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Dennis Print & Publishing
Printed & Published by E.T.W. Dennis & Sons Ltd. Scarborough
Number: D017027L
A John Hinde (UK) Ltd Product

The end of the Golden Hinde with the deer head, with building work right next to it.

Thinking outside the box.
( and sitting on top of it at the same time . .)

Lině (Dobřany) Air Base

Golden Hind was a galleon captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580. She was originally known as Pelican, but Drake renamed her mid-voyage in 1578, in honour of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden hind (a female red deer). Hatton was one of the principal sponsors of Drake's world voyage.

A full-sized, seaworthy reconstruction is in London, on the south bank of the Thames.

The Postcard

A postally unused postcard that was published by John Hinde (U.K.) Ltd. of Redruth, Cornwall. The photography was by Phillip Fenton.

The following information is provided on the divided back of the card:

"Mousehole, pronounced Mowsal, is a
typical Cornish fishing village set in nooks
and corners overlooking an ample harbour.
It is recorded that the last person to speak
Cornish, Dolly Pentreath, died here in 1777,
and is buried in the church of St. Paul.
Mousehole is very popular with artists, and
the neighbouring village Newlyn, has given
its name to a school of artists.
From here the tourist can find an excellent
starting point for exploring the wonderful
southwest of the county."

Mousehole

Mousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall. In the 2011 Census Mousehole had a population of 697.

It is approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. An islet called St. Clement's Isle lies about 350 metres (380 yd) offshore from the harbour entrance.

Mousehole lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). 27% of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

-- History of Mousehole

The first mention of the village of Mousehole is in 1283, and the first mention of Portheness is in 1267. Although usually thought of as the same place, a document from 1309 names Porthenys juxta Mousehole, implying two separate places.

If the amount of tax paid is indicative of how important a place was, in the 14th. century, tax collected on the number of fishing boats in Mousehole was £5. Nearby Marazion paid £1 6s 8d, Newlyn £1, Penzance 12s and Porthgwarra and Penberth 12s.

There were three medieval chapels, including the one on St. Clement's island. In 1383 a chapel was dedicated to "the Blessed Virgin Mary" and was in ruins by 1414 due to storms. It was rebuilt around 1420, and finally destroyed during the Reformation.

Another chapel was licensed in 1441 and dedicated to St. Edward the Confessor.

Records show that pilchards were exported to France as early as 1302, and in the late 18th. century there were five seines and 55 boats based in the harbour. In the 1880's there was still a drift pilchard fishery, and in the autumn around sixty boats fished in the North Sea.

Along with Marazion, Mousehole was one of the principal ports of Mount's Bay until the 16th. century. Before its decline as a major commercial centre, Mousehole also had a number of fairs and markets, including the charter for a market on Tuesdays, with a fair for three days at the festival of St. Barnabas, granted to Henry de Tyes in 1292.

Mousehole, like many communities in Mount's Bay, fell within the authority of the Manor of Alverton; all early charters, fairs etc. associated with Mousehole are associated with this manorial estate.

Mousehole, like Penzance, Newlyn and Paul, was attacked in the 1595 raid on Mount's Bay by Spaniard Carlos de Amésquita, the only surviving building being the 'Keigwin Arms', a local pub.

Outside the Keigwin Arms (now a private residence) is a plaque with the wording:

"Squire Jenkyn Keigwin was killed
here 23rd. July 1595 defending this
house against the Spaniards".

-- Mousehole in the 20th. Century

Although a lifeboat had been available in Mount's Bay for many years, a new lifeboat station at Penlee Point, on the outskirts of the village, was opened in 1913.

On the 19th. December 1981 the entire lifeboat crew of eight was lost during an attempted rescue in hurricane-force winds. The lifeboat was moved to Newlyn in 1983, but continues to be known as the "Penlee Lifeboat".

The village's harbourside was once the location of the Lobster Pot guest house, in which Dylan Thomas and Caitlin Macnamara spent their honeymoon after marrying at Penzance register office.

In 1936 the GPO Film Unit made The Saving of Bill Blewitt, a short film to promote the Post Office Savings Bank, featuring local postman Bill Blewitt.

Mousehole hosts a vibrant variety of festivals and community activities. It is known for its Christmas illuminations. Since 1981, every 19th. December the lights have been turned off in memory of the victims of the lifeboat disaster.

Tom Bawcock's Eve is a unique celebration held on the 23rd. December each year in order to celebrate the ending of a famine in the 16th. century by local resident Tom Bawcock. This festival is the inspiration behind the book 'The Mousehole Cat' by Antonia Barber and the associated television productions.

This festival is also the origin of stargazy pie, a mixed fish, egg and potato pie with fish heads protruding through the pastry.

Mousehole also holds a small maritime festival every two years called 'Sea, Salt and Sail'.

Parts of the 1995 feature film Blue Juice were filmed in the village.

-- Notable Residents of Mousehole

Notable residents include:

-- Dolly Pentreath. Penwith is believed to be the last part of Cornwall where the Cornish language was spoken as the community language. Dolly Pentreath, popularly known as the last recorded speaker of Cornish, is often reported as being from Mousehole and as having a memorial in the village.
In fact, she was from Paul (the parish of Paul historically included Mousehole).

A year after Dolly Pentreath died in 1777, Daines Barrington received a letter, written in Cornish and accompanied by an English translation, from a fisherman in Mousehole named William Bodinar. William stated that he knew of five people who could speak Cornish in that village alone. Barrington also speaks of a John Nancarrow from Marazion who was a native speaker and who survived into the 1790's.

-- John Keigwin (1641–1716), a scholar in the Cornish language was born in Mousehole.

-- William Carvosso (1750–1834), the Methodist was born in Mousehole.

-- Joseph Trewavas VC CGM (1835 – 1905) was born in Mousehole.

-- Admiral of the fleet Sir Caspar John GCB (1903 – 1984) lived in Mousehole in retirement.

-- The artist Jack Pender (1918–1998) was born in Mousehole and spent most of his career there.

-- English writer and illustrator Michelle Cartlidge lives in Mousehole.

-- The potter Jack Doherty lives in Mousehole where he has his studio.

-- Media and Literary Associations

Charles de Lint, writer of many modern and urban fairy tales, set his novel The Little Country in the village of Mousehole.

The Mousehole Cat, a children's book written by Antonia Barber and illustrated by Nicola Bayley, is also set in Mousehole and based on the legend of Tom Bawcock and the continuing tradition of Tom Bawcock's Eve.

The local community radio station is Coast FM (formerly Penwith Radio).

Mark Jenkin's film, Bait, was filmed in Mousehole. Bait tells the story of a fisherman battling to keep his way of life afloat in the face of gentrification.

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