Porthleven Time Line -
Forward
Tony Treglown at the harbours bi-centenary
Author of many historic books about a
variety of aspects relating to village life and
enjoyed by residents and visitors alike.
I
am
sure
readers
will
appreciate
the
fact
this
has
taken
some
time
to
research
and
compile
for
our
digital museum.
This
time
line
is
a
brief
insight
into
Porthleven’s
development
throughout
the
ages
and
has
been
constructed
in
such
a
way
more
information
can
be
added
should
missed
significant
moments
in
history
come to light.
We
would
ask
anyone
discovering
errors
in
this
to
email
info@porthlevenmuseum.org.uk
adding
the
page number and the correction required.
You
can
also
use
this
address
to
request
other
information
to
be
added
here
or
on
our
main
site
at
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/yourhistory.php
Mike Carter
created by Michael Carter founder member
2
Sadly
Tony
died
in
2017
but
not
before
publishing
his
final
book
‘Porthleven
A
Comprehensive
History’
details
of
which
can
be found on the website shown bottom right.
This book is full of
facts and old
photographs.
I am pleased to say
this book and
others written by
Tony are included
within my book
collection.
Porthleven Time Line -
Page Index
created by Michael Carter founder member
1.
Front Cover
2.
Forward
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Index
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401 - 1199
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Porthleven Time Line -
401 - 1199
Methleigh Farm 2009
at least 950 years on from when it was first
mentioned
The
first
mention
of
the
locality
appears
briefly
in
the
guise
of
St
Elvan,
a
Celtic
saint
who
takes
us
back to the period around the 5th century.
5th century.
Currently we have no further records until
1086
Methleigh
Farm,
Porthleven.
The
farm
was
built
before
1066
as
as
it
appears
in
the
original
Domesday
Book.
Before
the
Norman
Conquest
it
was
owned
by
the
Bishop
of
Exeter.
There
is
no
mention
of
Porthleven
in
any
format
within
the
book.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1200 - 1499
Tithe maps (apportionments) were drawn up
under the Tithe Commutation Act 1836
The
earliest
reference
to
St
Elvan
is
found
in
the
registers
of
the
Bishops
of
Exeter
in
1257
-
1280
when
a
chapel
dedicated
to
St
Elvan
in the parish of Sithney, is found.
In
1270
Porthleven
is
probably
named
after
the
Celtic
saint
St
Elvan
and
there
was
a
chapel
dedicated
to
St
Elvan
in
Sithney
parish near Porthleven
.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1500 - 1699
Tythe map from the 17th century
1529
Porthleven,
first
occurs
with
this
place
name
spelt
as
today
in
a
Court
roll.
Earliest
records
indicate
Porthleven
was
a
little
fishing
village
in
the
shelter
of
a
tiny
creek.
1584
The place is spelt as 'Port Levan'
1625
Documents
show
mining
in
Wheal
Rose
and
Wheal
Penrose
areas
during
this
period.
The area was listed as Port Elvan
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Porthleven Time Line -
1700 - 1747
Penrose Estate House from the front
1714
Samuel
Coode
purchased
Methleigh Manor
1738
The
German
vessel
Vigilantia
carrying
a
mixed
cargo
was
wrecked
west
of
Porthleven.
The
captain
and
three
sailors
drowned
1739
The
Dutch
vessel
Lady
Lucy
was
wrecked on Porthleven beach
1744
John
Penrose,
Penrose
Estate
died.
The estate was passed to his sister.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1748 - 1769
Tythe map from the 17th century
1748
Richard
Sampson
was
appointed
the first resident Customs Officer
1758
Two
vessels
wrecked,
‘The
Shaftesbury’,
in
pursuit
of
the
smuggler
‘The Bell’
1761
Porthleven was mentioned in
documents as Port Levan.
1769
William Odgers, a Porthleven
Customs Officer, was shot dead
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1770 - 1779
1770
Original
Lime
Kilns
produced
lime
for use in construction of early cottages
.
1771
Hugh
Rogers
purchased
Penrose
Estate for £11,000 from Grace Cummings
1773
John
Rogers,
who
was
born
in
1750,
became
Squire
of
Penrose
on
the
death
of his father Hugh
1779
It
is
believed
the
first
Methodist
sermon
was
preached
in
a
Porthleven
fish
cellar
There would be generations of Squire Rogers
before the house was presented to the
National Trust
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1780 - 1789
1780
Fishmongers
Arms
(The
site
of
the
Institute
Buildings)
was
thought
to
have
been
built
this
year.
It
was
demolished
in
1883
1782
The
brig
Tortington
broke
up
within
an
hour
of
hitting
rocks
near
Porthleven
1788
Mid
summer’s
day
-
21
persons
drowned
off
Porthleven
while
in
a
boat
of
pleasure.
A rare image of the Fishmongers Arms
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1790 - 1799
1790
The
Methodists
made
great
inroads
in
Porthleven
in
the
early
19th
century
after
the
the
first
Chapel
was
built
from
on
Loe
Bar Road, Gravesend.
1795
The
sloop
Trident
was
wrecked
on
Loe Bar
1796
An
unidentified
troop
ship
was
wrecked
on
Loe
Bar
with
the
loss
of
over
600
soles
1798
The
first
mail
from
London
to
this
area was lost by a very drunk postman
Billy Bray 1794-1868. Famous Cornish
revivalist preached in the Porthleven
Bible Christian Chapel on many occasions.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1800 - 1802
1800
The
old
habit
of
smuggling
in
Mount’s
Bay
dates
back
over
200
years.
In
the
early
1800’s
it
was
estimated
that
7,000
ankers
of
smuggled
brandy
successfully
landed annually. An anker = 10 gallons.
The
Ship
Inn
is
thought
to
have
been
built
during
this
decade.
Originally
the
Ship
Tavern,
it
is
the
oldest
pub
still
standing
in
Porthleven.
1802
A
French
mackerel
boat
with
a
crew
of
14
was
driven
ashore
on
Loe
Bar,
6
survived.
The
Squire
of
Penrose
paid
for
the
survivors
to
be
cared
for
at
the
Fishmongers
Arms awaiting their repatriation.
The Ship Inn, built over a smuggler’s
tunnel and said to be haunted,
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1800 - 1806
Early 1800s
Schools
were
instituted
in
Porthleven during the early 1800s.
Around
this
time
there
was
a
water
driven
mill where Kota stands today.
It
is
believed
the
village
consisted
of
63
dwellings with a population of 220.
1805
Wheal Rose mine closed
William
Russell,
a
Porthleven
fisherman,
served
on
HMS
Victory
at
the
battle
of
Trafalgar having been press ganged
HMS Victory, Battle of Trafalgar
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1807 - 1811
1807
December
29th
HMS
Anson
was
wrecked
on
Loe
bar
with
the
loss
of
over
100
lives.
This
was
to
result
in
the
structure
of
the Price of Wales Harbour,
Porthleven.
1810
The
Ship
Inn
is
thought
to
have
been
built
sometime
between
1800
and
1810.
Originally
named
the
Ship
Tavern,
it
is
the
oldest pub still standing in Porthleven.
1811
The
survey
shows
Porthleven
as
having
63
dwellings
mainly
inhabited
by
fishermen
and
miners
with
a
population
of
220.
Wreck of HMS Anson Dec 1807
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1811 - 1813
1811
This
year
and
Act
of
Parliament
was
passed
for
the
construction
of
Porthleven
Harbour.
The
sum
of
£30,000
was
deemed
sufficient
for
the
formation
of
the
Harbour.
1812
There
were
so
many
pilchards
caught
the
population
could
not
eat
them.
The
fish
were
sold
to
farmers
to
use
as
fertiliser
1813
Act
of
Parliament
amendment
Harbour and Dock
Pilchards for the curing tanks
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1814 - 1815
1814
The
Warehouse
on
Breageside
was
built using granite
The
Lime
Kiln
was
built
during
this
year
and
was
used
to
burn
rock
lime.
This
was
built
by
Archibald
Blair,
a
director
of
the
harbour
and
Dock
Company.
He
died
shortly
after
completion
and
the
kiln
was
purchased
by
the
Harbour
and
Dock
Company
1815
March
-
Archibald
Blake
the
resident
director
of
the
Porthleven
Harbour
died aged 93.
Lime Kilne in its original state
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1815 - 1816
1815
The
French
Sloop,
La
Marie
Vincente,
was
the
first
to
use
the
harbour
as
a place of refuge and remained 100 days
1816
Act
of
Parliament
amendment
Harbour and Dock
At
the
end
of
1816
it
was
reported
that
24
vessels
had
unloaded
small
quantities
of
cargo during the year.
The
Salt
cellar
was
built
during
this
year
for
the
storage
of
cargoes
landed
including
salt
from
Norway.
Giant
blocks
of
ice
were
stored
in
the
Ice
House
on
the
other
side
of
the harbour.
Salt Celalr Hill
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1816 - 1819
1816
First
boat
launched
by
Sandry’s
based Wellmore
1817
59
casks
of
port
were
rescued
from
the
wreck
of
the
London
Brig
‘
Resolution’.
Customs
officers
impounded
the
cask
in
the
warehouse.
1818
Torleven Farmhouse was built.
Henry
Trengrouse
managed
to
persuade
Admiralty to test his life-saving apparatus
1819
Squire
of
Penrose
purchased
one
of
the
life-saving
apparatus
for
use
in
Porthleven
and
it
was
actually
used
in
a
Porthleven rescue during the year
Henry Trengrouse
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1820 - 1825
1820
Winter
storms
washed
away
150
by
20 feet length of harbourside roads
1821
Act
of
Parliament
amendment
Harbour and Dock
The
ship
Peggy
came
ashore
on
rocks
near
Porthleven
1822
A
party
of
Dragoons
were
on
the
look
out
for
smugglers.
A
horse
and
rider
fell
over
the
cliff.
The
horse
died
but
the
rider
survived
1825
Magistrates
in
quarter
session
certified
that
Porthleven
Harbour
was
completed to admit vessels of 200 tons.
Porthleven storms are not uncommon
Harbourside Roads have been damaged many
times throughout the harbours history
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1826 - 1830
1826
Porthleven
Harbour
opens
for
traffic
The
Swedish
ketch
Idaa
was
wrecked
on
the
beach.
Captain
and
mate
were
saved
but
3
crew loss their lives
Schooner
William
and
Anne,
50
feet
in
length
and
wighing
55
tons
was
built
in
James Sandry’s yard
1827
The
Bible
Chistians,
a
break-away
group
from
Wesleyan
Methodists,
started
to
meet regularly in a building by the harbour
1830
The
Bible
Christians
built
a
chapel
in the village during this year.
Harbour before thee baulks were added and
the inner harbour protected
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1831 - 1837
1831
The
harbour
is
put
up
for
sale
having
failed
to
generate
the
level
of
income
expected
1832
The
Reverend
Canon
John
Rogers
became
Squire
of
Penrose
on
the
death
of
his
father
1836
The
harbour
was
purchased
by
Mr
Clay
MP
for
Tower
Hamlets
for
the
sum
of
£4,000
1837
Wheal
Unity
Mine
produced
around
200
tons
of
lead
ore.
A
shipment
was
sold for a little more than £11 per ton.
Map showing location of Wheal Unity
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1837 - 1840
1837
Heratio
Leggatt
settled
the
harbour
Company’s
debt
and
became
the
owner.
He
died
a
year
later
and
ownership
passed to his widow Anna Maria Leggatt
1840
The
building
of
the
Anglican
church began
An
account
House
was
built
on
the
harbourside
for
William
Cudlip.
This
later
became the Customs House
On
the
death
of
Anna
Maria
Leggatt,
ownership
passed
to
her
son
Horatio
Bethune Leggatt
The building of the Anglican Church began in
1840 the same year as the new Methodist
Chapel
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1840 - 1844
1840
The
Methodist
chapel
proved
too
small
and
a
larger
one
was
built
during
this
year
1841
St
Bartholomew
Anglican
Church
was consecrated 24th August.
1843
William
Cudlip
who
had
been
Harbour
Master
since1825
became
the
owner of the harbour
765 tons of limestone was imported
1844
It
is
said
Florence
Hosking,
a
cripple,
was
healed
at
a
service
held
on
the
Bryanite Chapel
Methodist Chapel Salt Cellar Hill
1820 to 1840 became too small. A new Chapel
was built in Fore Street
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1844 - 1846
1844
A
new
road
was
cut
joining
Helston
to the Porthleven Road at Penventon farm
The
Parish
of
Porthleven
was
created
by
the
vicar of Sithney
1845
A
school
was
built
next
to
the
church. It had places for 150 pupils
1846
Wheal
Rose
Mine
(east
side
of
Porthleven)
yielded
18
tons
of
silver
lead
at
£19.5
shillings
(£19.25p)
a
ton
Porthleven
was
bisected
by
the
parish
boundaries
of
Breage
and
Sithney,
and
the
modern
parish
–
formed in 1846 - took land from both.
