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; […]
THE LEVANT MINING DISASTER BY PETER WAVERLY (1994)
It was nearly 3pm on Monday 20th October 1919, when the man engine at Levant mine on the cliffs near Pendeen snapped and the second greatest tragedy in the history of Cornish mining took 31 men to their deaths.The man engine first installed at Levant in 1857, was by 1919. an antiquated piece of machinery […]
Breage Church in 1994 by Margaret Rowling
Just four miles from Helston, on the main road to Penzance, you will pass through the village of Breage. On your right, as you come up the hill to Breage you cannot fail to notice the church. The 66ft. high 15th century tower with its pinnacles and buttresses, look unusually decorative for a Cornish church. […]
The Wonderful Golitha Falls at the start of Autumn visited by Ruth & Terry
Trelissick Garden in July 2020 with Ruth & Terry
ST. BILLY OF BALDHU (The life and times of Billy Bray) Part two by Thomas Shaw
Thomas Shaw, is a Methodist Minister, and a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd (Ystoryer Methodysyeth). He’s the former general secretary of the Wesley Historical Society, editor of the Cornish Methodist Historical Association Journal, author of The History of Cornish Methodism, the Bible Christians, and many other local Methodist Church histories. So, what sort of a […]
Eden Project visit by Ruth & Terry & 2 Cameras
The Children of Epona: Horses in Cornish Legend by Craig Weatherhill
An article written in 1993 for Cornwall Today by Craig Weatherhill who sadly died in July 2020. Craig was himself a Cornish Legend, his books were read Worldwide. Like all good Celts, the sheer beauty and nobility of horses have captivated me from an early age and I am inseparable from my own horse Larnie, […]
Discovering Cornish Hulls by Michael Tangye in 1994
I had heard of the dark and mysterious chambers penetrating deeply into the hillsides of the Carnmenellis granite area, which lies between Redruth and Helston. Stories brought down from the hills by natives of that, seemingly, remote region, said that they were as ancient as the hills themselves, and that they were fogous used by […]
Strange & Ghostly Cornish Tales by Pat Robins
Years ago, long before the arrival of radio or TV, Cornish folk often entertained each other by telling a tale. On dark, cold winter nights while they sat round the fire, tales about ghosts and other strange happenings were often a favourite entertainment. In the telling fact got mixed up with fiction but nobody minded […]
Scilly The Way It Was The Bishop by Steve Ottery in 1995
For 150 years the light from the Bishop Rock lighthouse has warned the mariners to steer clear of the rocks or “fangs of Scilly”. The Bishop takes its name from the steep sided pinnacle rock on which it is sited. In medieval times the rock and its surrounding satellites were known as the “Bishop and […]
Lostwithiel a Royalist Victory August – September 1644 by Blaze Redgrave in 1996
It was the siege of Lyme (now Lyme Regis) by a Royalist army under Prince Maurice that caused the Earl of Essex to set off to the south-west, haying left Waller to engage the king’s forces near Oxford. After Waller’s defeat at Cropredy Bridge in the Oxford. area, Essex was urgently summoned to re-join the […]
Trebah Gardens
This is a truly wonderful garden where Ruth & Terry spent a wonderful afternoon. They both took many photos, which are shown below. The garden is really worth a visit. The Trebah Garden website can be found here. In 1831 Trebah was acquired by the Fox Family who built Glendurgan Garden. Trebah was first laid […]