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Electrics

And Armed Knight Rocks 1890
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I am amazed that so few memories of Land's End have been recorded so I wish to add my brief knowledge. My cousin Peter was born in Hampshire in the 1920s. His mother was my father's sister Kathleen Goodey, later Headland, and born a Scott and owner of the Ship Hotel on Marine Parade East Lee on the Solent in Hampshire, until with her new husband she left the UK for Rhodesia and coffee/tobacco plantations. It was Peter who showed me how to dismantle a TV set and then put it together, all self taught, no wonder he put his electrical knowledge to good use working for many years at the Radio Station at Land's End. I have not heard anything from them since the late 1950s, having lived in Australia since 1969.

Oil Painting

And Armed Knight Rocks 1890
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My mother in law has an oil painting in her house titled "Land's End" which looks like this photo. It was painted by someone called "Mitchell". Wondering if anyone out there may know anything about this painting and its artist. Sounds like it has a great history.

First & Last Forever

The First And Last House c1925
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I have a photo of my glamorous mother in front of the First and Last House when three lines once sprawled across its roof—

F I R S T  &  L A S T
H O U S E   I N
E  N  G  L  A  N  D .
She stands poised upon a rock
‘fore the plain structure amid stark sky.
Land’s End winds forever blow her hair—

The concept of a first and last house
first captured my mind when I was a child.
It will remain with me until my last breath.

Land's End Hotel

I entered a competition in the 'Lady' magazine, and was fortunate to win a week's stay for my husband and myself at the Lands End Hotel. What luxury! It certainly doesn't look anything like the photos of the 1950s. Our bedroom had sea views looking out towards the Isles of Scilly, and we ate our meals in the dining room which again was overlooking the sea. Each evening the head waiter would visit each table and ask the diners to guess the exact moment when the sun would sink out of sight on the horizon - a bottle of champagne was the prize for the winner (we never won once during that week!). An added bonus was a helicopter trip from Penzance to St Mary's on the Scillys. What a week - never to be forgotten.

Saving The Shipwrecked Sailors

Robert and Donald Mapleston and were excellent swimmers.  (Their sister, my Great Grandmother, Anne Mapleston Jackson, passed away in 1944.)  They lit bonfires to warn the ships, but when a ship wrecked they used a large rope and swam it out to pull the shipwrecked sailers back to shore.   Family story also tells that they taught Kaiser Wilhelm to swim and dive and he rewarded them with silk robes with a dragon on the back.  This instruction may have been in the early 1900s, unless the Kaiser was visiting in England prior to his famous visit in 1903.  My Uncle told me these histories, saying he had seen one of the robes when he was young, but isn't sure what happened to it.  His name was Robert Donald, in honor of his Great-Uncles.  

Memories of Cornwall

Great/G Grandmother Mary Maddern

My G/G Granmother's parents were married in the St Buryan Church on 31st Oct 1814, they were Richard Maddern & Mary Bennetts. I visited the area in 1997 and found it beautiful. I live in Rutherglen Aust. The old Madderns came to Australia with their children and are buried in Ballarat Cemetery. 2 of their sons were sadly killed in a mining accident in Ballarat. My G/G Grandmother Mary Maddern married Martin Edwards Trezise in St Just and migrated to Australia. Mary Maddern was also born in St Buryan. From Gillian Pitcher, Australia

Sight to Gladden The Heart

Cape Cornwall And The Brissons c1935
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Cape Cornwall and surrounds gladdens my heart whenever I am able to visit.  From the first time of seeing I have loved this particular view.  We spent many happy months in this area during the 1990's and I hope to return again one day, from this distant land of Australia.

Wartime

Cape Cornwall And The Brissons c1935
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Many memories of playing at Priest Cove swimming pool and bent pin fishing as a 6 year old evacuee.
I must have explored every nook and cranny around the headland

Bank Square

Bank Square c1950
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As a 6 year old I was deposited with the Stevens family -Butchers at No 16-- this is on the right of the street opposite the white building

Cairn Gloose

Carn Gloose And The Brissons c1935
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The Cairn is one of the most popular places to visit in this area

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