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Mevagissey, East Cliff 1890
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A small fishing boat sails out into the calm waters of St Austell Bay, while larger boats remain packed into the inner harbour. A new harbour had just been constructed, only to be destroyed in March 1891 and then rebuilt in 1897. Black Head is in the distance. Apart from one white terrace, the hillside above the fishing village has since been fully developed for housing.

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A Selection of Memories from Mevagissey

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 Mevagissey

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Honeymoon 1969
My wife & I stayed at the Harbour Lights Hotel in May 1969 for 4 days aged 22 & 24 - we have just Celerbrated our Golden Weddng Anniversary, and as we spend the winter months in Spain we stayed at a Hotel in Cadiz to celebrate our 50th Wedding Anniversary - we have three children, five grandchildren & one great grandchild. Stuart & Margaret
Mevagissey, the Harbour Lights Hotel c1965
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Added 06 August 2019

Granfer Hunkin And Kenneth
This is a photo of my father, Kenneth Spear, taken with his grandfather, Francis Hunkin.
Mevagissey, Up Along and Down Along 1924
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Bomber In Harbour Circa1940
My great grandfather crash landed a bomber in Mevagissey harbour in circa 1940 when his pilot was killed in action and co pilot was critically wounded. He was awarded the Distinguished Fling Medal which was listed in the London Gazette in July 1940 Does anyone have any information, paper cuttings on this event His name was Frank Hibbert and he was a Seargent at the time You can contact me on Dave.Moxey@btopenworld.com Thanks Dave
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Henry Thomas Johns
I have researched my family tree and I am the son of a Henry Thomas Johns, who was part of a long lineage of fathers of the same name descending from Mevagissey. I think they owned 3 boats, Pet, Three Johns and Lizzy. I would like to know more about them and if there are any of our family still living there.
Mevagissey, Harbour 1935
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