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In 1967, requests began to be collected from Mount Gould Hospital by the Plymouth Lions Club, forming the basis of the first weekly music programme, Disc Date. On 2 October 1969, the station secured its first permanent premises on the Barbican and was officially opened as Hospital Radio Plymouth by Alderman George Creber, the then Lord Mayor ...
Plymouth Hoe from Mount Batten in 2006. Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as the Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of Plymouth.The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and it commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall.
Another small town in southern England, Ottery St Mary, is also famed for its Bonfire Night traditions. On November 5 (or the 4th if the 5th falls on a Sunday) tar barrels are set alight and ...
The timing of the West Country Carnival close to the British celebration of Bonfire Night on 5 November is no coincidence, as the roots of the original carnival in Bridgwater date back to 1605. [ 2 ] Guy Fawkes is the character most associated with the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament , however the instigator was Jesuit priest Robert ...
A Christmas Eve celebration bonfire in Louisiana, United States. Bonfire Night is a name given to various yearly events marked by bonfires and fireworks. [1] These include Guy Fawkes Night (5 November) in Great Britain; All Hallows' Eve (31 October); May Eve (30 April); [2] Midsummer Eve/Saint John's Eve (23 June); [3] the Eleventh Night (11 July) among Northern Ireland Protestants; and the ...
An estimated 40,000 revellers celebrated at a famous Bonfire Night event which saw three people taken to hospital and four arrests made, police said.
Ticket-selling platform Ticketmaster has been unveiled as the effigy for a Kent town’s Bonfire Night following the reaction to dynamic pricing that caught out fans who wanted tickets for the ...
Plymouth is the sub-regional television centre of BBC South West. [10] Plymouth is the regional television centre of BBC South West. [10] A team of journalists are headquartered at Plymouth for the ITV West Country regional station, after a merger with ITV West forced ITV Westcountry to close on 16 February 2009.