The Old Quay, Newlyn

A Memory of Newlyn.

This photograph shows "The Old Quay" which was a medieval construction inside the outer arms of the Newlyn Harbour. Behind the Old Quay is the South Pier and the extreme end of the North Pier shows to the left of the picture (the other side of the harbour mouth). Outside the harbour you can see the "stoneboats" awaiting a full tide to enter the harbour and load stone for roadbuilding from Penlee Quarry just beyond the Pier. In fact an old steam locomotive used to run from the (now closed) Penlee Quarry towing up to 10 trucks loaded with the blue elvan stone to load down from the Pier into the boats.
As boys we used to hitch rides on the back of the stone-laden trucks during this journey, jumping off as soon as Janner, the driver shouted at us! A dangerous adventure but no one ever got hurt!