My hometown is called Newquay. It is a small seaside resort in the county of Cornwall which is in the far south-west of England. I love my hometown having lived here all my life. It is a very beautiful place which draws many visitors each summer. It's a fact that the winter population is only 20,000. Yet, it swells to 100,000 in the summer. Families come here from the cities so that their children can play on the beach and young people come here for surfing. It is popular with the older generation as it is a great place to just relax.
I enjoyed growing up and going to school here. At that time, I lived outside the municipality and there was only one bus every two hours. I was never bored as a child. I loved birds, animals, plants and just about everything that nature has to offer. Country walks were my idea of heaven and I never worried whether the sun shone, the wind blew or the rain poured down. I now live nearer the centre.
Newquay grew out of a very small pilchard fishing village, like much of Cornwall. Since the 1960's it has changed a great deal which can be depressing at times. Perhaps it's just a sign of old age and me not moving with the times. I don't know. Many of the hotels have been pulled down and turned into flats. They seem to be building houses in every empty space. It's no longer as safe for children to play outside on their own. Today a child's life revolves around television, Xboxes and mobile phones. I think we were the lucky ones, we had freedom which is something I will always value.
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