Nostalgic memories of St Blazey's local history
Share your own memories of St Blazey and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 21 in total
I remember the Packhorse. We used to pass on the way to visit Auntie Bella & Uncle Leo on Tywardreath Highway. That was back in the late 1950's early 60's
My grandad was Tom and Nan was Doris. They lived at 29 Fore Street. Grandad died in 1979. nan died 2000.grandad was a milkman and nan worked in the laundry. They had four children, Rosemary,Dereck,Peter and Margaret. Both Derek and peter died aged32. Lovely men and my mother rosemary died in 1995 aged 61. aunty Margaret is the only surviving sibling who now lives in Spain with her husband les. I have lovely ...see more
I cannot remember Fowey Radio at St Blazey but can remember the radio shop in Fore Street and that was run by Mr Osborne. He also had a workshop off The Lawn where we used to take our accumulators to be charged as most radios in war time were battery driven. I can remember Rosemary Nutt and her brother Peter at the Grammar School at Fowey and can still picture Fowey Radio almost opposite the "Town Hall" where we held our annual school plays.
My father Charlie Nutt and his colleagues ran The Fowey Radio company which gradually set up small branches in several Cornish towns, one of these was St. Blazey. I think problems with staffing etc arose as a result of the Second World War after 1939 and eventually only two Fowey Radio shops remained - one at Fowey, where I lived until I was 18, and the other at Truro. Rosemary Freeman ( nee Nutt )
Started by the Moon family; anyone know the reason for the "Aberdeen"? The steam whistle blew at 8am amd again at 5pm. They had a couple of (old fashioned then) Albion lorries. My father used to wear the old fashioned stiff white collars (collar stud front and back) which used to be sent to the laundry every week. The workers used to regularly use Turners fish and chip shop in Station Road run by Everett and Mrs ...see more
Back to Mr Ottaway. One day he got fed up with returning the tennis ball, he took out his penknife and cut it up into little pieces! Just up the road a bit, towards the church was a little shop, "Puckeys" where you could buy sweets. Mrs Puckey (the old lady) was an aunt to me (great aunt), her son Ronald lived there also with his wife Winnie. My old aunt had a Pekingese dog called "Carlo". Memories! Anyone ...see more
When I attended the school, the headmaster was Mr. G.J. Lomer (George). He lived at Lamb Park in Par.Other masters were Messrs. Lydiatt, Bassett, Ritchie. Mr. Ritchie's punishment was a slap on the calves. There were three classrooms then with the playground at the rear, toilets at the end of the playground and a school garden behind that. Heating back then was the coke fuelled old tortoise stoves which ...see more
I was born on April the 19th 1957. My dad was called Erne, and mum was called Maud Frost. I went to St. Blazey School and first we lived at 110 then we moved to 128 Landreath Place. Mum an dad have past away and my very special sister, Carol, she was like a mother to us three boys and three girls; Carol, Keith, Clive, Wendy, Karen and David. Dad work for E.C.L.P for years and mum worked at the ...see more
My Great Aunt Edna used to be a teacher. She started teaching during the late 1940's after the war. I have a picture from St.Blazey Infant School from 1947 (amongst others). On a brief visit I got my aunt to name some and hoping to get more names on a future visit. I wonder if anyone recognises some of these names: Ivy Winterbottom, Ann MacPherson, Fay Allen, Sonia Docherty, Ann Gillespie, Fran ...see more
My Birth Certificate shows I was born at Newgate Lockingate Luxulyan and as a child lived briefly at St. Blazey. My family came to Australia in 1949 on the SS Arawa and we now reside in Sydney. I returned to Cornwall three years ago for a brief holiday with family there. Since returning to Australia I have been trying to locate Newgate and Lockingate on google maps without success. Can anyone tell ...see more