I learnt to swim in the Falmouth hotel pool in the mid sixties. I have a photo of my mum age two on Gylingvase beach in about 1928 , the only building in the background was the Madeira hotel.
Did that walk in early July, parked above the docks, walked round Pendennis, on to Gillingvase and gardens then on to Swan Pool, round pool and back to car, not bad for an 80 yr old
I love Falmouth and your trip down memory lane in the old hotels locations was very special. Beautiful gardens and a lovely ghetto. This is a fun walk.
I just loved the 60’s...And I love the ‘Then & Now.’ Maybe you could do another, at some point... Could I just add, does anyone remember ‘Willie Dynamites American Diner’ in Falmouth? Its no longer there, but at the time it was very popular...
Thank you Sarah and Andrew! so love your „amblings“ and jaunts, and Corn(-y)ish puns-so many giggles, historical narrative, and touching repartee together. You both have such generous hearts -very special.💜 (ps: loved your background music, perfect for the old hotels etc. I’m a semi-retired pianist , and appreciated the lovely simplicity of the improv/pianist), and also the upbeat , fun score for the beachgoers. Also love the short music tag/motif for your videos-perfect!
Thank you! As for the music, we try to match the image/mood rather than have our choice so thank you for noticing and commenting! And I am a stickler for changing the image to the beat or phrase - takes a long time!! Sarah :)
Falmouth has a very impressive sea front as I recall, lots of Construction has been done since the 1960/70s. when my fiancé and I would have been visiting, i vaguely remember walking around a marvellous shell grotto, the years are slipping away all too quickly, there are some fabulous plants and trees in the communal gardens, I thought the Gunnera plants had been discouraged from growing, as they take over and are hard to remove, they do look splendid though! thank you 😊 Sarah for the wonderful commentary and inside view of the ‘Falmouth Hotel’ and of cause Andrews amusing anecdotes, always very entertaining, another visit to the past! 👏🤗👋
Thanks for such an interesting video. Sad and rather alarming how many hotels have become apartments! I guess most richer visitors now have holiday homes. My first visit to Falmouth was around the mid 1960s. AllI remember is going to restaurant with Mum, Dad and sister and getting a pasty which was enormous & 'traditional' ie savoury at one end and sweet at the other. It was too big for me to finish.
It is a shame the Falmouth Beach Hotel burned down it was very attractive, pity the new building was not constructed the same however penny cum quick still looks good
Hi Guys, my hubby and myself used to have work Christmas parties in St Michael's , but for some reason it all stopped. Really enjoyed looking at the hotels and about their histories and of course the lovely views of the bay🌅👌. Always a pleasure to watch 😁💝😘
Fascinating look at how things have changed so much...not just in Cornwall of course, but everywhere. Hard to find memories from the past, but they are there if you look. So poignant to see the blue tiles on the old swimming pool. We have a place nearby called Rosherville, which was once a huge Victorian theme park....long gone, but look carefully & you will see hidden bits which still remain! As for age difference....18months is a blink of an eye compared to the 8 years between me & my other half!! Didn't seem to matter at all when we were young, but as the years fly by suddenly there's a huge gap which you can never catch up. Lovely sunny vid & so interesting. I do have pix of the 60s & me as a little girl in Cornwall, but they're up in the loft!....one in Downderry, with an ice cream and a pair of jazzy check shorts! Happy days. x J x
Age gaps are a funny thing! I think the largest I have known between a couple, was 21 years and the wife became the husband's carer, a role she willingly fulfilled after he had treated her like a princess and apple of his eye all their married life! Having said that, illness can strike at any age! Sarah :)
I’m certain the rise in tourism at Falmouth was due to the coming of the railway, although that Falmouth hotel was nowhere near the station. Loved the grotto. Must have taken an age to create that. Very entertaining video.
