Bortreath is one of the most beautiful areas of Cornwall I lived in for two months I mention behind the office of the Berbid in 82 I had my mother and sister with me it was fun days
My most favourite place and beach...my happy place too... I live in Camborne so not far away from what I call my little piece of Heaven... Thank you for this lovely video...I have some wonderful memories and it was also a favourite place to my parents...now sadly gone... but memories I cherish of my children and grandchildren loving the beach and a paddle... thank you for sharing ...😊👍👍
Yes I have many fond memories of this place myself as I used to live very local over it North country in redruth but now I live in Pool which is in between Camborne and redruth
Thanks Kernow Exp. for your video. I agree Harry Baldwin, My Grandparents, Fred and Amy Tuthill, owned Smugglers' Cottage for a few years after the war and ran it as a Guest House, I spent many happy summer school holidays there. Now that beautiful old cottage, the tea rooms, the snack bar which served for people on the beach, have been destroyed by a hideous development. I remember watching the Islesman Collier from South Wales negotiating the tricky entrance to the harbour. My Uncle owned one of the little chalets on the edge of battery hill overlooking the beach. I can remember Uncle Den and I getting up early and walking up the pathway leading to the fields above Smugglers' and gathering so many field mushrooms that my uncle used to take them to Truro and sell to the hotel kitchens. Following the vandalisation of the Smugglers' corner of the beach I will live with my very happy memories. I will never visit again as it is too upsetting to see what the insensitive developers have done.
Thank you for the great video of beautiful Portreath - My family have been visiting Portreath since the early 1940's (and myself at least once every year since I was born in 1961) as my great uncle lived in Redruth and worked at the RAF base at Nancekuke (top of Lighthouse Hill) I obviously remember Portreath a lot less built up and have very happy memories so have always been in love with the 'history' of Portreath, regardless of the changes nothing compares to the wildness of the sea crashing over the end of the pier as children we use to huddle behind the monkey hut to avoid be washed over (you could walk along it in those days) I have never seen or heard such a beautiful movement of the sea. In the 40's 50's the little chalet style bungalows that are now disappearing were mainly private holiday homes (not for rental) It's inevitable that people want to live in such a perfect place but now a lot of the new builds are for holiday lets and not private residential - I think that's where the sadness lies :(
Harry you're a man after my own heart you're quote that i was a joy ,,, true but many years later than 1941,,,, 1960 my dad died ,, mom was alone she depended on dad for everything ,, mom had difficulties,,,,,so when dad passed away she was lost i was still at home ,,, so i took on the roll of looking after mom,,,,, when i did get married lived at home for while saving up for a mortgage , mom helped us she was 97 when she died ,, never had a days ilness in her life,,,, spent most of her working life as a char-lady,,,,to the then wealthy,,,, along the way i made a few bob,,,, enabled me to repay her making her a comfortable lifestyle (god bless her,,,Annie was her name ),,,,, Harry look-after your self ......Edwin
Mark O.M.G,,,, what a post,,,, one of my favourite places in the whole of my beautiful home county,,,,, im now 80 yrs old,,,, born 1941 5th of April Mark i spent all my school holidays on that beach with a plywood surfboard painted red,,,Mom Dad brother and Sister and my nieces two" and Tex my nephew,,,,, we were lucky kids to have lived here in Cornwall my brother was 21 and my sister 18 when i was born dad was born in 1899,,,,, mom 1903,,,, so in 1941 i turned up bit of a surprise !,,,Portreath ok in can see my dad now in the carpark with his primus-stove trying to boil a kettle of water for a cuppa tea,,,, Mark right opposite the carpark was a cafe ,, knickerbocker glories,,, to die for,,, one a day picknick on the beach,,, fairy-cakes ,,,salmon sandwiches tizer pop after then back home to Hayle,,,(yippy),,,, one luck kid was i and still a lucky bloke today ,, i wake up in a morning and think made it to another day ,,lol,,,, just one other thing on the drone film i saw the incline leading to incline cottage it did belong to my dads friend Mr Leek now i think it all changed i haven't been up there for years ( loved up at incline cottage around early 1950s,,, i spent time there used to walk down the incline to the beach bottom of the incline comes out opposite the pub) Mark thankyou for memories Edwin
I used to like Portreath Edwin, I went there a lot in the late 60's when I was old enough to own my first car. I have been saddened by the changes - the modernization has ruined it for me but I suppose it was inevitable.
