The Box is a major cultural and heritage attraction and archive, which opened in Plymouth’s city centre in September 2020. Its collection, formally the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), is the regional film archive for the South West of England, comprising the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and Television South West (TSW). It also includes a significant number of donated film collections dating back to the early 1890s.
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St Michael's Mount
The small island of St Michael’s Mount
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Overview
St Michael's Mount or Karrek Loos yn Koos in Cornish meaning the grey rock in a wood is known locally as the Mount. It is a tidal island in Mount’s bay and at low tide may be accessed from Marazion along from Penzance by a manmade causeway of granite setts. The St Aubyn family has called the island home since 1650 and today they own the lease to the castle but the rest of the island is run by the National Trust including visits to rooms in the Castle.
St Michael’s Mount has a long history with its underground railway which is the last operating Scotch or 4ft 6 in gauge railway and although it is not open to the public it operates for demonstrations occasionally. It has links to the French island of Mont Saint Michel in Normandy and at its height had a population of 450 but this is now around 35. The Mount was fortified during the Second World War and three pillboxes remain. The Mount has starred in the films Dracula (1979), James Bond’s Never Say Never Again (1983) and Johnny English (2003).
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