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Tresparrett Posts maps

Historic maps of Tresparrett Posts and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Tresparrett Posts maps

Tresparrett Posts photos

We have no photos of Tresparrett Posts, although we do have photos of these nearby places:

Crackington Haven| Jacobstow| Boscastle| Trevalga| Week St Mary| Rocky Valley| Widemouth Bay| Bossiney| Tintagel| Camelford| Marhamchurch| Trebarwith| Delabole

Tresparrett Posts area books

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Memories of Tresparrett Posts

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Cornwall memories

My Time at Penkenna House in 1973.

The Village c1955
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I lived in Penkenna House in 1973, for a few months. I was only about 8 or 9 years old then so I lived with my mum and dad and my younger brother and sister. I think the property was then owned by a Mr Whitehouse who lived in Bude. During the summer months the house was used as a bed and breakfast but during the winter months the property was let out for short term stays.

Whilst staying at Crackington Heaven I attended a two-room-house school, which I think was in Church Road. The school had an outside toilet and the school was next door to a church. The school was run by two old lady teachers, a Miss Francis and a Miss Lane. Miss Lane taught the older children in one room and the younger children were taught in another room by Miss Francis.

We used to travel to school by the local school bus which I think was a mini bus and was... Read more

Memories of 1943

In 1943 at the height of the Second World War, I was an evacuee and I stayed with my relatives who lived in Crackingtom Haven. Although I was only 6 years old at the time I have vivid memories of the six months I stayed there. If there is anyone who remembers me and would like to exchange some memories please email me at 'gk.ward@sky.com'

Graham Ward  

WHAT A AWRECK

MY DAD LIVED IN CRACKINGTON AND GUARDED THE SHIPWRECK ON THE BEACH
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER IT

St Genny's School

During the Second World War I was evacuated from Harrow and stayed with my relatives in Crackington Haven. I was only 6 years old at the time and went to St Genny's School for about 6-7 months before returning home. The headmaster at the school was Mr Bloomer, and his wife also taught there. If there is anyone who remembers me please email me at 'gk.ward@sky.com' for the exchange of some memories.

Graham Ward  

A Boscastle Family

The Village 1906
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Relating to the two little girls standing in the street, the one on the right is Nellie Davy, my aunt. She was the eldest child of Harry and Mary Ann Davy (nee Ferrett).
Nellie and three other siblings were born at Butts but between 1906 and 1908 the family moved to Providence House (now named St. Christophers) where four other children were born. Here Harry ran a grocery business from one of the front rooms and Mary Ann ran the guest house. If there was a great demand for rooms the eight children slept in the barn with a girl from the village looking after them!
An article in the local newspaper archives reports that Harry had had a duckling hatch with four legs and at the time of reporting it was a week old and "doing well"!

The Old Post Office

Fore Street c1950
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My grandmother and all her children except my mother were evacuated to this area during and for some time after WWII.  I have a picture taken outside what I believe to be the post office.   I think perhaps it was on this street c1950.

Port Quinn Visit

The Old Post Office 1895
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Having stayed with relatives at Port Quinn on Wednesday 12 September, we drove to Tintagel staying overnight in an hotel, just out of the town. We spent a wonderful Thursday in Tintagel and enjoyed a terrific time viewing this amazing building. So impressed were we that we have vowed to visit it again and again, for the atmosphere of the 1800's is captured perfectly in the National Trust site. Especially the beautiful and memorable garden, where my husband and I sat and wondered at the beauty of it all. The herb garden, the lawn, the borders, the stone well, the trees and idyllic and peaceful ambience. It is so beautiful and I am in love with it as I was and still am with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Florence, even though they are vastly different places, they all have the unique power to inspire me.

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