Interestingly, the main hotel gates open onto a roundabout at the back of the hotel, a few hundred yards from the railway station. You can see them on street view! Sarah :)
Thank you for this lovely stroll taking us back to old pomp and splendor, especially regarding the Falmouth hotel. Immensely beautiful. And also very interesting walk all together, and beautiful gardens. I have made notes on Google maps - again 😁 As I often do when I watch your videos. Did you know that the plant genus Gunnera is actually named after a Norwegian. Johan Ernst Gunnerus, born February 28, 1718 was a bishop and naturalist. He founded the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences in Trondheim in 1760. My father's given name was Gunnar. But no relation. I love those deck chairs which are a common sight in England. We used those in Norway when I was a child, but I doubt they can be bought here anymore. Some had great trouble unfolding them 🤪😊 Now I am really looking forward to visiting Falmouth 🥰 I sadly have no photos from any vacation in Cornwall before 2012 😊
Thanks for your interesting comment Torunn! I remember my Dad having trouble folding our deck chair when I was a child - it stayed in the garage a lot! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails We used them a lot. I even remember my mother changed the fabric when the original ones was worn out / faded. SHe was a good seamstress :)
Great video but seafront totally ruined! When in late 70s/80s used to have a pub crawl starting at the Palm Beach, Mermaid then every hotel bar to the Falmouth hotel Burmuda bar then head off down the town lol! 🤪
What are they doing to cornwall its such ashame its turning into sandbanks in poole we was hoping on a week in september as we havent been in a while but 1900 pounds for a week in a caravan in september is taking the p. I think our holidays there are a distant memory
I feel your pain! We just watch it happen around us and continue with our mundane jobs, aghast! If only we had seen this coming, bought a second property!! Ha! Ha! We have heard that some people have moved back in with their parents to put their house on Air BnB for the summer! It's truly bonkers down here! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails you should put a caravan on your garden sarah n andy youd make a fortune loved the last walk by the way its great watching your films
Such a lovely, lovely idea !! Great to see the old catalogue, pictures,and postcards and also to see the change. I love your informations and you own memories. Thank you very much for sharing all this. Stay safe. S:)
Hi Sarah and Andrew Just a little update to my previous comment,we thoroughly enjoyed our little visit to Falmouth,a long way to travel for 2 days ,we stayed at The Lerryn and we can recommend the hotel.We had a nice look round Falmouth and a trip on the river up to Trellisick,hope to be back again sometime with more time to visit other places.
I was interrupted from finishing this, before, and returned to do just that. The apartment dwellers might take an active interest in seeing to and supporting the hotels as much as they can. If the hotels go, they will find themselves hosting their kids and their parents on their living room sofa if there is no place to put them up. And cousins they haven't seen in AGES who now realize that a hotel is not an option. Just saying!
That was good fun ~ spotting the changes with a refreshing drink in style!. Always enjoy comparing yesteryear with the current streetscape ~ though, far too many apartment blocks now. Nevertheless, Falmouth is still beautiful. Fortunately, Falmouth Hotel is Grade II Listed, so that's safe from the rabid developers. I've a soft spot for those formal municipal and hotel front gardens ~ with their neat manicured lawns and pretty flower beds...in my books they always out-do anything seen at the Chelsea Flower Show these days. Pretty Summer dress Sarah!
Thank you! I wonder does grade 2 listing prevent them from ripping the inside out and redeveloping whilst keeping the facade? Would be costly but I have seen this happen with buildings in Truro, where the facade stands precariously while the back is demolished and rebuilt. Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails Grade II listing usually covers protection of interiors as well, especially if the interiors are mostly original, and are of equal high quality as the exterior. I'm in no doubt the Falmouth Hotel fits that category ~ especially seen from the interior shots you gave, of the grand hallway, the classic ceiling cornicing, decorative archways, panelling and that grand cast iron staircase ~ just beautiful! So its interiors will always be protected. The listed buildings that often end up being entirely gutted are ones where over the years, and prior to listing, they have lost most of their original interior features. Unfortunately, developers are allowed to capitalize on that particular scenario and remove everything except, as you correctly say, the external walls. Local Council Planning Depts are essentially the 'guardians' of Grade II Listed buildings. Unfortunately ~ as they are, in my experience, rarely as vigilant as they should be in protecting our built heritage.
