St Keverne, The Street 1904
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Many parishes on the Lizard are rich in ore but St Keverne folk have a superstition that 'no metal will run within the sound of St Keverne's bells'. It is said their patron saint put on a curse on the village, having been treated with disrespect here. The tower is a well-known day-mark for mariners.
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A Selection of Memories from St Keverne
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 St Keverne
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I'm pretty sure this photo is of me on a my pony Brandy outside our house (Barclay House) in St Keverne Square. I recognise the jumper and shoes .... pretty bad!!! Awful to think that he's long gone now, he was such a lovely animal. Those were the days!
I remember coming to live at Barclay House in the September with my sister Rachel and my Mum and Dad. We moved from Sutton Coldfield because Dad no longer wanted to work as a garage mechanic for someone else, and he wanted to own his own garage. Mum was not at all keen as she was leaving her friends behind, but as a dutiful wife, she agreed to the move and we settled into village life, albeit in part ...see more
The large house to the right of the picture is called Barclay House, it's also St Keverne garage. We moved there in late 1979 and lived there for 3 years, having to leave it behind and move back to the north west due to family problems. We bought the house from Pat Johnson who had lived there with her husband. Looking back now, it's heart breaking that we had to leave behind this idyllic, beautiful part of the ...see more
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