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St Martin maps
Historic maps of St Martin and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all St Martin maps
St Martin photos
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Morval| Seaton| Looe| Sandplace| Hessenford| Downderry| Duloe| Talland Bay| Pelynt| Menheniot| Polperro| St Germans| Tideford| Sheviock| Crafthole| Liskeard| Moorswater| Quethiock| Landrake| Dobwalls| Doublebois| Pillaton
St Martin area books
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Memories of St Martin
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Cornwall memories
Inherited Postcard
I have an original postcard of this picture from the Frith Series. It is unstamped and printed on the card is "Affix Half Penny Stamp". Handwritten on the card is "The seat of Mr Tremayn & about one mile from here"
Also printed on the card is F. Frith & Co Ltd, Reigate, No 21284
Living in Seaton 1950s/1960s
My parents owned Mount Brioni in the late 1950s to early 1960s, I was just a baby, I had 5 sisters and 3 brothers who all lived there.
I remember the Doneys who owned the cafe on the beach and spent many happy days on our beach.
My Life in Seaton
1943! The year I was born, where I lived and was brought up at my grandparents' shop, 'S W Pearce & Son'. I went to school in Downderry and Antony, then later Liskeard Grammer. On leaving school, I worked in the family business, followed by 30 years in Plymouth. My parents retired in the mid 1980s, and moved to the Barbican, Looe, after selling the business. My father, Donald, died in 1990, my mother, Vera (91), and my brother, Mark (65) are still alive. I have been married for 45 years, to Kitty, and have two grown up daughters, Nicola and Joanne, and two grandaughters, Emily and Jessica. Seaton Beach Cafe' is still up and running, but not with the Doney family. Our local pub, 'The Smugglers Inn', was originally the farmhouse back in 1919, where my father was born. The Widesea Hotel was made into a Nursing Home, until 1991, then was demolished and made into luxury appartments. Billy Hocking is still fishing and crabbing, now well into his... Read more
My Life in Seaton in The 1960s
With my family I moved to Cornwall in 1954, lived first in Hessenford then Seaton with my 2 brothers and 2 sisters, David, Tony, Lesley & Jane. My mother worked on the holiday camp. I went to Torpoint High School. I had a lot of friends in both villages such as Peter Eveleigh, Malcolm Stares, Alan Barrett, John Collins, Roger Roseavear, Nick Carthew, Andrew and Keith Waite, Ian Hendry, the Doneys, Marion Bird, Linda Wood, Teresa Stewart and many others. My mother died in 1967 so I moved to south Wales, Merthyr Tydfill, then to Cardiff. I have two sons by my late wife who passed away in 2003. My time in Cornwall was not always happy but I did love the place.
Not so Much A Memory, More of A Query.
This bridge is usually referred to as a seven arched bridge but looking at this 1888 photograph, there appears to be eight of them. The tunnel nearest the camera still exists and I recall how it once gave access to the old Regent Cinema which these days serves as an amusement arcade. Is it possible that the arch or tunnel at the far end could also have housed a road or even a railway line? Although from the photo, it appears to span part of the river. I can also recall from the 1950s, the railway line extending past the Eastern end of the bridge and down to the quayside. I seem to remember a daily goods train going down to the quay presumably to take fish 'up country'. But I certainly don't remember the existence of that eighth arch or tunnel. The only explanation I can offer is that when the bridge was built in the 1850s the quayside at East Looe had not yet been extended up as... Read more
Diving Rock
This rock is known locally as "Tom Barbers Rock". This name was given as Tom Barber died as he hit the rocks below when diving.
Looe Island!
This is not as stated. This is a view up Looe river, at the point the river splits east and west.