Date map of Porthleven’s development
The yellow shading indicates the Parish from
1840 to 1908
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1847 - 1848
1847
The
King
of
Norway
sent
a
testimonial
to
a
Cornishman
in
recognition
of
his
gallant
services
in
the
rescue
of
lives
from
the
Norwegian
schooner
“Elizabeth”
wrecked
in
Porthleven
the
previous
year,
the
recipient was Richard Kitto.
The
first
marriage
in
St
Bartholomew’s
Church
was
solemnised
when
Bennet
Treloar married Hanna Jacka
1848
Sixty-three
boats,
of
all
sizes,
belonged
to
the
port.
About
twenty
were
engaged in the mackerel fishery
.
St Bartholomew’s Church
First wedding 1847
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1848 - 1850
1848
The
first
burial
took
place
at
St
Bartholomew’s
Church
the
deceased
being
a
boy
who
fell
into
a
plump
(well)
at
Sunset
Farm.
William
E
Cudlip
had
acquired
a
number
of
buildings
around
the
harbour
and
the
harbour
itself.
Unfortunately
he
was
declared bankrupt during this yea
r.
1849
The
last
shipments
of
lead
ore
left
the
harbour
having
been
part
of
the
export
trade since 1837
1850
Kitto
and
Sons
were
the
principal
boat
builders
and
the
first
net-making
loom
in Cornwall was installed.
Salt Cellar Hill Customs House with the first
Harbour Master’s initials above the door,
William Cudlip
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1850 - 1852
1850
There
were
159
pupils
on
the
Church School roll
1851
Population 1012 persons
1852
There
were
two
Coastguards
stationed
in
Porthleven.
The
path
west
of
Porthleven
towards
Trewavas
Head
was
known as Coastguard Path
Porthleaven
(Porthleven
today)
Post
receiving
house
at
Elizabeth
Jaka's
from
all
parts
of
Helston
will
arrive
every
morning
at
ten.
Church school in 1925.
In 1850 there were 159 pupils
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Porthleven Time Line -
1853 - 1857
1853
Kitto
and
Sons,
principal
boat
builders,
brought
the
first
net-making
loom
Cornwall. It was transported from Bridport
Sarah
Wills
sold
the
harbour
to
Francis
Pryor of Redruth
1855
Harvey
and
Co
purchased
the
harbour
and
built
an
extra
breakwater
and
a
pair of jetties to block the entrance.
1856
John
Jope
Rogers
became
Squire
of Penrose
Engraving of Harvey & Co starting work on
the harbour
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1858 - 1862
1858
The
gap
to
the
inner
harbour
that
could
be
closed
by
baulks
was
completed
during
this
year.
It
was
this
work
that
prompted the 1869 Act of parliament.
1859
Wheal Rose Mine reopened
1861
Population 1259 persons
The
219
ton
brig
Mersey
was
wrecked
on
the
beach.
The
crew
were
saved
by
local
fishermen
1862
The
foundation
stone
was
laid
for
Peverell Road Chapel.
RNLI
agree
to
a
lifeboat
being
stationed
here
Map of Wheal Rose Mine 1859
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1863 - 1866
1863
Porthleven
Lifeboat
Agar
Robartes
arrives
The
Bible
Christians
Chapel,
Peverell
Road
was
built
and
become
known
as
the
Fishermen’s
Chapel
due
to
the
number
in
the congregation
Torre
House
was
built
at
the
top
of
Fore
Street for Captain Solomon Symons
1866
Porthleven
Coastguard
Station
was
built.
It
stored
the
(RLA)
Rocket
Lifesaving
Apparatus
The
120
tons
schooner
The
Brothers
was
launched from Kitto’s yard
Rocket firing demo at lifeboat day 1980
Fired across the harbour to the pier for the
rescue
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1866 - 1869
1866
The
first
shout
for
the
lifeboat
to
attend
the
barque
Salmi
resulted
in
the
saving of 16 lives
1867
Porthleven
Band
can
trace
its
history
back
to
this
year
when
a
fife
and
drum band was in existence.
1868
Harvey
and
Co
assembled
a
crane
which
they
had
built
in
their
Hayle
work-
shop
1869
Act
of
Parliament
amendment
Harbour and Dock
Three
masted
sailing
ship
Nellie
Harding
(1553 ton) was wrecked on Porthleven beach
Nellie Harding wrecked on Porthleven Beach
Captains wife and 22 crew saved by rocket
apparatus in the first rescue of its kind here
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Porthleven Time Line -
1870 - 1871
1870
There
were
150
boats
in
the
harbour
Porthleven
Cricket
Club
was
formed
during
the decade 1870-80
Harbour
and
Dock
Company
obtained
a
lease
on
a
piece
of
land
for
a
term
of
60
years
referred
to
as
'that
moor
or
waste
plot
of
ground'
The
Salvation
Army
established
a
branch
in
the village
1871
Population 1562 persons
Kings Own Salvation Army Band 1905
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1871 - 1872
1871
Porthleven
10th
March
Fishing
Lugger
Desire
was
run
down
and
destroyed
by
the
Corlic
in
dense
fog.
Seven
of
her
crew
were
drowned
included
the
owners
13
year
old son
The Pilchard catch was a record
1872
John
Henry
Burgess
died
after
falling
into
the
net
room
on
board
the
boat
Perseverance
Wheal
Rose
mine
closed.
Its
workings
were
432 feet deep
Willam
Munday
and
3
others
were
drowned
when their crabber was caught in a squall
Monument to drowned sailors with no known
grave. Ships listed include Desire, Miriam,
Joanna, Nile and Energetic
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Porthleven Time Line -
1873 - 1875
1873
The
Wesleyan
Day
School
was
completed
on
the
land
opposite
what
is
now
known as Thomas Terrace
1874
The
44
ton
sloop
William
and
Anne
failed
to
clear
the
pier
when
caught
by
a
sudden gust of wind drove her against it
1875
Porthleven
brass
band
was
formed.
Over
the
years
they
have
entered
many
competitions
and
built
a
reputation
for
achieving good results
The
track
to
Stopgate
(Roseladden
Gate)
was made into a proper road
Porthleven band 100 years after it was
formed
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1875 - 1877
1875
Thomas
Tregembo,
a
single
man,
drowned
in
the
harbour
after
a
long
drinking
session
in
the
Fishermonger’s
Arms.
His
body
was
found
when
the
harbour
was sluiced
1876
The
Commercial
Hotel
was
built
on
the
site
of
the
former
New
Inn
(
Now
the
Harbour Inn)
The
crabber
Johanna
was
overturned
in
a
gale.
John
Coles
and
his
two
sons,
John
aged
15 and Thomas aged 13 drowned
1877
The
volunteer
L.S.A.
was
formed
and
the
rocket
lifesaving
apparatus
was
in
use for 60 years saving 104 lives.
Commercial Hotel
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1878 - 1879
1878
Behemoth,
a
Porthleven
fishing
boat
was
caught
out
in
a
storm
and
was
not
able
to
return
to
the
safety
of
the
harbour
for 3 days
The Porthleven Wesleyan circuit was formed
1879
Foundation
stone
laid
for
the
chapel
Sunday
School
Room
at
Peverell
Road chapel
24
houses,
Thomas
Terrace
was
completed.
It
was
named
after
the
builder,
Mr
Thomas
from Truro
Within
68
years
the
population
had
grown
to
1,259
24 houses in Thomas Terrace
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1879 - 1879
1879
There
were
two
wells
in
Porthleven.
Torre
well
or
spring
in
Shute
Lane
and
a
well
or
spring
at
Wellmoor.
There
was
a
cave
in
the
cliffs
which
extended
more
than
100
feet
back
into
the
cliff.
A
handy
storage
space
for
smugglers.
The
narrow
entrance
has
been
blocked
for
some
time
Porthleven
became
connected
to
the
telegraph
system
having
taken
4
Royal
Engineers
2
weeks
to
erect
61
telegraph
poles
covering
the
two
and
half
miles
between
Porthleven
and
Helston.
The
Squire
of
Penrose sent the first telegram
The well is now in the grounds of Wellmore
End Cottage
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1880 - 1882
1880
The
fishing
fleet
consisted
of
127
boats employing 600 men and boys
The
Bryanite’s
school
room
and
new
vestry
was completed at a cost of £700
1881
May
31st
H.R.H.
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh,
Prince
Alfred
visits
the
Coast
Guard
Station.
He
arrived
on
the
ship
‘Lively’
First mention of Porthleven's Regatta Day
Population 1873 persons
1882
Lifeboat
Charles
Henry
Wright,
a
self-righting boat replaced Agar Robartes
Prince Alfred visiting the Coast Guard
Station
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1882 - 1882
1882
The
Porthleven
brig
John
Kendell
was wrecked
A
number
of
houses
lost
their
roofs
in
a
WNW gale
John
Henry
Batten
(19
years
old)
was
washed
overboard
from
the
Golden
Fleece
and drowned
From
the
Guiding
Star,
Robert
Witheridge
drowned
From
the
Two
Brothers,
Nicholas
Marks
drowned
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1882 - 1883
1882
After
200
years
the
Mill
Lane
water driven mill closed down
1883
The
Methodist
chapel
once
again
proved
too
small
and
a
larger
one
was
built
to seat 800 at a cost of £3,720
Doctor
Edmund
Rundle
became
the
first
resident Doctor
A
team
of
Irish
labourers
blasted
the
rocks
on
four
acres
of
land
to
build
Rockville
(
later
to
become
Tye
Rock
Hotel)
A
60
year
lease
was
granted
to
Emma
Woolfrey
of
Porthleven by Penrose Estate.
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1884 - 1884
1884
William
Bickford
Smith
presented
Porthleven
with
the
clock
tower.
It
replaced
the
old
Fisherman’s
Arms
where
a
run-away
soldier was shot and killed by an
official.
The
Institute
was
formally
opened
Tuesday
16th
December
However
Mrs
Bickford
Smith
set
the
clock
going
at
11.55
am
on
the
18th November so it would strike at midday.
Austrian
barque
Cviet
wrecked
on
Porthleven
beach
after
the
Captain
deliberately
ran
the
vessel
aground
in
60
feet
waves
in
an
attempt
to
save
the
crew.
8
were
saved
but
3
were
washed
overboard
and
drowned including the captain.
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1885 - 1885
1885
There
were
over
100
boats
in
the
harbour
-
80
pilchard
boats
and
23
mackerel
drivers.
There
were
20
crabbers.
Mackerel
boats usually had 7 men to a boat
Sunnybank
(
a
large
house)
was
built
just
north
of
Tye
Rock.
This
has
since
been
demolished
and
replaced
with
a
number
of
large private houses
Richard
James,
a
master
mariner,
married
Ada
Gilbert.
They
were
the
first
to
be
married in Fore Street Methodist Chapel
A
7
year
old
boy
was
drowned
in
the
Moors
stream
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1886 - 1886
1886
Porthleven
Board
School
Records
commence
March
-
Lugger
Miriam
collided
with
the
smack Arcacia. The crew were drowned.
Boslan
house
was
built
for
the
Methodist
minister Rev James E Hargreaves
Seaview
Terrace
was
built
on
Breageside.
Now known as Ocean View
John
Eddy
was
appointed
Porthleven’s
first
street
cleaner
scavenger.
There
was
no
mains
water or drainage
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Porthleven Time Line -
1886 - 1887
1886
During
October
each
fishing
boat
caught up to 50,000 pilchards in one night
Towards
the
end
of
the
year
a
huge
shoal
of
Hake
were
swimming
close
to
shore.
One
man even caught 160 fish in the harbour
1887
November
-
harbour
and
Dock
Company
purchased
the
land
referred
to
in
1870.
This
was
purchased
without
Royal
Licence
and
would
have
been
forfeited
if
it
were
not
for
the
eventual
granting
of
the
Royal Licence.
Beacon
Crag
was
built
in
5
acres
of
land
for
a local artist, Harriet Anne Seymour
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1887 - 1888
1887
Materials
were
shipped
in
to
help
construct
the
Great
Western
Railway
branch
line
to
Helston.
This
was
to
contribute
to
the
decline of trade through Porthleven
1888
The
houses
built
in
Wellington
Road
were
owned
by
a
Penzance
Solicitor,
Wellington Dale, hence the name of the road
The
lifeboat
was
called
out
to
tow
a
number
of boats back to harbour
Francis
Williams,
known
as
Boy
Frank,
caught
a
crab
weighing
11lb
12ozs.
It
was
12
inches
across
its
back
and
9
inches
around
the claws
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1888 - 1889
1888
Porthleven
Regatta
was
attended
by thousands of people
Local
boat
Stephen
was
caught
by
a
squall
just
as
it
was
approaching
the
harbour
and
was
driven
onto
the
rocks
at
Breageside.
her
crew of three were rescued by another boat
1889
Church
School
was
erected
-
now
the Christadelphian Hall
The
church
cemetery
was
filling
up
and
a
new
one
was
necessary.
It
included
a
mortuary, walls paths and gates costing £115
Ernest
Toy
aged
19
drowned
having
fallen
overboard from the boat Lois PZ 442
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1889 - 1890
1889
Hannah
James
died
aged
84.
