Obby Oss video by Terry Harry
This video was taken a few years ago in the hallway of Prideaux Place.I was there as a press guest thanks to Peter and Elisabeth
Category: Memories
JOY STEVENSON – Our very own Maid Lowenna
Sadly both Joy and her wonderful dedicated husband Stan have passed on, but hopefully they are somewhere together. Knowing them both very well I would
LANDSCAPE by Les Rendell
I gaze upon the granite moor and mark the summit of the tor;And all around the windswept green, changing hue to shades between.While over where
ST. NEOT CHURCH BY REV. TONY OLIVEY
The present church at St. Neot was built about 1425 but was not finished in its final form until late in the 15th century when
HAPPY MEMORIES OF PENWARTHA SCHOOL 1955/56 by Kevin Bennetts
WITH MR WILLY TAMBLIN AS OUR TEACHER WHO UNBEKNOWN TO ME AT THAT POINT SHAPED MY FUTURE. I had started school at Penwartha tucked away
RECOLLECTIONS OF REDRUTH 1939 – 1944 BY ELIZABETH TROUNSON
lf only Redruth station could speakl It had seen so many comings and goings during its history; mass migration to the cotton and woollen mills
Welcome – Cornish History
Cornwall was indeed a Dark Ages kingdom. Its last king, Doniert, contrived to drown himself in the 10th century and an inscribed stone still stands
Breage Church in 1994 by Margaret Rowling
Just four miles from Helston, on the main road to Penzance, you will pass through the village of Breage. On your right, as you come
ST. BILLY OF BALDHU (The life and times of Billy Bray) Part two by Thomas Shaw
Thomas Shaw, is a Methodist Minister, and a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd (Ystoryer Methodysyeth). He’s the former general secretary of the Wesley Historical Society,
The Children of Epona: Horses in Cornish Legend by Craig Weatherhill
An article written in 1993 for Cornwall Today by Craig Weatherhill who sadly died in July 2020. Craig was himself a Cornish Legend, his books
Discovering Cornish Hulls by Michael Tangye in 1994
I had heard of the dark and mysterious chambers penetrating deeply into the hillsides of the Carnmenellis granite area, which lies between Redruth and Helston.
Strange & Ghostly Cornish Tales by Pat Robins
Years ago, long before the arrival of radio or TV, Cornish folk often entertained each other by telling a tale. On dark, cold winter nights
Scilly The Way It Was The Bishop by Steve Ottery in 1995
For 150 years the light from the Bishop Rock lighthouse has warned the mariners to steer clear of the rocks or “fangs of Scilly”. The
Lostwithiel a Royalist Victory August – September 1644 by Blaze Redgrave in 1996
It was the siege of Lyme (now Lyme Regis) by a Royalist army under Prince Maurice that caused the Earl of Essex to set off