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| Weight | 0.62 kg |
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| Dimensions | 24.5 × 17.0 × 2.0 cm |
POLKERRIS, A HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE AND ITS PILCHARD FISHERY, by Nigel Hall
£15.00
A remarkably extensive and well-researched account of the coastal village in St Austell Bay. The author has examined its pilchard fishery, smuggling, the coastguards and lifeboats, the school, and the life of the village within the Menabilly Estate and more recently, its tourism.
Published by The Pilchard Press.
242 pages, maps, illustrations (some coloured).
ISBN 978-0-9926131-2-9
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Terry Knight –
From Old Cornwall / Kernow Goth Vol 15, no. 9, Autumn 2019:
Few of our smallest coastal communities have been treated to the kind of intensive study which Nigel Hall has brought to Polkerris in the St Austell Bay. He delivers the story of both the village – part of the Menabilly Estate – and its significant pilchard fishing past. It is something of a triumph.
The real beginnings of fishing generating a community here, in the early 17th century, are then followed by its growth into a mainstay of the 18th century and its decline in the 19th. The author looks at all elements of the industry from the seining companies, boats, fish cellars, bulking and curing, taxation, and so forth. So he offers a useful insight into its operation in Cornwall.
Besides this the author looks at the story of the vital pier, smuggling and coastguards, wreck and rescue, early tourism, education, and indeed every aspect of a village’s past you would expect to read about. Moreover, the story is brought up to date.
Illustrated by a mixture of coloured and monochrome maps, photographs and paintings, complete with bibliographical references, sources primary and secondary, and an index, this is an attractive 242-page book at a good price.
Editor.