@@JoannaLouise200 That's really interesting! And gladens my heart to think there could be, should be!, some protection for this magnificent building, Sarah :)
I wish that I could answer question regards what Falmouth might look like in years to come. Economics was part of my finance, but like weather forecasting, it's the boundary lines that can make or break a business. The demographics of who stays where, or who goes where is like forecasting a moon landing. Your videos have enthused me so much, if I'm still in reasonable health, I may attempt a visit. That wasn't on my radar until a week ago.
Went down memory lane with that video. I stayed at St.Mawes around 1967/8/9. I'm afraid some old photos I have are in my photo album back at my house on mainland Greece, I'm not there right now to send them on to you😕. Very pleasant promenade overlooking a nice sandy beach🏖️ and calm waters. Also your pretty dress and hair looked lovely for the video! Green💚is your colour Sarah!
Thanks ,lovely vid,so pleased you filmed this,we are coming down there early Sept,staying very near the seafront,so it gave us a glimpse of what we can expect,is it far from the main shopping area you have filmed previously?
I learnt to swim in the Falmouth hotel pool in the mid sixties. I have a photo of my mum age two on Gylingvase beach in about 1928 , the only building in the background was the Madeira hotel.
Ahhh! Wonderful memories, Sarah :)
Did that walk in early July, parked above the docks, walked round Pendennis, on to Gillingvase and gardens then on to Swan Pool, round pool and back to car, not bad for an 80 yr old
Excellent and a standard I will be aspiring to! Sarah :)
I love Falmouth and your trip down memory lane in the old hotels locations was very special. Beautiful gardens and a lovely ghetto. This is a fun walk.
I just loved the 60’s...And I love the ‘Then & Now.’ Maybe you could do another, at some point... Could I just add, does anyone remember ‘Willie Dynamites American Diner’ in Falmouth? Its no longer there, but at the time it was very popular...
Just say when and I'm in for a pub crawl and I'm sure others subscribers will
Thank you Sarah and Andrew very interesting. Lovely video as usual 😀
Thank you Sarah and Andrew! so love your „amblings“ and jaunts, and Corn(-y)ish puns-so many giggles, historical narrative, and touching repartee together. You both have such generous hearts -very special.💜 (ps: loved your background music, perfect for the old hotels etc. I’m a semi-retired pianist , and appreciated the lovely simplicity of the improv/pianist), and also the upbeat , fun score for the beachgoers. Also love the short music tag/motif for your videos-perfect!
Thank you! As for the music, we try to match the image/mood rather than have our choice so thank you for noticing and commenting! And I am a stickler for changing the image to the beat or phrase - takes a long time!! Sarah :)
Falmouth has a very impressive sea front as I recall, lots of Construction has been done since the 1960/70s. when my fiancé and I would have been visiting, i vaguely remember walking around a marvellous shell grotto, the years are slipping away all too quickly, there are some fabulous plants and trees in the communal gardens, I thought the Gunnera plants had been discouraged from growing, as they take over and are hard to remove, they do look splendid though! thank you 😊 Sarah for the wonderful commentary and inside view of the ‘Falmouth Hotel’ and of cause Andrews amusing anecdotes, always very entertaining, another visit to the past! 👏🤗👋
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, Gunnera can be a strong plant but I guess if you use it in the right place, then its not a problem! Sarah :)
Loved this walk thank you
Great video thanks 👋👍
Thanks for such an interesting video. Sad and rather alarming how many hotels have become apartments! I guess most richer visitors now have holiday homes. My first visit to Falmouth was around the mid 1960s. AllI remember is going to restaurant with Mum, Dad and sister and getting a pasty which was enormous & 'traditional' ie savoury at one end and sweet at the other. It was too big for me to finish.
