Dobwalls

Read and share memories of Dobwalls and Cornwall inspired by Frith photos

Twelve Woods Place

Yep, the year was 1967, I was always hanging around with John Webber, Timothy Rampling, and all the others that joined the gang. The summer was with us and we as kids obviously got bored, so decided to break into the infants school - remember Miss Nile anybody? She did not like me and I must say, she was not my favourite either. Anyway we broke in and ate all Miss Niles chocolate bars that she kept for the good kids. Hence I never got one. Me laughing on the way out, cos revenge was sweet, picked up the chalk and wrote Julie Crocker on the board, need I say any more, hahaha. Anybody who knows me, send me an e ...read more here
Contributed by julie crocker

Twelve Woods Place

Yep, the year was 1967, I was always hanging around with John Webber, Timothy Rampling, and all the others that joined the gang. The summer was with us and we as kids obviously got bored, so decided to break into the infants school - remember Miss Nile anybody? She did not like me and I must say, she was not my favourite either. Anyway we broke in and ate all Miss Niles chocolate bars that she kept for the good kids. Hence I never got one. Me laughing on the way out, cos revenge was sweet, picked up the chalk and wrote Julie Crocker on the board, need I say any more, hahaha. Anybody who knows me, send me an e ...read more here
A memory of Dobwalls contributed by julie crocker

Village Cricket

I lived in Plymouth at the time and our family spent two or three holidays in the village of Darite, the years would be around 1951-3.  My father would organise a cricket game in the field where the Quoit stands, we would play three or four times a week and a lot of the local lads would join in.  My mother would sit beneath on the base stones and do her knitting.   Although it's over 50 years ago my sisters and I have many happy memories of this area.
A memory of Liskeard contributed by John Stanyon

BOOTS THE CHEMIST

I own part of the building which is the second one on the left of the photo. Many years ago there was another building on the end, on the corner of Market St and Well Lane. Our building is now the Fat Frog Cafe and lots of customers come in and tell us that our cafe used to be Boots. However, from some of the more recent photos we can see that the building which is now gone was Boots. We think that the Fat Frog (also previously The Heron Bar) used to be Home and Colonial. The Heron Bar was only part of the ground floor the other part being William Hills Bookmakers.

We ...read more here
A memory of Liskeard contributed by Lynda Gale