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Whitsand Bay photos
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Whitsand Bay maps
Historic maps of Whitsand Bay and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Whitsand Bay maps
Whitsand Bay area books
Displaying 1 of 16 books about Whitsand Bay and the local area. View all books for this area
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Memories of Whitsand Bay
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Chamber Rock
as early as i can remember, chamber rock has never changed
Cornwall memories
That Might be Me?
I was born in the chalet that this photo on the left partly shows, in 1951. The person sunbathing could be me at 13 or 14 years of age. I was Christine Elliott then. The name was 'Lucerne', my great grand parents owned 'San Remo', next door, from about 1938. All the family went there to live in 1940, when their house was bombed in Stonehouse.
Donkey Halt.
The bungalow in the centre of the photograph is called Donkey Halt as when the carts of pilchards were taken up the hill by donkeys they stopped there for a rest before tackling the very steep hill to the main road at the top.
'The Rame Peninsula Through Time'
I am currently compiling a book for Amberley Publishing called 'The Rame Peninsula Through Time'. The book will feature 90 old photos and 90 new photos. The new photos will all be in colour. I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to lend me and old personal photos they have of the area? Email copies would be fine. I think it will prove to be a very interesting and attractive book when it's completed. Thanks for any help anyone can give me, it's much appreciated. Best wishes, Derek Tait. derek.tait@virgin.net
Portwrinkle Beach
My parents used to take me there after school sometimes on their half day off from Menheniot C0-Op in the 1950s and early 1960s when I was a child. It was a steep climb down to the beach from the road but worth the effort. Once a wave came in and washed our things into the sea and people scrambled to retrieve them, after that my parents always sat on the grassy bank! One Wednesday we arrived to find an ambulance and police there and they asked us to wait in our car until stretchers were brought up the path. Some children on holiday had drowned. The parents were staying in the hotel right opposite. We went to Hannafore or Looe after that as it lost some of its appeal.
Scraesdon
My family, being mother, father, brother and I (Nancy Laythorn) moved to Scraesdon Cottage in 1940. Under the watchful eye of the Headmistress, Mrs Crabb, Joy Maddever, Margaret Hitchcock and I passed our 11 plus, continuring our education at Saltash Grammar. We were driven by bus each day.
During the Second World War we had a number of foreign soldiers stationed in the Fort, British, Polish, American and finally the German Prisoners of War.
It was the Americans that that made an impact, as being only 8/9 years old my brother and I were invited into the fort to watch the Ensa shows, as we did when the British were there. Sadly the Americans went from Scraesdon to the Normandy beaches, few surviving. If anyone knows the info on the American regiments I would be interested to know.
Saturday was Dance Night in the Village Hall and my mother used to help serve the teas during interval times. The RAF were stationed near, as were the sailors... Read more
Polhawn Fort
This rare building was owned by a close friend of mine's aunt and uncle. Their names were Mr and Mrs Honour. Their daughter Jean had a type of drapers shop down in Cawsand. This structure was a castle-style Napoleonic fort set in the head at Rame and it still had all the dungeons intact, even the prisoners' graffiti on the walls. Also it had its own billiards hall on one of the lower floors. It had a long drive down from road level, the Ford Anglia used to puff a bit going up, as they had a big Vauxhall 14hp they didn't notice it. Mr Honour was the sextant at Maker with Rame church apart from his normal duties at Devonport naval base. Colin A.
