Anthony Gwennap

Married with two daughters and four young grandchildren, Anthony has lived in the Parish almost all his life, and has been living back in the village for the last five years.

Anthony has worked in the fishing industry for over 43 years for W Stevensons and Sons of Newlyn. He is a chandler/rigger and works on both quays, and sometimes the vessels themselves. Working on and around large fishing boats for such a long time Anthony has seen many accidents and near misses and has learnt many practices of what to do or (more importantly) what not to do, both in and around the harbour. As part of his job Anthony regularly drives all sorts of vehicles, from forklift trucks to tractors, to large lorries and vans. Anthony supplies the boats with all their chandlery needs, so that they can go to sea, and his role as a chandler/rigger means that he can splice ropes and warps to specific lengths for each trawler/beamer the Company has.

Anthony has a small punt in the harbour and his late father-in-law was Chairman of the Harbour Authority for many years, so was honoured to have been asked to become a Commissioner.

Served from 2021.