JOY STEVENSON – Our very own Maid Lowenna
Sadly both Joy and her wonderful dedicated husband Stan have passed on, but hopefully they are somewhere together. Knowing them both very well I would say that is where they deserve to be. I feel very blessed having known them. Joy was without any doubt the most humorous lady I have ever known. This piece […]
LANDSCAPE by Les Rendell
I gaze upon the granite moor and mark the summit of the tor;And all around the windswept green, changing hue to shades between.While over where the sky casts down, the sea shows off her bluest gown,As Kernow’s cliffs, in sheer array, present a backcloth to the bay. Along the hills, the craggy rock, the autumn […]
ST. NEOT CHURCH BY REV. TONY OLIVEY
The present church at St. Neot was built about 1425 but was not finished in its final form until late in the 15th century when the north aisle was added. The position of the church is outstanding. It dominates the village, and the southern aspect – the side seen from the village – is a […]
A POACHER’S LAMENT by Les Rendell
John Polgreen were hardly a shammickAn’ a pattic would do ‘en bit shortBut drulgy he was an’ a drunkardAn’ oftimes he landed in court. Mazed Monday he’s there all a grizzlin’But Magistrate’s got nouse in his head“John Polgreen, ’tis time you stopped ploddin’And found a good maid for to wed.” “A great lubber-cock an’ a […]
EVEN MORE CHAT with Maid Lowenna – Joy Stevenson
I bin Trurra day furr bit shoppun. Tha plaace wuz boilun with people yewd think twuz Cow day. Mind, I da reckon tha shops in Trurra iz uz good uz London, thaw ta tell tha truth I nivvurr bin Lundun thaw they da tell me tiz a geat zawn as a plaace. I da stay […]
“Things We Da Say” by Maid Lowenna – Joy Stevenson
Launder – Guttering. Grushunns – The dregs especially tea leaves. Wisht uz a winnurd – Feeling and looking ill, miserable. Winnard is a bird like the fieldfare and redwing which looks sad and “wisht”, in the cold weather. Tiddun knaw good I tellee – I cannot over-emphasise that there is no merit in what you […]
NEWQUAY REMEMBERED Ruth Tremayne Harry 27th December, 2020
Renowned for cliffs and beachesA seaside town with natural charmAnd on the outskirt village hamletsWith cows, horses and a farm There were tourists in the summerA different feel on winter daysBut as a child it was idyllicAnd the memory of it stays Now flats and surfpods litterThe cliffs and fields around the townThe skyline flawed, […]
Geevor Tin Mine in 1995 by Bob Orchard
All general photos taken at Geevor in 2020 by Terry Harry The area in which Geevor Tin Mine operated was first worked by the old miners in the Wethered section of the mine. It is not known precisely when mining began, but in the old workings in the Wheal Carne area there is a date […]
Out & About with Ruth & Terry
All of these photos have been taken recently whilst we have been out and about getting photos for articles for this magazine.
HAPPY MEMORIES OF PENWARTHA SCHOOL 1955/56 by Kevin Bennetts
WITH MR WILLY TAMBLIN AS OUR TEACHER WHO UNBEKNOWN TO ME AT THAT POINT SHAPED MY FUTURE. I had started school at Penwartha tucked away at the top of the Coombe of that name that runs back to the West from Bolingey, it was a happy place where one particular teacher, still teaching well past […]
Those Ubiguitous Engine Houses by Allen Buckley in 1995
The article was written in 1995 by Allen. All photos were taken by Terry Harry in 2020 Interest in Cornwall’s old, ruined, mine enginehouses has never been greater. Throughout the mining districts enginehouses have been restored, renovated or stabilised, and many different groups and societies have been involved. At Wheal Coates, Wheal Prosper and Carn […]
RECOLLECTIONS OF REDRUTH 1939 – 1944 BY ELIZABETH TROUNSON
lf only Redruth station could speakl It had seen so many comings and goings during its history; mass migration to the cotton and woollen mills in the north in the 1870s and the exodus of miners to many parts of the world looking for work and using their expertise underground in many a foreign land. […]
GWENNAP PIT by Ruth Tremayne Harry
With photos by Terry Harry It’s the heart of the Methodist worldWhere John Wesley made his markAnd as the people came to listenSomething profound had made a start Let your light shine, were his wordsMiss no opportunity to do others goodWe would do well to just rememberWere these sentiments understood? Gwennap Pit’s an extraordinary placeWith […]
Welcome – Cornish History
Cornwall was indeed a Dark Ages kingdom. Its last king, Doniert, contrived to drown himself in the 10th century and an inscribed stone still stands to commemorate his passing. Subsequently, Cornwall was even to acquire its own Parliament (known as the Stannary) as the commercial importance of tin became paramount to the English king’s exchequer; […]