Boscastle, The Village 1906
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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While the harbour area is well known to tourists, the true village of Boscastle climbs a steep hill to the south, where it was by-passed in 1886. Children and their mothers pose while the men are out at work, fishing or farming. Slate slabs form bridges over the roadside gutters.
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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
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