Joseph Antonia Emidy by Tony Mansell.
The fascinating story of Joseph Antonia Emidy has been mostly gleaned from the autobiography of oneof his pupils, the Cornish-born politician and slavery abolitionist, James Silk Buckingham, who wroteabout Emidy’s life up to 1807. Others have written about him, mostly using Buckingham’s material, andtheir work may provide a more comprehensive picture of this remarkable man […]
Daphne Du Maurier my literary friend by Muriel Mansell
Whilst collecting information for my books and stories I have interviewed many people, each with a tale to tell. It is surprising, therefore, that although my mother has led an interesting life, I had never sat down with pen and paper to record her story. The situation has now been remedied and this is just […]
The Man Who Photographed the Miners: J. C. Burrow in Cornwall and Wales – By Francis Edwards (The Cornwall Historian)
Part One ‘Mongst Photos and Photographers… A few weeks ago, I took my son on a camping trip to North Wales. We weren’t especially fortunate with the weather, and anticipating this I had arranged what I’d hoped to be an interesting indoor activity: an underground tour at Llechwedd Slate Caverns, near Blaenau Ffestiniog. At its […]
“She Iddn Like We Poor Sawl” by Maid Lowenna (The Late Wonderful Joy Stevenson)
Nex ta we av just bin sawld New parties av moved in, They’m sumwhere frum uplong A pia-ace they da call Kings Lynn. They’m daicunt sawls sure nuff Tha missus da seem quite fitty. But my gar tha way that she da talk Is stra-ange ee iz sum pity. She dawn’t reely seem quite zackly […]
Cornish Castles – St Michaels’ Mount by Margaret Rowling photos by Terry Harry
Most castles in Cornwall were built as fortresses centuries ago, their stout granite walls surviving many a battle. Over the years the weather may have beaten the walls down to almost ruins, but with a little imagination and a history book, we can see them again as they once were. One castle which needs no […]
Down West 22nd October 2023 by Terry Harry
Cornish Charming & Premonitions by Michael Tangye with photos by Terry Harry
Man’s dependency upon electronic equipment, his constant efforts to reach new scientific heights linked with a brain increasingly bombarded with the noise, data, and stresses of the twentieth century has led to the almost complete destruction of certain primitive, yet finer, senses. It is well known that races and tribes who have remained for centuries […]
Ros Keltek” Cornish Dance Group – Redruth’s Murdoch Day 1995
A Midnight Encounter by Rev. Thomas Shaw
St. Blazey Gate Methodist Church which was built in 1824 stands on the left-hand side of the road from St. Austell to St. Blazey at the junction which is signposted “Luxulyan”. It is a typical Wesleyan Chapel of the period but the simple magnificence of its interior furnishings would lead one to suppose that its […]
The Whit Monday Service at Gwennap Pit photos taken on the 5th June 1995 by Terry Harry
Richard Perry South Australia 1873-76 by Michael Tangye
The discovery of copper in the York Peninsula of South Australia in the 1840s attracted Cornish miners in their hun-dreds, and Burra-Burra, Wallaroo, and Moonta, east of Adelaide, became household names in Cornwall. Oswald Pryor, in his book Australia’s Little Cornwall tells us that many miners had arrived with the first settlers but, in the […]
Something leaked…..Cornish port’s boatbuilding heritage to be celebrated at regatta weekend….
LOOE is poised to have an additional harbourside event next year – and it’s one in which businesses and residents are being urged to get involved. Following on from the success of last May’s Cornish Lugger Association biennial reunion in the bay, the Looe-based organisers are now planning a ‘fallow years’ regatta in 2024 but […]
Harry Glasson – The great songwriter who wrote “Cornwall My Home”
What a privilege it was for us to meet up with the legend Harry Glasson and his lovely wife Ann in their delightful garden on a sunny Cornish summer afternoon. You can find the essence of Harry’s love for Cornwall encapsulated in his wonderful catalogue of songs, and in particular Cornwall My Home which is […]
A NEW CORNWALL GALLERY FOR ALL OF YOU UNABLE TO TRAVEL – Photos by Terry Harry
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