Percuil, Ferry Cottage c.1933
Photo ref:
P362004
Photo ref:
P362004
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This is the site of an ancient ferry crossing; it linked Portscatho and Gerrans on one side of the Percuil River with St Mawes on the other. It became a landing place for pleasure steamers disembarking passengers, some of whom might walk over the narrow peninsula to visit the open coast at Portscatho.
An extract from Cornwall County Memories.
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My pop's father was the Percuil ferryman for the St Mawes Steam Ship Co. My pop was the youngest ferryman taking people from Percuil to the ferry. He was in the local paper in the early 1900s for being the youngest ferryman in Cornwall. There was a photograph taken of him at the time, if anybody has any info on this photo please contact me. My pop's name was Cyril (Ted)Medlyn. He had a brother Charles and a sister Ada. Contact se.breeze@btinternet.com
My grandfather (William Bryant) built a houseboat and moored it in Percuil Creek where he, my grandmother and my mother would spend their summers in the 40s. My grandfather and his wife Dorothy were both born in Falmouth in 1902/1903 and my mother Patricia was born in Falmouth in 1932. My grandfather was a shipwright working in Falmouth dockyard and they also lived in Mylor Bridge. They all spent most ...see more
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