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| Ros and Verity on the cliffs above Treyarnon Bay, with Trevose Head in the background - complete with lighthouse, built some 60 years after Poldark's time! Filming an 18th century story in modern-day Cornwall can't be easy. |
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| My own photo of Trevose Head, taken from a further down the coast. Beneath that rainbow is the former Coastguard lookout, where I spent many contented hours peering out to sea, coordinating rescues and catching up on my Open University homework. |
My own game promises to be somewhat less exciting and demands local knowledge. Yes, it's the Cornwall Place-Spotting Game. The last time I played this was a couple of years ago, whilst watching repeats of Wycliffe. Before that, Lord Peter Wimsey could be observed sleuthing around St Mawgan, Holywell and Polly Joke – places very near where I used to live.
Here are some more places that I often visited when I lived in Cornwall...
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| The Longships, off Land's End. They just might have been building the first Longships Lighthouse when Elizabeth stood there, but not that one. But hey!.. it's a lovely picture. |
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| The Longships, photographed from a little nearer Land's End |
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| I like this cleverly constructed shot of Botallack, with the smoking chimney, pithead gear and pristine mine buildings. |
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| Botallack as it is now, featuring the roofless buildings of Crowns Mine |
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| Charlestown Harbour. I remember when this was a working harbour, used for the export of china clay, but sadly I never photographed it. |
I was chatting about Poldark yesterday in Padstow, and said that I wouldn't be watching. I had such good memories of the 1975/76 version (and latterly the DVD of it) that I didn't want them confused. In particular, Angharad Rees' performance as Demelza.
ReplyDeleteApart from that, I do know Cornwall and historical matters quite well enough to spot anachronisms, and they would spoil things in an instant!
Lucy
Winston Graham disliked the raunchy 1970's portrayal of Demelza, having based the character on his own wife. However, millions of viewers - myself included - thought she was amazing. Doubtless, the new version is more true to the novels and I can forgive the anachronisms as the story is as enthralling as ever.
DeleteBefore the BBC first made Poldark famous, Demelza was just a hamlet in mid-Cornwall. Now, I suspect, we shall soon see a fresh surge of baby girls christened Demelza.
As you know, my phone is called Demelza. The next will be called Verity.
ReplyDeleteLucy
I do recall the 1970's series but to be honest it was something that wouldn't have appealed to me at that time. But things have moved on in so many ways and I was eager to see the new series. I wasn't disappointed and at least you could understand the dialogue, even if the accents weren't authentic. (I remember the same charges being levelled at Doc Martin when it first aired.)
ReplyDeleteAs for location watching Angie, I was busy playing the game during part one, but with little success. So thank you for the ones you've posted. I did notice a scene in one of the trailers where Poldark is standing in a harbour looking at the scene. I might be wrong but it looked like a CGI enhanced view of Portreath Harbour. Have a look when it comes along in the series and see what you think.
I shall certainly keep a lookout for Portreath, Susan, as I know it well. There was a brief shot of Charlestown Harbour in the first programme, which I've appended to this post, though I don't have a photo of my own to go with it.
DeleteIt's good to hear that you are joining in the game. Happy spotting!