Category Archives: General

Give a Lucky Silver Coin to a Baby

Posted on 23, July 2013 by newquayt

To give a lucky silver coin to a baby has been a preferred gift for hundreds of years. If you cross the palm of a new born baby with a silver coin it’s said to bring it good luck and a lifetime of wealth Continue reading →

Posted in General | Comments Off on Give a Lucky Silver Coin to a Baby

Nigel Slater Aromatic Mackerel Recipe

Posted on 23, July 2013 by newquayt

Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers visited Cornwall and Nigel prepared an Aromatic Mackerel recipe. This was a quick and tasty supper for four people, finished under the grill. This aromatic mackerel recipe reduces the strong mackerel taste, so it’s not too … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Nigel Slater Aromatic Mackerel Recipe

Douglas Houzen Pinder 1886-1949 Newquay Artist

Posted on 23, July 2013 by newquayt

One artist that spent many years in Newquay is Douglas Houzen Pinder. Born in 1886 and with his father dying the following year, by 1901 he had moved, with his mother, to Newquay, where she was an Infant Mistress at a Boarding School. and Douglas was articled to a local architect. Continue reading →

Posted in Newquay History | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Douglas Houzen Pinder 1886-1949 Newquay Artist

Francis Frith Photos of Watergate Bay

Posted on 23, July 2013 by newquayt

Francis Frith visited Watergate Bay twice, adding to his vast collection of photos of the Cornish coast. Watergate Bay stretches from Trevelgue Head at Porth, past what we now see as Watergate Bay and beyond the Hotel. As the Hotel is the only really truly accessible part of Watergate Bay it’s often overlooked that once the tide goes out the sand does stretch a whole two miles from Porth, past the Hotel and up to the next Headland. Continue reading →

Posted in Newquay History | Tagged | Comments Off on Francis Frith Photos of Watergate Bay