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Portholland, Cornwall
Portholland maps
Historic maps of Portholland and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Portholland maps
Historic map of Portholland
Illustrated Victorian map of Cornwall
Historic Map of any Portholland postcode
Portholland books
Displaying 3 of 11 books about Portholland and the local area. View all Portholland books
Cornwall County Memories
Paperback
£15
Cornwall A Century Ago Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Helston Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Portholland
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My Dad grew up in Portholland, one of seven children. There were five boys and the stories he could tell. The boys would go out at night and splash water on windows and the next day listen to the residents talk about the storm during the night. They also went out in the morning and made the ladies come... [more]
Shared on 09 February 2008
Cornwall memories
I was married in Veryan Church on 4th August 1962 to Michael Henry Symons Blamey and we lived in Rose Cottage in Portloe after our marriage. Our son Andrew Mark was born in 1963 and towards the end of 1963 I moved back to Birmingham which is where I originally came from. I remember the winter of 1962 as a particularly... [more]
Shared on 04 September 2008
Penlee Stores, Fore Street, Tregoney
I was born in the same bedroom as my father at Penlee Stores, a little shop (now long gone) opposite Penlee House. My grandfather started the business, he was what is termed a hawker. He travelled the Roseland peninsula selling from his horse and cart anything anyone wanted or needed. His name was Stephen James Lidgey, known as Steve Lidgey. When... [more]
Shared on 02 September 2009
My granny and grandfather owned this house also, we always called it Fairpark House. My grandfather's brother hanged himself in the back kitchen. My granny died there. I know the house very well. My gran, two aunts and uncle lived there. I have many, many happy memories of Fairpark House. It was called Isis House when my granny bought it. I... [more]
Shared on 02 September 2009
Extracts From Portholland & Cornwall books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Portholland, inspired by Frith photos.
St Austell Bay Photographic Memories
This scene has hardly changed for many years; the beach at Polridmouth is still only accessible on foot. Although we are just around the corner from St Austell Bay, this photograph gives us a good view of the prominent day mark erected in 1832 on the Gribbin Head as an aid for shipping entering the bay.
This is an extract from St Austell Bay Photographic Memories.
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St Austell Bay Photographic Memories
The old pilchard-curing cellar, or 'palace', beside the shore in the foreground was one of the largest in Cornwall. However, by the time of this early photograph the harbour seems already deserted by the fishing fleet, perhaps in favour of Mevagissey on the far side of the bay.
This is an extract from St Austell Bay Photographic Memories.
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St Austell Bay Photographic Memories
A boat sails across the bay, which was known as Polkerris or Par Bay in the late-18th century. The little village of Polkerris is situated at the end of a sheltered valley on the east shore of St Austell Bay. There was an important pilchard fishery here, and the pier (left) was built in about 1735 for sheltering the fishing boats rather than for... [more]
This is an extract from St Austell Bay Photographic Memories.
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