no not for years Perranorth is not the perranpoth I rememberas a child. Back then one could walk rthe 3 mile beach and see no one. after a storm and high tide use to go hunting for glass fishing net floats, still have about a dozen in the loft here. The shop ones arn’t genuine
local beach names starting from Droskin point with the hole through it
then is droskin steps -sunny corner- dead mans pool (body found floating in it) - the cubby hole- Chapel rock - flat rocks -High cliffs weal vlow -weal mary ( mine shaft addicts) and on to the other end of the beach and what was the army camp? we used to go seine net fishing - lay bankers (line of baited hooks and ends buried in the sand. Then next low tide see what we had caught . The other side of droskin point beach side is catherdral cavern (caught a lobster in there ) at very low tide . past that is an area of sea called The meadows and on from that the rocks called “cow and calf”
OH out of interest the healey family lived in perranporth (Austin Healey car fame) I new them well as they were dads fishing pals. John Healey owned the Red house grocery store and bic(brian) Healy the bambo hut club next the the railway bridge > Don healey their dad had a place in St Agnes.
Austin had tfhe cars and healey the power boats
One absolutly amazing sight watched was while fishing off Droskin Point, the whole bay (all 3 miles of it) was shimmering with mackerel from one end to the other, I guess they were beng chased in by sharks or somedthing.
of course back then no beach bars or beach cafes which for me ruins perranporth as I knew it
My gran had a house in tregungy terrase off twyrnhale road which was left to my mother then to me. It was the original head coast guards house before the hotels were built I had to sell it as I had as house in surrey and it was too far to maintain or keep an eye on, moveing was not an option
Yes I guess I know a little more about perranporth than most living there now
we are a week into winter!