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Items added on the 16th February 2018                                                                        Those added most recently come first.

16/2/2018

 
WW2 Bomb
at Redruth
​Tom Holway

A little background:-  Before the war, Mum and Dad both worked for the Bolitho family at Trengwainton, Mum as a maid and Dad as Butler.  They married at Peranuthnoe in August 1940 while Dad was still at Trengwainton waiting to join up and Mum was doing nursing training at Truro.   Bit of a coincidence is that the chauffeur at Trengwainton was a Charlie Jenkin(s) and I always understood that he and Dad got on well and shared a sense of humour.  All staff of a suitable age were encouraged to sign up for war service or go nursing.  Dad was stationed with the Royal Artillery somewhere near Redruth and Mum was nursing at Newquay where hotels were taken over for the convalescence of war wounded.  On the night of the bombing Dad and another chap had seen Mum and another girl on to the Newquay train and then answered the call of nature in the station toilet.  The bomb dropped while they were in the toilet and when they were pulled out, Dad (Edgar T Holway)  had severe leg injuries and had to have his leg amputated,  the other chap had died.                Many thanks for this piece of history Tom
Picture
20th March - a photo of the injured recovering in hospital following the bomb at Redruth railway station. The patient with glasses is Ernie Beeley who lost his hand during the action. 20th March - a photo of the injured This has come from the Cornish Memory website and may be used with the following citation: “World War II Bombing, Redruth, 1942,” cornishmemory.com, accessed May 30, 2017, http://cornishmemory.com/item/BRA_10_126." The gentleman on the left in this picture is Edgar T. Holway who was the unfortunate person who lost his leg in the Redruth station bombing incident.
The above has been added to Cornwall Railways War Diary by Phil Hadley. Also by Phil Hadley is a highly recommended fiction based on WW2 ' No small stir'.
Burlescombe
Roger Geach

Picture
Once an everyday scene. Burlescombe 47741 on an up passenger on the 29th July 2000 Copyright Roger Geach
Padstow
Alan Harris

Picture
Padstow in 1905. Showing how the railway extended beyond the station to serve the fish quays. The area is dominated by the Metropole Hotel top right. From the Alan Harris Collection
Langstone Rock
John Cornelius

Picture
Currently a common sight along here but not for much longer! Copyright John Cornelius

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