Port Isaac - 'The roughest place in Cornwall!'
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2022
- “When I was a boy at Port Isaac, no visitors came to the place for a holiday. If a stranger did come into the village all the women would put their heads out of the windows and ask, oos’ee! Port Isaac in those days was the roughest place in Cornwall.”
These are the words of Herbert Brown and relate to his childhood growing up in Port Isaac during the 1880’s
Herbert goes on to say “The sport we all took an interest in was cock fighting, of a Sunday morning. There were no restrictions, sometimes the owners used to set to at one another after their birds had finished, and I’ve seen the Town Platt there covered in blood and hair!”
We were intrigued by this, how does a village go from being the roughest place in Cornwall to one of the most popular and idyllic tourist spots in the county?
In this video we chart the rise of tourism in Port Isaac looking at how the village has changed over the years, we walk the streets and alleyways comparing photos from the early 1900’s with the scene today, discover the key role the railway played in the birth of tourism here and use a guide from the 1950’s to look at the accommodation available for visitors.
In recent times Port Isaac has been popularised on TV being portrayed as Port Wenn the fictional Cornish village of Doc Martin, being fans of the ‘Doc’ we couldn’t resist the opportunity to go in search of some of the buildings used during the filming of the series.
Our video is called ‘Port Isaac, the roughest place in Cornwall!” We hope you enjoy watching Sarah & Andrew.
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Absolutely love Doc Martin series and your fascinating historical evolution of Port Isaac! This gives me great comfort from east coast of USA. Hope to visit Cornwall soon! Thank you, Sarah and Andrew for such a wonderful peek into this town in Cornwall!🚤
Thank you for this beautiful tour around Port Isaac! I was there in 2017, and had not watched any of the Doc Martin series. I have now, and it is great to recognize the houses and doors and the scenery :-) I love these old British villages. They don't change very much, and it is like walking back in the history. Great story about the fishermen who made enough money for a breakwater. Well done! I believe fishermen's life could be quite hard at that time, and the working contitions were brutal. Perhaps they enjoyed to take a little break from the storme and the waves and have a singing tour? :-)
Hi Torunn! I have a copy of the book, ready to be read after my current book! Sarah :)
Lived there for about fifteen years. Nice enough place, nice enough people. I miss Brenda Andrews very much and had great fun working at the Slipway, the Wheelhouse and the Golden Lion.
Amazing job to go back in history of the beautiful community!
Will be my treat during my break later 😍😍😍
Port Isaac! My dream place to visit…thank you Sarah and Andrew, so refreshing to see it again. Take good care…Ana 🌹
Hi Ana, It is perfectly picturesque and we just need to keep finding excuses to visit! Sarah :)
Hi Sahra and Andrew. We used to go to Port Issac in the 1970´s / 80´s. when my dad lived in Trelill.....we layed his body to rest in Trelill chapel grave yard in 2000 aged 90. Happy memories of Port Issac and eating pasties there. Stay well..stay safe.
Ahhh! Lovely memories and a great age! Sarah :)
I am an avid Doc Martin fan and was lucky to have visited Port Isaac in 2015. Thank you for the memories. Waiting for a price drop on the Doc's house. Ha!
Wow! That is certainly a steep price!! Eye-watering! I wonder just how much it will go for! Sarah :)
Great tour of Port Isaac and that great series Doc Martin. Cheers Bob
Doc Martin..😍👍
Thank you for the tour of port Isaac I went their many years ago I have Cornish roots my grandfather was from one of the near by villages 👍♥️
Always lovely to see Port Isaac's tiny streets and houses & some history to go with it too. The seagull at the end of the vid sitting on the wall reminded me of the time I visited there and saw baby seagulls for the first time ever! x J x
Baby seagull! Last time we visited Port Isaac, i had a tussle with a baby seagull, I thought he was going to eat my sea glass stack! Sarah :)
GREAT video - loved and enjoyed it so much.
A lot of lovely, lovely stories.
Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah :)
I love there. Always wanted to go back sometime
Thanks for this walk with historical bits and Doc Martin bits! I’ll be visiting in October 2022, can’t wait!