She
was
the
last
widow
who
earned
a
living
buying
and
selling
fish
having
worked
as
a
jouster (Hawker) for many years
The
3
story
building
on
Breageside
was
built
for
William
Taglio,
a
fish
merchant.
It
contained
a
fish
cellar
and
curing
tanks
for
the pilchards
Edward
Chegwidden
lost
a
hand
operating
a
steam driven circular saw in the timber yard
1890
Porthleven
received
its
first
piped
drinking
water
from
a
reservoir
at
Tregathenan Hill
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1891 - 1891
1891
There
was
a
great
blizzard.
Snow
was
several
feet
deep
and
there
were
storms
on
land
and
sea
with
gale
force
winds.
Many
boats
were
caught
at
sea
and
had
to
battle
90
mph
winds.
The
Porthleven
bus
from
Penzance
was
also
caught
in
the
blizzard.
The
driver
was
found
unconscious
but
the
horses
were
still
plodding
on.
300
trees
were
blown
down
in
Penrose
and
snow
drifts
were
15 feet high in some places
700
hogshead
of
pilchards
were
exported
to
Naples.
A
hogshead
held
between
2
and
3
thousand pilchards.
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1891 - 1893
1891
The
Norwegian
brig
Louise
was
wrecked
on
Porthleven
beach.
All
the
crew
were saved by rocket apparatus
1892
Harbour
and
Dock
company
leased
5
plots
of
land
at
the
bottom
Parish
Road
now
known
as
Harbour
View
to
four
local
men to build on
1893
Royal
Humane
Society
bronze
Medal
and
Scroll
was
awarded
to
Edward
James
Williams
for
rescuing
William
T
Gilbert
from
drowning
at
great
personal
risk.
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1893 - 1893
1893
The
China
Clay
Stores,
currently
home
to
Rick
Steins
Restaurant,
was
built
for
John
Lovering
who
had
the
lease
on
the
Tregonning
Hill
clay
producing
quarries.
The
building
could
hold
7,000
tons
of
china
clay
The
organist
and
choir
master
of
the
Bryanites
chapel
was
drowned
together
with
his
son
and
brother
when
their
boat
Nile
was
caught in a gale
Bertie
Thomas,
aged
8
years
died
after
falling over the cliffs at Gravesend
The
Emblem
PZ
575
was
wrecked
on
Trigg
rocks. All managed to get ashore safely
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1894 - 1894
1894
The
Lifeboat
Institution
built
a
new boat house and slip way costing £1,481
The
Ice
House
was
built
this
year.
It
was
constructed
from
beach
gravel
and
cement.
It is now holiday lets
A
race
between
crabbers
on
regatta
day
resulted
in
the
loss
of
the
boat
Daisy.
Crewman
Joe
Williams,
aged
45,
drowned
but the remaining crew were saved
Methleigh
Valley
became
flooded
and
8
men
rowed
a
punt
up
the
valley
to
collect
some
letters
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1895 - 1895
1895
In
January
the
new
Lifeboat
House
was opened.
The
first
cargo
of
ice
arrived
from
Norway
for the Porthleven Trading Company.
Two
coal
boats
were
unloaded
manually
by
24
men
unloading
the
household
coal
whilst
4
men
unloaded
gas
coal
from
the
other
using
the
ship’s
steam
winch.
This
was
carried by cart to Helston gas works.
Bar
lodge
situated
at
the
entrance
to
Penrose
woods,
above
Loe
Bar
was
built
as
a
beach
house
for
Squire
John
Peverell
Rogers.
This
is now a National Trust holiday let
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Porthleven Time Line -
1896 - 1896
1896
Porthleven
football
club
was
established.
One
of
the
founder
players,
Isaac Brown continued playing into his 40s
Porthleven
men
went
to
Newlyn
to
support
them
in
a
riot
over
Sunday
fishing.
The
government
despatched
3
gun
ships
HMS
Ferret,
Traveller
and
Curlew
and
300
redcoats
from
the
Royal
Berkshire
Regiment
to restore order
Porthleven
Harbour
and
Dock
and
the
fishermen
were
in
dispute
over
the
location
of
the
free
area
of
land,
1,814
square
yards
allocated under the 1869 act
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Porthleven Time Line -
1896 - 1896
1896
The
lifeboat
house
doors
were
smashed
by
heavy
seas
and
the
lifeboat
filled
with
water.
The
solid
doors
were
replaced
with gates
The
Rural
District
Council
introduced
a
mains
drainage
system
in
to
Porthleven.
It
was to take 2 years to complete
John
Mills
ran
the
initial
transport
system
running
horse
drawn
buses
to
both
Helston
and Penzance
The
Salvation
Army
had
a
meeting
place
at
the
top
of
the
footpath
leading
up
from
the
Institute
to
Peverell
Terrace.
This
became
known as Army Hill
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Porthleven Time Line -
1897 - 1898
1897
There
were
a
number
of
different
types of fishing boats in the harbour:
•
50 pilchard drift boats,
•
38 mackerel drift boats,
•
31 crabbers,
•
10 mackerel seine boats
•
1 pilchard seine boat
Porthleven Football Club was formed
1898
James
Kitto,
boat
builder,
built
a
terrace
of
houses
facing
Fore
Street
in
front
of his net drying field
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Porthleven Time Line -
1898 - 1899
1898
A
fishing
boat
close
to
Porthleven
netted
a
piano
in
a
case.
It
was
restored
to
working order and used locally
The
old
disused
lifeboat
shed
was
demolished
and
two
houses
were
built
on
the
site
resulting
in
Lifeboat
Terrace
being
renamed Claremont Terrace
The
Concord
sailed
from
Porthleven
before
being
caught
in
a
storm
and
finally
ended
up
off
the
French
coast.
Although
Porthleven
thought the ship had been lost all ended well.
1899
The
Squire
of
Penrose
paid
for
the
Church
School
to
be
extended
to
accommodate a further 50 pupils
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Porthleven Time Line -
1900 - 1900
1900
Lifeboat
John
Francis
White
replaces
Charles
Henry
Wright.
35
feet
long,
10 oars, a crew of thirteen and self-righting
Harbour
revenue
was
£1,214.
2694
tons
of
china
clay
and
125
tons
of
china
stone
were
shipped
out
and
608
tons
of
limestone
and
7,676 tons of coal were imported.
At
the
turn
of
the
century
there
were
four
boat building firms operating:
Jackie
Bowden
-
Kitto’s
-
W
J
Oliver
and
Sons
- Sandy’s
Fire
destroyed
a
net
making
loft
at
Gravesend
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Porthleven Time Line -
1901 - 1902
1901
Population 1,974
‘Concord’
(60
ton)
had
been
trading
along
the
coast
for
70
years
before
being
wrecked
on
Outer
Trigg
Rocks
at
the
entrance
to
the
harbour
Admiral
Sir
Gerald
Noel
visited
to
inspect
the
Coastguard
Station,
He
arrived
on
the
steam yacht Hawke
1902
Around
this
time
Buenos
Aires
Row
(
named
after
a
ship
lost
near
Porthleven)
was
replaced
by
Bay
View
Terrace
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1903 - 1904
1903
The
first
salvage
operation
on
HMS
Anson
was
carried
out
by
‘Greencastle’
a
salvage
boat
from
Penzance.
Diver
Captain
Anderson
brought
up
three
canon
balls
and
a
canon
with
a
6
inch
bore.
It
was
found
to
be
loaded
and
encrusted
with
round
ball
and
gravel.
The
canon
was
10
feet
6 inches long.
1904
Board
school
ceased
to
exist
and
became
a
Council
School
and
eventually
a
County Primary School.
The
lifeboat
saved
the
steam
launch
Sterry
by towing her to a safe position
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Porthleven Time Line -
1905 - 1905
1905
First
reference
we
can
find
relating
to St Peterstide
Bay
View
Terrace
completed
the
end
plot
nearest
the
clock
tower
was
once
a
temperance tea room
The
butler
at
Penrose,
whose
name
was
Dumm,
went
out
for
a
smoke
around
10
pm
one night and disappeared
5
new
houses
were
built
at
the
rear
of
Thomas
Terrace
resulting
in
the
1879
Thomas
Terrace
being
renamed
Thomas
Street
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Porthleven Time Line -
1906 - 1907
1906
Fire
destroyed
the
cooperage,
the
weighbridge,
a
coastguard
lifeboat
and
a
quantity
of
timber
in
Harvey
and
Co’s
timber yard
1907
A
steam
crane
was
installed
where
the
seating
outside
the
harbour
Inn
is
located
Porthleven
lifeboat
joined
the
Lizard,
Cadgwith
and
Coverack
boats
in
the
largest
rescue
in
the
RNLI’s
history
attending
the
SS
Suevic,
belonging
to
the
White
Star
Line
12,000
tons
on
its
way
from
Australia
to
Southampton.
It
ran
aground
on
Manheere
Reef
1
mile
of
the
Lizard.
456
people
saved
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Porthleven Time Line -
1907- 1907
1907
Porthleven
Lifeboat
was
called
to
the
training
brigantine
Poly
of
Bristol
with
50
boys
on
board.
She
had
run
aground
near
Gunwallow
in
fog.
One
of
the
lifeboat
crew
piloted
her
to
Penzance
for
repairs
to
the
rudder
Post box was erected in Unity Road
The
lifeboat
was
called
out
when
the
Dutch
vessel
Seierskrandsen
lost
her
bearings
in
thick
fog.
Her
crew
abandon
ship
in
the
breakers
off
Loe
Bar.
The
crew
were
picked
up
by
the
lifeboat
and
returned
to
Porthleven
Harbour,
The
following
day
a
Falmouth tug re-floated her
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Porthleven Time Line -
1908 - 1908
1908
The
first
mail
cart
for
Porthleven
was in April of this year.
6,916
tons
of
china
clay
was
shipped
out
mainly
to
Runcorn
in
Cheshire
for
the
potteries.
The
china
clay
was
transported
by
horse and cart from Tregonning Hill
Towards
the
end
of
the
last
century
Sir
William
Alexander
Smith,
from
Thurso
in
Scotland
formed
the
Boy’s
Brigade.
He
commissioned
Baden
Powell
to
write
a
book
‘Scouting
for
Boys’
which
led
to
the
Scout
movement
being
formed.
Shortly
after
the
village had a scout troop
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Porthleven Time Line -
1909 - 1910
1909
The
75
feet
yacht
Lady
Hilda
was
built
for
the
Earl
of
De
La
Warr
by
Bowdens.
The
owner
treated
all
those
employed
in
the
build
to
a
grand
dinner
at
the
Commercial
Hotel.
The
Lady
Hilda
proved
to
be
the
last
boat
built
in
Bowden’s
yard
which
closed
down
before
the
start
of
the first world war.
1910
In
the
elections
Mr
Morgan
beat
Sir
Edwin
Durning-Lawrence
by
a
majority
of 613 votes.
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Porthleven Time Line -
1911 - 1911
1911
Population 1667 persons
Fire
completely
destroyed
Kitto's
Net
Factory
The
small
area
of
Porthleven
known
locally
as
The
Square,
resides
a
granite
monument
to
commemorate
the
coronation
of
George
V.
This was the first public light in the village.
18
lamps,
providing
the
frist
night
lights
were erected
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Porthleven Time Line -
1911 - 1911
1911
An
elderly
lady
named
Hosking
on
her
way
home
in
the
dark
fell
over
the
cliff
near
Pascoe’s
tpicnic
ground.
Dr
Speight
and
members
of
the
Ambulance
Brigade
brought
her up by stretcher
Porthleven
schools
were
closed
on
the
advice
of
the
Medical
Officer
of
Health
after
the
outbreak of a measles epidemic
Dr
Chatterton
Eric
Elliston
arrived
as
a
locum.
He
retired
after
33
years
serving
the
village.
However
he
did
serve
in
the
Royal
Army Medical Corps in Italy during the war
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Porthleven Time Line -
1912 - 1912
1912
SS
Titanic
was
seen
from
Porthleven
as
she
crossed
Mount’s
Bay.
On
board
were
Frederick
Giles
(19)
and
his
brother
Edgar
(21)
from
Porthleven,
They
were among the 1500 who lost their lives.
In
December
of
that
year
the
SS
Tripolitania
ran
aground
on
Loe
Bar.
One
crew
member
drowned but 27 made it to safety
A
disastrous
fire
occurred
in
the
fish
store.
The fire brigade arrived from
Helston with their horse drawn appliance.
Fire at Henry Cowls
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Porthleven Time Line -
1912 - 1913
1912
A
granite
monument
was
erected
on
the
Square
to
commemorate
the
coronation
of
King
George
V
and
Queen
Mary
(22nd
June
1911
in
Westminster
Abbey) at a cost of £15
1913
Commissions
having
been
under-
taken
by
Kitto’s
to
build
motor
vessels
for
the
Hudson
Bay
Company
designed
for
their
fur
trading
expeditions
in
the
Arctic.The
First
being
the
Fort
Churchill
leaving
Porthleven
in
July
and
the
second
Fort
York
completed
just
as
the
first
world
war
broke
out
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Porthleven Time Line -
1913 - 1914
1913
PZ541,
13ton
fishing
boat
‘The
Ebenezer’
was
wrecked
on
Trigg
Rocks.
