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I lived in Bolingey as a child, until 1959, and this picture has strong memories for me. My family had a cottage somewhere to the front and right of the chapel on the hill. The location was called "Crow Hill" and I think the cottages may still be there today. For some reason I was afraid of the large forbidding Methodist chapel!
Years later I used to visit the Bolingey Inn and I'm glad to see that it is still there now. Haven't been there for 30 years though.
Contributed by Anthony Bennett
Cornwall memories
Bolingey
I lived in Bolingey as a child, until 1959, and this picture has strong memories for me. My family had a cottage somewhere to the front and right of the chapel on the hill. The location was called "Crow Hill" and I think the cottages may still be there today. For some reason I was afraid of the large forbidding Methodist chapel!
Years later I used to visit the Bolingey Inn and I'm glad to see that it is still there now. Haven't been there for 30 years though.
A memory of Bolingey contributed by Anthony Bennett
Nostalgia
This picture is from my childhood. I was brought up in Perranporth from 1950-1968. My aunt lived in the house immediately left of this picture - this would have been taken right outside and we lived just at the bottom of this small hill. How strange and nostalgic to come across it here.
A memory of Perranporth contributed by David Lewis-Burry
Vacation at Perran Sands Holiday Camp
This vacation was very interesting. We had invested in a large tent we wanted to try camping out in. We had driven down to Perranporth from The Wirral and in those days the drive took us 12 hours. We eventually arrived at the camp just as it was going dusk and the weather, it was raining so heavy - so trying to pitch the tent with bad weather and being tired, it did not work out very well, so we made the most of it for that night but first thing the next morning my husband went to the site office to see if they had any caravans for hire. We were lucky, they did, so we ended up packing the ...read more here
A memory of Perranporth contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
Extracts From Bolingey & 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".