Mullion, Quayside c.1955
Photo ref:
M107007
Photo ref:
M107007
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In March 1867 the Dutch ship 'Jonkheer Meester van der Wall van Putteshoek', carrying spices, sugar and coffee, was wrecked on Men-y-Grib during a storm. Only one man survived out of a crew of 26; the bodies were laid out on the quayside before being taken up the hill to be buried in the churchyard.
An extract from Helston Photographic Memories.
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My family used to stay at Elm Cottage on Trewoon Road in Mullion for many of our summer holidays during the 1970's. The cottage belonged to a Mrs Kent, known to us affectionately as Aunty Ellie, who at that time lived in Caerleon in Wales with her Son and daughter in law Ted and Jean. We spent our summers at old Elm Cottage in the days before it was modernised. It had for example all it's original windows, fireplaces (but ...see more
My parents, Dot and Reg Poynter, bought the Mounts Bay in about 1948 and turned it into a hotel where we lived as a family until 1960.
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