AGRICULTURE to arsenic, fishing to foundries, holidays to horses and paddle steamers to port will all be featured in an exhibition of archive material relating to the past of Gulworthy this week.

In its heyday, the area was known for the mines which once made it the second largest producer of copper ores in the world.

The mines later went on to produce the deadly poison arsenic.

The port of Morwellham played a major part in Gulworthy's (formerly Tavistock Hamlets) history, transporting not only ores from the mines and fruit grown in the Tamar Valley, but also granite from Dartmoor destined for the building of Portsmouth Dockyard.

It was a tourist attraction with paddle steamers coming up the Tamar River from Plymouth for a 'day out'.

Royalty also came upstream, landing at the port before going on to stay with the Duke of Bedford at Endsleigh.

A collection of approximately 700 articles mainly from 1750 to the present day, including etchings, photographs, documents and newspaper cuttings, will be on display from tomorrow (Friday) to October 7, from 10am to 6pm in Gulworthy Parish Hall.

Admission is £3.