by Bob King | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
The belief that Plymouth City Council owned the Island at one stage and then sold it for £1 or gave it away is something that is often repeated in the comments on webpages or on News websites. So is there any truth in the rumour? To explore this we need to try and...
by Bob King | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
I thought given the time of year it may be interesting to see who may have been on the Island and how they may have spent Christmas, or the previous mid winter celebrations over the years. During the Neolithic Age which began around 6,000 years ago our ancestors held...
by Bob King | Nov 27, 2020 | Uncategorized, World War One
A few weeks back before the new restrictions came into force I managed to get into the Cottonian Research Room of the new Box Museum. One of the folios had some photocopies of some old World War One photos dated 1914. Below are the photos I took of the photographs...