Cornwall Humour by Alan Murton in 2002
Alan Murton – Runner Up in Confederation of Old Cornwall Societies Essay Competitiony November 30th is looming large. I’m a “Dreckly” specialist and wait for
Category: Humour
A Little Bit More Chat With Maid Lowenna by Joy Stevenson
Donkey shays were a means of transport for many Cornish years ago; miners, especially, used them to get to their work each day. It was
Remembering The Dear Old Cornish Privvy by Joy Stevenson in 1996
I see that English Heritage is giving grants of £100 to some who wish to restore their old privvy in the back garden to its
My Most Unforgettable Character – A Memory of South Crofty Mine c1995
The first time I met Walter he was in a terrible rage, his eyes gleaming redly in the light of my cap lamp like some
A Bit Av Chat Skiing With Maid Lowenna by Joy Stevenson
The skiing season is upon us and plane loads of Brits, along with the Duke of Cornwall, head for the slopes. It is a time
A Bit of Chat With Maid Lowenna Can she Dance Tha Flora by Joy Stevenson
Twuz cauld und raw und dimmitty Tha night Jaw `Awke cum round. We wuz scriffun round tha awld slab Twuddun night fun `orse nor `ound.
Even more chat with Maid Lowenna Joy Stevenson
I bin in sum shiack you, wuz goin down be tha splatt und went flyun auvurr a geat stawne thut cum abrawd frum tha kerb
Bit more chat with Maid Lowenna
A few explanations of Cornish Dialect. Ee wuz left ta gaw. – Neglected and now needs attention. Where ee to un? – Where are you?
Oswald Prior Cartoons
Oswald Pryor (15 February 1881 – 13 June 1971) was a South Australian cartoonist noted for his depictions of life particularly of miners from Cornwall.
Some Wedding Humour
A husband is living proof that a wife can take a joke. A best man’s speech needs to be like a mini-skirt; short enough to