Allet, Cornwall

Unchanged

It's good that Lemon Street has remained unchanged from looking at older pictures.
Although now all the houses are offices.

Magor and Menadue families

In the 1840's Magors and Menadues migrated from Mithian to South Australia, and I am the product of the marriages between the families.

If anyone would like to correspond with me on this page I have more details and would love to learn new ones.

I live in Adelaide South Australia and am visiting Mithian in May 2007 to... [more]

Bolingey

I lived in Bolingey as a child, until 1959, and this picture has strong memories for me. My family had a cottage somewhere to the front and right of the chapel on the hill. The location was called "Crow Hill" and I think the cottages may still be there today. For some reason I was afraid of the... [more]

Nostalgia

This picture is from my childhood. I was brought up in Perranporth from 1950-1968. My aunt lived in the house immediately left of this picture - this would have been taken right outside and we lived just at the bottom of this small hill. How strange and nostalgic to come across it here.

Post Office

My gran ran the post office from before I was born, her name was Mrs Pooley. When she retired my Uncle Eric and his wife Dorothy took it over until they too retired. I visited the village about four years ago when I found that the post office had been renovated into a private dwelling. The owners of the property very... [more]

Growing up in Newlyn

I used to live in Church Town on the corner down the road from the butchers, it was a thatched cottage (long gone now). There was a large pine tree growing on the corner of the churchyard, my brother and I always liked climbing this tree. The tree has also gone now. I had a friend who lived a few yards... [more]

St Day evacuee - lost memories

I too was one of the London evacuees taken to St Day school to be selected by a villager; Miss Murton a shop owner took me into her home.
Miss Murton gave up her shop with the rationing and coupon counting.
Can anyone tell me, please, where we came from in London at the time of evacuation for I have no... [more]

Uren Genealogy

My wife and I visited St Day in September 13th 2004 to find where my Greatgrandparents lived. We found the house where GreatGrandmother died - 24 Scorrier Street. After searching a lot of St Day for anyone who might have know of either of them, we did find a couple, the gent was a nephew of a lady that was a... [more]