Over the Wall

	< On a very wet and windy day, the group of 100 people assembles outside Granby Gate		< A librarian battles through the gale to hand out maps of the area a century ago		< Eventually the queue starts to move through the security check
Commander Crichton (of the Naval Base Museum) explains the plans for tour >		Looking back up the former Devonport Fore Street. Woolworth's was on the left >		And one group starts walking >
	< Leaving another group behind		< Soon the old Devonport Market building comes into view		< Still in a reasonable state of preservation
A close-up of the tower. The clock no longer works >		But the end panels are still all there >		Another walk brings us to the old Ropery >
	< The older buildings are labelled		< Nigel identified this as the former gents toilet from Ferry Road		< And on past some other Ropery buildings...
...to a grim reminder of the building's former use >		A stone's throw away is the gazebo built for King George >		Against a storm coming over from Cornwall, the original dock from 1691... >
	< ...contrasts with this block from Queen Victoria's day		< The second dock, and the storm has reached the Devon shore		< All that is left of the Officers' Terrace
The Old Fire Station >		The Victoria figurehead, and donkey engine >		A close-up of the figurehead >
	< And Victoria from a different angle		< Looking back up the former Fore Street from inside the old Fore Street Gate		< An old bell...
...and its caption >		The old sentry box >		Walking back up the old Fore Street towards the Midland Bank >
	< The former Midland Bank, preserved as if it closed yesterday		< A few words about the Bank from our guide		< The Bank
And a close-up of the date - 1922 >		Looking back down Fore Street - into the rain >		The tour ends with a vote of thanks from Nigel >
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