Category Archives: General

Is There a Starbucks in Newquay?

Posted on 26, July 2014 by newquayt

While Starbucks is everywhere else in the country, it was a late-comer to Cornwall. However, a new Starbucks has opened up, but it’s not in Newquay. It’s not far away though. The new Starbucks is at Kingsley Village, Fraddon, on … Continue reading →

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Public Transport From Crantock to Newquay

Posted on 27, March 2014 by newquayt

Answering a question received from a reader, public transport from Crantock to Newquay is available. There is a bus that goes directly from Crantock to Newquay, and Newquay to Crantock of course! When I first wrote this, it was Western … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Ould, Newquay, 1826-1927

Posted on 21, March 2014 by newquayt

Elizabeth Ould is one of Newquay, and Cornwall’s, centenarians. Elizabeth Ould was born in Newquay on 21 March 1826, in Vine Cottage, which is still standing and is part of the Trenance Cottages at Newquay. Trenance Cottages have recently been … Continue reading →

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Cornwall Soldiers’ Wills on New WWI Database

Posted on 29, August 2013 by newquayt

A new database was launched this morning, as part of the Government’s Probate and Wills Service. 230,000 Wills have been scanned individually and put online in a searchable database. If you had an ancestor who died during the 1914-1918 War, … Continue reading →

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