100 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 1922
Fish Traffic at Padstow
PADSTOW, served by the London South Western Railway, is rapidly becoming one of the chief fishing ports, certainly in the West Country, if not in the British Isles.
During the brief season of about 11 weeks, which ended in May last, over 40,000 packages of fish were dispatched, weighing 2500 tons, with a rail charge of over £10,500. To convey the loads, 750 special vehicles were required, and inbound, 737 trucks of coal were used for bunkering the fishing fleet.