Plymouth Zoo,Plymouth

Old photos of

Plymouth Zoo

Plymouth

Opened on Thursday April 19th 1962 at a cost of £30,000.It had 13,000 visitors during the first three days.

It closed on Sunday January 8th 1978 and was later converted into a skateboard park.

Here's a lovely home movie of the zoo,taken in the 1960s,sent to me by David Marshall.

(Click on it twice.It's a good idea to let the film load up completely before watching it or else it might stop and start)

Plymouth Zoo brochure front cover,probably from the 1960s.

Here's a new movie of the zoo which has been put on YouTube by Steve Johnson at Cyberheritage