Brilliant! Sarah :)
It is a shame the Falmouth Beach Hotel burned down it was very attractive, pity the new building was not constructed the same however penny cum quick still looks good
Hi Guys, my hubby and myself used to have work Christmas parties in St Michael's , but for some reason it all stopped. Really enjoyed looking at the hotels and about their histories and of course the lovely views of the bay🌅👌. Always a pleasure to watch 😁💝😘
I have some fond memories of a good old dinner and dance, from shopping for the outfit to getting ready and enjoying the dancing! Sarah :)
Fascinating look at how things have changed so much...not just in Cornwall of course, but everywhere. Hard to find memories from the past, but they are there if you look. So poignant to see the blue tiles on the old swimming pool. We have a place nearby called Rosherville, which was once a huge Victorian theme park....long gone, but look carefully & you will see hidden bits which still remain! As for age difference....18months is a blink of an eye compared to the 8 years between me & my other half!! Didn't seem to matter at all when we were young, but as the years fly by suddenly there's a huge gap which you can never catch up. Lovely sunny vid & so interesting. I do have pix of the 60s & me as a little girl in Cornwall, but they're up in the loft!....one in Downderry, with an ice cream and a pair of jazzy check shorts! Happy days. x J x
Age gaps are a funny thing! I think the largest I have known between a couple, was 21 years and the wife became the husband's carer, a role she willingly fulfilled after he had treated her like a princess and apple of his eye all their married life! Having said that, illness can strike at any age! Sarah :)
Lovely to see the past and the present! Thank you 🥰
very interesting ive been there 2 falmouth a few years ago its a lovely place
I’m certain the rise in tourism at Falmouth was due to the coming of the railway, although that Falmouth hotel was nowhere near the station. Loved the grotto. Must have taken an age to create that. Very entertaining video.
Interestingly, the main hotel gates open onto a roundabout at the back of the hotel, a few hundred yards from the railway station. You can see them on street view! Sarah :)
Thank you for this lovely stroll taking us back to old pomp and splendor, especially regarding the Falmouth hotel. Immensely beautiful. And also very interesting walk all together, and beautiful gardens. I have made notes on Google maps - again 😁 As I often do when I watch your videos. Did you know that the plant genus Gunnera is actually named after a Norwegian. Johan Ernst Gunnerus, born February 28, 1718 was a bishop and naturalist. He founded the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences in Trondheim in 1760. My father's given name was Gunnar. But no relation. I love those deck chairs which are a common sight in England. We used those in Norway when I was a child, but I doubt they can be bought here anymore. Some had great trouble unfolding them 🤪😊 Now I am really looking forward to visiting Falmouth 🥰 I sadly have no photos from any vacation in Cornwall before 2012 😊
Thanks for your interesting comment Torunn! I remember my Dad having trouble folding our deck chair when I was a child - it stayed in the garage a lot! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails We used them a lot. I even remember my mother changed the fabric when the original ones was worn out / faded. SHe was a good seamstress :)
Great video but seafront totally ruined! When in late 70s/80s used to have a pub crawl starting at the Palm Beach, Mermaid then every hotel bar to the Falmouth hotel Burmuda bar then head off down the town lol! 🤪
Oh wow! Sounds like a good night! Sarah :)
What are they doing to cornwall its such ashame its turning into sandbanks in poole we was hoping on a week in september as we havent been in a while but 1900 pounds for a week in a caravan in september is taking the p. I think our holidays there are a distant memory
I feel your pain! We just watch it happen around us and continue with our mundane jobs, aghast! If only we had seen this coming, bought a second property!! Ha! Ha! We have heard that some people have moved back in with their parents to put their house on Air BnB for the summer! It's truly bonkers down here! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails you should put a caravan on your garden sarah n andy youd make a fortune loved the last walk by the way its great watching your films
Such a lovely, lovely idea !!
Great to see the old catalogue, pictures,and postcards and also to see the change.
I love your informations and you own memories.
Thank you very much for sharing all this.
Stay safe. S:)
Hi Sarah and Andrew Just a little update to my previous comment,we thoroughly enjoyed our little visit to Falmouth,a long way to travel for 2 days ,we stayed at The Lerryn and we can recommend the hotel.We had a nice look round Falmouth and a trip on the river up to Trellisick,hope to be back again sometime with more time to visit other places.
