Thursday 2 December 2021

PADSTOW 1920: THE SCREENSHOTS...

 Padstow 1920: The Screenshots…



The working quay is a greyscale muddle,

Scorning daily life, harsh and dour.

Blackened vessels, as if scorched, huddle,

As they languish tethered,

Often mast against slim mast

To grimy, stone harbour walls,

Fixed in deep Padstow mud, gathered 

By the slick low tide which enthrals

And shadowed by incongruous quayside buildings, weathered.

Such a tired plethora of misfits, constructed

To cater to local industries of the past

And not to appeal to the discerning eyes

Of visitors, braving storm or gale

But tenements and dull derelictions… 



Pete Ray

29th November 2021



From old movie footage of Padstow harbour, I took screenshots of three separate views, then whilst there recently, I took photos of today’s typical views of the same scenes in daylight and also at night.






Made for interesting comparisons, I reckoned…





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