Land's End, 1890
Photo ref:
23004
Photo ref:
23004
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Victorian travellers and writers, such as Dickens and Tennyson, all came to England's most westerly point and admired its rugged grandeur. The solid granite buttresses of the Land's End seem to have remained unchanged for ever, but it is the passing steam ship aided by three sails that puts this photograph into its period.
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A Selection of Memories from Land's End
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 Land's End
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I entered a competition in the 'Lady' magazine, and was fortunate to win a week's stay for my husband and myself at the Lands End Hotel. What luxury! It certainly doesn't look anything like the photos of the 1950s. Our bedroom had sea views looking out towards the Isles of Scilly, and we ate our meals in the dining room which again was overlooking the sea. Each evening the head waiter would visit each table and ...see more
I am amazed that so few memories of Land's End have been recorded so I wish to add my brief knowledge. My cousin Peter was born in Hampshire in the 1920s. His mother was my father's sister Kathleen Goodey, later Headland, and born a Scott and owner of the Ship Hotel on Marine Parade East Lee on the Solent in Hampshire, until with her new husband she left the UK for Rhodesia and coffee/tobacco plantations. It was Peter ...see more
My mother in law has an oil painting in her house titled "Land's End" which looks like this photo. It was painted by someone called "Mitchell". Wondering if anyone out there may know anything about this painting and its artist. Sounds like it has a great history.
I have a photo of my glamorous mother in front of the First and Last House when three lines once sprawled across its roof— F I R S T & L A S T H O U S E I N E N G L A N D .She stands poised upon a rock ‘fore the plain structure amid stark sky. Land’s End winds forever blow her hair— The concept of a first and last house first captured my mind when I was a child. It will remain with me until my last breath.
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