The Name Of Our Capital by The Late, Richard Gendall
Truro…? How do you say it, and what does it mean? Old memories are dying out: does anyone from the west still tell of the
Category: Places
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
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 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 Stroll Through Lanson With Rob Tremain St Mary Magdalene Church
The unique feature of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Launceston, is that it is completely encased in sculptured granite. As we saw last time
The last battle for Cornwall by Patrick E. Coleman
It was summer in 838, and the band of Cornish warriors and their unlikely allies, a group of arauding Danes whose ships were drawn up
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
The Wreck of the S.S. Schiller, 1875, and its Aftermath by Michael Tangye
1960. I sat in the kitchen of the farmhouse at Pelistry, on St. Mary’s, and chatted to ninety- year-old Mrs. Tregear about the Scilly she
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
The Cathedral of the Moors – Altarnun Church by Kath Keen
Travelling west on Cornwall’s main artery, the A30 road, the sometimes bleak, sometimes wild, but always beautiful expanse of Bodmin Moor begins, a short distance
It’s lives we’re after, not ships. by Thomas Austin
Padstow Lifeboat first Published in Aigust 1995 Severe stormforce winds, some structural damage may occur. That warning is always ominous, and all of us on