This book follows on the amazing success of "Lost Cornwall" - the first book of photographs to come from the "Reg Watkiss Archive". The wonderful photographs appearing in this book are further selected from a veritable treasure trove of images contained in the "Reg Watkiss Archive", plus many others that have come to light since the publication of Lost Cornwall. The title of the book was chosen, in part, to reflect the sense of 'looking back' to the days in Cornwall which many long for, recalling scenes, in some cases, of well over a century ago. But the title also refers to the inevitable sense of nostalgia felt when looking at so much that the passing years have taken away, particularly the essential Cornish character of so many of our towns and villages. These photographs remind us that not all that is in the past was good, nor that all change is for the best. Poverty, danger to life and limb from mining and at sea, and hard toil for the majority are variously illustrated in these pages.But who could, on looking through this book, not also feel a yearning for the uncomplicated daily life the images reveal, and a sense of gratitude in what might have passed beyond our knowing, except for the camera.