The New Tamar Bridge

From the collection of

The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

The New Tamar Bridge


Westward Television cameraman David Howarth climbs atop his custom-made Outside Broadcasting Ford Anglia estate and is the first to film the new road suspension bridge over the River Tamar. The bridge's toll booths are the finishing touches to link the counties of Devon and Cornwall and four shillings and sixpence (4s 6d) or the equivalent twenty-two and a half pence return was to be charged.


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