Station Name: PADSTOW[Source: Martin James]
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An August 1932 aerial view of Padstow station and harbour areas. Towards the bottom the goods shed is seen and the loop siding bypassing it with, above it, the signal box, lamproom and cattle dock. A little further north sits the station building. On the right is the turntable, this being still the 50ft example and at the site to which it was relocated in 1914. The motley collection of buildings beyond the turntable belonged to Messrs Pawlyn and comprise a fish curing depot and stores. The central, larger, building was possibly relocated from a site behind the fish shed but this is by no means confirmed. The taller building with a vented roof would have been their vented smoke house and was known locally as the 'kipper building'. The fish shed, extended from its original length, is the large building in the centre of the scene. Centre right is the railway jetty with its, by now, two sidings and extended length. Access to the jetty was the reason for resiting the turntable. There was also a weighbridge at its southern end. The jetty was destined to be altered again by the widening of its outer end. Left of centre are the sidings on the quayside. The land where the quay turns north-east, i.e. the harbour wall, was reclaimed and hence the patch of lower level; the small building seen there is a toilet. As usual there are a number of wagons and vans scattered around but little sign of activity at the passenger station. To the right of the inner harbour, top left, and in front of the black shed at least two unidentified road motor coaches are parked. Towards top left the Metropole Hotel can be seen and opposite the wagons on the quay and at the point where the sidings curve to the left stands the, then, Fishermen’s Mission. One further observation is the complete lack of road vehicles of any form in the area around the passenger station and goods yard with the only sign of life being one, maybe two, pedestrians towards the top of the station approach road.
Reproduced with the kind permission of Simmons Aerofilms Ltd
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