Gweek, Bridge Shop c.1950
Photo ref:
G73013
Photo ref:
G73013
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Livestock in a Cornish village is not unusual, but Gweek now has some rather unusual mammalian residents. Just down the river is the internationally famous seal sanctuary, founded in the 1950s by midlander Ken Jones to take care of sick, injured or orphaned seals.
An extract from Helston Photographic Memories.
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this is labelled redruth road - but as far as i have always known it was Chapel hill for obvious reason the chapel was midway up the hill
this looks like a view from my old house - Meadow Lea , when my parents brought on chicken and turkeys for my grand uncle - Tom mitchell at mellanoweth in the village - in the foreground is the house owned i believe by mr hayward of the pickles fame
In the background beside the chapel was the house i grew up in,called, Meadow Lea which obviously had a large meadow as the main area in front of the bungalow before my mother sold a plot of land for a bungalow below ( which was not built in this photo ) lots has changed in the years since then but lots of is still as was albeit modernised - such as post office row which my great grandfather built many moons ago
This bridge shop for many years was run by my great uncle Edward Moyle who lived in Sunnyside, Gweek.
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