The
crew
of
six,
all
local
and
experienced
men,
got ashore safely.
The
harbour
was
receiving
coal
steamers,
cement, brick and timber vessels.
1914
War
was
declared
on
4th
August.
Although
it
was
sometime
before
conscription
was
introduced,
80%
of
Porthleven’s
fishermen
were
called
up
as
they were naval Reservists
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Porthleven Time Line -
1914 - 1918
1914
Boatyards
produced
pontoons
and
small
boats
for
the
Admiralty
and
the
net
makers
turned
their
attention
to
producing
nets for military use
Lovering
and
Co
the
local
china
clay
shippers
was
taken
over
by
English
China
Clay
Ltd
from
St
Austell
area.
This
resulted
in
the
rapid
decline
of
trade
through
Porthleven
1915
There
were
still
52
crabbers,
46
pilchard
drift
boats,
3
mackerel
drift
boats
and2 mackerel seine boats
1918
As
a
result
of
the
war
Porthleven
War Memorial is inscribed with 26 names
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Porthleven Time Line -
1918 - 1919
1918
The
representation
of
the
People
Act
was
transferred
from
Truro
-
Helston
Parliamentry Division to St Ives District
12
August
Guy
Penrose
Gibson
was
born
in
India.
His
mother
Nora
Strike
came
from
Porthleven
and
after
his
parents
separated
he
spent
sometime
in
the
village
as
a
young
boy.
1919
Porthleven’s
oldest
industry
was
fishing.
Pilchards
were
5
to
10
a
penny.
One
night
1919
a
record
catch
of
162,000
were
landed between 3 boats
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Porthleven Time Line -
1919 - 1920
1919
Paul
Rosewarne,
from
his
business
in
Breage,
converted
two
ex
army
Buick
ambulances
into
14
seater
charabancs.
They
were named Mayflower and May Queen.
Fishermen returned from the war
1920
Porthleven's
brighter
children
were
permitted
to
attend
Helston
County
School,
the forerunner of the Grammar School.
‘Anemone’
a
200
tons
French
steamer
trawler
ran
aground
and
was
badly
holed.
She was brought into the harbour for repair
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Porthleven Time Line -
1921 - 1921
1921
Population 2002 persons
Rosewarne’s
move
to
Porthleven
and
expanded
adding
2
more
charabancs,
Princess
May
and
Thorneycroft.
Both
30
seaters.
The
War
Memorial
in
Peverell
Terrace
was
carved
from
a
single
blcok
of
granite
by
Eli
Ching,
Portheleven
stone
mason.
The
land
was donated by the Squire of Penrose.
Porthleven
Branch
of
the
British
Legion
was
formed
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Porthleven Time Line -
1922 - 1922
1922
Around
this
time
boat
building
changed
from
wood
to
steel
and
a
depression
came to the herring trade.
Board School register records first entrant
Kitto’s
boat
building
yard
closed.
The
yard
was
taken
over
by
Jimmy
Gilbert,
a
former
apprentice
and
foreman
at
Kitto’s
who
joined
with
Jack
Pascoe
to
trade
as
Gilbert
and Pascoe. They built boats until 1936
Mr
Harris
retired
as
Head
Master
to
Porthleven
Board
School.
He
was
replaced
by
Mr
Beavon.
Due
to
ill
health
he
in
turn
was replaced by Mr Griffin
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Porthleven Time Line -
1923 - 1924
1923
Porthleven’s
John
Francis
White
Lifeboat
was
launched
to
attend
SS
Charbonnier
which
had
been
holed
in
a
collision
with
the
steamer
Nicolas
Norbert.
The
lifeboat’s
second
cox
was
placed
on
board
to
pilot
Charbonnier
into
Penzance.
This
was
to
be
the
last
emergency
call
for
a
Porthleven Lifeboat
1924
Fore
Street
Methodist
Church
reopened
after
a
year
of
alterations
costing
£350
The
Loe
Pool
adit
became
blocked
and
the
bar had to be cut
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1925 - 1926
1925
During
an
early
morning
in
February
1925
there
was
an
alarming
incident
when
Bay
View
Terrace
came
very
close to being swept away by the sea
Two
organisations
were
founded,
Porthleven
Women’s
Institute
and
the
women’s
section
of the British Legion
Beacon
Crag’s
owner,
retired
barrister
Francis Plumtree Beresford Osmaston, died
1926
A
new
lifeboat,
The
Dash,
built
in
1902
at
a
cost
of
£822
arrived
from
the
RNLI’s
reserve
fleet.
Porthleven
was
soon
to
be
covered
by
the
Lizard
and
Penlee
motor
driven lifeboats making its demise inevitable
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Porthleven Time Line -
1926 - 1927
1926
The
Energetic,
a
40
feet
fishing
boat, was built by Kitto’s
A
record
pilchard
season
with
as
many
as
50,000 fish being caught per boat per night
The
Apostolics
baptised
a
number
of
people
in the sea off the beach
1927
August
-
Public
Hall
Deed
of
Trust
signed
Father
Corry,
vicar
of
St
Bartholomew’s
for
38
years
died
after
suffering
a
stroke.
His
replacement
was
the
Rev
Henry
John
Hawkins
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Porthleven Time Line -
1928 - 1928
1928
The
Public
Hall
and
Women’s
Institute
was
built
in
Wellington
Road
on
land
given
by
the
Squire
of
Penrose.
It
was
built by J M Ruberry at a cost of £1,400
Father
Hawkins
introduced
a
new
ceremony
‘The Blessing of the Sea’
This
was
the
year
of
the
last
seine
fishing
out
of Porthleven
The
first
Apostolic
Church
to
be
built
in
Cornwall was in Porthleven’s Thomas Street
Captain
John
Lionel
Rogers
(
born
1880)
on
the
death
of
his
father
John
Peverell,
aged
62 years
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Porthleven Time Line -
1929 - 1929
1929
Dash,
was
withdrawn
on
September
3rd
1929.
The
last
of
Porthleven's
lifeboats.
Porthleven
Lifeboats
historic
records
show
28
launches,
50
lives
rescued
and 2 medals awarded
A
new
chemist
shop
was
built
at
the
Bottom
of
Fore
Street
by
the
Square.
At
this
time
Porthleven
was
not
on
the
national
grid.
The
chemist
was
one
of
the
first
shops
to
have
its
own
light
supplied
by
its
own
generator.
The
first
chemist
in
the
village
was
opened
by
William
Alfred
Holloway.
Originally
located
at
the
top
of
Fore
Street
he
relocated
to
the
bottom
of
Thomas
Street
which
is
still
known by some as Chemist Corner
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Porthleven Time Line -
1929 - 1930
1929
The
village
football
team
temporarily disbanded due to lack of itnerest
Porthleven
branch
of
the
British
Legion
organised
a
sports
competition
in
Kitto’s
field.
Now
a
car
park
to
the
right
of
the
supermarket
Porthleven
Improvements
Committee
identified
and
undertook
work
in
the
village
for
the
benefit
of
all.
One
such
project
was
the
Breageside
bathing
pool
blasted
out
of
the rocks. This can still be seen today
1930
Electric
light
was
installed
in
St
Bartholomew’s
Church
and
the
last
china
clay shipped out of Porthleven
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Porthleven Time Line -
1930 - 1930
1930
In
the
late
20s
or
early
30s
The
Moors
was
purchased
from
Porthleven
harbour
and
Dock
Company
to
form
a
recreation ground.
Shops during the 1930s
Torleven 3 - Thomas Street 4
Unity Road 2 - Peverell Road 3
Fore Street 16 - Harbour Road 12
The Gue 2 - Gravesend 3
Breageside 2.
Total number of shops 47.
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Porthleven Time Line -
1931 - 1932
1931
Population 1976 persons
The
Sainte
Anne,
a
185
ton
French
wooden
schooner was wrecked on Porthleven beach
Mabel
hawks
was
a
lady
in
waiting
to
Queen
Victoria’s
grand-daughter
Princess
Marie
Louise.
Mabel
owned
a
holiday
home
in
Porthleven and died this year
1932
Fore
Street
Methodist
Church
reopened
The
old
church
cemetery,
in
use
since
1889
received
its
last
burial.
Mrs
Sydonia
Rowe,
aged 96
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Porthleven Time Line -
1932 - 1933
1932
The
village
street
lighting
became
electric,
the
power
being
supplied
by
Cornwall Electric Supply Company
The W.I. added a kitchen to the public hall
1933
Miss
Emily
Thomas
applied
to
purchase
the
land
mentioned
in
the
year
1887
from
the
Harbour
and
Dock
Company
so
it
could
be
donated
to
the
people
of
Porthleven
as
a
recreation
ground.
It
was
this
action
that
finally
resulted
in
the
granting
of
the
Royal
Licence.
Miss
Emily
Thomas
made
the
purchase
to
allow
Thomas
S
Williams
to
donate
the
moors
as
a
recreation ground for the people of (cont..)
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Porthleven Time Line -
1933 - 1934
Porthleven
in
memory
of
his
late
wife
Josephine.
Fore
Street
and
Peverll
Road
Chapel
united
under the Porthleven Methodist Circuit
Father
Hawkins
left
Porthleven
to
become
vicar at Babbacombe
The new burial ground was consecrated
Wing
Commander
Douglas
Bader,
DSO
DFC
and
his
wife
Thelma
honeymooned
in
the
village
1934
Original
playing
field
acquired
for
the people of Porthleven. The minutes
(cont..)
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Porthleven Time Line -
1934 - 1934
indicate this included the net drying area.
1934
W
J
Oliver
and
Sons
built
the
crabber
Ocean
Swell
PZ720
for
Edward
John Hosking. It cost £74 and ten pence
Porthleven
joined
Helston
as
part
of
the
Borough
of
Helston
previously
administered
by
Helston
Rural
District
Council.
One
of
their
first
jobs
was
to
construct
public
conveniences on the harbour head
During
August
there
was
a
record
pilchard
catch
Britania
PZ8
caught
62,000
Lois
PZ442
60,000
and
Snowdrop
40,000.
The
fish
sold
for
15s
per
thousand,
That
is
75p
in
today’s money
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Porthleven Time Line -
1935 - 1935
1935
Beacon
Crag
was
one
of
1,500
sites
selected
nationwide
for
lighting
bonfires
to
mark
the
silver
jubilee
of
King
George
V
and
Queen
Mary.
The
signal
to
light
the
fire
at
Beacon Crag was a rocket fired at 10 p.m.
Majestic
PZ273
was
on
route
to
her
new
owners
in
Southampton
suffered
two
explosions
and
a
fire
following
engine
problems.
Despite
being
badly
burned
Willie
Richards
and
his
crew
John
Richards
and
Richard
Webb
managed
to
control
the
fire
and make Plymouth
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Porthleven Time Line -
1936 - 1936
1936
A
monument
was
placed
on
the
recreation
ground
commemorating
Thomas
S
Williams
donation
of
the
moors
as
a
recreation
ground
for
the
people
of
Porthleven
in
memory
of
his
late
wife
Josephine.
A
4
foot
long
Tuna
weighing
56
pounds
jumped
out
of
the
sea
on
to
the
beach.
A
Man
caught
it
by
the
tail
and
sold
it
to
the
local
fish and chip shop
The
Christadelphian
Society
(Brethren
in
Christ) opened a meeting room in the Gue
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Porthleven Time Line -
1936 - 1936
1936
Mounts
Bay
Terrace
was
constructed.
Gilbert
and
Pascoe
built
the
luxury
motor
yacht
Elizabeth
Gertrude
for
the
Rothschild
millionaire.
It
was
60
feet
in
length
with
twin
screws
Porthleven
Chamber
of
Commerce
published
a
short
guide
to
‘Porthleven,
the
most southerly watering place in England’
5
inches
of
rain
during
a
South
Easterly
gale
lasting 3 days caused flooding and cliff falls
Mrs
Richards
of
Methleigh
Manor
Farm
was
named champion butter maker of England
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Porthleven Time Line -
1937 - 1939
1937
Rosewarne's
garage
moves
to
Wellmoor
taking
over
the
premises
formerly
used for curing pilchards.
The
Rev
Ernest
J
Chappell
became
the
first
Porthleven
resident
to
become
Mayor
of
the
Borough
of
Helston
holding
office
for
three
years
1938
Porthleven
Girl
Guides
existed
in
the
1930’s
but
we
have
no
definite
date
when
this was formed
1939
St
Batholomew’s
recorded
193
taking communion at the Easter day service
Only 15 fishing boats based in the harbour
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Porthleven Time Line -
1939 - 1940
1939
Timber
had
been
imported
from
the
Baltic
States
in
to
the
harbour
for
over
100
years
but
the
last
timber
was
delivered
by the Dutch vessel Fiducia this year
Western
national
Omnibus
Company
bought
out or the local operators
1940
A
branch
of
TOC
H
was
formed
in
the village
Rev
Canon
Gotto
was
Major
of
the
Porthleven
Home
Guard.
