Rugged Living in 1940s Cornwall and Devon | Everyday Life

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Original newsreels used:

Lighthouses - 1940
Film ID: 2068.03

Relief for Wolf Rock Lighthouse - 1948
Film ID: 1420.35

Tin Mining - 1940
Film ID: 1613.04

Clovelly Cornwall - 1948
Film ID: 2425.21

They Bring You Fish - 1946
Film ID: 2897.09

Bamboo - 1942
Film ID: 1373.13

Coast Guards - 1945
Film ID: 1386.07

Crab Pots - 1949
Film ID: 1275.31

St Michael’s Mount - 1949
Film ID: 1369.15

Artists Colony - 1948
Film ID: 2036.08

[Kevin-Brent]

My great uncle, a WWII Veteran spent time in Cornwall. He fell in love both with Cornwall, and a lovely lady from Cornwall. They married and went on to have 5 children together. Because of his US Navy career, they resided in the US. But, they both made sure that their 5 children maintained both US/UK citizenship. She passed away from cancer in the late 1960's. He never remarried. When he was nearing the end of his life in 2006, he instructed the 5 children that his ashes were to be interred with her in Cornwall. And, that's where they both RIP now. I never knew her, (I was born after she passed). But, my uncle used to speak of Cornwall as often as he spoke of her. He seemed to feel it was more a 'home' than where he was born and raised here in Virginia.

[AnonNomad]

Imagine traveling back in time and explaining to one of these men and women about the scale of change that their country and culture would undergo in less than 100 years. Unreal to think about not hearing the constant rumble of jet airliners in the sky, nor the background roar of car traffic day and night. Different country, like a fiction almost.

[liamkatt]

I went to the Blue Anchor in Helston in 1972 with my brother after we read an article in the Daily Mirror about their Spingo Bitter. Been back many times since. Not changed a bit. Great pub and great beer.

[LaysAndLore]

Um Clovelly is in Devon not Cornwall 🤔

[helenswan]

A shame not to hear Cornish and Devon voices. But I guess this was typical for Pathé.

[kenbrooks]

Was Clovelly in Cornwall in 1948 then? 🤔🙄

[harbourdogNL]

Back when you could buy a fisherman's hovel for about £100 quid and not a million like today.

[mccmusicus]

Lovely footage thank you. Ditch the cheesy music in the beginning & the Monty Python cartoon continuity hand - they undermine the beauty & dignity of this historical archive.

[Clare-kzcb]

Bet everyone of their houses are holiday homes now.

[ChrisSpriggs-rjys]

My mother grew up at that time and the reality was rationing and poverty in Cornwall but anyway jam first 😊

[UKCoastwalk]

Clovelly is North Devon, not Cornwall!

[EdLeslie-hw]

"Back in the day" (the 60s) Us London lads where always in north Cornwall surfing (before it became Tourist hot spot). One year we were there at Clovelly for a visit and the fishermen had cought a shark and straight away they laid it out on the jetty with a bucket and a sign saying 'Please remember the Fishermen '... 😊

[jdaze]

Ever wonder why most lighthouses arent built really high so shis can see the light way beyond the curvaturure. Most are no more than 40 feet above sea level.

[Lightw]

Love that postie rowing out in his shirt and tie.

[peterjhillier]

Well, Clovelly is in Devon and apart from the extremely irritating Commentary some beautiful shots of what used to be.

[Torana-gzls]

They certainly knew how to put in a full day of hard work then.

[Volts]

What's the name of the music in this film? I'm curious about the guitar that starts just after 0:37.

[jude]

The music during the pounding waves on the rocky coast was chirpy. Whose idea was that?

[TMGold]

Clovelly you now have to pay £9 entry fee... affects families on a budget! Love the old footage though <3

[ChaimkeProductions]

nowadays in a interview about britain, we would need one trans, one black, one ethnic, one disabled all interviewed, because the channels are desperate to show how inclusive they are. also we would have alex scott with her wonderful pronounciation like `runnin and rowin` apparently not pronouncing the g and saying words like innit show how diverse we all are, and if we dont accept it with open arms, we are dinosaurs and racists!