Torbay, Devon (1970)

In a brief article entitled 'The Mayflower and All That' the Torbay Express and South Devon Echo reported on the festivities held in one of Devon's small boroughs, Totnes. There, the local townspeople dressed 'in Elizabethan rig' as part of the celebrations of Mayflower 70, complementing the larger celebrations in nearby Plymouth. The Torbay Express and South Devon Echo also related that despite ‘quite a number of cynical remarks’ the historically themed event was a popular success as 'Totnesians have rallied to the idea and made it work'.