D Day for a Truronian by Alan Murton
So Many HeroesTerence John Murton (RAF 1941/46)1924 – 1979 I lived on a hill, not any old hill. It was the hill in Truro where
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Air Ambulance Charity appeals for urgent support to safeguard helicopter service
1 June 2020 Cornwall Air Ambulance is appealing for urgent support to help safeguard the future of the helicopter service amid a significant funding shortfall
Redruth Revival Murders by Michael Tangye
1824. King George IV reigned. The mining town of Redruth had not yet reached the height of its prosperity. Its shallow, immensely rich copper lodes
Mary Kelynack & The Great Exhibition by Michael Tangye
The Great Exhibition of 1851 held in the Crystal Palace at Hyde Park, as a symbol “of British greatness and prosperity”, caused great excitement throughout
Mining Can Be Fun By Allen Buckley in 1995
A problem “up-country” settlers have with the Cornish is knowing when to take them seriously. No race on earth is as dedicated to the “wind-up”
Bob Fitzsimmons by Andrew Croucher – The bigger they come, the harder they fail…”
It was a match that had been five long years in the making. Four thousand lucky boxing fans managed to descend on Carson City, Nevada
The Stormbringers by Craig Weatherhill in 1996
We are sorry to say that Craig has died during July 2020, after a long illness. He was a ferocious protector of Cornwall and a
D.H. Lawrence and Cornwall by Tom Salmon in 1995
The tortuous, tormented, ambivalent life of D.H. Lawrence – best known for Lady Chatterley’s Lover, nowhere near his best book but by far the most
A Cousin Jack in the Wild West by Michael Tangye
There are hardly any of the indigenous Cornish, residing in the mining areas of Cornwall, who have not been raised with stories of forebears who
‘A Quaker Saint of Cornwall’ by Barry West
Barry West is a Cornish Researcher Based in Cornwall Loveday Hambly of Tregongeeves between St Mewan and Polgooth appears in a book called ‘A Quaker
Footprints In The Sand written by Edna Cass in 1997
This article featured in Cornwall Today, Yesterday & Dreckly in 1997 We have added the wonderful poem “Trebetherick by John Betjeman“The original photos were taken
Alfred Wallis 1855 – 1942 by Tom Salmon
What I do mosley is what used to Bee out of my own memory what we may never see again as Thing are altered altogether
Cornwall’s Boer War General
The Boer War was only nine days old when the first battle occurred at Talana Hill, near the Natal town of Dundee. It was October
John Knill remembered
Many Cornish worthies are remembered principally for their contribution to the well being of our Cornwall. Opie as the artist, Trevithick for steam power, Boscawen