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 […]
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
