Pentire, The Sands From Fernpit Tea Gardens c.1950
Photo ref: P359005
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Fern Pit, at the mouth of the Gannel, was owned by generations of Northeys, who also ran the ferry to Crantock, which is in the background on the other side of Crantock Beach. Crantock was once a favoured haunt of smugglers.

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