Falmouth & The Peninsular War by Michael Tangye
In 1995, Britain celebrated the fiftieth anniversary marking the end of the Second World War. The people of Falmouth then recalled the massive build-up of American and British troops who eventually embarked from the River Fal and from Falmouth in 1944 for the beaches of Normandy. The research of early nineteenth century newspapers the Royal […]
A welcome to 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; […]
Auntie Em’ by David Moyse
When I think of her, waifs and strays both human and animal come to mind.Auntie Em was my mother’s sister, and as a very small child I used to spend my summer holidays with her at home outside Liskeard.She was a formidable woman; when she stood, hands on hips, looking through those wire-framed spectacles of […]
Lilla Miller – Mrs Rosewarne
If you’ve never seen a character. ‘ere’s one. Mrs Rosewarne.Now long gone to the Tin Mine in the sky – Lilla Miller, alias Mrs.Rosewarne once in the 1990s welcomed me into her lovely flat exclaiming that her tea is the cheapest in the town. Her naturally warm ability to tell local stories has made her […]
Here be Dragons
Despite a number of tales about Danish depredations, and their having a settlement of sorts in Scilly, Cornwall probably saw less of the Norsemen’s incursions than other parts of Britain’s main-land. This might, in a way, explain the absence of dragons in the county’s otherwise varied folklore. The dragon-headed prow of a Viking long ship […]
Safari To The Source Of The Fowey River by Tony Blackman of the Cornwall Heritage Trust
The day dawned bright and hot – and just got hotter…. The kindness of Jamaica Inn management allowed “the adventurers” to gather alongside the “booters” of the regular car boot sale on Sunday 9th July, 1995. At the appointed starting hour, a leisurely 11.00am., 60 suitably kitted people gathered to be briefed on the requirements […]
A bit chat with Maid Lowenna in Cornish Dialect
Written by the legend of Cornish Dialect stories by the late great Joy Stevenson who I knew really well, she was a treasure. A health warning needs to be in place for non Cornish people. A Bit of Chat With Maid Lowenna Andsum bit av weathurr idden a? Tha sun bin crackun tha hedges und […]
A little about Lanson
An article written by Lanson’s Town Crier Rob Tremain who is an Honoured Burgess of the Town. He is a real proper bloke and a proud Cornishman. Bruno Peak’s dream of a “Beacon Millennium” with one million beacons being lit around the world, is to be part of the celebrations to greet the year 2000. […]