeated their stance against the monarchy Since 1850 Plymouth has been a destination for cruise liners, including trans-Atlantic ships. Famous people to have disembarked at Millbay include Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy The main retail area of Plymouth was largely destroyed during the Second World War. Sir Patrick Abercrombie and James Paton Watson designed the ‘Plan for Plymouth’ and the resulting retail centre is now one of the best examples of 1950s architecture in the world Captain Cook left Plymouth on the Endeavour in 1768 on his first voyage Prior to the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers aboard the Mayflower in 1620, Richard Grenville had left Plymouth in 1584 and set up the Roanoke Colonies in America In 1787, the convict ships ‘Friendship’ and ‘Charlotte’ sailed from Plymouth carrying men and women to Australia A young Charles Darwin left Plymouth Barbican on The Beagle in 1831 Catherine of Aragon – first wife of Henry VIII – arrived in Plymouth in 1501 In 1838, the Tolpuddle Martyrs landed on the Barbican Napoleon left Plymouth on the Bellepheron in 1815 on his way to exile in St. Helena In 1990, ‘Snorkel’ the Loggerhead Turtle washed ashore on a Cornish beach was rescued and moved to Plymouth’s National Marine Aquarium. Early in 2008 ‘Mad Jack’, a 12 pound lobster thought to be at least 100 years old became another notable resident of the Aquarium
Dunno what it's like now, used to be a belter night out, union Street and the Barbican IIRC. Also, don't forget the Ginsters.
I like them, prefer them over Greggs etc. Haven't had anything from Greggs for ages now, fcuking rip off city.
Hi Nacho, he spoke at length about the team and the recent slump and he could not understand why the manager had not involved the U23 players Patterson, Younger, Neil, Diamond and Hawkes and went through their involvement so far, praising the contributions that they had made, and what he thought they could bring to the first team squad. If you are so inclined Its available on the internet, BBC Sounds 30/04/2021, listen again. But you would have to use the fast forward button to edit out the Mag content.
They're all mass produced crap. Sayer's traditional pasties are better but they're about the size of your thumb now. Anyways, Plymouth is in Devon and the pasty comes from Cornwall. And here in Wales you get an Oggie . Both made for miners like the Stottie was. If you want decent, go to a decent bakers
Best mainstream bakery now is Peters IMO, the deep fill steak and kidney pies are very nice, loads of chip shops sell them now.
Hate kidney, blurk . Sure the pies used to be nice at Roker park. Or was it the pie shop next to the ground ? Not so at the sol