Flushing & Mylor Trip by Terry Harry
Redruth Revival Murders by Michael Tangye
1824. King George IV reigned. The mining town of Redruth had not yet reached the height of its prosperity. Its shallow, immensely rich copper lodes had rapidly raised many shrewd miners and investors from their working-class status to that of the middle class. Yet the majority of what was then an almost entire Cornish population, […]
St Agnes 27th May 2020 by Terry Harry
How do you know you’re back where you belong? by Alan Murton
How do you know?When the winter sun is shining and the sea is cobalt blue,When the golden sand is gleaming, Atlantic rollers sweeping inAnd you share the beach with others – in coats and wellies too,Walking the empty acres where the visitors have been That’s when you know. When Christmas comes bands and choirs, young […]
“Where I belong…” by Alan Murton
Empty winter beachebb tide leaves mirrored pools.Lovers stroll, hold hands.Seabirds wheeling high, reach for the towering crags,swoop to foaming surf.gone the summer throng,stretches the endless gold sand, Sea air fills my lungs.Atlantic rollers curve,white foam caresses the rocks –Telling me “I’m home.”
A Cornishman’s Alphabet After Phillip Gross by Alan Murton
An Alturnun Academic Arguing Attic ArtsBodmin Bully-Boys Booking Beds for bards.Cool Chaps from Camborne Catching the Coach for Brittany…Deacons from Doublebois Drowning their own litany…Emmet Educationalists, Error-prone & ill at Ease….Four Fraddon Farmers Finding Freedom From the Freeze…Great Granite Gargoyles Grinning from Grey halls…Herring Huers from Hayle Hollering ” Handsome Hauls…”.Island artists from St Ives […]
Around the Truro area 26th May 2020 by Terry Harry
A round trip to Truro, then The Punch Bowl and Ladle at Penelewey, onward to the car park of Trelissick. Finally a visit to the Quaker Meeting House at Come To Good.
Out & About 25th May 2020 by Terry Harry
Beautiful weather again today, quite a few people all out. Nearly all of them being sensible and socially distancing. Yet again I was the only one wearing a mask.
Family Memories of Porthgwarra by Christine Gendall
My father’s family fished out of Porthgwarra, near Land’s End, for at least three generations and they knew that area of cliffs, rocks, tides, and weather conditions intimately. During the years various family members have been involved in tragedies and rescues from the sea, which dominated their lives. My paternal grandfather, Jack Harvey, was always […]
Perranporth 24th May 2020 by Terry Harry
A short visit to Perranporth today where I stayed well away from everyone. There were loads of people out plus a full car park and the only face mask was again mine.
Falmouth – 23rd May 2020 by Terry Harry
Newquay 21st May 2020 by Terry Harry
Carn Brea Castle 20th May 2020 by Terry Harry
Mary Kelynack & The Great Exhibition by Michael Tangye
The Great Exhibition of 1851 held in the Crystal Palace at Hyde Park, as a symbol “of British greatness and prosperity”, caused great excitement throughout Britain. Cornwall was at that time at the height of its industrial activity with mining as the central theme, supported by a host of subsidiary industries – fuse making, foundries, […]