@@Christophers-Assorted-Stuff Chris its true what you say,,Cornwall is a holiday county has been since the 1800s and has been changing ,,,to be honest for a long while i believe Cornwall started its transition in the late 40s when to travel here took maybe 10 hrs from the Midlands ( A38- A30 269 miles,,,, today i can do that journey in 4hrs from Birmingham to front door in Hayle ,, Sunday after 11 am best time to travel,,, but motorway roadworks a nightmare,,,, this Covid has given us Cornish a quiet 12 months good for some devastating to others,,, hope for a end to it soon i hope,,,,,cost of property is average inland on the coast now deep pockets are needed,,,, Edwin
Edwin what a fantastic family memories you have I myself lived locally at North country which is just outside of redruth as a child me and my mates used to walk down to the beach on summer holidays I have fond memories of this beach going back to 1979 and yes Cornwall has changed a lot for me in the last 20-years with all these new housing as one of you guys said it is unavoidable really as the whole of the country is it the same thank you for watching the video I have some more good ones planned
I too enjoyed the video but I also enjoyed the trip down memory lane reading your post Edwin, I was born in 1961 and have spent the last 60 years in love with Portreath. I'd like to add you might have been a surprise but I bet you were a joy :)
Hi Edwin, what a wonderful comment. I am Australian. Life circumstances mean i haven't had much opportunity for travel but i do have British citizenship, my parents being English with Welsh blood from my maternal grandmother. Even at a distance, I feel there is something uniquely Celtic about Cornwall, a spirit which can't quite be spoilt by gentrification and the nature of which is specific to Cornwall. I love this refreshing Celtic spirit. We also had quite a lot of Cornish miners come to Australia. Sending you greetings from Sydney, and wishing you best of health! All the best to other readers of this thread likewise. Cheers! 🍻👍
Love it great video music 🎼🎶 too.well enjoyed.
Bortreath is one of the most beautiful areas of Cornwall I lived in for two months I mention behind the office of the Berbid in 82 I had my mother and sister with me it was fun days
My most favourite place and beach...my happy place too... I live in Camborne so not far away from what I call my little piece of Heaven... Thank you for this lovely video...I have some wonderful memories and it was also a favourite place to my parents...now sadly gone... but memories I cherish of my children and grandchildren loving the beach and a paddle... thank you for sharing ...😊👍👍
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Yes I have many fond memories of this place myself as I used to live very local over it North country in redruth but now I live in Pool which is in between Camborne and redruth
Such a beautiful place...
Beautiful video nice music 👍😊
Thanks Kernow Exp. for your video.
I agree Harry Baldwin,
My Grandparents, Fred and Amy Tuthill, owned Smugglers' Cottage for a few years after the war and ran it as a Guest House, I spent many happy summer school holidays there. Now that beautiful old cottage, the tea rooms, the snack bar which served for people on the beach, have been destroyed by a hideous development.
I remember watching the Islesman Collier from South Wales negotiating the tricky entrance to the harbour.
My Uncle owned one of the little chalets on the edge of battery hill overlooking the beach. I can remember Uncle Den and I getting up early and walking up the pathway leading to the fields above Smugglers' and gathering so many field mushrooms that my uncle used to take them to Truro and sell to the hotel kitchens.
Following the vandalisation of the Smugglers' corner of the beach I will live with my very happy memories. I will never visit again as it is too upsetting to see what the insensitive developers have done.
