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- 9 photos on New Quay appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of New Quay
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A favourite place
Of all our (my wife & I) favourite places in Wales, Newquay comes top of a long list of places. It was only sometime in the mid 1980's, that we first discovered this haven. We've been back numerous times, never bored with it. Two things spring to mind, Dylan Thomas & Dolphins. I would love to hear a local's view. What did it used to be like, years ago? What is it like in the winter when tourists are not about? For some years, we wanted to move to Wales, & Newquay was top of the list.
Contributed by Trevor Page
The wartime Liverpool Evacuees
William Manning was allocated to us in Church Street. On the day of his arrival he climbed onto the rear of the stone pier and watched the waves breaking against the stones, became dizzy and fell in. He was rescued just before he drowned by New Quay's retired Captain Rees. My mother a retired nurse gave him a brandy in hot milk and put him to bed with a hot water bottle. He was as right as rain the next day and joined our family for breakfast. Mair P. (the Bank House)
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Dyfed memories
A favourite place
Of all our (my wife & I) favourite places in Wales, Newquay comes top of a long list of places. It was only sometime in the mid 1980's, that we first discovered this haven. We've been back numerous times, never bored with it. Two things spring to mind, Dylan Thomas & Dolphins. I would love to hear a local's view. What did it used to be like, years ago? What is it like in the winter when tourists are not about? For some years, we wanted to move to Wales, & Newquay was top of the list.
A memory of New Quay contributed by Trevor Page
The wartime Liverpool Evacuees
William Manning was allocated to us in Church Street. On the day of his arrival he climbed onto the rear of the stone pier and watched the waves breaking against the stones, became dizzy and fell in. He was rescued just before he drowned by New Quay's retired Captain Rees. My mother a retired nurse gave him a brandy in hot milk and put him to bed with a hot water bottle. He was as right as rain the next day and joined our family for breakfast. Mair P. (the Bank House)
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Extracts From New Quay & Dyfed books
This view shows Cei Bach (Little Quay), where a number of boats were built, with the typical Ceredigion coast beyond. Along the bay there were a number of limekilns that converted limestone from Pembrokeshire into lime suitable for improving the local acid soil or for use in mortar or whitewash.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
Gilfachreda is situated on the road between New Quay and the main coast road. The road may well have been built or widened to ease the transport of caravans to New Quay.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
New Quay had a RNLI lifeboat from 1864, and there were coastguards based here for the protection of passing boats and unfortunate or irresponsible visitors. Beyond the coastguard station is the pier, built in 1835 with stone from a nearby quarry – the stone was brought here on a tramway.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
This view from the end of the stone pier shows the four-storey Custom House surrounded by rowing boats, which were used by both local fishermen and holidaymakers. Fishing was an important local industry, particularly during the 18th century when vast shoals of herring came in the autumn. New Quay now serves a few local fishing boats and many leisure boat owners; a regatta is held annually, which dates back to 1868.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
The stone quay and the lighthouse, known locally as the Pepperpot, were built in 1835, replacing a timber ‘new quay’ built in the 1690s. The pier and lighthouse were partly destroyed in the ‘Royal Charter’ storm of 1859, and the lighthouse was completely destroyed by a storm in 1937.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".