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Falmouth, The Jetty 1904
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By 1900, steamships well and truly dominated the world's merchant fleets, accounting for 72 per cent of world tonnage. Between 1900 and 1910 Britain's merchant fleet (not including the Dominion and colonial fleets) rose from 13.2 to 17.5 million tons. Over the same period the number of sailing ships in the fleet fell from 1.7 million to 750,000 tons. In 1905, freight rates for coal from the Welsh ports to the Plate varied between 6s 3d and 12s per ton. The rates for grain from Australia to the UK varied between 22s 6d and 26s 3d per ton.

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A Selection of Memories from Falmouth

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 Falmouth

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Jacobs Ladder 1924
I believe that my grandparents, Walter Otho Pearce and Liley Pearce, may be two of the people in this photo. My grandfather had a corn and forage shop and store just by Jacobs ladder at that time. My grandparents would have been quite newly married and lived nearby when the photo was taken.
Falmouth, Jacob's Ladder 1924
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Added 27 July 2014

Holiday
My wife and I had an holiday in Falmouth, a flat overlooking the docks area. We would travel all around the area, we thought it was a beautiful place. We visited the Brewis family. Peter Brewis was the site agent on a site I worked on in the Midlands. I often wonder how the family is now, well I hope.
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Falmouth Fishstrand Quay C1960s
Ah yes, I remember going with my mother to Fishstrand Quay ice house to buy mackeral and crab. It was like a huge walk-in freezer with lots of large fridge doors and had massive latches on them with lots of ice blocks here and there, and you could always hear the fridge generators kicking in and when they stopped, only then could you talk to the fish man. I think there may have been two fish men, ...see more
Falmouth, Fish Strand Quay c1960
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Fish Strand Quay
Yes, I 'grew up' on Fish Strand and still use it to this day. My father kept various boats off the quay and we always had a dinghy moored there, and we still do, my father is now in his 90s and I have 2 grandaughters. I remember people like Willie Henderson and Alec Henderson, and Arthur Randall. Chards Ice House stood on one side before they built the car park, it was always a good place to scrounge a fish ...see more
Falmouth, Fish Strand Quay c1960
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