The renown Irish dramatist Sean O’Casey long an exile from his native Ireland, had lived in St Marychurch for many years.
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Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was a novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. 7 comments - ()
Torbay was home to two production companies during the early days of silent British cinema: Raleigh-King Productions/Cairns Torquay Films and Torquay and Paignton Photoplay Productions, and some people filmed The Bay in all’s its glory 3 comments - ()
Torquay and Paignton figured in quite a few of the Monty Python Flying Circus sketches, as well as being home to the inspiration for Basil Fawlty and the scene of the dismemberment of the Black Knight in Monty Python and The Holy Grail 1 comment - ()
Occultist and writer of patriotic poetry Aleister Crowley was living in Great Hill Road, Torquay when he offered his assistance in interroguate Rudolf Hess during the Second World War 
Find out where the piskies like to play, as well as a stunning stone circle. Most of this four-and-a-half-mile walk is on open moorland and sometimes the ‘track’ disappears and then re-appears again, but the landmarks are very prominent. |
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