Summary
IT was the night that Paignton town centre went up in flames.
In the early hours of July 4 1952 a small fire in a first floor office in Hyde Road spread rapidly destroying a dozen shops and numerous offices in the prominent landmark building known as Waycotts Corner, which also adjoined Victoria Street.See the full content of this document
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Fire Engulfed Dozen Shops
Such was the ferocity of the blaze that the whole block was demolished and rebuil...
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