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Charles Curgenvan would come up on the organ playing the music from the "Pirates of Penzance" If anyone comes across this thread and is a bit interested in Mr Curgenven - Curvgenvens are rather rare as the name is made up They have a facebook page...

Marvelous !! - remember Ben as a window cleaner from when I lived in PZ in the 50's and later as the doorman at the Wintergardens - the string vest is the clincher...summer or winter...

He painted murals in the petrol station on Hayle causeway - now demolished.

The portals were put there by Smeaton when he built his extension to the original pier which ended at the first Lighthouse - if you look at the pier above those portals you will see a pair of rails where a crane once ran to lift the baulks which controlled sand level in the harbour. The baulks...

Nobody replied ??? I gave up driving in '78 after my car was broken into just too many times and I was working 2 minutes from my house - the next 20 years I walked as far as the pub then I gave up going to the pub. I'd suffered with severe back pain from '72 to the early 2000's when I tore...

Thanks for the info - I was completely out of music by the time you had Smiler and hadn't seen Phil since probably 1968 - there aren't many from my youth that I care to hear about but Phil was a top chap and the only mention of him in 40 years was a very sad obituary so I'm pleased to hear of...

Marvelous !! I must correct myself..Al didn't join the Police. The light shows at the Wints were by Mick Phelps. Mr Symons suggests the Bali Club being in Chapel street - that sounds good.

Yep - you've got AL & Mr Semmens spot on - very odd thinking back to those times - I remember all those people as being very mature, very skilled and passionate about their music but we were playing the Barn & Wints at night and getting up for school the next day. I don't actively seek out...

A reply at random to this fantastic thread - I knew the Wishful Thinking when they were the Emeralds - played with them (Buccaneers) at the Barn and Seahawk Club at Culdrose. So many memories here it's a bit overwhelming - the Wints particularly as I spent so much time there. IIRC the...