Penzance Battery or Batteries by Robin Knight
The fact that a gun battery was at one time situated on the Battery Rocks adjacent to the iconic Jubilee Pool is well known, but
Category: Memories
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
South Australia’s Little Cornwall
With the discovery of copper and the arrival of Cornish miners, the three towns in the Copper Triangle of South Australia – Kadina, Wallaroo and
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
Monkey Puzzle Cornish cross base And what is skunk Cabbage? by Barry West
Cornwall has a special relationship with Araucaria araucana, the first large specimen of which was bought by Sir William Molesworth of Pencarrow for 20 guineas
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.
Going to Pont by Mrs. G. Richards
There were many ways of going to Pont in the old days and each one brought its own adventures and delights. Perhaps the best way
The Clifftop Cross Lamorna by Michael Tangye
On the cliff-path westward from Lamorna, St. Buryan, stands a solitary granite cross inscribed D.W.W. MAR 13 1873. No book tells the story behind this
The Royal Cornwall Show history before 1994
Back in the dim and distant past of the late 18th century, Cornwall was quite remote from the heavily populated areas, but it was far
Marshgate WI History
As Marshgate WI approaches its 70th birthday, it has a lot of history to look back on from its humble beginnings in the village schoolroom.