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”
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”
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
It is hard to appreciate in 1995 just how wide-spread and important to the Cornish economy tin streaming used to be. Hardly a valley in
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
To most people the Cornish mining industry is about tin and copper, with perhaps a certain amount of lead, silver and zinc thrown in. Although
The mining region of West Cornwall is noted for its impressive engine houses, although none of these great buildings is more famous for its elegance
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
David Moyse was a very well known and respected man in Hayle and had a wonderful outfitters in the main street. It was the first
I see that English Heritage is giving grants of £100 to some who wish to restore their old privvy in the back garden to its
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
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
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
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
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