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.
Here is a view of what is now the North Piazza, pre-development.
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.