Doom Bar.

[Saul]

Down at Padstow sing this afternoon.   Got there a bit early and had a mooch about.  The tide was out so you could see the Doom Bar out in the estuary.  

This is the boat we were singing on  

Padstow or Padstien as the locals call it is a pretty harbour and town and worth a visit, but it is expensive.   Actually saw the man himself, but seeing he seems to own half the place that shouldn’t be a surprise.  
 

 

[XTreme]

Nice place Saul.......but why "Doom Bar"?

[Saul]

Loads of boats have famously been lost stuck on that bar over the centuries.  More dramatic as it is clearly visible from the harbour wall.  There is even a beer named after it.  

[Saul]

45 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Nice place Saul.......but why "Doom Bar"?

https://www.thepointatpolzeath.co.uk/2020/10/the-doom-bar-stories-and-shipwrecks/#:~:text=According to local folklore%2C the,have been lost in time.

[Six30]

Been to Padstow since but i remember going there with my mum and dad i  must of only been about 7, remember an old girl shouting at every one waving  a kitchen knife about on that balcony

 

[Saul]

I forget her name but she was batshit crazy. She also used to recite poetry and shout at people in general.  

[boboneleg]

When Paolo was young we went to Padstow and group were singing sea shanty's right here .............

 

 

Paolo always remembers it as the group sang this which he still sings himself from time to time .............

 

 

[Saul]

That’s the Customs House Hotel.      I know Donkey Riding

[Six30]

Here she is ...

In 1938 Abbey House was sold at auction to Harry and Annie Simpson, a wealthy couple from London, for £600. Sadly just a few years after the sale in 1947 Harry was killed in a car crash and following his death his widow became something of a recluse.

Annie became increasingly eccentric in her old age and could often be seen standing in the arched window watching the world go by, sometimes making comments on it all to no one in particular. She became something of a celebrity, though local people did try to protect her from the curious onlookers as much as possible. Annie lived alone in the house until her death in 1981

 

[Saul]

Just now, Six30 said:

Here she is ...

In 1938 Abbey House was sold at auction to Harry and Annie Simpson, a wealthy couple from London, for £600. Sadly just a few years after the sale in 1947 Harry was killed in a car crash and following his death his widow became something of a recluse.

Annie became increasingly eccentric in her old age and could often be seen standing in the arched window watching the world go by, sometimes making comments on it all to no one in particular. She became something of a celebrity, though local people did try to protect her from the curious onlookers as much as possible. Annie lived alone in the house until her death in 1981

 

Good find, I only knew a little about her as one of the guys in my singing group grew up in Padstow and told me a few tales.