Vacation V Staycation Costs

Posted on 18/03/2021 16:45 by allanandjean

Today was pastry day but sadly not yet converted to pasty, so no expansion as yet.

As for being a native, well that's not me my ansom but, I know many who are that agree with me re St Awful.

I have visited it to shop for decades, and worked there a fair bit on a couple of occasions, but since  ASDA moved out of the centre................well, it has not been the same!

Slight upturn with the White River development but nothing to draw us and if heading West, usualy Truro or beyond, its Bodmin then the A30 as its also one of the worst places to drive through.

A couple of years ago friends on a rally at Pentewan asked if we wanted to go "into town" and we declined-on their return their opening line was "well you could have warned us".

Maybe if the Coliseum reopens we may visit more.

Posted on 18/03/2021 21:35 by Tinwheeler

I can tell you're not a local. Neither am I by birth but, like the Cornish, I attempt to promote the good things about the area and I’d feel disloyal to my chosen area if I denigrated them. There are many quaint nooks and crannies worthy of exploration in all our towns but I’d sure move pronto if I hated the place.

Surely it was Tesco in Aylmer Square in the town centre before they moved to Holmbush on the site previously occupied by Mount Caravans? I don’t recall Asda being here at all prior to opening their superstore just on the outskirts.

Also, The Coliseum was at Carlyon Bay, not in St Austell town, and is flattened. You seem to be a bit adrift on a few points, A&J.

Posted on 18/03/2021 21:35 by Tinwheeler

I can tell you're not a local. Neither am I by birth but, like the Cornish, I attempt to promote the good things about the area and I’d feel disloyal to my chosen area if I denigrated them. There are many quaint nooks and crannies worthy of exploration in all our towns but I’d sure move pronto if I hated the place.

Surely it was Tesco in Aylmer Square in the town centre before they moved to Holmbush on the site previously occupied by Mount Caravans? I don’t recall Asda being here at all prior to opening their superstore just on the outskirts.

Also, The Coliseum was at Carlyon Bay, not in St Austell town, and is flattened. You seem to be a bit adrift on a few points, A&J.

Posted on 18/03/2021 22:24 by brue

I had a lovely old, now departed friend from a previous job who was brought up in Par and I always view the St Austell area as part of the real working Cornwall, not the touristy bits. She took me round to see all her childhood haunts and we had a coffee at the Holmbush before the start of the tour (when the veg shop was over the road and you could buy Cornish potatoes there. )

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be....but I do remember when Tesco arrived  there.

 

Posted on 17/03/2021 09:51 by Goldie146

I rarely visit this section (having no plans to travel very far from home), but I idly looked in yesterday. I hadn't heard anyone mention Jane Shaw for years and years. She was a favourite author of mine in the early 1950's and I have all her "Susan" books and some of the others. They will all be in the bookcase on the top floor (chcildren's books). Maybe I should fetch them down.

Sorrry - totally off topic!

Please Carry On (talking about) Cruising.

Posted on 18/03/2021 22:42 by allanandjean

Well, as Jethro says, I am local when I am here, but still an odd thing to state unless you think that makes someone’s view less relevant.

That aside, I am surprised that, as you claim I need to use emojis to be understood, you could tell that I was not local from my emoji free posts.

Both comments, about ASDA and the Coliseum, were made as they are both long gone, which you clearly seem to know, so ironic.

 

Posted on 18/03/2021 22:49 by Tinwheeler

The Holmbush is, or was pre-covid, still going strong and does pretty good food. That veg shop became a hairdressers (have you noticed how many there are in the area?) and then a vets. There is a similar greengrocer in Par.

It is a 'working' area largely due to the china clay industry - hence the milling and drying facility at Par docks next to the dog friendly beach. The Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum just north of St Austell town makes an interesting visit and tells of the industrial heritage.

Yes, Tesco moved to Holmbush from the concrete cancer riddled complex in St Austell which, after standing empty for decades, was eventually demolished around 15 years ago making way for the White River Shopping Precinct - a vast improvement!

 

Posted on 18/03/2021 23:05 by allanandjean

The Holmbush, like many St Austell Brewery pubs, does indeed do good food and, as an alternative to Wheal Jane you could do worse than a visit to the brewery visitor centre and tour.

My wife’s auntie lived in one of the very small cottages opposite the Holmbush for many years and if you call again visit Rickard’s butchers next door.