The
Public
Hall
was
requisitioned
by
the
Army
and
Tye
Rock
by
the
USA
Army
prior
to
their
Normandy
landing on Omaha beach.
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Porthleven Time Line -
1940 - 1940
1940
Land
Army
girls
and
evacuees
were
accommodated
wherever
space
was
available
Pill
boxes
were
constructed
out
of
reinforced
concrete
Thomas
Gilbert
fell
14
feet
into
the
harbour
during
the
black
out.
The
tide
was
out
and
Thomas
died
from
his
injury
a
few
days
later
A
committee
was
formed
to
raise
funds
to
provide
Christmas
presents
for
all
service-
men serving abroad
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Porthleven Time Line -
1940 - 1942
1940
Net
making
factories
made
nets
for
military
purposes.
In
addition
approximately
1,000
home
workers
were
employed
turning
out the nets
1941
The
first
entrant
from
Porthleven
took
his
place
at
Helston
Grammar
School
previous recorded as Helston County School
The
first
village
flower,
produce
and
handicraft show was held
1942
The
film
‘The
Foreman
Went
to
France’ was partially shot in Porthleven
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Porthleven Time Line -
1943 - 1945
1943
Thomas
Hendy
Matthews,
Harbour
Pilot
was
awarded
the
RNLI
Bronze
Medal
for
Gallantry
and
£2
for
the
part
he
played
in
attempting
to
rescue
an
army
sergeant
and
an
officer.
Only
the
officer could be saved
1944
Dr
George
Reeves
replaced
Dr
Elliston as village GP
Porthleven
Methodist
Youth
Club
was
founded
1945
Mrs
Susan
Bawden
Cowls
of
Porthleven
became
the
first
woman
Mayor
of
Helston
Borough
during
its
740
years
of
charter history
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Porthleven Time Line -
1946 - 1946
1946
Porthleven's
first
Gala
Week
.
Porthleven
experienced
its
first
visit
by
a
RN
Warship
being
HMS
Myngs,
leader
of
the
4th Destroyer Flotilla - Capt. J. H. Allison.
Gala
Week
programmes
show
there
were
fetes,
concerts,
whist
drives,
gymkhanas
carnivals,
sports,
dancing,
baby
shows,
film
shows,
dog
handling
demonstrations,
carolare
and
torchlight
processions
and
competitions.
In
the
future
one
carolare
was
reported
by
the
press
to
have
been
supported
by
nearly
10,000
people.
The
largest
gathering
recorded in Porthleven's history.
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Porthleven Time Line -
1946 - 1947
1946
Porthleven’s
Band
organised
the
first
water
sports
event
to
take
place
in
the
outer
harbour.
This
replaced
the
pre
war
regatta day event
Canon
Gotto
established
Porthleven
Social
Club for young people
Porthleven
Gala
Week
Committee
was
formed
1947
HMS Howe makes an official visit
The
first
6
houses
of
the
15
acre
site
were
built in Gibson Way
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Porthleven Time Line -
1947 - 1948
1947
The
Commanding
Officer
of
RNAS
Culdrose,
Captain
G
C
Dickens,
released
the
Union
Jack
to
reveal
the
refurbished
War Memorial located on Peverell Terrace.
The
names
of
the
20
Porthleveners
who
died
in
the
1939
-
45
war
had
been
added
the
26
who died in the First World war
1948
The
last
remaining
boat-building
shed
at
the
harbour
head
was
demolished.
The
original
shed
was
owned
by
Kitto’s
and
then Gilbert and Pascoe.
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Porthleven Time Line -
1948 - 1948
1948
The
25
ton
Porthleven
fishing
boat
‘Energetic’
was
run
down
in
fog
by
the
American
steamer
Chrysanthia
Star.
5
of
the
6
Richard
brothers
were
drowned.
The
only
survivor
was
Ralph
Richards
who
could
not
swim.
A
memorial
service
was
held
in
Fore
Street
Methodist
Chapel.
One
thousand
people
attended
including
fishermen
representing
every
fishing
port
in
the
west
of
England
Thomas
James
Hoking
of
Tre-Pol-Pen,
now
An
Mordros
Hotel
arranged
the
first
illuminated
outdoor
Christmas
tree.
It
appeared
on
the
Harbour
Head
and
was
claimed to be the first in Cornwall
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Porthleven Time Line -
1949 - 1949
1949
The
original
playing
field
acquired
in
1934
became
the
subject
of
an
order
by
the Charity Commission during December
Councillor
Frank
E
Strike
was
instrumental
in
the
erection
of
two
crosses
on
the
cliffs.
The
one
to
the
west
of
Porthleven
was
in
memory
of
many
drowned
mariners.
The
cross
erected
to
the
east
of
Porthleven
standing
the
other
side
of
Loe
Bar
commemorates
the
drowned
sailors
from
HMS Anson 1807
At
a
dinner
for
the
Porthleven
Coast
Guard
and
Life
Saving
Company
it
was
reported
they had saved 124 lives since 1877
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Porthleven Time Line -
1949 - 1950
1949
Members
of
the
Methodist
youth
club
erected
illuminated
tableaux
to
accompany
the
open
air
hymn
singing.
The
idea later developed into the annual carolare
1950
The
harbour
Inn
became
grade
II
listed
Mrs
Lilian
Price,
who
lived
on
the
cliff
top
above
the
beach
spotted
a
boy
scout
in
difficulty.
She
grabbed
a
clothes
line
and
threw
it
down
to
a
group
on
the
beach.
Another
scout
tied
it
around
his
waist
and
swam
out
through
rough
seas
to
rescue
his
friend.
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Porthleven Time Line -
1950 - 1951
1950
Boys
Brigade
and
Scout
camps
were
often
seen
in
fields
surrounding
Porthleven
3,798
tons
of
coal
was
imported
by
ship
into
the harbour
The
clock
faces
were
renovated
on
the
Institute
having
been
out
of
action
during
WWII
but
the
clock
only
worked
intermittently.
1951
Reggie
Richards
having
spent
a
great
deal
of
time
cleaning
the
clock’s
mechanism
final
set
it
going
again
on
the
1st
November
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Porthleven Time Line -
1951 - 1952
1951
Population 2098 persons
1952
Helston
Borough
Compulsory
Purchase
Order
16th
July
for
additional
land
for
the
playing
fields.
This
was
to
require three conveyances
Duke
of
Edinburgh
visited
Porthleven
Recreation
ground
to
open
the
tennis
courts
and view plans for the surrounding ground
Mr
Edgar
Williams
organist
at
St
Batholomew’s
Church
for
25
years
never
missed a single service during this time
A
Girl
Guide
Company
was
formed
by
Cpt
Isabel Innes. The first since 1938
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Porthleven Time Line -
1952 - 1953
1952
Porthleven
Ladies
Cricket
Club
records
show
they
played
13
games
winning
8, losing 4 and drawing 1
Work
to
improve
the
appearance
of
the
harbour
head
began.
The
Gala
Week
Committee
donated
£150
to
Helston
Borough
Council towards the cost
1953
Porthleven
celebrated
Coronation
Day.
425
children
received
Souvenir
Mugs.
These
included
51
Williams,25
Richards,
17
Pascoe and 11 Miners.
May - HMS Miner V visited Porthleven
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Porthleven Time Line -
1953 - 1953
1953
Helston
Borough
Compulsory
Purchase
Order
16th
July
for
additional
land
for
the
playing
fields
was
confirmed
by
the
Minister
14th
April
1953.
900
villagers
signed a petition supporting this
August
-
Porthleven
Police
Constable
Frank
Sandercock
began
to
feel
a
slight
irritation
under
his
helmet.
On
removal
he
discovered
a
15
inch
adder.
He
believed
it
had
crawled
in
when
he
stopped
to
pump
up
a
flat
tyre
on
his bicycle.
Navigation
lights
to
the
harbour
entrance
were
connected
to
mains
electricity
after
70
years of being lit using oil
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Porthleven Time Line -
1953 - 1953
1953
The
first
tenant
of
a
new
general
store
on
Boslan
Estate
was
Mrs
Mary
Curnow.
She
remained
there
until
her
death
in 1965
Bryan
Rosewarne
and
his
sister
Pauline
took
over
Rosewarne’s
Garrage
when
their
father
retired. The business was founded in 1919
Fish
Merchants
Pawlyn
and
Sons
closed
when James and William retired
The
Gala
Week
Committee
took
over
Porthleven
Social
Committee’s
rooms
in
Prospect Place when the committee closed
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Porthleven Time Line -
1953 - 1954
1953
Canon
Gotto
retired
from
St
Bartholomew’s
and
was
succeedeed
by
Rev,
E D Evans
Mrs
Elizabeth
J
Ruberry,
Licensee
of
the
Ship
Inn
died.
The
Inn
had
been
in
the
same
family for nearly 100 years
It
was
said
that
850
people
attended
Sunday
service in 5 places of worship in the village
The Bryanites abolished pew renting
1954
May
-
Title
Deeds
to
recreation
ground
formally
handed
over
for
safe
keeping.
The
ground
extension
was
13.5
acres purchased for about £1,000
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Porthleven Time Line -
1954 - 1954
1954
Walter
Hosking,
4th
generation
thatcher,
retired
aged
72.
He
was
the
last
thatcher in West Cornwall
A
Derby
and
Joan
Club
for
the
over
60’s
was
formed
in
the
village.
Within
one
month
the
membership had reached 100
Previous
members
of
the
Cobblers
Choir
reformed
under
the
auspices
of
the
Derby
and Joan Club
Bulldozers
started
work
on
the
football
pitch
in
the
Gala
Park
area/
The
Gala
Week
Committee
paid
£987
3s
1d
to
purchase
the
ten
and
one
half
acres
of
water
logged
waste
ground together with an area know as
(cont..)
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Porthleven Time Line -
1954 - 1954
Tiddlywink
Moor.
The
deeds
were
handed
to
Helston Borough Council for safe keeping.
Gala
Week
Committee
funded
the
building
of
a
granite
wall
and
sunken
promenade
at
the
harbour
head.
The
top
area
was
planted
with grass seed.
A
winter
storm
caused
much
damage
when
seas
reached
the
shops
at
the
bottom
of
Salt
Cellar
Hill,
a
2
ton
block
of
granite
was
lifted
from
the
sea
wall
and
deposited
on
to
the
pier.
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Porthleven Time Line -
1955 - 1955
1955
28th
April
Launch
of
PZ19
Provider,
built
in
Porthleven
by
Olivers
costing
£1,285.10s.
6p.
(£1,285.52
and
a
half
pence) in today’s money
5th
January
Friso
a
250
ton
Dutch
coaster
struck
a
reef
off
the
Lizard.
The
harbour
master
got
a
crew
together
for
the
20
foot
open
pilot
boat
and
towed
her
into
the
outer
harbour.
Peter
Dale,
a
13
year
old
from
Helston
was
seen
to
slip
below
the
surface
50
yards
from
the
beach.
Leonard
English,
although
fully
clothed,
went
to
his
rescue.
The
Royal
Humane Society awarded him a certificate
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Porthleven Time Line -
1955 - 1955
1955
Joseph
H
James
retired
having
been
a
fish
jouster
for
60
years.
He
used
to
purchase
pilchards
for
7s
6d
(37p)
per
1,000.
When
he
retired
the
price
had
risen
to
6s
(30p) per hundred
Whilst
carrying
out
renovations
on
the
Ship
Inn
a
granite
lintel
and
a
number
of
items
were
discovered.
It
was
estimated
they
were
around
120
years
old.
The
fire
place
was
likely
to
have
been
used
as
an
oven.
The
iron
bars
and
winding
mechanisms
were
found
to
be in working order
Fore
Street
Chapel
membership
was
491.
The Sunday school membership was 231.
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1956 - 1956
1956
September
Final
conveyance
completed
for
compulsory
purchase
of
playing field land.
An
18
foot
6
inch
pilot
whale
estimated
to
weigh
around
three
and
one
half
tons
beached
itself
on
the
rocks
near
the
old
life
boat
house.
Despite
attempts
to
save
it
the
whale
died.
It
was
cut
up
and
used
as
fertiliser
A
large
shoal
of
grey
mullet
swam
into
the
outer
harbour,
As
the
bulks
were
down
a
seine
net
was
drawn
across
trapping
50
stone
of fish
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Porthleven Time Line -
1956 - 1956
1956
Television
reached
Porthleven.
Two
reception
masts
were
erected.
One
on
Chapel
Down,
the
other
at
Gravesend.
A
cable
was
then
run
around
the
village.
People
could
pay
to
be
plugged
in.
There
were
less
than
12
sets in the village.
Chichester
Lass
PZ63
was
skippered
by
Bobby
Jewel
with
Ben
Orchard
as
mate.
Equipped
with
the
latest
tracking
gear
her
job
was
to
locate
the
pilchards
and
notify
the
other boats.
16
semi
detached
houses
and
2
semi
detached
bungalows were built in Ocean Crescent
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Porthleven Time Line -
1957 - 1957
1957
There
were
26
boats
in
the
harbour
6 mackerel and 2 pilchard drifts 18 crabbers
The
Church
School
in
Church
Row
ceased
providing
schooling
for
those
over
the
age
of
11.
