There’s no better place to start than with arguably our most famous of mascots - Augustus Jeremiah Honeybun, or Gus for short. You’d be hard-pressed to find a child (or adult!) of the 1960s, '70s or '80s that didn’t desperately want their card sent into Gus Honeybun’s Magic Birthdays to receive bunnyhops, a wink or a hit on the magic button. a b Henry, Georgina; Wainwright, Martin (24 June 1991). "Media: Civilised shoot-out in the West - Week 3 of the Guardian/BFI ITV franchise debates". The Guardian. p.27. A newspaper report at the time covers the opening of the store, but Dr Alan Butler explained that the journalist was uncomfortable reporting the two were a couple. It is also an opportunity to celebrate the wonderful things held in archives, and discover stories, facts and places, and people at the heart of your community. From 1961 to 1981, our local ITV company was Westward Television. After losing the 1980 ITV franchise round to Television South West (TSW), the company was bought by TSW in August 1981 before it started broadcasting at the beginning of 1982, an arrangement that lasted until the loss of its franchise saw it end broadcasting at the end of 1992.

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In the wake of the Stonewall Riots in New York in June 1969 over the treatment of the LGBT community by the police the UK Gay Liberation Front was founded (GLF) in 1970.

These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. There was also a TSW-/Gus-branded Hoppa bus, made by local bus and coach company Western National. It was in regular use on most service routes until TSW's demise in 1992. Plymouth is steeped with rich history, with long-forgotten moments hiding in streets and buildings, lost in time.

Gus Honeybun - Do You Remember?

The rabbit puppet, famed through the 1970s and 80s for his 'bunny hop' birthday wishes on Westcountry TV, attracted hundreds of wellwishers for his celebrations at Flambards.

With that, Judi went on to do something which even I don’t think I will forgive her for and punched an ageing Gus square in the face. When I put in new plants and things, I come in, and he’s got soil all around his face, but he denies it all.”