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St Endellion memories

St.Endellion

I lived for many years at St. Endellion, and have many memories of the church, I was told that my father, Donald Strout, as a boy used to take water for the church boiler to the boiler house. He was born in the 1920s. As a child I can remember being in the Sunday School plays at Christmas. I also remember the wonderful garden fetes in the rectory garden when we kids all used to wear fancy dress. I have a wonderful painting of the church which my parents gave me for my 40th birthday.
Contributed by Julie Strout

St Endellion Church

In this old and wonderful church I was baptised, went to Sunday school and was confirmed, and every time I enter it I am in awe and feel my ancesters all around me.  Being born and brought up in Trelights, my mother was a Brown and the Browns were the village carpenters with a workshop in the heart of the village, it's still there but now converted into a cottage but still roughly the same shape.
My great-grandfather, his son (my grandfather) and his boys (my uncles) were all involved with St Endellion church, putting in new pews, but using the old carved pew ends, was one of the bigger jobs they did. One of my uncles carved some of ...read more here
Contributed by Jan Cowling

Cornwall memories

St.Endellion

I lived for many years at St. Endellion, and have many memories of the church, I was told that my father, Donald Strout, as a boy used to take water for the church boiler to the boiler house. He was born in the 1920s. As a child I can remember being in the Sunday School plays at Christmas. I also remember the wonderful garden fetes in the rectory garden when we kids all used to wear fancy dress. I have a wonderful painting of the church which my parents gave me for my 40th birthday.
A memory of St Endellion contributed by Julie Strout

St Endellion Church

In this old and wonderful church I was baptised, went to Sunday school and was confirmed, and every time I enter it I am in awe and feel my ancesters all around me.  Being born and brought up in Trelights, my mother was a Brown and the Browns were the village carpenters with a workshop in the heart of the village, it's still there but now converted into a cottage but still roughly the same shape.
My great-grandfather, his son (my grandfather) and his boys (my uncles) were all involved with St Endellion church, putting in new pews, but using the old carved pew ends, was one of the bigger jobs they did. One of my uncles carved some of ...read more here
A memory of St Endellion contributed by Jan Cowling

Extracts From St Endellion & 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".