Plymouth city centre with the blitzed buildings cleared, sites levelled and the first line of the Abercrombie-Paton Watson plan for the centre laid out

NOTES: Plymouth city centre was devastated by bombing during the air raids of 1941. The City Council subsequently instructed their Surveyor, James Paton Watson and Professor Abercrombie to prepare a plan for a new Plymouth. The 'Plan for Plymouth', which was published in 1943, was met with high approval and formed the basis for the official development plan for the city's post-war reconstruction.