Par, Par Green c.1960
Photo ref: P7069
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Photo ref: P7069
Photo of Par, Par Green c.1960

More about this scene

The Cornish Arms on the left has got a new sign on a post by the roadside, the monkey puzzle has been felled, and there is now a tangle of overhead electric wires spreading out from their poles. Par Green has since been made a one-way street, and the pub is a private house.

A Selection of Memories from Par

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Par

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My parents opened Roselyon School, on the St Blazey road out of Par, in 1953, when I was nine years old, and ran it until they retired in 1970. Hence I knew Par pretty well both as young boy, teenager and young adult. Walking into Par from Roselyon, you passed Leaders, a grocery and sweet shop, on the corner that turned from the St Blazey road towards the Harbour. We used to spend our Saturday sixpences there. Then came a ...see more
Mr Ley, ex Army Major who along with his family started probably one of the first Holiday Caravan sites at Par Sands. Mr Ley always drove a yellow Rolls Royce when he arrived to clean the vans. On the entrance to the site you entered the road passing on your left the Ship Inn and the little cream and red caravan used as a snack bar.  Along the beach stood many Beach Huts well used in those days.  Patches ...see more