Barrie says of this photograph: "This is a shot of Fowey in the days of the sailing ships. These were ships are waiting to be loaded with china clay before setting off with their cargo to other ports around the globe.”
Barrie Doney's Cornwall: From Fowey to the world
The ships sailed worldwide
By Barrie Doney | Bodmin historian |
Sunday 18th January 2026 12:01 pm

LOCAL historian, photograph collector and Voice reader Barrie Doney has no shortage of pictures and stories from Cornwall’s past, which he shares with Voice Newspaper readers every week.
This week’s photograph takes us to a Lostwithiel milk plant.
Barrie says of this photograph: "This is a shot of Fowey in the days of the sailing ships. These were ships are waiting to be loaded with china clay before setting off with their cargo to other ports around the globe.”
(Barrie Doney)
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