Not a picture of ours this time, but a link to a website chock full of fascinating historical pictures of the Duryard area, including some pictures of Reed Hall, or Streatham Hall as it once was.
Photo from http://www.duryard.com/Reed_Hall_1903.html
During the 1930s, St. Luke’s was used as a holiday centre over the Summer. The holiday centre was often staffed by the students and as well as waiting and other jobs, the students would spend up to 2 hours a day tending the gardens of the college. The flowers for the dining tables and many of the vegetables served to the holidaymakers were grown on-site.
This photo of St. Luke’s floodlit was taken in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V.
The caption to the photo reads:
For the Silver Jubilee of King George V the college was floodlit, free of charge, by the Exeter Gaslight and Coke Company. The gas pressure in Heavitree was noticeably affected.
The outdoor pool at Cornwall House is OPEN – here is a view of the pool from 1972!
As the Devon County Show is on today, our Throwback Thursday is of a University of Exeter display at the Devon County Show way back in 1977. Scanned as a mirror image by me, ooops!
We’re not entirely sure what the idea behind the display is, but it’s very colourful!
Remember when it was sunny? Campus in the springtime.
A view of the Campus prior to the development of the Forum or the building of Xfi and Building One.
It looks a bit different now! on the very left of the picture is where car park D is now, and above that the Innovation Centres.
Looking up the Taddiforde Valley
Harrison 1974/5
This photo, taken around 1974-5 shows the colourful planting, at the front of Harrison. In the foreground you can see the shadows of scaffolding around Amory, which is under construction.
This picture is quite fascinating. An aerial shot from my handily titled ‘photos from 60s and 70s file’ so I am not sure when it was taken, but it must be pre-1974, as Amory hasn’t been built.
