Boscastle, Pixie Cottage c.1960
Photo ref: B149106
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Photo ref: B149106
Photo of Boscastle, Pixie Cottage c.1960

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Boscastle's slate-built cottages cling to the side of the beautiful valley of the River Valency, an important route inland down which came the slate and grain that were shipped from the harbour.

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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 ...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