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Padstow, The Quay 1938
Photo ref: 88788
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By the time of this photograph tourism is taking over from the traditional port activities of fishing and trading, and there are one or two pleasure motor boats moored in the harbour. May's Café (left) is there to serve the needs of visitors to the quayside.

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Memories of Padstow, the Quay 1938

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Padstow, The Quay 1938

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I was too young to walk in this picture but would certainly have been pushed around this quayside (barely 1/4 mile from my home) many times in the year of photo 1938. As I grew up in the 1940s-1950s this view remained remarkably unchanged, what a tranquil scene so unspoilt by the mass of cars that now envelope the town. Every house in the town was occupied 365 days of the year!! Only a small number of ...see more