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Porthcurno (Cornish: Porthkornow, meaning "Port (or Bay) of Cornwall") is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen.
It is centred 6.6 miles (10.6 km) west of the railway, market and resort town of Penzance and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from Land's End, the most westerly point of the English mainland. Road access is via the north end of the valley along a long cul-de-sac with short branches off the B3283 and land traditionally associated with the village, including its beach, is on the South West Coast Path.
The cliffs and coastline around Porthcurno are officially designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Part of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and widely considered as some of the most visually stunning in the United Kingdom. Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
Porthcurno beach and bay enclosed by the Logan Rock headland has been listed among the ten most beautiful bays in the World. The cliffs are enjoyed by walkers using the many public footpaths in the area and the protected South West Coastal Footpath passes through the area often within just a few yards of the clifftops. Coastal areas around Porthcurno, including those formerly owned by Cable and Wireless, are now owned, preserved and maintained by the National Trust and the remainder by the local parish council on behalf of Cornwall Council. The nearby cliffs rise to 60 m to 70 m above mean sea level and are formed from a bedrock of prismatic granite; over the geological timescales having been eroded, shaped and divided vertically and horizontally sometimes almost into rounded cubic blocks.
An ancient bridleway, probably an early route to Porthcurno beach via the nearby Trendrennen Farm, about half a mile to the east of the village, has been opened by the Ramblers Association. This was probably used by horse-drawn carts to collect seaweed which was used for land fertilisation.
Porthcurno beach and bay, a few hundred yards south of the village is situated in the shelter of the Logan Rock headland just less than one mile (1.6 km) to the east. The beach is noted for its sand of crushed, white sea shells, privacy and isolation rather than movement of ships. Porthcurno Bay has been described as "floored by glorious white sand that shines through translucent water". Sometimes combinations of wind, tides and sea currents can change the 'sandscape' dramatically in a few hours, but the volume of sand is sufficient that it is unusual for the beach to be completely inundated by the sea at high tide. To the immediate east of Porthcurno beach, on the other side of Percella Point is a small tidal beach called Green Bay. Sometimes this is accessible with caution from Porthcurno beach at low tide.
Another tidal beach called Pedn Vounder lies further to the east between Porthcurno and the Logan Rock headland for which footpath access is by a steep and rugged path leading down from the cliff path. Often a sand bank forms off Pedn Vounder at low tide. Unlike the nearby fishing coves of Penberth and Porthgwarra, about one and a half miles (2.4 km) to the east and west respectively, Porthcurno has no known recent history of commercial fishing activity.
(Wikipedia)
Porthcurno ist eine kleine Siedlung in der 9,7 km² großen Gemeinde St Levan an der Südwestküste Englands im ehemaligen District Penwith der Grafschaft Cornwall.
Größtenteils entstand die Siedlung im späten 19. Jahrhundert, nach Aufkommen der elektrischen Überseekommunikation. Nachdem 1866 das erste dauerhafte Telegrafiekabel zwischen Irland und Amerika in Betrieb ging, suchte man einen Platz in England um weitere Seekabel anzulanden. Dazu schien das dort bestehende flach abfallende Tal mit einem kleinen Sandstrand in der sonst steilen Felsküste ideal. Auch ist die Bucht unbehelligt von Strömungen und Schiffen. Im Jahre 1870 wurden die ersten beiden Kabel nach Carcavelos in Portugal und zur 40 Meilen vor Land’s End liegenden Brisk verlegt, einem ehemaligen Sklavenschiff, das bis zum Kabelbruch zwei Monate lang als Signalstation für vorbeifahrende Schiffe diente. Der Betrieb der Telegrafiestation wurde 1872 von der neu gegründeten Eastern Telegraph Company Ltd. (ETC) übernommen, die 1928 mit der Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company Ltd. zur Imperial and International Communications Ltd. fusionierte, welche 1934 in Cable & Wireless umbenannt wurde. In der Nähe in Poldhu wurde von Marconi auch die erste drahtlose Telegrafieverbindung über den Atlantik realisiert.
Zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen des 20. Jahrhunderts wurden in Porthcurno insgesamt 14 Seekabel betrieben, die England bis nach Indien verbanden, und war damals die größte Seekabelstation der Welt. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges entstand ab 1941 in den Klippen von Porthcurno ein umfangreiches unterirdisches Bunkersystem, welches die technischen Anlagen vor deutschen Luftangriffen schützen sollte. Im Cable Office wurden über die Jahre viele Lehrlinge in Telegrafie und verwandten Berufen geschult. 1950 gründete Cable & Wireless ein College für Nachrichtentechnik, welches bis 1993 betrieben wurde. Die letzten Telegraphenkabel wurden 1970 außer Betrieb genommen, exakt 100 Jahre nachdem das erste Kabel anlandete.
