Morwenstow Church by Ruth Tremayne Harry with photos by Terry Harry
There’s a Church in northern CornwallWhere an eccentric used to roamHe was the vicar and a poetMorwenstow Church became his home Reverend Hawker was this clericHe wrote poetic sermons in his hutMade out of driftwood from the seashoreFrom shipwrecked vessels out of luck With a service of thanksgivingAnd prayers for harvesting the cornThe bread of […]
Over the hills and far away .. by David Oates
David Oates draws on intensely personal childhood memories, of some seventy years ago, to find echoes of an age now gone. An age where leisure and pleasure before the time of universal car ownership was found close to home. The advent of car ownership, too, marked the beginning of the end of communities travelling and […]
GOLITHA FALLS by Ruth Tremayne Harry with photos by Terry Harry
An autumn walk to cherishThe colours inspire aweThe River Fowey is flowingLike you’ve never seen before Draynes Wood is the beginningAs the paths wind through the treesWhere roots form stepping stonesAnd moss and lichen frame the leaves You hear the rapids singingAs you skirt the river’s edgeThe wildlife all around youEven sheep beyond the hedge […]
A Village Childhood in Quintrell Downs by Ruth Tremayne Harry
Surfboards and sunsetsAnd pasties for lunchWith mackerel and ice creamAnd flowers by the bunch The hedges were highAnd morals to matchRoosters and chickensWith eggs that would hatch There were horses and rabbitsAnd sermons galoreWith milkmen and grocersBringing food to your door The steam train arrivedAs my alarm every dayThen the bread man drove upSaffron buns […]
An excellent book by Jim Wearne
Jim Wearne is a Cornish- American singer-songwriter who is an excellent lyricist which his book “Out Of Tune” shows. A link to purchase the book on Amazon is below after one of his song lyrics. This write up is taken from his website http://www.jimwearne.com/ My name is Jim Wearne, and I am a Cornish-American folk […]
Cornish Music Symposium by Kate Neale
On Saturday the 28th of October, the Cornish Music Symposium took place at Kresen Kernow as part of the annual Lowender festival – Cornwall’s festival of music and dance. The Symposium a recurring part of the festival and is a joint venture with the Cornish National Music Archive: a website and community project that has […]
Simon Jones – A real mining photographer
Terry Harry’s Comment.It is very human to see something and think, wow that’s excellent. That is exactly how we felt when we went into a photographic exhibition at Geevor Tin Mine Museum.It was incredible and showed many photos that were taken with “proper” camera equipment in very difficult conditions, mostly underground without the benefit of […]
Those Mysterious Holes In The Ground – By well known authority Allen Buckley
“A mine is a hole in the ground with a Cornishman at the bottom,” so says the old adage, but, when is a hole a mine shaft? – and when is it something else completely? It is apparent, when reading statements in the press or hearing journalists on tv or radio, that most who comment […]
Cornwall’s Siren by Craig Weatherhill
Mermaids are ancient beings, known in one form or another the world over. The Greek Bronze Age exploits of Odysseus featured the deadly sirens whose song was so alluring that his sailors’ ears had to be stopped up with wax to stop them being lured overboard, the other forms of strange sea-folk can be found […]
Richmond Hill- The place where I was born. by Alan Murton
I was born on a hill – not surprising in Truro really…. It wasn’t just any old hill. It was Richmond Hill where everything of importance to the community seemed to pass by. It’s still there – but I wonder does it still reflect the social history of today as it did in my memories […]
Benjamin Wall – A Quiver Hero by Susan Coney
Susan Coney (née Phillips) is a prolific researcher and recorder of local history, especially about Truro. This article is about one of her relatives of whom she is rightly proud. The story of his act of heroism may not be new to you but this chance to read about it from the pen of one […]
The Bible Class Which Made Mining Safer by Allen Buckley
Nineteenth century Methodists were preoccupied with the saving of men’s souls, but one of their devout members successfully saved many thousands of miners’ lives in a physical sense. The story of how four members of Tuckingmill Methodist Chapel invented, developed, manufactured and then successfully market-ed safety fuse, for safe gunpowder blasting in mines, is a […]
Frank Long – the Lunnener by Tony Mansell
The word evacuee slips easily off the tongue, perhaps too easily to convey the extent of the pain and suffering endured by those affected. For the parents who had to say goodbye to their children and for the youngsters themselves, some as young as five, who had to gather on a London railway station, label […]
Emily by Tony Mansell
Once again, Tony Mansell leads us into his world of folklore, myth and legend with his present-day tale of Emily, a young lady who casts her spell to capture the hearts and minds of unsuspecting innocents. This story was the winner of the Gorsedh Kernow 2009…Short Story set in Cornwall. She arrived during the first […]