Hayle Oral History Project Audio

Here is a selection of audio clips selected and edited by volunteers such as Lynne and Andy.
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Friday, October 21, 2011

Sunday Night in Penzance - Richard Horwell





Thursday, September 1, 2011

Children at War Time - Brian Sullivan





Thursday, August 4, 2011

Old Cornish Song, Cornwall, sung by Charlie Gregory





Old Cornish Pub Song, about a dog sung by Charlie Gregory





Old Cornish Pub Song, Squint-eyed Maid sung by Charlie Gregory





Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Old Cornish Song called sitting alone in an old rocking chair sung by Charlie Gregory





Friday, April 1, 2011

1930's Hayle had Very Busy Harbour





Cargo Into Hayle Mostly Coal - Brian Sullivan





Carnsew Pool - Crispin Clemence





Coal Dust From Power Station Had Its Use - Richard Bowden





The Power Station Triangle - Richard Bowden





North Quay, South Quay and East Quay - Richard Bowden





Workers on the North Quay - Brian Sullivan





Horses Used for Ploughing - Crispin Clemence





St Erth School 1930-1939 - Richard Bowden





Leaving School and Starting Work - Brian Sullivan





Going To School - Richard Bowden





Coronation Day Decoration - John Pollard





Bonfire Night in Hayle - John Pollard





Hayle Had a Busy Rail Station - Richard Horwell





Industry Grew in Hayle - Trevor Millett





Harveys During the War - Brian Sullivan





Harveys Builders Merchants - Brian Sullivan





Specialist Engineers from Foundry - Brian Sullivan





Competition Between The Foundries - Crispin Clemence





Stories Being Told at Christmas - John Pollard





Characters of Hayle - John Pollard





Leaflets Dropped From a Plane - Brian Sullivan





Swimming and Days At The Beach - John Pollard





Electric Power Reaches St Just From Hayle - Donald Thomson





HTP Mill and Rail Line - Winnie Bassett





Noticing Changes in Hayle - Crispin Clemence





Unique Buildings of Old Hayle - Trevor Millett





Delivering The Ships Post - Brian Sullivan





Dutch Ships in Hayle - Brian Sullivan





Ships in Coastal Convoys - Brian Sullivan





Clearing Silt Using The Sluice Gates





Sluice Gates Paddle Gates and Tunnels - Richard Bowden





Noisy HTP Flour Lorries - Richard Bowden





My First MotorBike and Car - Crispin Clemence





Friday, March 25, 2011

Water Polo Club - John Pollard





Swimming at Carnsew - Trevor Millett





Sunday Night in Penzance - Richard Horwell





Scrumpin Apples - Richard Horwell





Going to The Scating Rink - Richard Horwell





Playing a Practical Joke - Richard Horwell





Parents Singing - John Pollard





We Had no TV or Computer Games - Richard Horwell





Playing With an Iron Hoop - Richard Horwell





I Enjoyed Dancing - John Pollard





My Uncles Played in Dance Bands - John Pollard





Cottages - Richard Bowden





Weekly Shopping - John Pollard





Two Main Shops in Hayle - Brian Sullivan





Telephone Lines reach hayle - Richard Bowden





Sweets Rationed During the War - Richard Horwell





Sweet Shop next to Cornubia - Richard Horwell





Social Club at the Power Station - Richard Horwell





Daniels and Pooles Shops - Madeline Thomas





Shoes and Pigeon Food - Richard Horwell





Dynamite Works Rail Line - Richard Bowden





Working at the Power Station - Trevor Millett





Delivering Poultry on a Pony and Jingle - Madeline Thomas





Penlee Quarry - Crispin Clemence





My Father Worked for Harvey's on the Docks - Richard Bowden





Hiring a Bike - Richard Horwell





Making a Phone Call Through the Operators - Brian Sullivan





Being in the Land Army - Madeline Thomas





The ICI Plant in Hayle





Ice Cream and no Refridgerator - Donald Thomson





Being a Herds Girl - Madeline Thomas





Given a Green Card - Richard Horwell





Doing The Banking - Brian Sullivan





Fathers Shop in Hayle - John Pollard





Local Shops Delivered to the Door - Richard Horwell





Looking After the Cows - Madeline Thomas





Working as an Apprentice - Richard Horwell





Alluvial Mine St Erth - Hamilton Hawkins





Trade in Hayle from the Towans - John Pollard





The Towans Chalet's - Richard Horwell





Local Gravedigger - Richard Horwell





Four Bombs Over the Towans - Donald Thomson





Finding a Bomb Splinter - Brian Sullivan





1930's Chalet on the Towans - John Pollard





Friday, March 18, 2011

Pulling Together During The War - Sheila Richards





Remembering The War - Trevor Millett





Girls Training Core - Sheila Richards





U.S Soldiers Friendly In The Town - Brian Sullivan





