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7 Farther
down on the right, set back, is a pre-Victorian building, the former King's
Arms, now the Halifax Building Society. There![]() 8 Fore Street
virtually was Redruth for centuries, until the boom years saw the long
back gardens built over with crowded courts reached by narrow alleys.
The crammed terraces had no plumbing or sanitation, and most have been
demolished. A glimpse down Lemin's Court (two properties up from the Regal
Cinema) gives some idea of how things were. The junction of the bottom
of Fore Street is the site of the original ford across the stream, which
was progressively covered over, probably in the 18th century. |