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Unchanged

Truro, Lemon Street 2004

It's good that Lemon Street has remained unchanged from looking at older pictures.
Although now all the houses are offices.
A memory of Truro contributed by A J

Tregony clock tower

Tregony, Town Clock c1955

The clock tower has two dates on it - one from the original building, and one from when it was restored. Apparently the village council sold the clock to a visiting Australian who wanted to take it back to his country. The villagers were outraged, dismantled the clock overnight, and hid it in a local field for twenty years until they were sure it was safe. Ealing comedy via Cornwall! I lived in the house in the photo, so the clock is very dear to my heart.
A memory of Tregony contributed by Amanda Pickering

My Fathers Birthplace.

Veryan, the Round Houses c1955

My father Cornelius Henry Johns (Naily to everyone who knew him) was born in the little Round House on the left of the photo. He was the youngest of a large family, and there were 11 people living there in 1899. They then moved to Caragloose Farm, where his father and older brothers worked for Colliver Blamey. Colliver lived at Pennare Wallace. As soon as he was old enough my father started work on the farms with his father and two older brothers, Arch and Tom Johns. Jim, the eldest of the boys, by this time had married and was living at Camels. At the outbreak of the Great War, Arch, Tom, Naily and cousin Jack Johns all signed on for ...read more here
A memory of Veryan contributed by Donald Johns

damn good lodgings

go to blacksmiths cottage for fine fayre
A memory of Mylor contributed by susan petrozzi

Extracts From St Clement & Cornwall books

Perranporth, Boscawen Park 1938

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".

St Ives, Draycott Terrace 1901

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".

St Ives, the Harbour 1895

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".

Newquay, the Gannel Regatta 1928

Spectators on both sides of the Gannel are enjoying the annual August regatta. How different the Gannel looks at full tide. There were once plans to build a dam to keep water in the Gannel all the time as an amenity. This view looks from the Crantock side; most of the open fields on the Newquay side have since been covered with houses.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".

St Ives, the Harbour 1890

Rows of fishing boats are mostly aground where they are moored in the harbour. Smaller boats are drawn right up to the buildings in the background, for the Wharf wall had not yet been built. The whitewashed Fore Street Methodist chapel is to the right, likewise built onto the harbour beach.
An extract from from"Newquay to St Ives Photographic Memories".