A dozen panoramics by Terry Harry
Singer of Stories by Richard Trethewey
I was born into a very musical family. For many generations before me, music, singing and instruments had been an important fixture of family life. Jaben Trethewey (b.1848) played Clarinet in St Dennis church. My Grandparents generation sung in the chapel choir and played both brass and piano. My father’s generation all played in brass […]
Delabole Slate Quarry by Alan Murton
Alan Murton is in east Cornwall and brings us the story of a Cornish icon – the Delabole Slate Quarry. Most of us have heard of it, some have seen it, but a pound to a penny there’s something new to learn from this graphic article. Standing at dawn with thousands of others on the […]
Black Bridge a Cornish fiction story by Tony Mansell
Once again, Tony Mansell leads us into his world of folklore, myth and legend involving an iconic bridge which really has left a lasting impression on him. This bitter-sweet love story was the winner of the Gorsedh Kernow 2010 – Short Story set in Cornwall. My heart beats faster as I spot a column of […]
A Few Shots Of Wildlife In Cornwall by Terry Harry
A few fun shots when out with my cameras. To view the shots click on the gallery below. I hope I got the correct bird names,
Cornish Coast Symposium written by Garry Tregidga
Climate change is an everyday concern in today’s society. This is particularly the case in coastal communities that are often subject to serious flooding and the impact of rising sea levels. The Cornish experience of coastal change in the past proved to be a popular subject for discussion at a recent symposium at the Penryn […]
A Miner’s Tale – from Simon Jones website (cornishmineimages.co.uk)
Simon had received a new account from Stu Peters an ex South Crofty Miner about a particularly bad day at the Mine. It is well worth a read, and a valuable addition to his Cornish Miners Memories 3. During the autumn of 1973 I went to work at South Crofty. On my first morning I […]
A day out at Minions & Golitha Woodland
Click on any photo in the gallery to see them larger There are photos here of the Minions Mound, which is believed to be a bronze age cairn.You will find it if you look carefully to the right of The Hurlers car park at Minions. It was damaged when the cottages next to it were […]
Kennall Gunpowder Mill Co. by Tony Mansell
In this article, Tony Mansell turns to the gunpowder manufacturing industry of the 19th century and looks at the process involved, and the pain experienced when things go wrong. Gunpowder was invented in China, probably in the 9th century, and its potential for warfare and for more peaceful purposes was quickly realised. Opinions vary regarding […]
Bude’s Tide Mill and Bridge – A New Book by Nick Cole
This book is an account of an 18-month long piece of historical detective work. At the centre of town is an iconic bridge named, “Nanny Moore’s Bridge”. Nanny Moore lived in a cottage by the bridge, and it was known that the cottage had been a mill. How the mill was powered, and the history […]
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 […]