Geevor Tin Mine in 1995 by Bob Orchard
All general photos taken at Geevor in 2020 by Terry Harry The area in which Geevor Tin Mine operated was first worked by the old
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Out & About with Ruth & Terry
All of these photos have been taken recently whilst we have been out and about getting photos for articles for this magazine.
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
Those Ubiguitous Engine Houses by Allen Buckley in 1995
The article was written in 1995 by Allen. All photos were taken by Terry Harry in 2020 Interest in Cornwall’s old, ruined, mine enginehouses has
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
GWENNAP PIT by Ruth Tremayne Netter
With photos by Terry Harry It’s the heart of the Methodist worldWhere John Wesley made his markAnd as the people came to listenSomething profound had
THE LEVANT MINING DISASTER BY PETER WAVERLY (1994)
It was nearly 3pm on Monday 20th October 1919, when the man engine at Levant mine on the cliffs near Pendeen snapped and the second
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
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.
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