I hope you have a great time! Sarah :)
The Mote Bar looks really funky
You guys are too cute and funny! Thanks for this tour of Port Isaac, I so loved the Doc Martin series and I wish it would continue. I live in America but I would very much love to visit Port Isaac, it so unique and interesting. I love how you took the book and found the exact places to see how they had changed. Thank you for taking us along.
Absolutely love Doc Martin ❤ thanks for this lovely video ❤☀️👍
I loved this video. Thank you. I’ve always wanted to go there, but this was the next best thing for now.
Hi Sarah and Andrew, if you find yourselves there in Port Isaac next week I will be happy to by you a beer or 2. Will be there tomorrow til next Friday. Hope to see you!. And bring your dog. Cheers, Doug
Sounds great! But I think we have probably missed you! Sarah :)
I love the way you take the time to look behind the tourism and find the stories and relics of the past. So interesting!
Thank you, we are keen to look beyond the obvious! Sarah :)
I really enjoyed tour my favorite place in Cornwall. I watched it twice. Beautiful day. Thanks for the old pictures compared to today. Wonderful video today.
Thank you so much! Sarah :)
This was very interesting and some lovely views of Port Isaac. You ought to consider doing a spin off to Cornish Walking Trails called Cornish History Trails.
LOL! Yes, it is becoming a bit like that! Sarah :)
Another brilliant and informative video. Love these. 👍
Thank you! Sarah :)
Just stumbled upon your channel today. You two are a delight! Loved this tour. Thank you!
Lovely place, lovely weather , lovely video !
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Thank you! Sarah :)
Fantastic! Love your paintings on Etsy too! Fabulous ❤️
Thank you! Sarah :)
Very interesting historical perspective, thank you.
Bloody Doc Martin 🤣, been going to Port Isaac for 50 years long before old big ears turned up (love the programme really). Unless you remember the long March up the hill towards port Gaverne to the floral dance you’ve never really visited 🤣🤣
We remember it pre-Doc Martin and it certainly was a lot quieter, but then so was most of Cornwall! Sarah :)
I remember that with the band playing 1970
My favorite place, we should be there in 4 weeks, thank you so much for this great video both 😁 like the new intro 👍
I hope you enjoy your visit! Sarah :)
The walk around Port Isaac was lovely. Have been there a few times. It was the Doc Martin series that started it off. It really is a lovely place. One of the times we went there a seagull swooped down and nearly got my ice cream! (as they do!) Thanks Sarah and Andrew 💕
Plenty of seagulls with bad manners in Port Isaac - I wonder if it is worse than St Ives!! Sarah :)
I am in Port Isaac NOW! When did you film? I got pics with John Marquez and Ian McNeice (Joe Penhale and Bert Large). I leave on Tues. The 17th. Hoping to see Martin Clunes!
I hope you got to see Martin Clunes! We might try and get a spotted video before they have the final wrap! Sarah :)
I wonder if Herbert Brown is related to John and Jeremy Brown of Fishermans Friends? I would think it highly likely since they grew up in the village. Randomly the bloke driving the blue truck towing the boat is Jeremy Brown. You could have asked him! John Does tours around Port Isaac and is a very nice bloke. We were there in June 2022 and had a drink with him.
Fabulous as usual 👍😁...such a lovely village and always a treat to hear the history and see it in a bygone age...not really changed too much thankfully 👌💞😁😘
The older part has certainly remained untouched, it's all happened further up the hill!! Sarah :)
Although you've been to Port Isaac many times you can always find something interesting to tell us. Sad that Doc Martin is ending
We try!! A different take on the usual fare! Sarah :)
Very good use of your "old" books!
