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Lifeguard Hut being lowered into position from Mounts Road, onto Blue Buoy Steps above the beach 23 June 2016.
The lorry delivering this lifeguard apparatus has to reverse all the way down Shrubberies Hill requiring great skill and stamina from the driver. At the end of the season the process has to be reversed as the weather is too severe to leave the unit in position throughout the winter...
Newspaper Report of concern for Ship Concord - Captain Edwin Pascoe
Amateur Dramatics 1926-27 HMS Pinafore Porthleven Church
Moonflower Chinese Takeaway and Post Office, Fore Street, Cornwall April 2017
First World War Centenary of start - POrthleven graves cleaned up
see original story at http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/helstonandporthleven/11398122.Porthleven_church_pays_tribute_to_soldiers_of_Great_War/
Womens Institute 1925. Surnames mentioned: Mrs Rogers (Penrose), Mrs Rowe (Treeza)
Lazybank Lazy Bank a narrow steep incline of almost scrubland in between the back of Bay View Terrace and in front of Peverell Road.
Treza Farm sold 1927 to Mr Johns of Bank House, Helston. Previous owner was Mr h Rowe.
SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax Class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 120,000 tons of crude oil. She was shipwrecked off the western coast of Cornwall, England, on 18 March 1967, causing an environmental disaster. Wikipedia
Ship William c1865 in harbour in front of Fisherman's Arms
All the following sound bites have been donated by John Strike and are read by Frank Strike, John's father.
Anson Gun Carriage
Wreck of the Anson & Bay of Panbama
Frank's speech regarding canon from the Anson
See download below
Neil Hawke has contributed to Porthleven Museum from the very start and continues to do so.
To view this article http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipportdecline/index.html#p=1
Neil wrote this article for https://coastalshipping.co.uk/ and...