Polgooth, Cornwall

The Post Office

1971 - 1984: Whilst I lived in village the Post Office was where you got all you needed in an emergency. As a little one, I personally loved the vending machines on the wall. In those days we all used to be sent out for groceries even as young ones, as the village was safe and everyone knew each other.  Where... [more]

Great part of the village

1970's and 80's: We had a great childhood playing at this end of the village. It was quiet except for the cars of people that lived up here. Everyone knew each other. My old house is in the background, all you can see is the gable end and the chimney. In the 1970's the Fowlers lived next door and they had... [more]

Rose View

1970 - 1984: As you look at this photo the last building on the right, the barn like cottage with the small window, is Rose View. My mum and dad bought it for £1,000 in 1970, and set to work modernising it as I was due 1971 and my brother 1975.  When they purchased the cottage it was a 1 up... [more]

Sunday School and Discos

1980's: This is where we went every Sunday for Sunday School, taken by Mrs Warren.  Also where the first village disco was held before moving them to the village institute.
Where the photographer is standing was the playing field and woods.....which contained the love tree!!!!!!! Further round was the Goffin, that today has been cleared and looks great.  But was scary... [more]

My cottage

The cottage in the centre of the picture was our first home in Cornwall.
4/4/2001

Sunday School

Anyone remember the Spooner's from the Midlands living in the village? They moved from Lostwithiel. Joyce and Arthur(John)Spooner. I was about 5 and remember going to Sunday School with my foster brother Mark. We lived in the middle of three houses I think on a hill. I also remember two older girls who used to take us for walks and they... [more]

St Austell Bay Photographic Memories

Polgooth grew up in the 19th century as a mining village to the south west of St Austell. The girl (centre) stands outside the post office stores, which is still a lifeline in the village. There is an air of dereliction in this picture; the site of the old barn on the right has been redeveloped as the Polmewan Flats.

St Austell Bay Photographic Memories

The old village is seen from near the Wesleyan chapel, looking across to Van Vean Farmhouse in the trees on the far side. Barns (foreground and left) show that this is still a farming community, but new houses have since occupied the field in the foreground.

St Austell Bay Photographic Memories

There were few Cornish villages without a chapel; this one is typical of many, situated near the top end of old Polgooth. It has since become a house and is virtually unrecognisable today - the roof shape and the site on Chapel Hill are the main clues to its origin today.