A trip back in time to Newton Abbot today.

Hidden away in a file of 1970s images was this set of six photographic postcards which we think date from either the late 1920s or early 1930s.

Stover Canal and locks viewed from Breakneck.
Stover Canal and locks viewed from Breakneck. (MDA Archive)

Coombeshead Road, Highweek Road – possibly taken at the top end of Highweek Road where Newton Abbot Leisure Centre now is.
Coombeshead Road, Highweek Road – possibly taken at the top end of Highweek Road where Newton Abbot Leisure Centre now is. (MDA Archive)

View towards Bradley Woods from what  is now the fringes of Bradley Lane Industrial Estate.
View towards Bradley Woods from what is now the fringes of Bradley Lane Industrial Estate. (MDA Archive)

Looking up Pitt Hill Road towards Highweek Village.
Looking up Pitt Hill Road towards Highweek Village. (MDA Archive)

All Saints Parish Church at Highweek.
All Saints Parish Church at Highweek. (MDA Archive)


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