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16 - The Moor from Wellington Terrace

Trevethan School (under the clock tower) was requisitioned in August 1914 for hospital use. A Market was situated next to the Passmore Edwards building. Every Saturday there was a stall collecting donations of produce and cakes for the patients at the Military Hospitals in the town.

Contributed: From Brian Osborne's 'Images of the Past' collection #1049

Tags: moor, trevethan, school, market, passmore, edwards, military, hospital

John Burton

John Burton (1839-1907) was born on 10 November at Lostwithiel. At the age of 22 he left home and came to Falmouth where he founded the world-famous Old Curiosity Shop at 27 Market Street (now Boots opticians and hearingcare). H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) made some purchases by commission, being unable to ‘call upon him’, during his visit to Falmouth in 1887. Always the entrepreneur, he offered £500 for Smeaton’s Lighthouse when it was replaced by the new Eddystone Lighthouse. His bid was unsuccessful, and the lighthouse was given to Plymouth on the condition that the town paid the cost of removing it and re-erecting it on the Hoe, where it stands to this day.

Contributed: From the Osborne family collection

Post Office Yard, off Market Street

Behind WH Smith, separated from what was then Woolworth's flat roofed building (now Wilko) by Fountain Ope. Included in the Clearance programme of 1957.