Category Archives: Local Issues

Local issues for residents of Newquay, what are the big stories, the long-standing issues and niggles.

Mill Bay Soap, Plymouth

Posted on 22, July 2013 by newquayt

Mill Bay Soap was an advertiser in many old walking guides and guides to Newquay and Cornwall in the late 1880s. As the railways opened up Newquay and the North Cornish coast, many travel writers wrote books for the newly arriving tourists – and, contained within these walking guides were advertisements. Continue reading →

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Great Western Beach, Emma Smith

Posted on 19, July 2013 by newquayt

Great Western Beach makes for a great summer read – especially if you’re sitting on Great Western Beach in Newquay. The novel was written by Emma Smith, whose real name is Elspeth Hallsmith, in 2008 and describes her childhood, much of which was spent on Great Western Beach, Newquay, between the two world wars. The family were in reduced financial circumstances, her father, who was an undiscovered artist, was off in west Cornwall living a hedonistic lifestyle at the artist colonies and Emma spent many days at the beach. The book is a wonderfully atmospheric memoir of a 1920s and 1930s childhood in Newquay. Continue reading →

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Crantock Ferry or Gannel Ferry

Posted on 19, July 2013 by newquayt

There is a foot ferry that crosses the Gannel, known as the Crantock Ferry, or the Gannel Ferry, which operates during the summer months. While the tide is out, the River Gannel can be crossed further along via wooden bridges, but once the tide is in it’s deep and fast flowing, so the ferry operates to take people across to the base of the cliffs on East Pentire. Continue reading →

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Crantock Village Stocks

Posted on 18, July 2013 by newquayt

Crantock village stocks still exist and can be seen in the village.  Years ago every village had the stocks, for villains to be locked into and publicly viewed/humiliated by their disapproving neighbours and family. Continue reading →

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