A LOVING LOOK BACK AT MILEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH in the 1960s & early 1970s

[@chrisbollard8728]

Hi Steve. Glad you mentioned our friend Dave Mills on here. I attended his wedding in Kingsbridge years ago. I had written a long speel and the video finished and it was all wiped away. Basically - Oakden's Garage - the owners were friends of our family and we'd often stop off on the way back to Keyham. We'd go upstairs to Phil & Mac Pike's place. - I think Mac was her nickname. Great people - this was in the 1950s and I think Phil's son took over

[@paulradford4100]

I too was in Swilly in my younger days and this was basically on the doorstep back then. I remember some of the things you mention and a great trip down memory lane. I've always loved plymouth with its once beautiful shoreline and city centre, but the council seems to keep letting it go - they do more damage than the luffwaffer themselves. Another great thing about plymouth is the architecture of the buildings - you can turn a corner and see a different style of building, a different time. It's like walking through history, walking through time itself..

[@steviedieselblood334]

Such an amazing and interesting video. Thank you for taking the time to make.

[@garryadams67]

Very interesting Steve 😎👍

[@nicklittle8780]

Thanks for the video. Proper Job! I'm currently living in the USA but consider Plymouth my home town. We used to go to the same doctors' practice! I well remember walking around the area you covered and this has rekindled some great memories. I believe there's at least one book from the early 1970s that included a map of where every large bomb fell in Plymouth during WWII. I'm a few years older than you. Gran lived further west off St. Levan Road, between the two railway bridges. Cheers!

[@juliechristophe9847]

thank you so much for this

[@clivekennett]

Another great video Steve. You keep me in touch with Plymouth from far away Scotland!

[@robputt]

Very nice video, I lived in Beacon Park for years and became quite interested in the old OS maps of the area and seeing its rapid growth through the 20s and 30s. My old house deeds had a bunch of detail regarding the sale of the leet from the waterboard to the housing developer and looking at the maps it ran along the bottom of my old back garden (Beaconfield Road). Unfortunately I didn't take a copy of them before handing them to the new buyer but they made an interesting read. Always wondered what the Redifussion site on the junction between Beacon Park Road and Swilly Road would have looked like, I guess a bunch of cables and some big antennas. Also the dentist... you are going to the wrong one my friend. The one on the other side of the road are far more friendly and gentle.

[@mikeandchanlucas1685]

You are going back the Plymouth mate I remember the butcher what a nice guy he was.

[@Mirozenx]

I grw up in this area in Park Street at the top of Ford Hill Steve, absolutely fascinating finding out about some of its history!

[@thebishopmj]

I went to ford school. Richard Brock was in my class. Great vid.

[@aprilshowers6752]

My family lived around this area from the 1920's on but none ever really spoke of anything historical there. They didnt seem to want to recall the war ( bombed out in Browning Road. Later billeted further up the road there). My husbands family had a shop in Browning Road before and during the war . I lived in Pasley Street down the bottom end by Camperdown. I also lived in St. Levan Road for a while and we also lived in Stoke Village for some time. Lovely to know some of the history there.

[@thetruthwillout3347]

I have the full set of Godfrey Edition maps of Plymouth from 1893. The map Devonport North shows the old leat. Also the marsh area that you pointed out. I'm in Plymouth and you are more than welcome to view them.

[@tesskoe9366]

As a teenager in the 60's l used to walk down Royal Parade towards the old Odeon picture house. At the bottom of Royal Parade (near the roundabout close by Union street) was a coffee shop that roasted its own beans and the smell of roasting coffee beans would waft all over Royal Parade. I wonder if the shop is still there? And the Majestic dance hall? Is lvor Dewdney's pasty shop still at the bottom of Cornwall street? Aah, those were the days......

[@lucythemoggy1970]

yes ivor dewdneys is still there!

[@tomgruitt6563]

Exactly, they didt use rails at all!

[@raybrooking8084]

Terra Nove Green is on the East side of Milehouse Hill

[@westcountrylinkben1689]

So where are the 60s pictures we can look back on