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1960's
In the 1960's as a little boy my dad, mum, little sister and me visted the grandparents in Penponds. They were known as the Laity's, Efe and Les Laity, and the Rodgers were next door, a big family.
A memory of Penponds contributed by STEPHEN BROWN
Uren Genealogy
My wife and I visited St Day in September 13th 2004 to find where my Greatgrandparents lived. We found the house where GreatGrandmother died - 24 Scorrier Street. After searching a lot of St Day for anyone who might have know of either of them, we did find a couple, the gent was a nephew of a lady that was a good friend of my GreatGrandmother. They showed us some of my Grandparents furniture that was left to them in their will. They also sat down with us and talked about my GreatGrandMother. We wanted to talk more but had a cab picking us up in a hour. They told us were she lived and died, so I took a picture ...read more here
A memory of St Day contributed by Raymond Uren
Evacuee Memory
My brother Bryan and I were evacuated to St. Day in 1940 and I spent three happy years there before reluctantly returning to London in 1943. We lived with Mr. and Mrs. Batty who ran a Hardware Shop on the corner of Fore Street. Mr Batty was, during my stay, Chairman of the Camborne and Redruth Urban District Council, We attended St. Day School, Headmaster Mr. Blewitt, teachers Mr. Webster and Miss Opie. The Batty family had a small farm in the village run by a family member, Maude Roper. My after school duties were numerous, delivering charged Accumulators to homes as far away as Scorrier, walking both ways, collecting potato peelings etc. from local homes to be mixed with feed ...read more here
A memory of St Day contributed by Gerard Mos
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My memory is of the Cove Cafe in 1991, my name is Chris Broadbent and I now live in North Cheam in Surrey. I spent a glorious summer in Hayle and made friends with Ben Bailey who runs the cafe. I sold ice creams on the beach during the summer season and then spent all the profits on drink in The Bluff pub along the coastline. I was going throuigh a particular lost period in my life and this summer season really calmed me down and gave me focus on where I should be heading. I have recently returned to the area with my family for a short break and was pleased to find Ben and his partner still running the ...read more here
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Extracts From Camborne & Cornwall books
The new Williams’ Shaft, begun in 1895, is at the time of the photograph still being sunk to develop new sections of the main tin lode, and it was to reach a depth of 550 fathoms (3300ft) when the mine closed in the 1920s. Having been important for copper, Dolcoath became Cornwall’s most productive and deepest tin mine. This shaft, fitted with the latest winding equipment, was named in honour of the chairman of the mine directors.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".
Thomas’s hardware and ironmonger’s shop (left) is at a good corner site, with a large display of wares, while opposite, E R Jones is a ‘home and foreign outfitter’. Perhaps the shop supplied the needs of emigrating tin miners, for this was the period when the great Dolcoath Mine closed. Down Commercial Street is the Market House, with a clock tower built by John Francis Basset in 1866. The Bassets of Tehidy were important mineral lords in this once-great copper and tin mining centre.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".
These solid premises housed the world-famous mining college in the capital of the Cornish mining district. It
started in 1888 as the Camborne Science and Art School in the right-hand section with a chimney; further
extensions were made to the left in the early 1890s. The School of Mines moved to a new campus at Pool in
1974 and the main building was demolished soon afterwards.
An extract from from"Cornwall Living Memories".
Mullion takes its name
from St Melaine, the 6th-
century Bishop of
Rennes, who
excommunicated two
British priests who went
to preach on his patch.
St Mellion, at the other
end of the county, is also
named after him.
An extract from from"Helston Photographic Memories".
More correctly known as
the Loe (meaning ‘pool’
in Cornish), this mile-
long freshwater lake was
formed in the 13th
century when the River
Cober became dammed
by a sand and shingle
bar - Loe Bar.
An extract from from"Helston Photographic Memories".