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Newlyn Green turned brown in 1993 when the main sewage pipe was laid. This sloping concrete wall which I remember as a child disappeared soon after for many years and now has been replaced with a grass bank.

This is how the children's fenced in area at the Art Gallery end of Newlyn Green used to look, before the gate was widened so cars could drive in, as they have continuously this morning, churning the grass up and making a lot of noise! It is the Newlyn Raft Race day on the Green today...

I have no idea what this Ka was doing on the verge like this but had to take a few snaps. As I look at this picture, that whistling tune from the Great Escape springs to mind.

Not.

and failing

Over Newlyn Green, July 2008

This is similar to an older picture from the same spot in someone else's album.

Taken in 1860 this picture of the Green Market shows one of the few water chutes situated at the end of the building. This water chute was fed from the Causeway Head reservoir. There were only a couple of these chutes and none of the houses had running water like today.

This is the Market Place in 1880. The road leading off to the left is to the Greenmarket and to Causewayhead.