Invasion Around St Austell Bay Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- The summer of 1940 saw Britain facing invasion and thanks to Hitler's Directive No 16 Cornwall was in the forefront of the Nazi invasion plans. This video book looks at the defences that were prepared around St Austell Bay on the south Cornish coast and sees what remains of them today.
This video has been reloaded due to UMG's worldwide ban on Anne Shelton's song I'll Be Seeing You which caused the original Part Two to be blocked worldwide. The 'offending' song has now been removed! The original video had 2,247 views with 19 likes. I have copied and pasted the comments from the original video.
For ease of viewing the video has been uploaded in three parts:
Part One deals with the coast from Dodman Point to Black Head covering Hemmick Beach, Gorran Haven, and Mevagissey;
Part Two travels from Porthpean to Carlyon Bay taking in Charlestown, Crinnis Beach, Shorthorn Beach and Fishing Point;
Part Three commences at Spit and looks at Par Docks, Par Beach, Polkerris, Polridmouth and the Gribben Head. If you are interested in this section of coast you should also view my Bodmin Stop Line Part 7: Fowey Estuary & The Neighbouring Beaches video • No Small Stir: The Bod...
If you have any more information or wartime photographs on the defences mentioned in this video please leave a comment. If you had relatives who built or served in the defences please leave a comment.
This video has been made to honour the memory of all those who served in World War Two to preserve our freedom. With gratitude we will remember them.
The music featured in part two includes Canon by Pachelbel, Do I worry by The Inkspots, Could you please oblige us with a bren gun by Noel Coward, Nimrod by Elgar, Get in your shelter by Arthur Askey, Sing as we go by Gracie Fields, My prayer by The Inkspots and When this lousy war is over - a parody sung by wartime troops.
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Thanks for watching and reading.
@CelticSaint
11 years ago
Another brilliant video. Many thanks. Those pill boxes would make a cracking place to lay low for a while, should the need arise!
@2DFlightSim
9 years ago
Really interesting stuff thanks for making this video. I live in Australia now,
@richardsirley1714
10 years ago
The pillbox on the seaward side of the road remains intact immediately next to the top of the steps. It appears to contain some electrical panels. Was also intrigued to hear of the collapsed pillbox past shorthorn point, I wasn't aware there was ever one in this position. Excellent work.
@KernowVRS
9 years ago
Great video Phil. Grew up in Porthpean, remember playing in the watchtower in the 1980's. Won't be long before the sea claims it now due to cliff erosion. Parents house backed onto Duporth woods which was a holiday camp for so many years, incorporating the big house in your video. Now a new housing development with so little remaining, although they preserved one of the original one room chalets. Perhaps the Indian soldiers stayed in it during the war. Sad that 3 of them remain in Charlestown.
@nigelcheshire3459
11 years ago
I lived at St.Blazey Gate. My Dad(Bill Cheshire) said that the pill box above fishing roack was hexagonal, and that there were rifle slit trenches above Crinnis. How can I obtain a copy of these three great video's please? This kind of record is so vital to record our Cornish past. Great job!
@FishingCanterbury
11 years ago
Good Video.
@jrybialek
6 years ago
Phil. Do you know what the two iron pipes set in the ground, either side of the road, Mount Charles side of the iron bridge on Holmbush Road? Were they used for a WW2 roadblock? If you go my Facebook page, Alex Rybialek, and look in my Timeline photo album you can see photos of them. I hope you know the answer to this puzzle. Cheers.
Old sewer ventilation pipe! You can find an almost intact one on Tregonissey Road outside the house between the school and the college. So probably older than WW2 but not part of any roadblock.
@lyndonallen4359
3 years ago
You are incorrect on your Eastern pill box at charlestown, there was a large lamp in that shed, used to illuminate the breakwater at night for shipping purposes, the concrete plinth you said was where the home guard shed was is also incorrect, that is the remains of an ice cream shop, the Eastern pill box was at the top of the 1st field, still there today but compl buried, lyndon Allen, Charlestown history group
@PhilsTeleTime
3 years ago
Thanks for the correction. Always willing to learn. Are there any photos of the eastern pillbox?