Oswald Pryor’s Cartoons
Oswald Pryor (15 February 1881 – 13 June 1971) was a South Australian cartoonist noted for his depictions of life in the Copper Triangle, particularly of miners from Cornwall. We were lucky enough to be given many of his cartoons by his descendants still living here in Cornwall. Quite a few have not scanned very […]
Cruel Coppinger by Ian Marshall.
A ship lay off the Cornish coast one fearsome stormy night.She struck her bows upon the rocks and quickly sank from sight;But from the wreck there sprang a man who swam with might and main,And soon upon the rocky strand, the gold rings flashing on his hand, stood Coppinger the Dane. A farmer’s daughter had […]
Falmouth Harbour on a windy day by Terry Harry
The Tea Treat by Phyllis Manning
Each week as I walk into the local baker to buy my school treat saffron bun, as it is still called, I am reminded of Sunday School treats 60 years ago when, as a small child, I spent my summer holidays with relatives in the quiet picturesque hamlet of Tregavarah in Cornwall. It was off […]
An Island Beat by R.H. Peters
In November 1950 as a very young constable I was sent to the _Isles of Scilly to become the junior half of the entire police force. Constable George Goodman (later a Chief Inspector) was the officer in charge and he lived with his wife and family in the private house which also served as the […]
“Aber-Jabber” by Craig Weatherhill
This article was written back in the 1990s by the late great and sometimes controversial Cornishman Craig Weatherill. It is still relevant today and I wonder what Craig would make of the TV programmes on Cornwall being presented by non Cornish people. Some presenters are being very elitist featuring lots of well to do incomers […]
Newlyn by Terry Harry
Taken on a wonderful day with very few boats out at sea, probably because of the problems of getting their catches into Europe. Our thoughts go out to the fisherman all over Cornwall.
Jack Clemo – Poet – Cornwall’s Bunyan
On 25th July 1994, Cornwall mourned the death of its remarkable Cornish poet, Jack Clemo, who was once described as “the John Bunyan of the century”, and was crowned Prydyth an Pry (Poet of the Clay) at the 1970 Cornish Gorsedd festival. Jack Clemo desperately wanted to be remembered for what he really was, and […]
CHANCE ENCOUNTER by Les Rendell
Where be ‘ee goin’ to, me ‘ansome?Ted’n often I see ‘ee round ‘ere,Why ’tis more’n sennight I saw ‘eeOff down to the kiddley for beer. I hear old Sam Bartlett’s a dyin’Never been right since his cheelGot pregnant by Poacher PolgreenAn’ ran off with the scoundrel to Zeal. Did ‘ee go to the feast day […]
Obby Oss video by Terry Harry
This video was taken a few years ago in the hallway of Prideaux Place.I was there as a press guest thanks to Peter and Elisabeth Prideaux-Brune.I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did doing it and still do watching it. It was as exhilarating and moving as anything I have ever photographed, […]
Land’s End videos
LAND’S END on a beautiful day
A very quiet day at Land’s End the most westerly place on the mainland.Some videos and photos by Terry Harry, we hope you will enjoy them during the lockdown. Please we hope you all keep safe and stay well.
Various Videos
St Ives on a beautiful day
