Scilly Little Changes

The Turks Head, St Agnes

The world famous Turk's Head Inn in a plethora of shots. The first was taken circa 1970-ish (please let me know if you can supply a better guess?) just after it opened, and for good measure there's a shot of the first landlord, a chap named Roger Bush. The rest were taken in 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2005 and 2006.

The 2005 shot here is used with kind permission of John Jenkins     

The Swan Dancer

The boat Swan Dancer, which we unintentionally photographed twice almost two decades apart in 1989 and 2006.

The Scillonian II and Scillonian II

With the recent news that Scilly could be set for a new passenger ferry, I thought it might be nice to get some shots of the previous incarnations. Sadly I don't have any of the original Scillonian yet, but I do have shots of the Scillonian II in 1967 and 1969, and the Scillonian III in 1987, 2005 and 2006. If you are interested, you can find out more about the many ferries that have serviced the islands over the years at this website.

The last shot was again donated by a generous site visitor - this time Alison Sutherland. 

The Mermaid Pub, St Marys

A selection of shots centred around the Mermaid, as seen from the Quay. This one is probably only of interest to experts in pub signage, or Pub Historians - my favourite type of historian, by the way. The shots are from 1987, 1995, 1997 and 2006.

 

The Bishop and Wolf

The famous Bishop and Wolf pub, photographed here in 1987 and 2006 - or as I knew if for many years (due to an unfortunate signage incident), the Bishop and Olf...!