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5 unusual facts about Padstow


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In 1999 BFM moved to new permanent studios at 104 Cahors Road, Padstow.

Dickie Burrough

Herbert Dickinson "Dickie" Burrough, born at Wedmore, Somerset, on 6 February 1909, and died at Padstow, Cornwall, on 9 April 1994, played 171 first-class cricket matches for Somerset in a career that last for 20 years from 1927.

No. 250 Squadron RAF

No 250 Squadron was formed on 10 May 1918 at Padstow from Nos.494, 500, 501, 502 and 503 Flights for coastal reconnaissance duties over the Bristol Channel and its approaches.

Padstow, New South Wales

Padstow is also home to Doug Frost Swim School, where Ian Thorpe first began swimming.

Padstow railway station is on the Sydney Trains Airport, Inner West & South Line, west of Riverwood and east of Revesby.


'Obby 'Oss festival

Padstow, in Cornwall, UK is internationally famous for its traditional 'Obby 'Oss day (dialect for Hobby horse).

HMS M22

HMS Medea was sold December 1938 for breaking up, however she ran aground at Trevose Head, near Padstow in Cornwall on 2 January 1939 and was wrecked.

James Whetter

His books include The History of Glasney College Padstow: Tabb House, 1988; Cornwall in the Seventeenth Century.

Parish Church of St Mary and St Petroc

In 518 he welcomed the Irish monk, St Petroc, who was seeking to found a monastery in the area, which he did near Padstow.

Prideaux

Prideaux Place, a country house near Padstow, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom


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