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Unchanged
It's good that Lemon Street has remained unchanged from looking at older pictures.
Although now all the houses are offices.
A memory of Truro contributed by A J
Tregony clock tower
The clock tower has two dates on it - one from the original building, and one from when it was restored. Apparently the village council sold the clock to a visiting Australian who wanted to take it back to his country. The villagers were outraged, dismantled the clock overnight, and hid it in a local field for twenty years until they were sure it was safe. Ealing comedy via Cornwall! I lived in the house in the photo, so the clock is very dear to my heart.
A memory of Tregony contributed by Amanda Pickering
Heritage 1910 to 1920
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 to the front door by shouting "fish for sale". The funniest was the boys putting sheets over themselves at night and gliding around as ghosts. That must have been something back in those days. My grandmother caught them one day because of mud on the sheets and told them not to do that any more because if the ...read more here
A memory of Portholland contributed by Sinclair Hugh
damn good lodgings
go to blacksmiths cottage for fine fayre
A memory of Mylor contributed by susan petrozzi
Extracts From Tresillian & Cornwall books
The palm trees add an exotic touch to the park in this view, which
looks in a similar direction to the 1890 view (No 23967 on page
43). By this date the open spaces have been infilled with housing,
and the Perranporth Hotel can be recognised on the far side of the
pond immediately behind the right-hand tree.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".
It is just three years after No 41609, above, and the Porthminster Hotel has been given an extension in the form of a smaller
version of the original building. This is a steep site, and the road along the front of Draycott Terrace is supported by a
substantial stone wall. The terraced cottages in Primrose Valley below are still intact.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".
The church could hardly be closer to the sea. Many of the
buildings can be recognised today, but they are now separated
from the water in the harbour by walls supporting a road and a
walkway. The St Ives lifeboat is on its carriage outside the lifeboat
house on West Pier near the church. The present lifeboat house is
on the near side of the pier.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".
Spectators on both
sides of the Gannel are
enjoying the annual
August regatta. How
different the Gannel
looks at full tide. There
were once plans to build
a dam to keep water in
the Gannel all the time
as an amenity. This view
looks from the Crantock
side; most of the open
fields on the Newquay
side have since been
covered with houses.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".
Rows of fishing boats are mostly aground where they are moored
in the harbour. Smaller boats are drawn right up to the buildings
in the background, for the Wharf wall had not yet been built. The
whitewashed Fore Street Methodist chapel is to the right, likewise
built onto the harbour beach.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".