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Another hand written journal by Oliver Boatbuilders Porthleven.
A record from 1936
Part of the Denis Oliver Records
Volume 1, 2 and 3 of 3 Volumes consisting of double pages
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/boatbuilding1936/flipvol1/index.html
On Saturday 9th July 2016 120 years of Porthleven soccer was celebrated in Out of the Blue, the window to Porthleven Museum's images of historic life in the village.
A widescreen presentation of the history was created for the day. As usual the images are now available in one of the museums volumes located at
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flip120yearssoccer/index.html
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It is not easy to produce a short booklet based on a brief history of Porthleven and its historic harbour but here are a few images and a couple of pages of text in an attempt to do so.
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipharbourbook2015/index.html
As always please remember...
Porthleven Town Trail is produced by Porthleven Community Interest Company, formed in late 2012 to look at how to mitigate the impacts of being a coastal community.
To view the Trail E-Book
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipporthleventowntrail/index.html
To visit Porthleven CIC website
John's Stories consist of 14 parts making up a lifetime's recollection of Porthleven.
John shared these on facebook and the comments received are included.
Porthleven Museum created the interactive books with the materials supplied. We have kept as close to John's original production as possible.
Story 1 http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/johnstory1/index.html
Story...
Gala Week Programme Covers from 1946 to 1970.
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipgalaweekprogcovers1946to1970/index.html
Part of Alfie Pascoe's life time records