Glad you like them! Sarah ;)
What a brilliant tour of Port Isaac, a very unique minuscule village famous for the filming of Doc Martin, I followed it religiously, I remember the film ‘Fisherman’s Friends’ it was wonderful, thanks for the reminder again Andrew, I wonder if the owners of number 16. ‘KILDARE’ were fans of another certain Dr.! … I wouldn’t mind putting in an offer for the property that was used for Doc Martins home and surgery, it would be refused of-cause at the price i was thinking of! thanks again for another wonderful informative tour, Hugs to all three of you 🤗🥀🥰
LOL! The house is still for sale if you fancy your chances! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails 😂🤣😂 I wish! 🤗
Gorgeous video. The weather looked amazing! Hi from Australia 👋
Hello there! Yes, the weather was pretty good and the imagery was great! Sarah :)
I clicked because I recognized Port Wenn in the background and said "Wait a minute...is that the Doc's house?".lol I had no idea what it was actually called. Or why this popped up in my recommended. Glad it did, though.
was there in 1969.............its changed a lot, back then it was in decline due to overseas foreign holidays, had an Uncle there Jack Brown he had a Borther Dick Brown maybe related to the Brown you mentioned, he was born in I guess 1911 ish his Mother was a teacher at the school which was still open when i was a kid. They lived in New Road (34) Jack had a photo of the harbour BEFORE it had the breakwater.
Another wonderful video Sarah and Andrew, thankyou so much, I absolutely adore Doc Martin series ,have been watching it since it first began , and I visited port Isaac in May 2019,
Port Isaac, or Port Wenn! is a beautiful little fishing village! Sarah :)
Another interesting and informative video. Lots of fun to watch and yarns to be heard. I loved the story of the Fishermen that raised money to build the harbour wall and the connection with the ‘Fisherman’s friends” sea shanty group. I learn something new every week - a good use of old books which in most cases, “tales that have been long forgotten”. Super video - thanks for the entertainment.
We try to keep those old tails alive! Sarah :)
Thank you both for another great and informative video. Has Andrew ever thought of becoming an estate agent? LOL
The new Phil Spencer! Sarah :)
New intro music, love it. This was such a fun video. A truly beautiful place. Loved seeing the then and now. Thanks Sarah and Andrew.
Thank you so much! Sarah :)
Lovely video, vey enjoyable to watch from America. I want to know where you got your hat kind sir? That is a Detroit Tigers baseball logo from the state of Michigan where I am from!
Richard Jose came from Cornwall
A lovely jaunt! The "Then and Now' photo comparison is always a treat. It's so satisfying to see that the town has not changed drastically. Here in CA, the real estate is worth too much (though the price for that cottage is crazy!), and new "luxury" buildings have damaged the character of many places. It's nice to see entire towns retaining their charm. Loved Skinny Belly Alley! :)
Thankfully the new 'executive, luxury' builds are further up the hill and the centre of the old village has retained much of its character, Sarah :)
Lovely tour of Port Isaac/Wenn. You’ve changed your theme music!?
Due to a technicality with the copyright status of the usual music we have been forced to change!! Shame - I liked the old music! Sarah :)
Everyone says it`s where Doc Martin is filmed. I always think of it as where they filmed Saving Grace. Which happened to have Martin Clunes in it too.
Lovley video but if you want to know what these places in Cornwall are like ask the locals or lack of locals as many cannot afford to live there.
Such a shame. And yes I am a local.
Yeh, so are we, but further west! Sarah :)
Eveen though i have watched doct M many years, i must admit, some Locations in prog, i never knew where they ar. I have seen a TH-cam video showing inside docts cottage, an i would-not even if i had t money purchase it, because rear view, is Like Looking at a giant wall of grass.!!!!
I believe it is feasible to bring a railway to upper ,edge of village, to part where there is no buildings, an it is not-imposible to-get right to harbour,, as it÷was done at Porth towan.
I meant Portreath not Portowan.
I-was there yesterday 17th-May, when they filmed, an might have seen1 of yu.
Iwas waering giant clock front.!!!!!!
Enjoy! Sarah :)
So you won't be buying the cottage used as Doc Martin's house then? It was up for sale a few months ago for £1.3 million.....
You are lovely!!!!!🌸🌷🌹
Oh thank you! Sarah :)
I really love your videos, but could you please change your thumbnail picture? It's very triggering for DV survivors.
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