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- 10 photos on Bodmin appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Bodmin
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Fore Street in 1931
This picture shows the street as I remember it aged four. The building on the right was the office of my father's legal practice (Pomery and Gill) and opposite was the market. As a child I loved the Saturday market, when the boiled sweets of all descriptions were on sale. I also loved the stone cows' heads across the facade. My family lived at "Bosvenna" in Priory Road until the late sixties. My father Ernest Gill was Town Clerk for 26 years, and was made Mayor on his retirement from that position. Since moving to Australia in 1963 I have been closely involved in the South Australian Cornish Association, being a past President.
Contributed by David Gill
Staff at the Asylum
I found when researching the 1901 census that members of my husband's family worked at the Asylum. My husband's grandfather, Alfred Charles (Charlie) Southern worked there until his death in 1944. Charles' sister Glen Dora also worked there as did his mother Anne and other relatives. Some were described as laundresses. I wondered whether they actually worked in a laundry at the asylum or whether they did laundry for the asylum at home.
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HALLOWEEN 2007
Ok, on Halloween night 2007 some friends and myself wanted to do something different for our Halloween night, so where better to do it than at the old Bodmin prison.
So off we set at 9 o'clock taking track to the prison. It was a great evening. We spent some hours in the darkest depths of the prison and we are convinced we did see a ghost of a man in the Naval Wing, and we did some filming and we got some pictures of what looked like 'orbs', it was a very interesting evening.
We would like to point out that this is not the place to visit if you are shocked easily, as the prison has an ...read more here
Contributed by trisha may
Cornwall memories
HALLOWEEN 2007
Ok, on Halloween night 2007 some friends and myself wanted to do something different for our Halloween night, so where better to do it than at the old Bodmin prison.
So off we set at 9 o'clock taking track to the prison. It was a great evening. We spent some hours in the darkest depths of the prison and we are convinced we did see a ghost of a man in the Naval Wing, and we did some filming and we got some pictures of what looked like 'orbs', it was a very interesting evening.
We would like to point out that this is not the place to visit if you are shocked easily, as the prison has an ...read more here
A memory of Bodmin contributed by trisha may
Extracts From Bodmin & Cornwall books
This was the chantry chapel of St Thomas Becket, licensed 18 March 1377 in the reign of Edward III. It was in use
as a grammar school from about 1566 to 1853, and since became ruinous. The arch below the porch on the left
leads to a vaulted crypt. The ruin stands just to the east of Bodmin church; it is still in a poor state and the window
has lost its tracery.
An extract from from"Churches of East Cornwall Photographic Memories".
Lanhydrock House, once the seat of the Robartes family, is now one of the National Trust’s best-loved Cornish properties. The north wing on the right is dated 1636, and contains an impressive long gallery with a decorated plaster ceiling. The rest of the house and the south wing were badly damaged in a fire in 1881, but they were rebuilt in the same style three years later.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".
The Shire Hall of 1837 is on the right. The County Assizes were once held here, but today part of the building contains the town’s Tourist Information Centre. The building across the square behind the fountain is now Barclays Bank.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".
This prominent granite landmark above the town is 144ft high. It was built in 1857 in memory of Lieutenant General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, a notable commander of the Bengal Army in the Indian campaigns of 1845-46. He died in 1853, and an inscription at the base of the monument records his service to the nation.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".
The Market House was built of granite in 1839-40 for the sale of meat, poultry and butter, and the four carved ox heads above the pillars (left) are a notable feature of the street frontage. Bodmin’s small fire station was housed in part of the market in 1931. The Town Arms Hotel next door has since closed.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".