Heute wird der Strand von mehreren Seekabelbetreibern als Anlandepunkt für Glasfaserkabel genutzt. Kurz nach Schließung des College wurde in den Tunneln das Porthcurno Telegraph Museum eingerichtet. Gleich außerhalb liegt das seit 1932 bespielte Freilicht-Minack Theatre.
(Wikipedia)
Well. I always try to give you a bit of variety and today it is antique treen. "What's that?" I hear you ask. Well, the word 'Treen' is derived from the word 'tree' (Heh, who would have guessed it?) and is a term used to describe wooden household objects, all turned from one piece of wood e.g. a bowl, plate, gingerbread mould, and spoons, always having a function.
Nowadays when we talk about Antique Treen it tends to cover all small wooden items including antique snuff boxes, candle stands, spice towers, etc. often made from several pieces of turned wood.
When a piece of wood has been painstakingly turned or carved, handled, polished and loved over a few hundred years old, it can develop a wonderful colour and patina and becomes an irresistible (irresistible??) piece of Antique Treen.
Well, until two minutes ago I didn't know any of that, and I copied all the above from some antique dealers web page.
But my parents did some antique dealing in their early retirement and my mum always used to pull out little pieces she came across that she just 'liked' as fun, or pretty objects which she would slip us as Christmas or birthday presents when we already had all the usual things we could want. I noticed these three snuff boxes sat on an old writing box in our sitting room. They've been there years, and in the strong winter sunlight they just caught my attention once more.
I only tried snuff twice, once when my grandpa Innes gave me some at about the age of seven. He liked his little jokes and was always being scolded by his wife for teaching his grandsons how to do things they shouldn't. I don't remember how I reacted that first time probably because he had also given us some whisky, but I do remember how my head almost came off at a boozy officer's dinner when I tipped a too generous heap of spicy snuff onto the back of my hand and inhaled with the deepest vacuous sniff I could muster. The reaction was a thoroughly unpleasant experience and forever I wondered what one was supposed to gain from snuff, apart from some nice little wooden treens.
This viewpoint is slightly lower down the cliff than the previous image and a bit of a scramble down but the two fingers of rock viewable from this lower position make great pointers.
The old German metal stove in the kitchen was a very lucky find, as they are quite rare in this small size.
Das Naturschutzgebiet Sorgwohld beinhaltet das grösste geschlossene Binnendünengebiet Schleswig-Holsteins.
I cut a chunk off the fallen treen and propped up the new one, the tree said thank you and I went on my way :-)
Battered German treen coffee service with an old, unmarked set of rustic painted kitchen furniture, also German.
The shelves are copied from a 1:1 set in an elderly relative's kitchen, the table and chairs were inspired by a 1950s dolls' house set by the East German EMS combine. The dark-skinned doll is a celluloid Minerva, probably pre-1933, the painted bisque doll is just marked "Germany" and has a lovely 1940s/50s hairstyle. The dog is a Chinese crochet toy.
The weather forecast gave me little hope of dawn colour from the beach at Porthcurno but all the group were keen to meet up before breakfast. It's a great location for sunrise as it's very close to the guesthouse and the view from Porthcurno to the Logan Rock headland faces east in contrast to lots of the locations on the West Cornwall workshop which have a westerly view and therefore better for sunset. As we made our way down to the beach I could see some clear patches and colour in the pre-dawn sky, we would be setting up only 15 minutes before sunrise which is cutting it a bit fine and so I tried to encourage everyone to work as quickly as possible. Over the next 20 minutes we had some lovely light and everyone got some great images. My favourite was this one taken 6 minutes before sunrise.
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The rather splendid and secluded Pedn Vounder beach, which is just east of Porthcurno.
Access to the beach is either by boat, or on foot from the coastal path along the cliffs. I followed the coastal path route which at the end requires a scramble down some rocks. I must admit when I first saw the scramble I was a little put off, but given that several little kids had managed it I decided to give it a go.
Logan Rock is the rocky headland pictured.
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These wire armature dolls' house dolls came to me from Leipzig, and I think they may be German. Their wool-wound hands are reminiscent of Grecons, as are Little Girl's melon-shaped metal feet. But the adults have felt "stockings" on their legs like BAPS dolls, their metal feet also resemble early BAPS feet. And their painted cloth faces don't match either maker's style. They are very skilfully made, whoever they are. The adults are 12.5cm tall (the maid's high bun makes her 13cm tall), the child is 9.5cm.
"Korbi" armchair by Karl Schreiter, and another early twentieth century Minerva celluloid doll. The stove in the corner is a novelty die-cast pencil sharpener from the 1970s or 1980s.
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