The
school
became
the
C
of
E
Voluntary
Primary School
Gala
Parc,
Porthleven’s
new
football
pitch
was opened
Gala
Week
fete
involved
the
young
children
by
issuing
schools
with
tickets
that
could
be
exchanged
for
a
large
saffron
bun
and
soft
drinks at the official opening
Aridity shipped in the last cargo of cement
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1958 - 1958
1958
May
-
His
Royal
Highness,
Prince
Philip
visited
Porthleven
recreation
area.
Since
his
last
visit
land
had
been
acquired
to
facilitate,
football,
cricket,
bowling
&
athletics
Around
50
people
pciked
winkles
from
the
outer harbour on Good Friday
W
J
Oliver
and
Son
launched
the
29
foot
crabber Robert and John PZ103
Barclays
bank
moved
from
Harvey
and
Co’s
building
into
the
former
William’s
Cobbler
Shop now the Horse and Jockey Bakers
The Porthleven Guide Company reformed
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Porthleven Time Line -
1958 - 1959
1958
Electric
Lighting
was
installed
in
the granite monument on the square.
1959
Kitto's
closed
down
and
the
net
making
machine
was
dismantled
and
sold
as
scrap
after
employing
1,000
cottages
workers
making
camouflage
nets
and
other
war
items.
The
first
competitive
game
of
bowls
was
played
on
Porthleven
Bowling
Club's
new
green.
The
Steam
Crane
on
the
harbour
was
scrapped
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Porthleven Time Line -
1959 - 1959
1959
The
iron
railings
around
Fore
Street
Chapel
boundary
walls
were
replaced,
the
originals
having
been
confiscated
for
the
war effort
Coastguards
moved
from
their
base
on
Peverell
Terrace
after
100
years
when
the
lease
expired.
They
moved
to
Ocean
Terrace
where
two
new
houses,
Anson
Cottages
and
a
station had been built.
Old
Treadle
looms
were
replaced
with
electric
devices,
With
the
introduction
of
new
cheap
man
made
fibre
nets,
the
end
of
Porthleven’s
net
making
industry
putting
hundreds out of work was inevitable
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Porthleven Time Line -
1959 - 1960
1959
At
the
Annual
meeting
of
the
Porthleven
Allotments
Association
there
were 40 members
1960
All
children
over
the
age
of
11
from
the
Board
School
had
to
travel
to
Helston
for
the rest of their education
Chichester
Lass
landed
1,500
stone
of
Pilchards.
Maid
Marion
landed
720stone
of
Pilchards, whilst Biddy lost 4 nets.
Boys
Brigade
and
Scouts
frequently
held
their
summer
camps
in
a
field
at
Higher
Methleigh.
They
often
joined
in
with
the
local events
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Porthleven Time Line -
1960 - 1960
1960
Gala
Week
Committee
plans
to
expand
the
recreation
area
extended
down
the
valley
to
dedicated
cricket
pitch
is
today
and
the
area
beyond
containing
the
pond.
The
area
was
used
as
a
refuse
dump
and
it
would
be
5
years
before
the
area
could
be
landscaped and made available for leisure
A
red
warning
flag
showing
it
was
dangerous
to
swim
off
the
beach
was
raised
for
the
first
time.
During
the
summer
it
was
raised
16
times
Frank
Strike
turned
on
the
Christmas
tree
lights.
The
focal
point
was
the
nativity
tableau
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1961 - 1961
1961
Population 2241 persons
The
Harbour
and
Dock
Company
sold
the
business
to
Hagenbach
Properties,
a
family
trust
of
4
brothers.
Dr
Charles
Hagenbach
had
lived
in
the
vilalge
for
30
years.
£40,000
was
the
price
paid.
Their
aim
was
to
protect
the
village
from
inappropriate
development.
The
boatyards
and
principal
commercial
areas
were
leased
to
W
Wykeham
and
Co
(London).
They
established
Porthleven
Shipyard
Limited,
appointing
Denis
Swire
as General Manager
The
Town
Council
had
been
offered
the
harbour but declined.
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Porthleven Time Line -
1961 - 1961
1961
Wykeham’s
established
a
fish
canning factory at Wellmore
Two
men
were
electrocuted
when
the
aerial
they
were
erecting
on
a
cliff
behind
Wellmore
touched
an
11,000
volt
overhead
cable
Ronald
Benny’s
farm
barn
in
Fore
Street
caught
fire.
Cattle
and
machinery
were
moved
to
safety.
The
location
of
the
barn
was
where the Chinese restaurant is today
Harbour
and
Dock
Company
owners
Hagenbach
brought
a
number
of
artists
to
the village
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Porthleven Time Line -
1961 - 1961
1961
A
Natural
History
of
Porthleven
recorded
by
H
B
Sargent
F.R.E.S.
over
a
period of 10 years was published
5
day
angling
competition,
shore
based
and
boat was introduced
4
more
32
pounder
canons
were
salvaged
from
HMS
Anson.
One
was
taken
to
Penzance,
one
to
Helston
Museum
and
the
other
2
remain
on
duty
at
the
entrance
to
the
harbour
Lieutenant
Commander
John
Peverell
Rogers
became
Squire
of
Penrose
on
the
death of his uncle
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1961 - 1961
1961
2
prefabs
were
demolished
to
link
Unity
Road
with
Sunset
Hill
(
Wellington
Road)
The
last
of
the
long
serving
Cobblers,
Willie
Kitchen,
retired
after
42
years
working
in
his
Fore
Street
premises.
Ned
Hall
took
over
but
only
lasted
a
few
years.
This
left
Porthleven
without
a
cobbler
or
traditional
meeting
place
William
Pascoe
Broad
retired
from
the
band
having been a trombone player for 50 years
St
Bartholomew’s
Church
had
a
Priest’s
vestry built at a cost of £1,087
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Porthleven Time Line -
1961 - 1962
1961
Cottages
sold
5
years
previous
are
now being sold for as much as £1,600
1962
There
were
52
entries
for
the
5
three
mile
point
to
point
races
held
at
Methleigh Farm
The
Hullgate
was
the
first
cargo
vessel
to
dock in Porthleven for 5 years.
The
160
ton
sailing
schooner
Result
docked
to
collect
a
cargo
of
granite
chippings
from
Mabe quarry
The
largest
single
mackerell
weighing
3lb
10
ozs
was
caught
off
Porthleven.
It
proved
to
be the largest ever seen in living memory
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Porthleven Time Line -
1962 - 1963
1962
Wykehams
renovated
the
old
lifeboat
house
installing
a
new
roof,
reinforced
concrete
walls
and
4,300
gallon
holding
tanks
for
crayfish,
up
to
2,000
lobsters
and
crabs
to
be
kept
alive
until
needed
The
motor
launch
Paulina
was
wrecked
on
the
rocks
near
Gartul
Point.
The
sole
sailor
was pulled from the water to safety by locals
1963
Russel
Pascoe
(24)
from
Porthleven
was
one
of
the
last
men
to
be
hanged
for
murder
in
this
country.
Capital
Punishment
was abolished in the UK 1965
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Porthleven Time Line -
1964 - 1964
1964
Sadie
Wykeham
PZ287
was
the
biggest
boat
to
be
built
in
the
village
since
the
war.
It
was
33
feet
and
exhibited
outside
the
Earls
Court
Boat
Show
for
the
first
ever
world fishing exhibition
The
Dos
Amigos
suffered
engine
failure
whilst
being
brought
to
Porthleven.
Caught
in
a
storm
the
crew
were
helpless.
On
Board
were
Gerald
and
John
Richards,
not
related,
and
Arthur
Roberts
(17)
along
for
the
experience.
They
were
feared
lost
when
an
extensive
air
and
sea
search
failed
to
locate
them.
Eventually
they
were
found
and
taken
in
tow
by
a
French
trawler.
They
handed
them to the lifeboat and were towed to safety
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Porthleven Time Line -
1964 - 1964
1964
Peverell
Road
Sunday
school
members
numbered
250
with
over
30
teachers
The
cargo
vessel
Karl
docked
with
320
tons
of slag
The
first
of
the
ten
25
foot
launches
being
built
for
the
Admiralty
by
Porthleven
Shipyard Limited was launched
Miss
Myrtle
Broad
retired
after
wotking
for
Porthleven Post Office since 1918
The
final
3
prefabs
located
at
the
top
of
Unity Road were demolished
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1965 - 1965
1965
May
-
Porthleven
FC
sign
a
21
year
lease with Borough of Helston
Since
the
newboat
yard
began
38
vessel
had
been built with 14 outstanding orders
Plans
to
build
an
old
peoples
shelter
at
the
harbour
head
were
approved.
It
was
to
be
known
as
the
Porthleven
Senior
Citizens
Club
Will’s
Garage
(
now
Kota)
closed
after
80
years
in
the
business
which
was
started
with
one horse and cart
Porthleven rubbish tip closed
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Porthleven Time Line -
1966 - 1966
1966
Economic
circumstances
forced
the
canning
factory
to
close
with
the
loss
of
up
to
40 jobs
Porthleven
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
formed
The
Chairman
was
Herbert
Quinn,
Fore
Street
Grocery
and
Regent
Hotel
which
was located on the corner of the Gue
Planning
Regulations
forced
the
closure
of
Porthleven’s 2 traditional camp sites
Voluntary
labour
completed
the
new
pavilion
and changes room for Gala Parc
Voluntary
labour
erected
and
dismantled
the
street/harbour illuminations for Gala week
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1966 - 1967
1966
Alderman
Frank
E
Strike
retired
from
the
Auxiliary
Coastguards
for
38
years
36
of
which
he
was
the
leader
and
rocket
firer. Cecil Hooper became his replacement
The
Brynites
Chapel
seated
600
people
and
all
the
seats
were
filled
for
the
Harvest
of
the
Sea Service taken by fishermen
1967
Between
1815
and
this
year
records
show
approximately
400
boats
having
been
built in Porthleven.
Aden
-
Porthleven
War
Memorial
was
inscribed with one name
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1967 - 1967
1967
18th
March
Torreyy
Canyon
struck
Pollard's
Rock
on
Seven
Stones
reef.
On
the
28th
March
forty
two
1,000
lb
bombs
were
dropped
on
the
ship
resulting
in
crude
oil
entering the harbour
.
Work
began
on
the
Horseshoe
area
behind
Unity
Road
with
detached
plots
being
sold
for £800
The
world
class
surf
wave
off
Trigg
rocks
was
discovered
and
became
the
world’s
worst kept secret.
Both
Porthleven
AFC
and
the
Bowling
Club
had successful years
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1968 - 1968
1968
The
launch
of
the
57
foot
trawler
Sparvan
Mor
built
by
W
J
OLiver
and
Sons
forced
the
demolition
of
the
bus
shelter.
A
replacement
was
built
next
to
the
harbour
office on the harbour head
Lightning
struck
Treza
Valley
Manor
House
destroying
the
100
year
old
building.
Alderman
and
Mrs
W
Reed
Johns
were
woken
by
the
constant
barking
by
Neil,
their
puppy
For
the
first
time
Brynotes
and
Weslyans
marched
together
in
the
St
Peterstide
procession
and
the
festival
became
a
one
day
event
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1968 - 1969
1968
Porthleven
Shipyard
Limited
started
advertising
their
ability
to
build
steel
ships in addition to wood and fibre glass
1969
Sea
Lane
was
the
first
all
steel
boat
to
be
built
in
Porthleven.
She
was
a
40
foot
passenger launch.
The
shipyard
once
employed
60
had
now
been decreased to 40
Ernie
H
Bawden
one
of
the
longest
serving
Band Masters retired
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1970 - 1970
1970
Porthleven
fun
day
for
charity
started
late
60’s
early
70’s
Money
raised
was
given
to
charity
and
this
eventually
resulted
in
the
formation
of
Porthleven’s
RNLI
branch
when
Mike
Carter
(Treasurer)
suggested breaking away from Helston.
Founders
of
the
fun
day
were
Stan
and
Jean
Lloyd, Herbie Uren, & Brian Buxton.
Porthleven
Old
Cornwall
Society
was
founded during this decade
A
new
block
of
flats
were
built
and
named
Elliston
Gardens
after
the
long
servicing
Porthleven GP
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Porthleven Time Line -
1970 - 1971
1970
Work
on
the
new
cricket
pitch
started
It was Gala Week’s 25th anniversary
A
putting
contest
was
held
on
the
recreation
ground
There
were
up
to
80
people
on
the
council’s
waiting list for housing
Russell
Sjoholm
fishing
with
a
hand
line
3
miles
out
to
sea
caught
a
52
lb
dusky
perch
which
are
normally
found
in
the
Mediterranean
1971
The population was now 3024
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1971 - 1971
1971
With
the
introduction
of
the
decimal
currency
Mrs
Betty
Beckerleg
closed
her
shop
rather
than
convert
from
pounds shillings and pence (£.s.d.)