Thank you for the great video of beautiful Portreath - My family have been visiting Portreath since the early 1940's (and myself at least once every year since I was born in 1961) as my great uncle lived in Redruth and worked at the RAF base at Nancekuke (top of Lighthouse Hill) I obviously remember Portreath a lot less built up and have very happy memories so have always been in love with the 'history' of Portreath, regardless of the changes nothing compares to the wildness of the sea crashing over the end of the pier as children we use to huddle behind the monkey hut to avoid be washed over (you could walk along it in those days) I have never seen or heard such a beautiful movement of the sea. In the 40's 50's the little chalet style bungalows that are now disappearing were mainly private holiday homes (not for rental) It's inevitable that people want to live in such a perfect place but now a lot of the new builds are for holiday lets and not private residential - I think that's where the sadness lies :(
Thank you very much for your kind comment and I'm glad that you enjoyed it thank you very much
Harry you're a man after my own heart
you're quote that i was a joy ,,, true but many years later than 1941,,,, 1960 my dad died ,, mom was alone
she depended on dad for everything ,, mom had difficulties,,,,,so when dad passed away she was lost
i was still at home ,,, so i took on the roll of looking after mom,,,,, when i did get married lived at home for while saving up for a mortgage , mom helped us
she was 97 when she died ,, never had a days ilness
in her life,,,, spent most of her working life as a
char-lady,,,,to the then wealthy,,,,
along the way i made a few bob,,,,
enabled me to repay her making her a comfortable
lifestyle (god bless her,,,Annie was her name ),,,,,
Harry look-after your self ......Edwin
Mark O.M.G,,,, what a post,,,,
one of my favourite places in the whole of my beautiful
home county,,,,,
im now 80 yrs old,,,, born 1941 5th of April
Mark i spent all my school holidays on that beach
with a plywood surfboard painted red,,,Mom Dad brother and Sister and my nieces two" and Tex my nephew,,,,,
we were lucky kids to have lived here in Cornwall
my brother was 21 and my sister 18 when i was born
dad was born in 1899,,,,, mom 1903,,,, so in 1941 i turned up
bit of a surprise !,,,Portreath ok in can see my dad now
in the carpark with his primus-stove trying to boil a kettle of water for a cuppa tea,,,, Mark right opposite the carpark was a cafe ,, knickerbocker glories,,, to die for,,, one a day
picknick on the beach,,, fairy-cakes ,,,salmon sandwiches
tizer pop after then back home to Hayle,,,(yippy),,,, one luck kid was i and still a lucky bloke today ,, i wake up in a morning and think made it to another day ,,lol,,,, just one other thing
on the drone film i saw the incline leading to incline cottage
it did belong to my dads friend Mr Leek now i think it all changed
i haven't been up there for years ( loved up at incline cottage
around early 1950s,,, i spent time there
used to walk down the incline to the beach
bottom of the incline comes out opposite the pub)
Mark thankyou for memories Edwin
I used to like Portreath Edwin, I went there a lot in the late 60's when I was old enough to own my first car. I have been saddened by the changes - the modernization has ruined it for me but I suppose it was inevitable.
@@Christophers-Assorted-Stuff Chris its true what you say,,Cornwall is a holiday county has been since the 1800s and has been changing ,,,to be honest for a long while i believe Cornwall started its transition in the late 40s when to travel here took maybe 10 hrs from the Midlands ( A38- A30 269 miles,,,,
today i can do that journey in 4hrs from Birmingham to front door in Hayle ,, Sunday after 11 am best time to travel,,, but motorway roadworks a nightmare,,,, this Covid has given us Cornish a quiet 12 months good for some devastating to others,,, hope for a end to it soon i hope,,,,,cost of property is average inland on the coast now deep pockets are needed,,,, Edwin
Edwin what a fantastic family memories you have I myself lived locally at North country which is just outside of redruth as a child me and my mates used to walk down to the beach on summer holidays I have fond memories of this beach going back to 1979 and yes Cornwall has changed a lot for me in the last 20-years with all these new housing as one of you guys said it is unavoidable really as the whole of the country is it the same thank you for watching the video I have some more good ones planned
I too enjoyed the video but I also enjoyed the trip down memory lane reading your post Edwin, I was born in 1961 and have spent the last 60 years in love with Portreath. I'd like to add you might have been a surprise but I bet you were a joy :)
Hi Edwin, what a wonderful comment. I am Australian. Life circumstances mean i haven't had much opportunity for travel but i do have British citizenship, my parents being English with Welsh blood from my maternal grandmother. Even at a distance, I feel there is something uniquely Celtic about Cornwall, a spirit which can't quite be spoilt by gentrification and the nature of which is specific to Cornwall. I love this refreshing Celtic spirit. We also had quite a lot of Cornish miners come to Australia. Sending you greetings from Sydney, and wishing you best of health! All the best to other readers of this thread likewise. Cheers! 🍻👍
im going to portreath in a few weeks, looks amazing😳
Saw Jethro perform at The Ops Room 1980s Pilots flew planes from there on sorties over Germany 1940s great memory of top comedian
Yes the airfield was a busy place during world war II and Jeffrey was a legend I've met him a couple of times
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My local beach Annie
Me too