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

School sports days at Liskeard

I grew up in Moorswater and went to Liskeard Sec. I have many great memories of my days there. I was lucky enough to be very successful at sport but my first taste of athletics will stay long in my memory. It took place at the interschool sports at Brickfields, I was in the junior boys 70 yards hurdles. The gun went and at the first hurdle I tripped and  fell. Picking myself up, amazingly I still managed to finish second, I will always remember our headmaster Mr Andrews' beaming smile at the finish. I went on to represent East Cornwall at Par and without falling became county champion. How different things might have been if I hadn't got up and ...read more here
A memory of Liskeard contributed by john hewitt

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