Step back in time with these fascinating old images of Truro, the only city in the South West county of Cornwall. James Fox creates brilliant videos taking us back in time using old photos and pictures. He adds location titles and dates, so you know when and when you are. Truro: A Journey Through Time!…
Category: Cornwall
Cornwall’s Newquay in vintage film
Newquay sits on the coast of north Cornwall, so has been a popular destination for British seaside holidays for more than a century. Not suprisingly, the cameras appeared regularly to take in the holiday fun. Wish you were here? Popular Thames TV show ‘Wish you were here?’ broadcast an episode about Newquay on 27th January…
1960s Film of Roche in Cornwall
Named after a granite outcrop nearby, Roche is a small village in Cornwall. Back in the 1960s Jack Trethewey recorded local places on film. Many years later Mark Stocks shared these vintage scenes of 1960s Cornish rural life on YouTube. In this first film, a wide range of places and people appear. A lot of…
Donald Birkinshaw, Photographer (1922-1988)
Donald Birkinshaw was a British photographer (1922-1988) who took a particular interest in rural landscapes and country settings. He was born in Nottingham and spent much of his childhood there. But he subsequently lived in Croydon, Surrey, Wiltshire, Somerset and then Cornwall, enjoying the English countryside which so fascinated him. Quick Facts about Donald Birkinshaw…
