Mount Batten (Gerald Wasley)

The flying boats of Plymouth

This is another book in the Halsgrove Parish History series, reminding us of the people and events that have made our communities what they are today - celebrating the past and providing a stepping stone to the future. The photographs in this unique volume, many of them previously unpublished, are a vital record of the history and inhabitants of this ancient settlement brought together from across thecommunity.

Mount Batten, situated close to the villages of Turnchapel, Hooe and Oreston, is a peninsula on the south-west Devon coast bounded by the estuary of the Cattewater (River Plym) and the waters of Plymouth Sound. Its hinterland stretches to the South Hams. Batten's headland is close to Plymouth, separated by a narrow channel of water, but the respective environments are very different. Mount Batten has a small civilian community that has only relatively recently been established. Prior to this, itwas, for 75 years, an important RNAS/RAF seaplane station and was home to the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, who was stationed there from 1929-44 as an aircraftman involved with marine craft. All this, and much more, is detailed inthis 160 page book, copiously illustrated throughout with over 200 historic photographs of the places and people who have made up the thriving community of Mount Batten and its surrounding parish.

Gebonden met stofomslag, 144 pag., geïllustreerd

Uitg. Halsgrove, 2006

ISBN 9781841144955

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