Portreath, Docks 1898
Photo ref:
41628
Photo ref:
41628
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At this tiny port, a few miles from Camborne, copper ore was shipped for smelting at Swansea. The village, hemmed in by steep hills, nestles within a deep combe. The harbour was once connected with local mines by a railway - the tracks can be seen on the left of the photograph.
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A Selection of Memories from Portreath
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 Portreath
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Sat Mar 20th 2021, at 3:22 pm
Peter Tuthill commented:
Yes, thanks for the photo of Smuggler's Cottage. It was criminal,wanton destruction to demolish it and throw up those totally characterless boxes. How planning permission was ever granted will be for ever questionable.
I am am sorry Christopher Rollins, your parents did not sell up Smuggler's Cottage as it was not theirs to sell. They were friends of ...see more
This photo was taken the year before my Father and Mother bought Smugglers Cottage guest house. We lived there from 1966-72. We took over from the Teasdales in the April, I recall meeting their daughter Dulcie the day my Mum and I came down from Birmingham, I was 17 at the time, to take over and taking a walk on the beach with her in the evening, a very attractive girl, we got on very well and it was a shame ...see more
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