These PDFs were compiled by Brian and Jenny Oaten, as published in issues 237, 238, 239 of The Link magazine.
A Snapshot Of Living In Trebetherick - Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
1906 - The Haven was the first house constructed in Trebetherick.
In 1906, The Haven was the first house constructed in Trebetherick, which was not directly linked to agriculture. Trebetherick was then primarily open farmland with only farm houses, farm workers and labourers cottages, smallholdings and barns. Following The Haven construction, other houses, guest houses, and eventually hotels were built in the area. The entrance pillars to The Haven, which now appear to be at an odd angle to the road, were built in 1906 and were perfectly parallel to the old road. In the 1960s, the Daymer Bay Garage was demolished allowing the old road to be improved, moved westward and straightened, the old road being left as the current layby.
Mabyn Oaten on the balcony of The Haven before the bay windows were converted into a mahogany sunroom extension in the late 1950s
The Haven, Trebetherick, as it was when first bought by Lewis and Mabyn Oaten in the mid 1950s with first floor west-facing balcony. Mabyn did bed and breakfasts while Lewis, a carpenter, ran a small carpentry/joinery and general repairs business.
Pre 1950
This postcard was taken sometime 1910-1950. Note The Haven top right and the car on the beach.
Sand Cart and Pony Pulling Up Daymer Lane
1920-40s - Sand Carter With Pony Nearing Lower Farm and the PO at The Top Of Daymer Lane
1925 TREBETHERICK DUCK POND
Collage of duck pond 1925 and today 2021
Just above the Daymer Bay Garage was one of the village duck ponds which served as a watering spot for working horses, was drained in the 1930s after mains water was installed, making way for the new and larger Trebetherick telephone exchange. On the right is the gate into Ham Field, so called as it was the triangular shape of a ham.
BEFORE THE ROAD WAS WIDENED IN 1960s
Looking uphill, at The Haven entrance on the right, Old Farm is the house roof you can just about see in the centre, with the old Daymer Garage building to the left, demolished for the road straightening and widening improvements in late 1960s.
DAYMER BAY GARAGE and WORKSHOPS
The Daymer Bay Garage, was located at the junction of Worthy Hill and Daymer Lane, was operated by Norman Cleave, a motor car enthusiast and the father of Leadville Cleave and grandfather of Jon Cleave, from Port Isaac. The garage included workshops, garages, and a petrol pump. Norman also managed the Clock Garage at Rock. Below the garage on Daymer Lane, Worthy House was built and served as both a Post Office and a telephone exchange, playing a central role in the village’s communication.
View of the junction between Daymer Lane and Worthy Hill The gable end of the set of 4 garages
This was looking up, at the top of Worthy Hill, Daymer Bay Garage, might have been built before WW2 but it was derelict in 1956
At the top of Worthy hill, looking down, Daymer Bay Garage is on the right and The Haven entrance is on the left
Almost at the top of Worthy Hill, The Haven entrance is on the left with gate posts parallel with the original old road. Daymer Bay Garage is now gone.
1963 Aerial View of The Haven
sheltered from north and east by mature Cornish elm trees - all died of the Dutch elm disease in 1970/80s.
Looking up Daymer Lane almost at the top, this was a set 4 garages with the post office on the right
1970s BILL TUCKER’S COACH TRIPS
Bill Tucker from Trewornan Farm, was a horse and coaching enthusiast and he used to conduct pleasure trips that passed by The Haven, sounding a long, shining copper coaching horn at corners and other suitable points along the route.
Higher Trebetherick - Looking North - Before Road Widening 1960s
Higher Farm on Left - Shop on Right
New Telphone Exchange on right
Worthy Hill
Looking North - Floraldene On Right
Worthy Hill - Looking South - Floraldene on Left.
Before the building of Tide Race, Breafield and public footpath. Note the council wintertime piles of sand to grit the hill
1979 Daymer Beach
The Haven itself was rendered on the outside using sand and shingle containing small shells, which were brought up from the beach by pony and cart. With one of these loads, the Trebetherick Point defense cannon was brought up for safekeeping. It was mounted in the front garden until 1999, when Naval historian Tim Parr, who was researching Henrician Cannons, visited. He was instrumental in arranging for its preservation and subsequent display at Prideaux Place, where its sister cannon from the Padstow side is also located.
THE TREBETHERICK CANNON - circa 16th centuary
This 3 pounder gun was mounted in the Trebetherick Battery at Greenaway, 20 feet above the High Water Mark, on the East side of the Camel Estuary, as part of the defences of Padstow. It is very badly corroded as it was exposed to salt spray in every gale in the prevailing South West wind for at least 200 years. It is thought that the guns on their wheeled carriage may have been kept in St Enodoc Church to be rolled out and up onto Greenaway when needed.
The gun was brought up from the Battery in the early 1900’s, by a farmer Mr. Barton, with his last load of shingle from Greenaway beach. The gun was set on a concrete plinth at the south west corner of The Haven in Trebetherick in 1906.
Brian Oaten kindly arranged with Tim Parr naval historian, for the guns safekeeping to be displayed at Prideaux Place, where it has been conserved and has now been mounted on a 1600 replica “bed and bracket” carriage, for display.
While the degree of corrosion makes it difficult to be precise about its date, or its history, based on its proportions and the shape of its trunnions it is considered likely that it was cast in the 16th century, and is therefore another early cast iron gun.
This gun, with the three “Finbankers, which lay in Pentire Farm, formed the Trebetherick battery, which was a part of the defences of the “Safe Haven” which was established in Padstow, in 1780, to shelter British ships being pursued by American Privateers, as described in the panel on the War of American Independence.
Unknown lady with Lewis and Mabyn Oaten in the front garden of The Haven by the Trebetherick Point cannon in the mid 1950s