Spring is here, well almost!
A few photos of Daffodils, a couple of other plants, not forgetting the Egret taken by Terry Harry this last week before the weather changed. Slightly!Some of the photos were taken at Penmount Crematorium where Ruth’s parents Edna & Hugh Tremayne along with her Aunt Sylvia Tremayne are all scattered in The Quiet Acres. The […]
A Short History of West End Stores, Redruth by Charles Sibthorpe
The West End Stores, originally a drapery store was started by my great grandfather, William Henry Sarra who was usually know as W H Sarra. He was born William Sarah and continued with that name until his two sons were due to go to boarding school, when he changed his name by deed poll to […]
Newquay 27 Feb. 2021 with Terry & Ruth
Penryn River and Flushing by Terry
Porthtowan by Terry
Wheal Coates & Towanroath Engine House
Crowns Engine Houses at Botallack by Terry Harry
How A Cornish Village Community Organised Its Leisure Some Sixty Years Ago
Swing High, Swing Low by Eve Northey So what is everyone doing during this lockdown? Why not email admin@cornwallyesteryear.com and tell us what your community is doing please? Altarnun, the parish in which I was born ten years before the beginning of the Second World War, has its western side firmly embedded in Bodmin Moor, […]
Bude on a beautiful day
CADGWITH COVE
On the extreme south coast of CornwallLies the picturesque Cadgwith CoveIt’s the home of fishermen’s familiesA very special treasure trove The fishing fleet is centralIt’s the heart of village lifeBut after centuries of fishingTheir future sits on the blade of a knife Their precious fishing loftsAre up for sale and God forbidThese hardworking fearless familiesShould […]
BBC Spotlight – News
A Bit of Chat with Maid Lowenna more about Feythurr
Feythurr ubbum bin zackly since tha awld lecksuns, tha chap ee vawted fun dedun git in saw ee bin taisy uz a snaake ever since, goin on all day bout tha country goin ta tha dogs und ow iz penshun dawnt gaw nawhere, I tellee sum days I’d sooner be a donkey in a sand […]
Bit Of Chat With Maid Lowenna – Feythur’s In Tha Village Band
Now, Feythur dedun zackly blaw in tha village band, knaw, ee banged tha great drum. Uz you da knaw ee idden very big, ees like Zennor gawts a bit short in tha shanks. Well cannee imagun when you da see un cummum down tha rawd tha drum da look uz if a gawt two liddle […]
A Stroll Thro’ Lanson – Phillip Gidley King with Rob Tremain
Some folks in Cornwall today regret the fact that our young people have to leave the county to seek work and make their mark in the world. This is nothing new…. Philip Gidley King was born in Southgate Street, Launceston, in 1758. His father, a draper, married a daughter of John Gidley (an attorney of […]