Boscastle, The Harbour And Profile Rock c.1871

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Boscastle's rugged harbour is a romantic inlet, twisting and turning for half a mile between brooding cliffs of slate and shale. The sea churns constantly and the cove offers little protection for vessels berthing at the diminutive pier. Hawsers 'thick as a man's thigh' check the impetus of boats entering on the tide.

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A Boscastle Family

Relating to the two little girls standing in the street, the one on the right is Nellie Davy, my aunt. She was the eldest child of Harry and Mary Ann Davy (nee Ferrett). Nellie and three other siblings were born at Butts but between 1906 and 1908 the family moved to Providence House (now named St. Christophers) where four other children were born. Here Harry ran a grocery business from one of the front rooms ...see more