Boscastle, The Pixie Shop c.1960
Photo ref: B149086
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Photo ref: B149086
Photo of Boscastle, The Pixie Shop  c.1960

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Tourist souvenirs are for sale down by the harbour. Note the shelter made from an old boat in the front garden.

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A Selection of Memories from Boscastle

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Relating to the two little girls standing in the street, the one on the right is Nellie Davy, my aunt. She was the eldest child of Harry and Mary Ann Davy (nee Ferrett). Nellie and three other siblings were born at Butts but between 1906 and 1908 the family moved to Providence House (now named St. Christophers) where four other children were born. Here Harry ran a grocery business from one of the front rooms and ...see more
This picture does not show either of Boscastle's churches. There is one at Forrabury and one at Minster but this is not either