Unsolved murder of Blondie and the Royal Navy lover who walked free in Plymouth Blitz
Reginald Strange was not the killer of Beatrice Brown in war-torn and degraded 1940 Plymouth - so who did the awful deed?
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Jealousy amidst the Plymouth Blitz, a pretty woman known as Blondie , a cruel murder straight out of the pages of a gritty crime novel - the killing of Beatrice Loveday Brown remains unsolved after her accused lover was acquitted in court. On the evening of August 29, 1940 the body of 23-year-old Beatrice - known to many as Fair Jean and Blondie - was found in a basement flat of 2 Raleigh Street in the city centre.
New hotel, multi-storey car park and flats for Plymouth city centre
But a landmark hexagon design wall near the former Westward television studios is set to disappear
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Plans have been approved for a hotel, flats and multi-storey car park on the site of the former Westward Television studios in Plymouth city centre.
Forgotten piece of Plymouth s post-war history could be lost forever
The landmark wall alongside The Crescent, between Millbay Road and Notte Street, is set to be demolished to make way for a new hotel
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Organisations are being invited to salvage a piece of Plymouth’s post-war architectural history which is set to disappear.