Feock, From The Village c.1955
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Photo of Feock, From The Village c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Feock

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 Feock

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In the row of cottages on Pill Creek mentioned by Malcolm Macmeikan lived "old Searle" who built small boats in a shed on the quay on the opposite side of the creek. At age 11 or 12, I painted one of them, a rowing boat called Iris, but when painting under the seat got my hair caught in the wet paint. A visit to the barber in Truro put it right. Iris belonged to Mrs Sheers, grandmother of Owen Sheers the ...see more
In 1940 our family were living in Southend on Sea in Essex. My youngest brother was born in March 1940. Shortly after that the Battle of Britain began and children were being evacuated away from the town. I was at the time 6 years old. One day the fighting was right over our heads and a German bomber crashed about two hundred yards away. My father decided, as far as I know, that he would look after the family and one day, ...see more