Looking
back
the
old
monetary
system
was
confusing,
so
much
so
we
have
dedicated
a
page
to
it.
This
is
how
it
was
before
the
conversion:
2 farthings - 1 halfpenny
2 halfpence - 1 penny (1d)
3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d)
6 pence = 1 sixpence (a tanner) (6d)
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Porthleven Time Line -
1971 - 1971
1971
Conversion continued
12 pence = 1 shilling ( a bob) (1s)
2 shillings = 1 florin (a two bob bit) (2s)
2
shillings
and
six
pence
=
1
half
crown
(2s 6d)
5 shillings = 1 crown (5s)
10 shilling note ( ten bob) = (10s)
£1 note ( quid)
£1 coin was a Soveriegn and made from gold
1 Guinea - £1-1s-0d or 21 shillings
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Porthleven Time Line -
1971 - 1971
1971
Conversion continued
There
were
240
pennies
to
the
pound
because
originally
240
silver
penny
coins
weighed one pound.
Of
course
with
the
conversion
5
new
pennies
were
equal
to
12
old
pennies
reducing
the
number pennies in £1 to 100p.
The
largest
vessel
built
in
Porthleven
took
13
weeks
to
build.
It
was
a
steel
barge
80
feet
in
length
with
a
beam
of
24
feet
and
weighed
50
tons
before
being
fully
equipped.
This
was
followed
by
a
60
tons
barge
which
took
three
days
to
roll
60
yards
on
telegraph
poles
to
the water
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1971 - 1972
1971
16
old
peoples
flats
with
a
bungalow
for
the
warden
were
completed
in
Elliston Gardens
1972
Tye
Rock
Hotel
opened
its
swimming
pool
to
guests
and
members
of
the
public.
The
L
shaped
pool
held
55,000
gallons
of
water.
Its
depth
range
was
2
feet
ten inches sloping to ten feet
Helston
Borough
Council
purchased
the
lease
of
the
Bickford
Smith
Institute
from
the
Harbour
and
Dock
Company
for
£100
and took on the clock maintenance
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1972 - 1972
1972
12
Chapel
Terrace
and
Apple
Loft
became a grade II listed building
St
Elvan
farm
house
and
buildings
north
including the stable listed grade II.
Methleigh
Farmhouse,
forecourt
and
rear
yard
walls,
steps
and
mounting
block
south
east
of
the
Farmhouse
became
grade
II
listed.
Harbour
walls
including
east
and
west
wharfs,
inner
jetties
and
main
pier,
listed
grade II as did the warehouse.
Higher
Lanner
farmhouse,
forecourt,
walls
and barn grade II listed.
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1972 - 1972
1972
Bay
View
Terrace
1
to
18
with
attached
gardens
and
retaining
wall
became
grade II listed.
Strawtop
Loe
Bar
Road
became
grade
II
listed.
The
Old
Customs
House
became
grade
II
listed.
The Ship Inn became grade II listed.
Torleven
Farmhouse,
Preachers
Hill
(Torleven Road) became grade II listed.
One
of
the
last
vessels
to
be
built
in
Porthleven was a 67 foot steel catamaran
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1972 - 1973
1972
Two
WRNS
were
drowned
swimming at Loe bar
Porthleven
Methodist
Youth
Club
organised
an
annual
senior
citizens
outing
to
Newquay.
113
people
left
the
village
in
a
convoy
of
28
cars
1973
Conveyance
of
Bickford
Smith
Institute
and
Cottage
dated
13th
February
-
Porthleven
Harbour
and
Dock
Company
to
Mayor,
Alderman,
and
members
of
the
borough of Helston.
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1973 - 1974
1973
Helicopters
returning
to
RNAS
Culdrose
after
an
exercise
spotted
a
basking
sunfish
They
lowered
their
rescue
net
and
caught a record breaking 125 lb fish
1974
Came
the
local
government
reorganisation
resulting
in
the
land
held
on
charitable
trust
was
transferred
to
the
new
Helston
Council.
However
the
deeds
were
taken over by Kerrier DC.
Porthleven
Shipyard
(Cornwall)
Limited
was
established
after
the
liquidation
of
Porthleven
Shipyard
Limited.
Denis
Swire
was designer and draughtsman
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1974 - 1975
1974
The
National
Trust
was
gifted
much
of
Penrose
Estate
by
Lt
Col
J
P
Rogers.
The
gift
included
the
largest
natural
fresh
water
lake
in
Cornwall,
1.650
acres
woods
and
farmland,
22
cottages
and
4
miles
of coastline.
1975
A
New
junior
school
was
built
in
Torleven
Road
but
the
numbers
attending
were
such
that
part
of
the
school
was
housed
in Vicarage Road.
The
Porthleven
Methodist
Society
was
expanded
to
13
Societies
when
Hayle
circuit
was closed
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1975 - 1976
1975
Dr
D
W
G
Reevcs
was
present
with
a
retirement
gift
by
Alfie
Pascoe
in
the
Public Hall
1976
Ald
J
A
S
Pascoe
(Alfie)
aged
61
retired as Postmaster at Helston
W
J
Oliver
and
Sons
closed
their
boat
building
business
having
built
87
fishing
boats throughout the years
St
Bartholomew’s
Church
Joined
the
Methodist for a joint St Peterstide
An
annual
fun
day
for
Porthleven
was
started
by
Stan
Lloyd
and
a
group
of
Fishermen with profits given to the RNLI
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1976 - 1977
1976
Stan
Lloyd
also
maintained
the
Harbour
lights
consisting
of
coloured
bulbs
in
upturned
children’s
beach
buckets
with
holes
drilled
through
the
bottoms
to
take
the
lamp holders
The
red
navigation
light
to
the
entrance
of
the harbour was changed to green
1977
A
17th
century
anchor
was
brought
up from the seabed by local fishermen
The
Hagenbach
Trust
sold
the
Harbour
to
Trevor
Osborne,
property
developer,
for
£400,000.
The
sale
included
the
harbour
and
over 200 properties.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1978 - 1978
1978
12th
December
was
the
night
of
a
storm
that
whipped
up
mountainous
seas
that
swept
away
the
harbour
road
from
end
to
end
resulting
in
two
policeman
on
Panda
patrol
duty
being
swept
into
the
harbour
and
drowned
Local
Historian
Bert
Cowls
became
the
first
President
of
Porthleven
Old
Cornwall
Society
Aquarius
Marine
Ltd
(AQ
Line)
moved
from
Gweek
to
Porthleven
Shipyard
to
build
4
traditional
boats.
The
firm
employed
24
men
but
their
hope
of
becoming
a
viable
boat
building business was short lived.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1979 - 1979
1979
Bank
Barn
and
attached
cart
shed,
Barn
steps
and
attached
walls
at
Methleigh
Farm
together
with
granary
and
attached
cart-shed
and
implement
sheds,
piggery
and
attached wall became grade II listed
South
West
Water
Authority
had
to
cut
through
Loe
Bar
to
lower
the
water
level
in
Loe
Pool
which
had
risen
8
feet
above
its
normal
level
and
was
flooding
Lower
Helston.
It
took
16
hours
to
drop
4
inches
During
this
time
the
flooded
area
of
Lower
Helston only dropped 2 inches
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1979 - 1979
1979
Mr
E
Walter
Edwards
newsagents
&
confectioners
for
22
years
was
given
notice
to
quit
his
old
shop
near
the
bottom
of
Salt
Cellar
Hill
by
the
harbour
and
Dock
Company
because
the
area
was
wanted
for
redevelopment.
The
Craft
Centre
in
the
old
china clay store were also served notice
Billy
Orchard,
retired
after
40
years
of
delivering milk around Porthleven
Several
Houses
at
Wellmoor
and
Rosewarne’s
garage
flooded
after
24
hours
of
continuous
rain
caused
the
river
to
overflow
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1980 - 1980
1980
For
the
first
time
in
the
village
history
all
the
children
of
Porthleven
were
housed
on
one
site
when
the
new
Infant's
School
was
opened.
The
old
school
located
in
Thomas
Street
had
been
in
service
for
over
a
century and was showing signs of wear
The
former
Church
school
buildings
were
sold
at
auction
to
the
Christadelphians
for
the sum of £27,000
Porthleven
Old
Cornwall
Society
member-
ship increased to 90
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1981 - 1981
1981
Porthleven’s population 3,175
Gala
Day
with
the
Solomon
Browne
in
attendance.
The
crew
were
shortly
to
lose
all
hands attempting a rescue on the 19th Dec.
Lease
dated
3rd
August
for
the
Bickford
Smith
Institute
was
lodged
with
Helston
Town Council passed to the Trustees.
Ocean
View
House,
part
of
a
terrace
of
12
was
demolished.
It
was
built
as
a
wedding
present
and
remained
lived
in
by
the
family
until
the
lease
ran
out
and
became
the
property
of
Porthleven
Harbour
and
Dock
Compan
y.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1981 - 1981
1981
Mike
Dawson
took
over
the
Methleigh
Manor
farm
lease
when
T
Gordon
Richards
retired.
His
family
had
managed
this farm for 81 years.
A
chance
discovery
of
an
old
copper
ingot
by
a
holiday
maker
walking
on
the
beach
led
to
the
discovery
of
the
wrecked
Merchant
Ship
San
Antonio
(1527)
owned
by
King
John
III
of
Portugal.
Her
cargo
included
8,000
copper
and
18
silver
ingots.
The
total
value
of
her
cargo
was
believed
to
be
worth
£16,000
or
£9,000,000
plus
at
today’s
prices.
The
wreck
is
listed
as
St
Anthony
and
is
Protected.
HMS
Anson
joined
her
at
a
later
date
and
they now lie side by side
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1982 - 1982
1982
The
Coastguard
weather
cone,
oisted
from
a
mast
on
Peverell
Terrace
to
warn
fishermen
at
sea
a
gale
warning
had
been
issued
was
removed
after
100
years
service
The
former
Kitto’s
stores
on
the
Moors
was
demolished
The
China
Clay
Stores
that
had
lain
derelict
for
50
years
was
brought
back
into
commercial use
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1983 - 1984
1983
Alfie
Pascoe
retired
as
Gala
Week
Committee
Secretary.
Alfie
was
the
founder
secretary in 1947
May
-Porthleven
Fore
Street
Methodist
Church celebrated its centenary
1984
Kerrier
District
Council
and
Helston
Town
Council
held
all
the
information relating to
Porthleven
Playing
Field
(Land
at
Torleven)
including
files,
leases,
maintenance
agreements,
harbour
Byelaws,
Town
walls,
Playing
Fields,
notice
boards,
allotments,
seating,
street
naming
and
numbering,
sewerage
and
land
acquisition
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1984 - 1984
1984
Another
cliff
fall
in
the
Blue
Buoy
area
prompted
talks
which
finally
resulted
in
the current sea defence construction
Loe
Pool
adit
became
blocked
once
again.
South
West
Water
bulldozed
a
channel
12
feet
wide
by
10
feet
deep
at
a
cost
of
£17,000.
The
rain
continued
for
another
48
hours
and
the
escaping
water
changed
the
channel
to
120
feet
wide
and
20
feet
deep.
It
was
feared
the
fresh
water
lake
would
become
salt
water
but
nature
had
its
own
plans
and
reformed
the bar
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1985 - 1985
1985
Porthleven
Town
Council
is
formed
and
Kerrier
District
Council
surrendered
the
deeds
relating
to
Porthleven's
playing
fields
to
Helston
Town
Council.
In
turn
Documents,
Files
and
Keys
were
passed
by
Helston
Town
Council
to
Porthleven
Town
Council.
Included
conveyance,
lease,
the
playing field land and tennis courts
Twin
sisters
were
swept
out
to
sea
whilst
paddling at Loe bar, Both sadly drowned
The
unadopted
cliff
road
to
Bar
Lodge
collapsed
and
the
NT
had
to
create
a
zig-zag
footpath around it
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1985 - 1986
1985
Phase
1
of
the
new
sea
coastal
defence
wall
was
completed.
It
ws
specially
shaped
to
act
as
a
wave
wall
deflecting
the
surf away during severe storms.
1986
Kerrier
District
Council
approached
the
Minister
of
the
Environment
requesting
future
administration
of
the
playing
fields
be
vested
in
the
authority
of
Porthleven
Town
Council.
Communications
were
sent
to
the
district
council
reminding
them
of
the
work
carried
out
by
the
people
of
Porthleven
to
acquire
the
land
for
the
people of Porthleven.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1986 - 1987
1986
South
West
Water
spent
a
large
amount
of
money
to
resolve
the
adit
problems
experienced
at
Loe
Pool
in
an
effort
to
prevent
future
flooding
in
lowere
Helston
5
Harbour
View
had
to
be
demolished
after
the
rock
fell
from
the
cliff
behind
and
rendered the property unsafe
1987
Antron
Farm
with
its
gate
piers
and
flanking
walls
at
the
entrance
became
grade
II
listed.
Milestone
at
Sw633280
Grade
II listed
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1987 - 1989
1987
6
year
old
Douglas
Walton
from
Helston
was
swept
into
the
sea
whilst
walking
on
Loe
bar.
