Category Archives: Local Issues

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

Collecting Seashells

Posted on 29, May 2013 by newquayt

Collecting seashells on Newquay’s beaches is a great way to spend a few hours, a day or your whole holiday. Beaches take on a new excitement once you start looking at collecting seashells as reminders of your holidays. But it’s so much better if you know where they are from and what they are called. Continue reading →

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Ancient Stone Coffin, Crantock Churchyard

Posted on 7, March 2013 by newquayt

There is an ancient stone coffin in Crantock churchyard. This curio is a little hidden secret as most people miss it completely as they’re heading for the church or Crantock village stocks, which are also in Crantock churchyard. Continue reading →

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What is a Cornish Acre?

Posted on 28, February 2013 by newquayt

A Cornish Acre is larger than an English Acre. Below are a collection of instances where a Cornish acre has been defined in the past, from 1420 to the 1800s, with writing and references from Lacy, Bishop of Exeter in 1420 to Borlase, Hals and Davies. They are not meant to be an absolute measure or decision on what is, or what is not a Cornish acre, but simply a collection of measurements to help you to choose and decide for yourself, or to provide a launchpad for your own investigative journalism on the subject. Continue reading →

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Newquay Drowning Tragedies, August 1937

Posted on 25, August 2012 by newquayt

Being peak season, most sea drownings occur in the month of August and 1937 was no exception.  75 years ago the beaches were busy and people lost their lives. On Sunday 22 August 1937 there had already been a boy drowned … Continue reading →

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