My manifesto for Cornwall by Terry Harry
I was asked recently by Garry Tregidga to write my idea of a mainfesto for Cornwall. I was delighted to be able to do so.
Category: Current Stories
Kernow’s Smaller Villages – Mysterious Mithian
Tony Mansell continues this series with an article about this charming Cornish village where his wife was born and where his family lived for many
The Rendezvous by Tony Mansell
(Winner of the Gorsedh Kernow 2007 Short Story set in Cornwall) Thoughts of folklore, myth and legend lead our minds to times past when events,
Cornish Story – A website that helps us with some of their stories.
Cornish Story are looking for authors seeking an on-line platform for their Cornish articles (mainly non-fiction) and poetry. Cornish Story has a wide range of
Strange Inhabitants? Drawings by Robbie.
MORGAWR THE MONSTER? Cornwall may not have any lakes or inland waterways to match the Scottish Lochs but we do have a rather large amount
The St Agnes Railway That Never Arrived by Clive Benney
Many will have heard of the Chacewater to Newquay Railway that passed through St Agnes Parish between 1903 and 1963 but how many know that
Growing Up Near Looe by Tony Mansell
This is largely an article of personal memories and is in no way an attempt to provide a history of the area. It includes my
The China Clay Industry by Malcolm Gould
Malcolm Gould brings us the technical aspects of extracting clay, the practical methods used and more than a bit of local colour. A most informative
Kernow’s Smaller Villages – Penwithick by Malcolm Gould
This article takes us for a trip into clay-country as Malcolm Gould recalls his young life there in one of its small villages. I was
The Mangle House by Tony Mansell
A mangle keeper or mangle woman was someone who offered a laundry pressing service to the people of her community. The possession of a mangle,