Mithian
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Magor and Menadue families
In the 1840's Magors and Menadues migrated from Mithian to South Australia, and I am the product of the marriages between the families.
If anyone would like to correspond with me on this page I have more details and would love to learn new ones.
I live in Adelaide South Australia and am visiting Mithian in May 2007 to learn what I can.
Thankyou
Ruth Gates nee MAGOR
My father's mother was a MENADUE
Contributed by Ruth Gates
Cornwall memories
Magor and Menadue families
In the 1840's Magors and Menadues migrated from Mithian to South Australia, and I am the product of the marriages between the families.
If anyone would like to correspond with me on this page I have more details and would love to learn new ones.
I live in Adelaide South Australia and am visiting Mithian in May 2007 to learn what I can.
Thankyou
Ruth Gates nee MAGOR
My father's mother was a MENADUE
A memory of Mithian contributed by Ruth Gates
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
Extracts From Mithian & Cornwall books
Mithian lies just off the Perranporth to St Agnes road. Here at the top end of the hamlet, the nearest end of the thatched
house is the post office, with a telephone kiosk outside. The very small village hall is on the left.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".
Fortunately, there is no
traffic as the farmer herds
his small herd of cows in
the middle of the road at
the bottom of Town Hill
beside the Peterville Inn.
The beacon symbol on
the school sign on the left
is a nostalgic reminder of
the past.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".
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".