Port of Pentewan - March 30, 1989

The breakwater can be seen on the left - the former navigable channel was to the right and passed along the base of the cliffs.

Port of Pentewan - March 30, 1989

The locomotive shed of the narrow gauge railway which served the port and a sand & cement plant can be seen on the left . The channel leading up to the dock gate is in the centre. The last commercial ship departed in 1940.

Port of Pentewan - March 30, 1989

The Harbour at Pentewan - the dock gates can be seen to the centre left with Harbour Master's House and offices to the left. The Port of Pentewan was once served by the Pentewan Railway which linked the port to the china clay producing area of St Austell.

Port of Pentewan - March 30, 1989

Pentewan Harbour. The raised area in the centre of the photograph was a highlevel line for the Pentewan Railway. Part of which was reconstructed to serve a concrete block works which took sand from the beach in the vicinity of where the yacht masts can be seen.

Port of Pentewan - March 30, 1989

Port of Pentewan looking inland towards St Austell. the cream coloured building is a weight bridge office associated with the Pentewan Railway.

Port of Pentewan - March 30, 1989

Port of Pentewan looking inland towards St Austell. the cream coloured building is a weight bridge office associated with the Pentewan Railway.

Greenhill and Chilsworthy Brick Works, Cornwall - September 09, 1982

Greenhill Fire Brick and Clay Co and the nearby Greenhill Arsenic Works were owned by the Cornwall Chemical Company, the two works being separated by the Drakewalls-Chilsworthy road over which an incline tramway crossed to connect the two works. It was opened about 1873 using Batchelor kilns and later eight beehive kilns all of which have been demolished. The clay pit was to the north west. The works were later taken over by the West of England Fire Clay & Bitumen & Chemical Co Ltd with William Jones as manager. In 1894 Moses Bawden owned Greenhill. The works were taken over by Hill Westlake and sometime between 1907 and 1919 a new works, Chilsworthy Works, was built the other side of the clay pit. Three rectangular kilns and a Scrivener beehive kiln were built but there is no evidence that they were connected to a flue and were possibly never used. A tramway brought the clay across the road and into the works. The girders for the overhead tramway seen in this photograph were removed in 2006. When this photograph was taken the building was used by an agricultural supply merchant.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 19, 1984

RAF Davidstow Moor is a former WWII Coastal Command Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall, UK. The station was operational from 1942 through to December 1945. In the early 1950s the site was used as a motor racing circuit - Davidstow Circuit. Motor racing ended in the wake of the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 19, 1984

RAF Davidstow Moor is a former WWII Coastal Command Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall, UK. The station was operational from 1942 through to December 1945. In the early 1950s the site was used as a motor racing circuit - Davidstow Circuit. Motor racing ended in the wake of the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 19, 1984

RAF Davidstow Moor is a former WWII Coastal Command Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall, UK. The station was operational from 1942 through to December 1945. In the early 1950s the site was used as a motor racing circuit - Davidstow Circuit. Motor racing ended in the wake of the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 19, 1984

RAF Davidstow Moor is a former WWII Coastal Command Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall, UK. The station was operational from 1942 through to December 1945. In the early 1950s the site was used as a motor racing circuit - Davidstow Circuit. Motor racing ended in the wake of the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 19, 1984

RAF Davidstow Moor is a former WWII Coastal Command Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall, UK. The station was operational from 1942 through to December 1945. In the early 1950s the site was used as a motor racing circuit - Davidstow Circuit. Motor racing ended in the wake of the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 19, 1984

RAF Davidstow Moor is a former WWII Coastal Command Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall, UK. The station was operational from 1942 through to December 1945. In the early 1950s the site was used as a motor racing circuit - Davidstow Circuit. Motor racing ended in the wake of the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 19, 1984

RAF Davidstow Moor is a former WWII Coastal Command Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall, UK. The station was operational from 1942 through to December 1945. In the early 1950s the site was used as a motor racing circuit - Davidstow Circuit. Motor racing ended in the wake of the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

A barrage balloon being flown at RAF DAVIDSTOW MOOR.

RAF Davidstow Moor, Davidstow, Cornwall - May 30, 1990

A barrage balloon being flown at RAF DAVIDSTOW MOOR.

The Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall - August 25, 1998

Entrance to the underground communications centre.

The Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall - August 25, 1998

A soldier guards one of the blast doors at the entrance to the WWII Underground Communications Centre.

The Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall - August 25, 1998

The emergency exit stairs from the WWII undergound tunnels

The Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall - August 25, 1998

My father on the steps which lead to the emergency exit from the WWII underground communication centre.

The Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall - August 25, 1998

My father standing in one of the heavily constructed blast doors at the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum. The underground communications centre was constructed between 1939 and 1941 during World War II.