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![Goonvrea, Perranarworthal, Cornwall. December 1924](/t/668/goonvrea-perranarworthal-cornwall-december-15457332.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Goonvrea, Perranarworthal, Cornwall. December 1924</figcaption></b><br>A general view of Goonvrea from a distance with Cliff House below. In 1980, Rex Barratt writes in his book, Stately Homes in and Around Truro, "Goonvrea, probably built by the Fox family of Falmouth and later owned and occupied by Sir Frederick Martin Williams, M.P. for Truro (1865-1878), who was a director of the Perran Iron Foundry and the first Provincial Grand Master of Mark Masons of Cornwall. Later owners were J.P. Paull, and W.E. Harris, who was there in 1939. During the last war it was utilised by U.S. troops and is now a well-known hotel". The hotel was owned by Tony and Joyce Webb and is reported to have been devastated by fire in 1982. By the early 1990s new build houses were erected on the site. The stable block remained standing and has since been converted into houses. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan.<br><em>© From the collection of the RIC</em>")
![A view of the front of Carlyon Bay Hotel After the fire in 1931, St Austell, Cornwall](/t/668/view-carlyon-bay-hotel-1931-st-austell-cornwall-15499988.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>A view of the front of Carlyon Bay Hotel After the fire in 1931, St Austell, Cornwall</figcaption></b><br>"Built in 1925, this was the first hotel at Carlyon Bay and was originally called the St Austell Bay Hotel. The hotel quickly became a fashionable choice with movie stars and celebrities and was frequented by a famous Royal visitor, Edward, then Prince of Wales, and his future wife, Mrs Wallis Simpson. The building suffered the devastating fire on 27th December 1931. Locals who rushed to the scene to help were met with the sight of furniture being frantically thrown from the windows to save it from the flames. During the war years, two boys' schools from Canterbury, The Kings' School and St Edmund's, were evacuated to the hotel to escape the Blitz. In March 1944, General Montgomery came to the hotel to inspect the schools' cadet force. (In April 2015, a special 70th Anniversary Reunion was hosted at the hotel for the surviving evacuees and their partners). There was considerable excitement when Sir Winston Churchill stayed at the hotel with his wife Clementine in 1953. The hotel became part of the Brend Group in 1982". Source: Brend Hotels, 2018. It remains a top class hotel and boasts a championship golf course. Photographer: Probably Arthur William Jordan.<br><em>© From the collection of the RIC</em>")
![Fore Street, Probus, Cornwall. Around 1913](/t/668/fore-street-probus-cornwall-1913-15240362.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Fore Street, Probus, Cornwall. Around 1913</figcaption></b><br>The placard on the cottage reads "Cornwall County Police". The village Police Constable poses for the camera. The lady and the two children are probably the Policeman's wife and children. The same lady can be seen in photograph TRURI: PROct.5, in the distance looking from the roadway outside this cottage towards the camera. In that photograph her clothing and hairstyle, with a bow, are the same. Which would suggest that the photograph was taken on the same day. According to the 1911 Census of Probus, the Police constable was PC Mark Prust aged 28. Born about 1883. His wife was Maud Prust aged 26. At that time they did not have any children and they had been married for under two years. Their address was "Sunnyside, Probus." According to the 1901 Census of St Austell, Maud, nee Westcott, was aged 16 and living with her family in Blowing House Hill, St Austell. She was a dressmaker by trade. Under worker it stated "Own means." Further research using the book "One & All, A History of Policing in Cornwall, The Cornwall Constabulary 1857-1967" by Ken Searle, Published by Halsgrove in 2005, found that PC 6 Mark Prust was a carpenter from Hartland, Devon, prior to being appointed on 2nd November 1904 to the Cornwall Constabulary. On 19th May 1909, he married Maud Westcott at the Methodist Chapel, Tregonissey, St Austell. He had served at Bodmin, Falmouth and Truro from 1st May 1909. Probus village Police station was probably a satellite village station of Truro Police station. In the photograph Maud has two children. The child in the pushchair is about 12 months or under and the standing child is around 2 years old. This research information and Maud's style of clothing, including the height of her skirt hemline, would suggest that these two photographs (TRURI:PROct.5 and TRURI:PROct.6) were perhaps around taken around 1913. Photographer: Samuel John Govier.<br><em>© © RIC</em>")
![Victoria Terrace, Terras Road, St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall. Early 1900s](/t/668/victoria-terrace-terras-road-st-stephen-brannel-cornwall-14753494.jpg.webp "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Victoria Terrace, Terras Road, St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall. Early 1900s</figcaption></b><br>A photograph of "The Terrace's, St Stephens" taken on a sunny day. A horse and cart goes downhill away from St Stephen passing a boy standing by a garden gate. A lady stands at her garden gate looking towards the camera. Victoria Terrace was built in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Photographer: Samuel John Govier.<br><em>© © RIC</em>")
