Penzance
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The Fish Shop
The fish shop shown on the right belonged to Mr Phillip Tregurtha.
Contributed by Alan Tregurtha
Cornwall memories
The Fish Shop
The fish shop shown on the right belonged to Mr Phillip Tregurtha.
A memory of Penzance contributed by Alan Tregurtha
I wish I had one!
This town is where my ancestors started to spread far and wide, beginning in 18th century or thereabouts. Some distant cousins still live there, I'm sure.
A memory of Mousehole contributed by Geoff Drew
The churchyard at Ludgvan
My father, Joseph Martin and Ruth, my mother, are buried at Ludgvan, together with his parents (Joseph and Sarah). The latter died in 1949/1950 and had lived at Castle Gate (Badgers Cross). My father attended school in Ludgvan and worked as a journalist pre-War and until 1952 on many local papers including The Cornishman, in Penzance, sometimes writing under the pen-name of John Penwith (Leaves from a Cornish Notebook). There are many references to Ludgvan in his writings. As a toddler, I lived at Trezelah and went to school in Gulval.
David Martin.
A memory of Ludgvan contributed by David Martin
Extracts From Penzance & Cornwall books
Situated near St Buryan, the Merry Maidens Stone Circle is of the Bronze Age; it is one of the most complete stone circles in Cornwall and consists of nineteen stones. The blocks are evenly spaced and are each about four feet high. It is an exact circle, but it appears to have no astronomical significance. The nearby circle of Boscawen-un also has nineteen stones.
An extract from from"Ancient Monuments and Stone Circles Photographic Memories".
Penzance is celebrated as a watering-place on account of its mild climate, which makes it the resort of invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints. The old town, spread picturesquely round part of Mount’s Bay, has delightfully narrow streets that ascend the hill from the fine esplanade at the edge of the sea. Penzance is frequently enlivened by the departure of the fleet of the fishing-boats for which the district is famed.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Seaside".
In Victorian times many old Celtic crosses and other monuments were ‘recycled’ as the designs became fashionable: this one is in the Victorian Morrab Gardens near the sea front in Penzance.
An extract from from"Ancient Monuments and Stone Circles Photographic Memories".
The Hotel has a fine cloak of ivy. Tregenna Castle is still one of St Ives’ best known hotels, and now boasts a golf course amongst its many facilities.
An extract from from"St Ives Photographic Memories".
The putting green lies above Porthminster Beach. It was here, on rough sandy banks, that the St Ives pilchard fishing boats of the 19th century were drawn up clear of the beach. St Ives Station can be seen directly behind the boy in the foreground.
An extract from from"St Ives Photographic Memories".