Personalities

Two of the most prominent personalities associated with our parish are Donald Healey and Winston Graham.

Donald Healey

Donald Healey was born in Perranporth in 1898 and won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1931. He is best remembered for his design of Healey sports cars. In this photograph he is the dapper young man in the striped blazer next to the charabanc outside his Perranporth garage.

Winston Graham

Winston Graham moved to Perranporth with his family in his late teens and remained there for 34 years. A very successful fiction writer, he is best known for his popular series of Poldark novels, which have been serialized for television. He was President of Perranzabuloe Museum until his death in 2003.

Memorial Bench

Offering an insight into the rich history of our Parish, Perranzabuloe Museum is a registered charity run by an enthusiastic band of volunteers.

Made up of many small villages and hamlets which include Bolingey, Goonhavern, Rose, Reen, Callestick, Penwartha, Perrancombe, Silverwell and the seaside resort of Perranporth, Perranzabuloe is a parish with a vibrant and varied past which the Museum seeks to capture and preserve for future generations.

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