Ian Handford is a journalist based in Torquay, United Kingdom. He writes for the Torbay Weekly, focusing on local stories and events. His articles cover a range of topics including local history, notable individuals, and community events.
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Ian Handford's coverage predominantly revolves around local culture, society, and remarkable individuals in Torquay. His focus on historical figures and local legends suggests that he would be receptive to pitches centered around hidden stories of the region or insightful commentary about the historical significance of certain events or individuals.
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By: Ian Handford
Agatha Christie the “Queen of Crime” needs no introduction. My feature concentrates only on the personal, not commercial side of her producing hundreds of novels, short stories, plays and written works, that have been said to have been published in forty languages. Today her books are th...
By: Ian Handford
Henry Augustus Garrett, born in 1859 was by the age of twenty being appointed assistant surveyor to Bournemouth Council. Yet by 1890, he would move to Torquay after being appointed Harbour Engineer and Surveyor. He now discovered his adopted town was very ripe for expansion having earned a reputatio...
The saga of trying to establish a blue plaque at Villa Rosa in Trumlands Road, Torquay, in honour of the Irish playwright Sean O'Casey started in 1986. The Civic Society successfully completed the task when unveiling not one but two plaques in 2012. But then another anomaly we learned was that a fri...
Born at Portsmouth on March 27th 1912 Leonard James (Jim) Callaghan was the only son of James - Chief Naval Petty Officer RN who had served on the Royal Yacht. The family moved from Southampton to Brixham in 1914 and by age two Leonard was attending school at Furzeham Elementary School. Once the Fir...
Born at Golders Green London on May 19th 1932 Alma Angela Kogin was the older of two Jewish sisters and an older brother. The sisters were oddly sent to St Joseph's Roman Catholic Convent school which meant they daily waited outside until prayers had been given to the school's other five hundred Cat...
On returning from Blackpool six weeks later Alma in London had her first break. Ted Heath would later admit to regretting his comment 'too young', saying it was one of the greatest mistakes of his life. It was Alma's Uncle Gerry that created the first step forward to stardom in show business. Appare...
In a two-part series, Ian looks at novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor, and soldier, Francis Brett-Young
The president of Torbay Civic Society on the life of football player Ralph Birkett
The president of Torbay Civic Society on the life of his friend, Ronald Walter Sims
The president of Torbay Civic Society's 94th installment of his series of significant people
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