June 16, 2020 – Newlyn Archive

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020

NEWLYN QUIZ 3

Events Archive

Cliffside Stores
May 18, 2020
Michael Hitchens, currently in lockdown in Spain, thought the woman in the doorway of the grocery and vegetable shop looked like his grandmother Hannah Deeble Hitchens. A census lists …Read More »
NEWLYN ARCHIVE PICTURE QUIZ
May 11, 2020
Here at Newlyn Archive, we are finding new ways to keep our friends involved. Below, we have displayed part of a photo from our digital archive. Can you identify …Read More »
A Vaccination for Smallpox
April 24, 2020
Vaccination Court was one of the small courtyard complexes off South Fore Street, Newlyn Town. In local folklore, it was linked with the cholera outbreak of 1832, but it …Read More »
Epidemics in the Past: Cholera
April 12, 2020
Newlyn, like other places in Cornwall suffered during the great cholera epidemics of the nineteenth century; the disease spread quickly because of overcrowding and lack of sanitation. In 1832, …Read More »
Postponement of the Open Day
March 17, 2020
In view of the ongoing crisis involving the Coronavirus (Covid-19) we have postponed the Open Day that was due to take place on Saturday 28th March.We will also be …Read More »
Open Day Saturday March 28 2020 – Postponed
March 4, 2020
TRADES TO DO WITH FISHING Due to unforeseen events we have moved the Newlyn Archive Open Day from Saturday 21/3/2020 to Saturday 28/3/2020. The Open Day is at Trinity …Read More »
A Morning in the Boathouse
October 29, 2019
It is always rewarding when people visit the Archive in order to carry out research. Monday morning was a particularly busy day and here we see Rebecca Weeks with …Read More »
Sports that put Newlyn in the Limelight: Open Day 12th October 2019
October 14, 2019
65 people attended the Open Day at the Centre in Newlyn. The promise of poor weather didn’t help attendance and there was some competition from the Lifeboat station who …Read More »
The Sports that put Newlyn into the Limelight. The Next Open Day October 12, 2019 at Trinity Centre 10am to 3pm.
October 5, 2019
Newlyn is mainly associated with fishing. The regattas of old Newlyn were certainly important events for the fishermen. It is said that Newlyn Fishermen were the finest yachtsmen in …Read More »
Great Voyages that started in Newlyn: Open Day September 21st 2019
September 23, 2019
The exhibition highlighted three main journeys. The display of the voyage of The Spirit of Mystery included a hair raising first person account by Pete Goss who revived the …Read More »