The Day The Cavalry Arrived
Horses have played a special role in the story of Australia. For the first hundred years of European settlement, they were the only means of transport across most of our …
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OUT NOW – Summer Edition of History Matters
This summer edition of History Matters contains fascinating family history stories of the Gundry, Duffield and Halls families and Andrew Thomas Abercrombie. More Fishy Tales, this time from the Smith …
Out Now – Edition 23 History Matters
Another interesting edition of History Matters is out today, It is our 23rd edition which is full of interesting reading, like the reprint of Owen Yateman’s story on Torquay fishermen. …
Torquay Summer Olympians: The next century
Olympic Games of the 21st Century have seen some significant changes in competition and technology. For example, Sydney 2000 introduced the triathlon, and more sports have been introduced this century. …
Torquay Olympians of the 1990s
The 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games were spectacular. From the Opening Ceremony when the Olympic flame was lit by a flaming arrow fired by a Spanish archer to images such as …
1948 London Olympic Opening Ceremony
Les McKay, flag bearer Tonight, we will be watching Opening Ceremony of the 2020/2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics which will be vastly different from ever before. Back in 1948 at the …
Torquay Olympians of the 1980s
The Moscow Olympics are remembered for many things, but mostly for the boycott of the Games. Led by the United States, 65 nations boycotted the Games in protest of the …
1970s Torquay Summer Olympians
During the 1970s, the Summer Olympics took place twice, with Munich hosting them in 1972 and Montreal playing host in 1976. The 1972 Summer Games were overshadowed by terrorism when …
1960s Torquay Olympic strength
1960 Torquay Olympians Rome finally got its chance to stage the Olympic Games, 54 years after Italy had to give up hosting the Games because of the eruption of Mount …
Torquay Summer Olympians: The next decade, 1950s
The 1952 Helsinki Summer Games were the first Olympics in which the Soviet Union participated since the 1912 Games. The Games were friendly, and by the end of the competition …