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ABBREVIATIONS

FS = Foundation Stone
MS = Memorial Stone
PM = Plymouth Mail
PSDH = Plymouth, Stonehouse & Devonport Herald
PSDT = Plymouth or Plympton & South Devon Times
PT = Plymouth Times
WDM = Western Daily Mercury
WEH = Western Evening Herald
WI - Western Independent
WMN = Western Morning News
WWM = Western Weekly Mercury


SOURCES OF INFORMATION

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, 1950 to 1994

The following newspaper articles from the period 1950 to 1994 have been consulted in the compilation of the Plymouth Data Website.  The date of the issue is given as Year-Month-Day so as to group all articles in the correct sequence.

1950 Apr 14 WMN 4 new schools opening after holidays
1950 Jun 07 WEH Rediffusion (South-West) Ltd: Year of continued progress
1951 Jan 31 WMN Railways brought end to romantic chapter of Tamar history
1952 Aug 27 WEH Removal Notice: Skewe's shop
1952 Oct 01 WEH New Keyham school nears completion
1952 Nov 24 WMN Window light unveiled by Lord Mayor
1953 Jan 31 WEH 'Freedom Day' for motorists: premium quality fuel on sale
1953 Feb 26 WMN Rose from 'boy' to managing director
1953 Mar 19 WMN Restoration of YWCA building is praised by Royal visitor
1953 Oct 20 WMN New school is opened at Plymstock
1954 Oct 25 WEH Former Plymouth librarian dies
1955 Mar 22 WMN Plymouth pioneer whose work created need for Technical College
1955 Mar 23 WMN Plymouth firm to build post office
1955 Mar 23 WMN Last steam trawler in the West to be broken up
1955 Mar 23 WMN When Red Indian princess Pocahontas landed at the Barbican
1955 Mar 24 WMN City Transport manager dies at 61
1955 Mar 25 WEH Former City cinema owner dies
1955 Mar 31 WMN Crownhill's long association with garrison church
1956 Feb 22 WEH £50,000 City library
1956 Apr 06 WMN Boundary stones as relics of old Plymouth
1956 May 24 WMN Mr Isaac Foot to lay stone at Laira Church
1956 May 28 WMN Foundation-stone of £24,000 church laid
1956 Oct 01 WEH Church extension to cost £11,000
1956 Oct 04 WEH Church sanctified at Honicknowle
1956 Dec 03 WMN Pioneers laid sure foundations for Plymouth schools
1957 Mar 26 WMN School Blessed by Bishop:Opening ceremony at Whitleigh
1957 Oct 01 WMN New light on first newspaper to be published in Plymouth
1957 Nov 06 WMN 150 more people in Devonport on phone next summer
1958 Jan 22 WMN Lone Labour Exchange: How long will it defy bulldozers?
1958 Jan 25 WMN Start made on Widey Technical School
1958 Feb 07 WMN Opening today of Eastern Approach
1958 Feb 07 WMN Pram factory in Plymouth closing
1958 Apr 19 WMN Keyham Naval College ends its 78-year career
1958 May 24 WMN C-in-C Lays Foundation Stone of 'Aggie Weston's'
1958 Oct 07 WMN Proposed school site 'hopeless for children'
1959 Mar 02 WMN Bishop consecrates new Plymouth church
1959 Mar 02 WMN Built first taxi in Plymouth
1959 Mar 04 WMN Flying-boat at Plymouth
1959 Sep 24 WEH Too unruly at children's television broadcast
1959 Dec 04 WMN New 'Aggie Weston's' to open this month
1959 Dec 19 WMN New £350,000 Sailors' Rest Dedicated
1960 Apr 07 WEH Sailors' Rest Hall Stone Laid in Plymouth
1960 May 28 WMN £350,000 Sailors' Rest is Opened at Devonport
1960 Sep 08 WMN Windsor-terrace, doomed by planning axe, was once ...
1960 Dec 14 WMN Mr Isaac Foot dies in his sleep at 80
1960 Dec 14 WMN Isaac Foot: Liberal, Methodist and lover of Plymouth
1961 Sep 09 WMN Doctor Moreton, veteran Plymouth organist, dies at 97
1962 Jan 08 WEH Link with City's past gone
1963 Apr 17 WMN New Law Courts are opened
1963 Apr 18 WMN New Plymouth courts in business
1963 Sep 13 WEH Devonport can be proud of new school
1963 Oct 19 WMN FS of Stonehouse school to be laid next month
1963 Nov 01 WMN First shops in new Plymouth street opened
1963 Nov 18 WMN Bishop attends new school ceremony
1964 Jan 24 WEH Roman Catholic grammar school approved
1964 Mar 04 WEH Progress on new City RC school
1964 Dec 07 WEH Veteran Plymouth journalist dies
1965 Aug 30 WEH Centenary of St Joseph's Home
1965 Oct 20 WEH Ham & Sewell: New store: Machines to boost ......
1966 Feb 19 WMN When old ships were used as isolation hospitals
1966 Apr 29 WEH Pupils of Notre Dame now in 'Aladdin's cave'
1966 Sep 27 WEH Plymouth's new grammar school opened
1968 Mar 15 WEH Plymouth's oldest school still has future
1968 Dec 27 PSDT Post-chaises filled with gold couldn't save Plymouth Bank
1970 Jan 17 WEH The Duke's friend Fred dies
1970 Jun 03 WMN Plymouth City Architect dies at 62
1971 Dec 15 WMN Woven into Plymouth's history
1972 Jun 29 WEH Memories recalled before 258-year-old school closes
1972 Jun 30 WEH Farewell gift from school to headmaster
1972 Jul 15 WEH End of era when Grey Coat closes
1972 Oct 19 WEH Name change for school has deep significance
1972 Nov 17 WMN Bishop's plea at school opening
1973 Feb 21 WMN Buried history
1975 Jul 03 WMN First step in schools campus plan
1975 Nov 19 WEH A hundred years of school on show
1976 Oct 01 WEH Last of City's flour mills shuts
1977 Jun 02 WEH History of a Plymouth school
1979 Jan 31 WEH New school opens in 'blighted area'
1979 Jul 13 WEH Bishop lays stone for school
1980 Dec 03 WEH That Swilly bomb story stirred your memories
1981 Jun 09 WEH What now for Devonport?
1981 Dec 22 WEH Memorial to 72 dead unveiled
1982 Jun 04 WEH Is the blister to become a farm fitting?
1982 Jun 29 WEH Effort rewarded at new church opening
1982 Sep 14 WEH And how the Boer War heroes were remembered
1983 Sep 16 WEH Business household name over 100 years
1984 Apr 27 WMN Bonnets, cloaks and shoes were provided
1984 May 02 WEH Pilgrim Primary School official opening
1990 Jun 28 WEH School closes after 38 years of service
1991 Jul 09 WEH Korean Veterans' Anniversary
1992 Oct 14 WMN Deprived schools get £1m new appearance
1992 Oct 19 WEH Facelift for two schools complete
1993 Nov 20 WEH Bishop's link with convent
1994 Dec 06 WEH A living legend of the light fantastic

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