Here’s a nice little clip of the 1984 Torquay Scooter Rally. The camp site was on the ring road and the club scenes are from the 400 Club
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Granddaughter of Samuel Coleridge, Torquay-based Christabel Rose Coleridge edited the world’s first teenage girls magazine 
Charlotte May Yonge’s literary group the Gosling Society included serveral members from Torquay and South Devon. 
The Oliver Reed film The System (the Girl Getters, in the US), features plenty of South Devon. Here’s a compliation of clips and stills from the movies 2 comments - ()
Torquay’s heritage as a seaside resort includes the advent, popularity and demise of the saucy seaside postcard. Here are a few more examples 2 comments - () 
James Joyce was at the Imperial Hotel, Torquay, with Gilbert Stuart, where they explored the in-depth meanings of Joyce’s Ulysses 
The relationship between TS Eliot, Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot and Bertrand Russell was certainly very close, but is that enough evidence for an affair in Torquay? 
For a seaside town, there are few things worse than a stomach-churning smell coming from the sea. Kevin Dixon investigate the ‘shop window problem’ of the Corbyn Head Stentch, the solution to which the Torbay Corporation found was nothing to sniff at 
Torquay-born Roger Deakins has been nominated for eight Oscars for his work as a cinematographer and received the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award. 
Torquay is steeped in history – take a walk around the town to find the history you won’t read in the usual guide books 
Torquay was once a major stop off on the rock circuit – here’s some of the evidence 
Torquay was once a major stop off on the rock circuit – here’s some of the evidence |
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