Looe, Fishermen 1906

Photo ref: 56415

Photo ref: 56415

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Looe fishermen have followed the pilchard shoals for generations. The town was an important medieval port, and copper-ore and granite were once exported from its quay. These two white-bearded fishermen in their traditional ganseys and oilskins must have welcomed the extra income they could earn by rowing visitors along the coast.

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Boating Lake

I remember the millpool being used as a boating lake and being able to hire rowing boats, canadian style canoes and sailing dinghys. Over the years the council reclaimed more and more of the millpool for use as a carpark and now there is only a fraction of it left and what was a nice big boating lake is now the main carpark for the town.