Boscastle, The Harbour And Profile Rock 1894
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The natural setting of this small port between cliff faces is idyllic. This picture shows how effectively it provides safe shelter for the limited number of craft it can hold. The one- time watch tower on the hillside overlooks the surrounding waters. A clutter of boat equipment and fishing gear lie in casually haphazard fashion at the end of the stone jetty. Boscastle

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A Selection of Memories from Boscastle

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Boscastle

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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 ...see more
This picture does not show either of Boscastle's churches. There is one at Forrabury and one at Minster but this is not either