An iconic picture of Falmouth’s Customs House Quay basin in the 1960s
The Falmouth Packet's maritime correspondent David Barnicoat takes a look back at the port in days gone by:
The former Falmouth gasworks in February 1960, now the site of the Church Street, or Gasworks, car park
Sailing vessel Velkommen aground at Crabb Quay, Pendennis Point, in November 1896 while on passage from Le Havre, France, to Newport in tow of the tug Sir W T Lewis.
Pendennis Point in 1915 – not a car or ice cream vendor in sight
The Polish barque Dar Mlodziezy pictured in Falmouth Bay during the 1982 Tall Ships Race. She is an entrant in this year’s race which takes place in August
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