Stray Bombs Miss Hayle - Trevor Millett





American Soldiers Didn't Mix Together - Brian Sullivan





Rationing During The War - Trevor Millett





Prisoners of War in St Erth - Hamilton Hawkins





Gas Masks Carried in a Round Tin - Richard Horwell





Evacuees Brought From London - Crispin Clemence





American Soldiers in Hayle - Richard Bowden





Activities In Hayle During The War - Brian Sullivan





Windows Had To Be Blacked Out - Richard Horwell





Friday, March 11, 2011

Four Whalers Racing on Regatta Day - Trevor Millett





Underwater Record Bid -Trevor Millett





Wrestling a Bear - Brian Sullivan





Rowing in Hayle Regatta - Crispin Clemence





Red Wings Sailing at Regatta - Trevor Millett





Fishing Boat Sunk by Ships Anchor - Brian Sullivan





Early Carnival 1933 - Richard Horwell





Exhibition at Hayle Regatta - Brian Sullivan





Horse On Carnival Day





Exhibition of Cornish Wrestling - Trevor Millett





Clidgy from Clidgy Bay - Trevor Millett





Carnival Day - Richard Horwell





Carnival Band - Trevor Millett





Copperhouse Chapel - Trevor Millett





Trevor Millett remembers Tea Treat





Sunday School memories

Richard Horwell





Friday, March 4, 2011

Old Cornish Song, Hail to the Homeland, sung by Charlie Gregory





Banking in the old days in Hayle

Brian Sullivan




Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Old Cornish Song about Zennor Feast sung by Charlie Gregory





Wednesday, August 4, 2010

A Rude Old Cornish Pub Song about a Thrashing Machine sung by Charlie Gregory





Friday, June 4, 2010

Old Cornish Song from WWI sung by Charlie Gregory





Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Traffic In St Erth

Vie Care




Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Remember the ferry between Hayle and Lelant..and the ferryman?

Mervyn Sullivan and Michael Trewartha




Another story about the Ferryman who went between Lelant and Hayle (apparently even when the harbour was being sluiced!)

Murphy sisters




Two Wartime Plane Crashes near St Erth

Michael Eddy




The Bofors Gun Protecting Hayle Left Loaded!

Michael Eddy




Monday, March 1, 2010

Making Butts or Go-Karts in Hayle

Michael Trewartha and Mervyn Sullivan




Swimming Race in St. Ives for a Hayle Girl

Tilly Mitchell (Thomas)




Crashing through the ceiling at Hayle Power Station

Dorothy Cook.





Run in the road to pick up dropped coal

Winnie Bassett




Sunday, February 28, 2010

German and Italian Prisoners of War working in St. Erth WWII

Hamilton Hawkins




Pick up a bag of bananas and a bag of churks

Winnie Bassett




Friday, February 26, 2010

Italian POWs Cooking in St Erth

Michael Eddy




St Erth River Flooded

Bob Rickard




Cheeky Italian POWs in St Erth

Doe Harry




Cooking on the Train to St Ives!

Phyllis Blewitt




Thursday, February 25, 2010

Industries on Hayle Quay

John Carter




A Frightening War Image in St. Erth

Doe Harry




Living at the Steam Packet in Hayle

Phyllis Blewitt




Wellington Airplanes Covering the Sky Over Hayle

John Carter




Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Jam Pasties & Dripping Sandwiches!

Doe Harry




A fine wedding reception in Woolworths

Winnie Bassett.





Trip on the Dingy in Hayle Estuary

Murphy sisters




Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Cornubia made in Hayle

Mervyn Sullivan and Michael Trewartha




New School In St Erth

Vie Care




Monday, February 22, 2010

Playing Games In St Erth

Vie Care




Sunday, February 21, 2010

Collecting Water From The Plump (correct name!) In St Erth

Vie Care




Saturday, February 20, 2010

Blackout In Hayle

Murphy sisters




Flower Picking For A Bit Of Extra Cash

Bob Rickard




Singing on May Day in St. Erth

Vie Care




Thursday, February 18, 2010

Gathering Sticks For Fire In St Erth

Vie Care




Saturday, January 30, 2010

Kindrence - Delivering Coal from Wales

John Carter




Saturday, January 16, 2010

Penpol Terrace Railway Line

John Carter




Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Barges built in Hayle helped win the war

Hamilton Hawkins.





American Soliders stationed in Hayle

Alfred Williams.





Bombing of St Ives Gas Works

Alfred Williams.





Doodledashers and Mr Lavis at the Towans Tea Treat

Winnie Bassett.





Fighting to go to the Beach for war finds or other parts of Hayle

Alfred Williams.





Hiding daffodils in coffins to send up country during the war

Winnie Bassett




Italian Prisoners of War reaction to Hayle boys throwing earth

Alfred Williams




Money for sweets when money was scarce

Teresa Thomas