Rebuilding bombed PLYMOUTH, a digitised & restored

Rebuilding bombed PLYMOUTH, a digitised & restored from the late & lamented SWFTA. Seen before on these pages in black-and-white, but the colour, although not perfect just gives it an extra dimension.

[@Nutritipsdacarol]

Lovely 😍 we used to live in UK, first Bournemouth then Plymouth my younger was born in Plymouth ,after pandemic we decided back to our country Brazil. I'm had a great experience, learn a lot, grateful for everything 🙏 Best wishes and love to you all British people ❤🇧🇷

[@eeeandeee]

Plymouth became such a clean vibrant exciting city. I went to school there in the 1970's and worked in the Civic Centre in the 80's (Devon County and Plymouth City Councils) I so was proud of the city. I went back last year and was so sad to see how run down, grubby and grim the city is now :-(

[@beamboy07]

This is valuable footage

[@martynmenhenick]

I was a boy of 5 at this time , My Mother would shopin the town, with ration books; We lived in Waterloo Street Stoke No32.

[@nectafarious8842]

I used to play darts in the Waterloo Inn fifty years ago when I lived in Wilton Street, Stoke. Another long gone pub.

[@michaelshore2300]

We move to just across the river in 1947 there was no center to Plymouth To get from the Ferry to center we had to walk up Union Street 2/3 of the houses were missing

[@beamboy07]

Wow Plymouth has really changed a lot

[@gs425]

This shows more than any book can, just how plymouth centre was completely flattened by the Germans!

[@rolandharmer6402]

Yes. However for roads and new buildings the city engineer ultimately demolished more!

[@daydays12]

@@rolandharmer6402 Exactly .... Abercrombie and his acolytes were horrifically destructive....

[@davidjohnson00001]

Not only that but it hasn't all aged well. The wide boulevards are just impossible to walk down in a SW gale!

[@bobwilcox1147]

Take a look at the policeman, and weep for what we've lost!

[@daydays12]

They could have built something beautiful - the green possibilities at 5 in your video - but didn't..... car centric concrete windswept wilderness...instead A useful video. Thank you.