Torquay, Devon - Sea Front - traffic, old cars - Widlake RP postcard c.1940s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Sea Front, Torquay, Devon - shows old cars & bus c.1940s or 195s, real photo type
• Publisher:  F. E. Widlake, Torquay
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Torquay (pron.: /t?r'ki?/) is a seaside town in the unitary authority area of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 22 miles (35 km) south of Exeter along the A380 on the north of Torbay, 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Plymouth, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham. Torquay’s population of 63,998 during the 2001 UK Census made it the third largest settlement in Devon.^[1]

The town's economy was initially based upon fishing and agriculture, as in the case of Brixham across Torbay, but, in the early 19th century, the town began to develop into a fashionable seaside resort, initially frequented by members of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars while the Royal Navy anchored in the bay and later by the crème de la crème of Victorian society as the town's fame spread. Renowned for its healthful climate, the town earned the nickname of the English Riviera and favourable comparisons to Montpellier.

Torquay was the home of the writer Agatha Christie, who lived most of her life there. The town contains an ""Agatha Christie Mile"", a tour with plaques dedicated to her life and work.^[2]

Torquay's name originates in its being the quay of the ancient village of Torre. In turn, Torre takes its name from the tor, the extensively quarried remains of which can be seen by the town's Lymington Road.^[3]

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=devon

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted