Lostwithiel Gallery

Restormel Castle, Lanlivery Parish, Cornwall. 1914

A man standing on the bridge over the castle moat just outside the gatehouse. Restormel Castle is a well preserved example of a circular shell keep, a rare type of fortification built during a short period in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Such castles were built by converting a wooden motte and bailey castle through replacing the external palisade with a stone wall and filling the internal bailey with domestic stone buildings, clustered around the the inside of the wall to form a defensive bailey. The buildings are curved to fit into the shell keep. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

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The Museum, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 1991

Lostwithiel Old Cornwall Society presented an album of photographs to Lostwithiel Museum to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the granting of the town charter in 1189. The book contains photographs and information about the many tradespeople and craftworkers who were resident in the town in 1989 and forms a unique archive for future generations. From left to right: Eric Furze, Chairman of Lostwithiel Museum; Janet Allison, album compiler; John Reed, Lostwithiel Mayor; Sheila Chapman-Mortimore, album compiler; Jim Jeffery, Chairman of Lostwithiel Old Cornwall Society. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

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Pat Kerr, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. August 1990

After opening the Lostwithiel Church Fete, orphanage founder, Pat Kerr, was presented with scroll in recognition of her work. Miss Kerr, born and bred in the town, was an air stewardess with British Airways, who, upon seeing the plight of homeless children in Bangladesh on her stopovers, decided to set up an orphanage in Dacca. With her determination, practical skill, involving the British Airways crews and eventually the financial might of British Airways itself, she built the orphanage. Pat was followed in her endeavours by reporter Desmond Wilcox and a BBC film crew, and was a subject of This is Your Life with Michael Aspel. The citation on the scroll reads To Miss Patricia Kerr, MBE, in recognition of your services to homeless children in Bangladesh, by your practical help in the building of the orphanage there, by the example you have provided to our young people in your selfless work for the benefit of others and the credit you have brought to this town; the people of Lostwithiel have resolved to present you with this scroll, both as a token of their appreciation and of the esteem and affection in which you are held. Signed by John Reed, Mayor, and Fran Dennison, Town Clerk. Pat Kerr is pictured with Mayor John Reed who is presenting her with the scroll. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

© RIC, photographer Jonathan Barker