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07/06/2026

Do you remember what was shown on the screen in the small cinema at the Shipwreck Centre? Some people recall a film being played, while others remember a slideshow of still images. The images shared here come from those slides, which have recently been added to our archive.
We’d love to hear your memories—can you help fill in the details of what you recall, and perhaps shed some light on elements of the story that was being told?
(Credits & Thanks: Charlestown History Group. CHG/SM1249/P2104). ;

31/05/2026

The only known photograph of Charlestown's upper, number 2 or Carbean Clay Dry, which was later incorporated within the old Foundry site. The photo is undated but likely to have been taken in the years before the Great War, when horse-powered transport was still predominant in the clay industry. It may well be the only one showing the dry under working conditions. If any of our readers know differently, we'd love to hear from you. (Credits & Thanks: History Group. CHG/SM1174/P2080). , )

24/05/2026

Adverts showing the harbour for sale in 2012. (Credits & Thanks: BNPS; History Group. CHG/SM1022/P1488).

03/05/2026

An old and newer view of the lower part of Duporth Road showing the gardens of Back Row. 50 years separate the photos, and now the view has changed further with the construction of new housing on the site of the old coal yard and cooperage. (Credits & Thanks: History Group. CHG/SM1021/P1484).

19/04/2026

An action shot from inside the foundry in 1987. The Ironworks first opened in 1827. (Credits & Thanks: History Group. CHG/SM1026/P4115).

12/04/2026

An unusual view of Duck Street and the back of what was then Bay View Guest House. Taken from the then-new Rashleigh Beer Garden in the late 1970s. (Credit: Charlestown History Group. CHG/SM1012/P1175).

05/04/2026

New Consolidated Mines of Cornwall Ltd lorry tipping clay to MV Navis. (Credit: China Clay History Society. CHG/SM1003/P1438).

29/03/2026

Steam power dominates the shipping in this postcard view from early in the 20th century. (Credits & Thanks: Charlestown History Group. CHG/SM1249/P1766). ;

22/03/2026

The inner harbour was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1942 for the war effort to complete the fit-out of mine sweepers. (Credits & Thanks: Charlestown History Group. CHG/SM1248/P1080). ;

15/03/2026

From the early 1790s, rope making was one of the first industries to establish itself in Charlestown, supporting the construction of the new port. Largely unchanged today, this 1980s view shows the ropewalk—a long, straight track where materials, originally h**p, were laid out and twisted together to form rope. Charlestown’s ropewalk is over 300 metres long and was capable of producing ropes up to 1,000 feet in length. (Credits & Thanks: Charlestown History Group. CHG/SM1247/P4287). ;

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