Polperro
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My Grandmothers memories
My great-grandfather and g.grandmother lived and worked at The Pilchards Inn, they had three children my grandmother used to tell me about how they kept chickens and ducks in the garden and how she met Daphne Du'Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock whilst in cornwall making a film, thats not bad for passing trade! I cant wait to visit Polperro and sit a while in The Pilchards Inn to remember my wonderful grandmother in a place that was very close to her heart.
Contributed by Jane MacCallum
Cornwall memories
My Grandmothers memories
My great-grandfather and g.grandmother lived and worked at The Pilchards Inn, they had three children my grandmother used to tell me about how they kept chickens and ducks in the garden and how she met Daphne Du'Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock whilst in cornwall making a film, thats not bad for passing trade! I cant wait to visit Polperro and sit a while in The Pilchards Inn to remember my wonderful grandmother in a place that was very close to her heart.
A memory of Polperro contributed by Jane MacCallum
Summer Fete
I remember visiting Trelawne House during the annual fete, in what I assume must have been the summer as it was warm and the sun was shining. There were copious amounts of cakes and cream teas with a never-ending supply of tea on tap, served in cups with handles through which you could never fit your finger! I seem to remember spending hours, well at least minutes, in trying to hook ducks out of a paddling pool. I was only 9 at the time and haven't had a chance to revisit the house since I left with my family early in 1989.
Summer High Tides
I used to hire the Council deck chairs and beach floats on East Looe beach and rake and clean out the beach tents as a student summer job. On the high tides when the tents were removed the sea would break against the promenade wall. After each wave the kids would identify any exposed silver coins lost by 'visitors' in the tents when they changed into their swimmers, jump over the railings to pick them up and clamber back up before the next wave broke. There were mishaps but the return was often greater than the 6d obtained from a none-returned deck chair ticket or the 3d for an empty drink bottle. Recycling in its earlier form!
A memory of Looe contributed by John Tyler
Extracts From Polperro & Cornwall books
Built in a narrow gully in cliffs 400 feet high, this was once a smuggling village. Many of the fishermen’s cottages looking towards the harbour were built in three storeys, the ground floor being used for storing and salting their catches of fish. The living quarters and bedrooms were reached by an exterior flight of stone steps.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".
Built in a narrow gully in cliffs 400 feet high, this was once a smuggling village. Many of the fishermen’s cottages looking towards the harbour were built in three storeys, the ground floor being used for storing and salting their catches of fish. The living quarters and bedrooms were reached by an exterior flight of stone steps.
An extract from from"Countryside Poems".
Polperro is arguably the most picturesque fishing village in Cornwall, and it has long been a favourite with artists and day trippers. Smuggling was important in days gone by. Here, the fishing fleet is home, packed behind the breakwater. The crane (centre right) was used to position long timbers across the harbour entrance to provide shelter during rough weather; today a swinging gate performs the same function.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".
Here we see the old corn mill deep in the valley at Crumplehorn in working order, with its overshot waterwheel fed by the trough of a launder. Today the mill has been turned into an inn, and the fields below the steep road have been laid out as a car park for visitors to Polperro village that lies down to the right.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".
A few sailing fishing boats remain in the harbour at this date, while two fishermen display part of their catch on the quay.
An extract from from"Cornwall County Memories".