A Millwheel Worked In Blood – By the late great Craig Weatherhill In 1995

The road from Catchall to St. Buryan twists its way through a valley bottom near a house called Canopus and close to where Trelew Mill once stood. The stream flows on southward, past the site of Trombothick Mill and through one of the most pleasant and unspoilt valleys in West Cornwall towards where it once […]

The Story Of The Cornish by John Webb

I am delighted to say that I have been granted permission for the following to appear on this website. John Webb is an important member of the Toronto Cornish Association.This research was first given verbally at their meetings and recently featured in their newsletter. I am very pleased to have John as my brother-in-law; he […]

John Betjeman’s Cornwall by Molly Reynolds with photos by Terry Harry

Although John Betjeman, best known of Britain’s Poets Laureate, was not a Cornishman, he made one area of the county his own. The villages and countryside of North Cornwall centred around the towns of Wadebridge and Padstow have been immortalised in Betjeman’s verse. A book of private letters was published in 1995, edited by Betjeman’s […]

The Old Plough – Shortlanesend with a poem by Ruth Harry & Photos by Terry Harry

THE OLD PLOUGH It’s the local village pubAnd is the heart of ShortlanesendWhere Mark and Ian welcome youOn that you can depend Besides the drinks and pub foodThere are activities to chooseWith quizzes, games and bingoDon’t worry if you lose Some runners-up get prizesIt’s a family friendly placeIf darts or pool’s your interestOr perhaps a […]

Cornwall Blood Bikes – Riding For Life

Cornwall Blood Bikes founded in 2011, is a purely volunteer run charity operating “out of hours” Monday to Friday 5pm-7am and 24 hours weekends and bank holidays.  Operating 365 days a year, in all winds and weathers, delivering urgent medical supplies; pathology samples, whole blood, platelets, medical notes, medical equipment, medication, donor breast milk and […]