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Bluecap A memory of Callington, Cornwall I remember well the Saturday Night Dances at the Bluecap Hotel in the 50's & 60's, now pulled down. The Bull's Head was more up-market. I lived at St Dominick and remember the Cattle Market. I was going to Callington Grammer School when King George V1 and family came to open the Royal Cornwall Show at Callington we all had the day off to go to the Show. There was a Youth Club where we played table tennis etc. and learnt to dance. I have nothing but fond memories of Callington. Last edited: 18/03/2007 23:58 by Brian Furse |
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 Burraton, the Village c1960 (ref: b492005) |
Year: 1959
Burraton Post Office A memory of Burraton, Cornwall Hi Bob. I remember your mother behind the Post Office counter. Your cat used to regularly attack our dog as we passed your front gate on the way to Burraton Park. We both went to Saltash Grammar School in the late fifties. I lived with Mrs Richards at 382 New Road a matter of a couple of hundred yards away near what used to be called the Coronation Inn and later was renamed the Rodney. Roger's shop was further down New Road from us. I believe it is now a Spar Store. Last edited: 12/06/2007 14:39 by Raymond Guy |
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Burraton, the Village c1960 (ref: b492005) |
Memories. A memory of Burraton, Cornwall My mother ran Burraton Post Office from 1950 to about 1990 and sold Frith postcards. The cows are being driven by Mrs Cook, a farmer's wife, whose farm was about 300 yards behind the photographer in Liskeard Road, Burraton. The farm was called 'The Elms'. The farmhouse is still there, but is now an old peoples' home called The Elms. The farmland has been built on. Posted: 06/04/2006 16:20 by Mr Bob Drew |
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Year: 1940s
The picture house. A memory of Rilla Mill, Cornwall How many people remember the picture shows which were held in a hut at the top of the hill. I was one of the London evacuees billeted at Minions, and some of us would walk to the pictures and back again - how far was that! We were at Upton Cross school and I can recall the class being told to bring a lunch to school one day as Mr Bartholomew, our teacher, was to take us up on the moors, I think towards Sharp Tor, to see a bomb crater. Relations of the elderly couple I lived with owned Addicroft Mill, they were George and Ethel Pike, and we loved going there. I believe the Mill was bought at one time by the author and artist Norman Thelwell, and I have his book, 'A Millstone Round My Neck', with his drawing of the Mill. I used to visit Cornwall most years and always came back to Minions, usually to have a pub lunch, and then drove down the hill to Upton X and on to Rilla Mill, it's now too far to drive sadly, but I was very pleased to find this web site. I was then Eileen Whatley, but doubt if there would be anyone who remembers me, and if there is and they would like to get in touch, I am in the book for Highcliffe, Dorset. Last edited: 02/07/2008 12:25 by Eileen Banks |
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 Landrake, Ye Olde Bullers Arms c1960 (ref: L296014) |
Year: 1960
Jack and Peggy Robinson A memory of Landrake, Cornwall I am a niece of former Landlords Jack and Peggy Robinson and remember with great affection the happy holidays I spent with them, helping out occasionally behind the bar and chatting with the locals. Everyone was so friendly and it was everybody's local to catch up with the latest news. We did visit again some 20 years ago and this lovely hostelry will always be in my thoughts. Posted: 19/08/2007 12:04 by Mavis Watts |
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