Unfortunately
he
became
another
casualty
claimed
by
the
sea
at Loe Bar and drowned
1988
Peverell
Road
Chapel
celebrated
its
125th anniversary
1989
14th
September
local
fisherman
lands
a
35lb
sword
fish
sporting
an
18"
sword
John
Strike’s
Quayside
Fish
shop
was
voted
National Fishmonger of the year
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1989 - 1990
1989
December
-
Hurricane
hit
Porthleven.
Images
of
the
Institute
with
its
clock
tower
being
pounded
by
40
feet
waves
appeared
on
television
and
was
seen
worldwide.
Bryanites
Peverell
Road
Chapel
was
closed
because
a
boundary
retaining
wall
was
unsafe.
There
has
been
no
maintenance
on
this wall and it remains standing today.
1990
Methodist
church,
forecourt,
walls
,
railings
and
gateway
together
with
the
Chapel
Keepers
House
immediately
west
of
Methodist
Church
became
a
grade
II
listed
as did Peverell Road Chapel
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1990 - 1991
1990
St
Bartholemew’s
church
roof
had
to
be
replaced
having
suffered
major
damage
caused
by
the
hurricane
at
the
end
of
89.
Many
locals
purchased
a
tile
and
signed
the
back
of
the
tile
to
help
fund
the
cost
Porthleven
Gig
Club
was
formed
following
a
meeting held in the Public Hall
1991
Population 3145 persons
Alfie
Pascoe
was
requested
to
make
a
Statutory
Declaration
for
the
CEO
of
Kerrier
District
Council
in
relation
to
Porthleven
Gala
Parc
Recreation
Ground
and Bowling Green
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1991 - 1992
1991
The
Bickford
Smith
Institute
and
attached walls became grade II listed
Porthleven
Gig
Club
named
its
first
pilot
gig
Energetic
in
memory
of
PZ114
(see
time
line
1948)
The
gig
was
built
by
Ralph
Bird
and
coloured
black
and
yellow.
The
Gig
Club
took
over
the
former
old
peoples
shelter
on
the harbour head
1992
Gala
Commissioners
conclude
the
Gala
week
Committee
could
have
the
rights
of
management
for
Porthleven
Playing
Fields and Gala Parc.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line
Porthleven Time Line -
1993 - 1993
1993
Porthleven
Flooded
after
a
deluge
of
rain
during
the
night.
RNAS
Culdrose
weather
station
reported
122.7mm
of
rain
in
the
24
hour
period
0900
8th
June
to
0900
on
9th June
Sea
wall
coastal
defences
were
completed
in
December.
There
were
9
phases
in
all
commencing
in
1985.
435
metres
of
walling
built
by
5
different
contractors
at
a
cost
of
over
£2
million
for
a
life
expectancy
of
between
60
and
100
years.
This
was
by
far
the
largest
coastal
defence
undertaken
in
Cornwall
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1993 - 1994
1993
Porthleven
Junior
School
and
Porthleven
Infant
School
amalgamated
becoming
Porthleven
County
Primary
School
1994
Charity
Commissioners
prepared
to
appoint
Porthleven
Town
Council
as
Trustees
to
the
entire
recreation
ground
and
not just the plot purchased in 1934
1
and
2
Commercial
Road
became
grade
II
listed
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1994 - 1994
1994
7
and
8
Peverall
Terrace
became
grade II listed buildings.
Bar
Lodge,
Forecourt
steps
and
walls
listed
grade II.
The
boundary
stone
in
Beacon
Road
grade
II
listed.
Breage
Cliffe
and
attached
walls
with
letterbox became grade II listed.
The
building
opposite
No
1
Loe
Bar
Road
listed grade II.
Former
Smithy
now
part
of
the
Ship
Inn
was
grade II listed.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1994 - 1994
1994
Guide
post
to
Squires
Lane
became
grade II listed.
K6
telephone
kiosk
on
the
harbour
head
became grade II listed.
Lime Kiln became grade II listed.
Memorial
lamp
to
king
George
V
became
Grade II listed.
Mill at Methleigh became grade II listed.
Mount Cottage became grade II listed
Torleven
Farm
House
became
grade
II
listed.
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1994 - 1994
1994
The
near
derelict
ex
Porthleven
Lifeboat
Dash
was
brought
back
to
the
village
for
restoration
and
future
display.
Stan
Lloyd
and
Mike
Carter
from
Porthleven
RNLI
had
already
visited
the
boat
at
Gweek
and
recommended
not
attempting
this
project.
Unfortunately
they
were
proven
right.
The
initial
enthusiasm
faded in to obscurity
Porthleven
Coastal
Protection
work
for
a
50
metre
wall
on
Breageside,
undertaken
by
Kerrier District Council, was completed
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1994 - 1995
1994
Penrose Hill became grade II listed.
Ring
of
Bright
Water,
Loe
Bar
Road
became
grade II listed.
Wesley
Chapel
and
attached
schoolroom
became grade II listed.
1995
Porthleven
formed
its
own
branch
of
the
RNLI,
breaking
away
from
Helston
at
the
suggestion
of
Michael
Carter,
treasurer
at
the
time.
This
enable
the
branch
to
fund
raise
throughout
the
year.
Mike
is
currently
Vice
President
and
continues
to
sponsor
Stormy
Sam
membership
for
the
local
school.
The
children
often
design
posters
for
the day
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1996 - 1997
1996
Earthquake
with
an
intensity
was
experienced in the village
1997
Discover
Porthleven
first
published
by
Porthleven
Town
Council
with
Kerrier
District
Council
Support.
The
idea
was
to
create
a
Discover
for
each
of
the
towns
and
villages
through
Kerrier
District
Council,
Unfortunately
only
a
few
took
up
the
opportunity to promote their community
New
leases
issued
by
Porthleven
Town
Council
to
the
organisations
using
the
Recreation ground facilities
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1998 - 1998
1998
Once
again
Porthleven
made
the
news
with
another
winter
storm
producing
large
waves
rolling
in
off
the
Atlantic
testing
the
new
sea
defences.
The
sea
wall
worked
well
repelling
waves
or
sending
spray
over
70
feet
in
the
air
in
fact
higher
than
what
has
now
become
Pothleven’s
iconic
Institute
clock tower
Tye
Rock,
located
beyond
the
protection
of
the
new
sea
defences
suffered
damage
to
their
grounds
and
swimming
pool,
repairs
costing £300, 000
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
1999 - 1999
1999
Demolition
of
Board
School
and
Rainbow Flats.
Porthleven
Millennium
Trust
formed.
The
village
came
together
working
on
their
chosen
projects
for
the
Millennium
bid.
The
final
bid
document
was
compiled
and
submitted
by
Alan
Whittaker
and
Mike
Carter
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
2000- 2000
2000
Porthleven’s
bid
was
turned
down
on
the
grounds
stating
‘Not
as
significant
as
others’.
Unfortunate
after
all
the
work
that
had been undertaken by many local people
One
of
the
projects
however
did
attract
funding
and
that
was
to
transform
Frankie’s
Allotment
into
a
Millennium
Garden.
Two
ladies
had
worked
on
this
Mrs
Gale
and
Miss
Arthur.
All
went
well
until
Trevor
Osborne
failed
to
sign
the
necessary
lease
resulting
in
the
Trust
having
to
return
the
money
to
the
funding
source.
Many
locals
felt
sorry
for
the
ladies
who
had
worked
so
hard on their project
Frankie’s Allotment is the plot located behind
the Ship Inn
created by Michael Carter founder member
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Porthleven Time Line -
2001- 2009
2001
Population 3190 persons
China Clay store became grade II listed
2002
Porthleven
Regeneration
Strategy
and Action Plan created
2007
The
Lime
Kiln,
now
a
grade
II
listed
building
was
hidden
from
site
by
growth
and
rubbish.
Local
historian
Martin
Matthews
and
Stuart
Pascoe
restored
the
kiln and gave it two coats of lime wash
2008
Monday
10th
March
2008
Porthleven
hit
by
a
hurricane
-
force
12
on
the Beaufort Scale
Lime Kiln having been been given
a face lift
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2011
Population 3094 persons
At
the
200th
anniversary
of
the
harbour
the
concept
of
an
online
museum
was
introduced
to
the
public
by
Mike
Carter
with
Ted
Gundry
supporting
the
museum
with
sound
bites.
Ted,
retired
radio
Cornwall
presenter,
passed
his
sound
bites
to
be
archived
in
the
county
archives.
Sadly
Ted
died
before
completion
Guide
post
at
the
junction
of
Gipsy
Lane
was
grade II listed.
2012
Community
Interest
Company
(CIC)
formed
to
look
at
how
to
mitigate
the
impacts of being a coastal community.
Ted Gundry Playing some of his radio
interview sound bites in the museum corner
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2013
Porthleven
CIC
awarded
£99,950
from
the
Government's
Coastal
Community
Fund.
Cornwall
Council
passed
a
controversial
housing
development
at
Shrubberies
Hill
after
a
tied
six
in
favour
and
six
against.
Planning
Chairman
Roger
Harding
was
given
the
casting
vote.
He
gave
the
project
his
support
allowing
this
development
to
take
place
in
a
recognised
area
of
outstanding natural beauty.
Porthleven’s
group
who
were
against
this
development,
their
spokesman
at
that
meeting
and
the
petition
against
containing
hundreds
of
signatures were ignored.
Designated Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty now built upon
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2014
Feb
-
overnight
waves
smashed
the
baulks
protecting
the
harbour,
sinking
many
boats.
This
resulted
in
every
boat
being
removed
from
the
harbour.
First
time
in
the
harbour's history
2016
Porthleven
Football
Club
-
120
years
of
football
presentation
by
Porthleven
Museum
2017
Discover
Porthleven
taken
over
by
Event
Partnership
Publishing
-
Kenny
Marshall
who
resided
in
Porthleven
at
that
time.
Baulks smashed by waves such as this
resulted in many boats being either sunk or
damaged
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Planning
application
to
extend
the
previous
development
of
Shrubberies
Hill
has been applied for.
Royal
Visit
-
July
19
th
The
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Cornwall
(
Prince
Charles
and
his
wife
Camilla)
visited
Porthleven.
The
Royal
couple
were
escorted
by
our
Town
Mayor Andrew Wallis.
Porthleven Branch President RNLI - Brian
Buxton’s funeral was held on 5th December
at St Bartholemew’s Church. Brian was 81
and had spent over 4 decades helping to raise
over £250,000 for the saving of lives at sea.
Royal Visitors being escorted by Town mayor
Andrew Wallis
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He
was
also
deeply
involved
with
the
Helston
and
District
Angling
Club
as
well
as
Porthleven
Rangers
Football
Team.
In
addition
Brian
was
a
member
of
the
Penhellaz
Freemason
Lodge
in
Helston.
A
sad
loss
to
the
community
and
will
be
sadly
missed
by
family,
friends
and
by
many
others
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2018
On
January
5th
part
of
the
path
from
Porthleven
to
Loe
Bar
was
washed
away
by
a
storm.
The
path
had
to
be
rerouted
by
the
National
Trust.
Around
the
same
time
the
outlet
pipe
from
Loe
Pool
collapsed
resulting
in
the
pool’s
water
height
increasing
up
to
as
much
as
one
foot
per
day.
Emergency
pumps,
the
largest
available,
were
installed
on
the
bar
and
pumping
commenced
to
stop
over
100
houses
flooding
at
the
bottom
of
Helston.
More updates to follow in 2019
National Trust closed the foot path to Loe Bar
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December
-
Interesting
social
facts
arose
regarding
a
local
housing
development
and
affordability
on
one
of
the
Porthleven
Face-book
pages.
A
two
bedroom
house
at
Shrubberies
Hill
development
was
on
the
market
for
£74,000
at
a
time
when
a
mortgage
could
be
obtained
for
4
times
an
annual
salary,
currently
standing
at
£17,500
in
Cornwall.
The
average
3
bedroom
price
in
Porthleven is approximately £190,000
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We have a saying at Porthleven Museum,
‘Today is tomorrow’s history’.
If you have any recent history to add to the
time line, please use the contact mentioned at
the start of this date line production.
We Hope you enjoy our efforts to collect and
record Porthleven’s History.
If you are in the area, why not visit our
image collection at Out of the Blue
sponsored by Simon Stone.
Our Museum is sponsored by Simon Stone, Digital Imagery -
web services, Native Space - Hosting, StivaSoft - Software,
Flip Builder - Software
Royal Visitors being escorted by Town mayor
Andrew Wallis
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Porthleven Time Line -
2017- 2099
We have a saying at Porthleven Museum,
‘Today is tomorrow’s history’.
If you have any recent history to add to the
time line, please use the contact mentioned at
the start of this date line production.
We Hope you enjoy our efforts to collect and
record Porthleven’s History.
If you are in the area, why not visit our
image collection at Out of the Blue
sponsored by Simon Stone.
Our Museum is sponsored by Simon Stone, Digital Imagery -
web services, Native Space - Hosting, StivaSoft - Software,
Flip Builder - Software
Created for Porthleven Museum by
Mike Carter © 2017
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