IF HISTORY is written by the victors, it's time that fades their ink.Even the most solid reminders of events in the past can be deceptive once living memory has gone.Royal William Yard today is a place of leisure and luxury – high value apartments, upmarket businesses and restaurants.Take away the names of the buildings – the Cooperage, the Slaughterhouse – and it's hard to imagine the key role the yard played when Britannia ruled the waves.The scale of the former Royal Navy...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 2 hours ago.
IF HISTORY is written by the victors, it's time that fades their ink.Even the most solid reminders of events in the past can be deceptive once living memory has gone.Royal William Yard today is a place of leisure and luxury – high value apartments, upmarket businesses and restaurants.Take away the names of the buildings – the Cooperage, the Slaughterhouse – and it's hard to imagine the key role the yard played when Britannia ruled the waves.The scale of the former Royal Navy...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 2 hours ago.