Category: Yesteryear
A Midnight Encounter by Rev. Thomas Shaw
St. Blazey Gate Methodist Church which was built in 1824 stands on the left-hand side of the road from St. Austell to St. Blazey at
Richard Perry South Australia 1873-76 by Michael Tangye
The discovery of copper in the York Peninsula of South Australia in the 1840s attracted Cornish miners in their hun-dreds, and Burra-Burra, Wallaroo, and Moonta,
The Great Hurricane of 1823 by Michael Tangye Photos Terry Harry
Late October 1823. West Cornwall was experiencing summer-like weather with warm sunshine and still seas. In Mount’s Bay, and else-where along the coast, fishermen were
Forgotten Heroes by E.M. Gardner with a drawing by Robbie
Cornwall is a special land, its men a special breed,By granite rocks and mighty seas their strength has been decreed,No fear will make them bow
My Favourite Place – Malpas by Alan Murton
You’ve all got your favourite spots, I bet. One thing for sure is that we’re spoilt for choice in Cornwall, aren’t we? Don’t ask how
Zennor Church by Margaret Rowling for Cornwall Today in the 1990s
If you take the B3306 road from St. Ives to St. Just, you will pass through some of the most dramatic scenery in Cornwall. The
The Smugglers of Gerrans Bay – written by Chris Pollard for Cornwall Today in 1995
The long sweep of Gerrans Bay, with its high vantage points at the Nare Head and St. Anthony made it an ideal location for the
A Millwheel Worked In Blood – By the late great Craig Weatherhill In 1995
The road from Catchall to St. Buryan twists its way through a valley bottom near a house called Canopus and close to where Trelew Mill
The Story Of The Cornish by John Webb
I am delighted to say that I have been granted permission for the following to appear on this website. John Webb is an important member
The Coming of the Wireless by Tom Clemens (who actually taught Jethro quite a few years ago!)
In my village in mid-Cornwall the telephone was still something of a novelty when the first wireless sets appeared and although we didn’t understand how
Two Historic Programmes – St Columb Coronation and Silver Jubilee.
Below are two historic programmes from St Columb. The first is from the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 and the second is from the Silver Jubilee
IKTIS – The Ancient Cornish Tin Trade by Craig Weatherhill
This follow up article was also written in the 1990s by the great Cornish writer and scholar Craig Weatherhill who sadly died in 2020. Any