Thanks for sharing! Glad you had a good time! Sarah :)
I was interrupted from finishing this, before, and returned to do just that. The apartment dwellers might take an active interest in seeing to and supporting the hotels as much as they can. If the hotels go, they will find themselves hosting their kids and their parents on their living room sofa if there is no place to put them up. And cousins they haven't seen in AGES who now realize that a hotel is not an option. Just saying!
I think they will be rubbing their hands with glee as they charge an absolute fortune to let out their apartments for the summer! Sarah :)
Wow very beautiful
I enjoyed that episode very much. I appreciate all of the work that went into the final product Elegant.
I remember when it was rare to have a hotel room with an en suite bathroom. It really was like a carry on movie with the shared bathroom 😄
I can imagine! Sneaking into the bathroom in your night clothes!! Sarah :)
That was good fun ~ spotting the changes with a refreshing drink in style!. Always enjoy comparing yesteryear with the current streetscape ~ though, far too many apartment blocks now. Nevertheless, Falmouth is still beautiful. Fortunately, Falmouth Hotel is Grade II Listed, so that's safe from the rabid developers. I've a soft spot for those formal municipal and hotel front gardens ~ with their neat manicured lawns and pretty flower beds...in my books they always out-do anything seen at the Chelsea Flower Show these days. Pretty Summer dress Sarah!
Thank you! I wonder does grade 2 listing prevent them from ripping the inside out and redeveloping whilst keeping the facade? Would be costly but I have seen this happen with buildings in Truro, where the facade stands precariously while the back is demolished and rebuilt. Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails Grade II listing usually covers protection of interiors as well, especially if the interiors are mostly original, and are of equal high quality as the exterior. I'm in no doubt the Falmouth Hotel fits that category ~ especially seen from the interior shots you gave, of the grand hallway, the classic ceiling cornicing, decorative archways, panelling and that grand cast iron staircase ~ just beautiful! So its interiors will always be protected. The listed buildings that often end up being entirely gutted are ones where over the years, and prior to listing, they have lost most of their original interior features. Unfortunately, developers are allowed to capitalize on that particular scenario and remove everything except, as you correctly say, the external walls. Local Council Planning Depts are essentially the 'guardians' of Grade II Listed buildings. Unfortunately ~ as they are, in my experience, rarely as vigilant as they should be in protecting our built heritage.
@@JoannaLouise200 That's really interesting! And gladens my heart to think there could be, should be!, some protection for this magnificent building, Sarah :)
I wish that I could answer question regards what Falmouth might look like in years to come. Economics was part of my finance, but like weather forecasting, it's the boundary lines that can make or break a business. The demographics of who stays where, or who goes where is like forecasting a moon landing.
Your videos have enthused me so much, if I'm still in reasonable health, I may attempt a visit. That wasn't on my radar until a week ago.
My wedding year, 1968.
As always, thank you for your videos.
you can get doom bar up here in sussex
Ahh! So cool! Sarah :)
Love the old guidebook, it's stately lodgings and your off-the-page "where are they now" follow-ups. Fun & well-done!
A great visit and comparison
Went down memory lane with that video. I stayed at St.Mawes around 1967/8/9. I'm afraid some old photos I have are in my photo album back at my house on mainland Greece, I'm not there right now to send them on to you😕. Very pleasant promenade overlooking a nice
sandy beach🏖️ and calm waters. Also your pretty dress and hair looked lovely for the video! Green💚is your colour Sarah!
Thank you! Sarah :)
The Mermaid bar was fun in its day. Miss the old pubs.
Thanks ,lovely vid,so pleased you filmed this,we are coming down there early Sept,staying very near the seafront,so it gave us a glimpse of what we can expect,is it far from the main shopping area you have filmed previously?
No not far, about 5-10 minutes walk, Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails Ok thanks,can't wait to get there 😎
Brilliant video, bring backs so many memories 🥰
Cheers! Sarah :)
Wish you were here down memory lane
More of the same please.