Brass Bands and the Temperance Movement by Tony Mansell
Teetotalism is the abstinence from alcoholic beverages and in this article, Tony Mansell considers how it impacted on brass bands. To begin, however, he reflects
Category: Yesteryear
Strange Inhabitants? Drawings by Robbie.
MORGAWR THE MONSTER? Cornwall may not have any lakes or inland waterways to match the Scottish Lochs but we do have a rather large amount
The St Agnes Railway That Never Arrived by Clive Benney
Many will have heard of the Chacewater to Newquay Railway that passed through St Agnes Parish between 1903 and 1963 but how many know that
Kernow’s Smaller Villages – Silverwell – Memories of Pure Gold by Tony Mansell
In the first of this series Tony Mansell has chosen the village where he grew up and for which he still has fond memories. There
Over the hills and far away .. by David Oates
David Oates draws on intensely personal childhood memories, of some seventy years ago, to find echoes of an age now gone. An age where leisure
Those Mysterious Holes In The Ground – By well known authority Allen Buckley
“A mine is a hole in the ground with a Cornishman at the bottom,” so says the old adage, but, when is a hole a
Cornwall’s Siren by Craig Weatherhill
Mermaids are ancient beings, known in one form or another the world over. The Greek Bronze Age exploits of Odysseus featured the deadly sirens whose
Richmond Hill- The place where I was born. by Alan Murton
I was born on a hill – not surprising in Truro really…. It wasn’t just any old hill. It was Richmond Hill where everything of
Benjamin Wall – A Quiver Hero by Susan Coney
Susan Coney (née Phillips) is a prolific researcher and recorder of local history, especially about Truro. This article is about one of her relatives of
The Bible Class Which Made Mining Safer by Allen Buckley
Nineteenth century Methodists were preoccupied with the saving of men’s souls, but one of their devout members successfully saved many thousands of miners’ lives in
Joseph Antonia Emidy by Tony Mansell.
The fascinating story of Joseph Antonia Emidy has been mostly gleaned from the autobiography of oneof his pupils, the Cornish-born politician and slavery abolitionist, James
The Man Who Photographed the Miners: J. C. Burrow in Cornwall and Wales – By Francis Edwards (The Cornwall Historian)
Part One ‘Mongst Photos and Photographers… A few weeks ago, I took my son on a camping trip to North Wales. We weren’t especially fortunate
Cornish Castles – St Michaels’ Mount by Margaret Rowling photos by Terry Harry
Most castles in Cornwall were built as fortresses centuries ago, their stout granite walls surviving many a battle. Over the years the weather may have
Cornish Charming & Premonitions by Michael Tangye with photos by Terry Harry
Man’s dependency upon electronic equipment, his constant efforts to reach new scientific heights linked with a brain increasingly bombarded with the noise, data, and stresses