A family wedding, a town builder, and a century-old connection have inspired a look back at Falmouth’s past for this special edition of Step Back in Time.
Roger Davy from Ilkley has shared photos and stories marking what will be the 100th anniversary of his parents’ wedding on Monday.
The ceremony took place on October 19, 1926 at the old Baptist Church, then situated on Market Street in Falmouth. The church was later demolished to make way for a Woolworths store, now also consigned to history.
His mother, Doris Moss, was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Sarah Anne Moss.
Ernest, a well-known builder in the town, constructed the family home, Pencarn, at the top of Killigrew and was responsible for many of the houses on Western Terrace and other areas in Falmouth.
He also built the 'new' Baptist Church on Western Terrace, which opened in 1939.
In 1910, Mr Moss won the contract to build the Princess Pavilion near Gyllyngdune Gardens.
Mr Davy said: "It was officially opened in April 1911 by the Princess Alexander of Teck, using the Presentation Key given to her by Mr Moss.
"I wonder what happened to that ornate key?"
Anyone entering Pendennis Castle walks across a stone bridge over the former moat, which was also built by E H Moss & Co.
Mr Davy's father, Walter Davy of Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire, was stationed in Falmouth during the First World War from 1916 to 1918 and served in a flotilla of minesweepers converted from fishing trawlers.
He met Mr and Mrs Moss at the Baptist Church, and was engaged to Doris May in 1923.
Following their wedding, the couple moved to Ilkley.
Mr Davy notes that on his parents' wedding day in 1926 his father, the bridegroom, does not look particularly cheerful - because he was recovering from a recent severe bout of rheumatic fever.
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