Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Living in Penzance as I was then (aged 3) I think we went to watch some of the bombing from up on the cliffs near Sennen or somewhere though I don't recall it other than in the vaguest haziest way which may be false memory. However my elder brother who must have been 9 or 10 seems to recalls it in something I saw he'd written on a Web page. Must ask him...
My brother says we didn't see Torrey Canyon itself as it was out of sight but he does mention smoke. My eldest sister (then about 14) is quite definite that we went up to the cliffs to view and saw smoke though she doesn't recall which of we five kids were there - I think my recollection is accurate though presumably we may have seen the aftermath rather than any bomb dropping. My dad would have been quite keen to witness anything to do with flying though!