A Little Bit More Chat With Maid Lowenna by Joy Stevenson
Donkey shays were a means of transport for many Cornish years ago; miners, especially, used them to get to their work each day. It was
Category: Yesteryear
The Feast of St Day & The Customs of a Community by Paul Annear in 1995
Many Cornish towns and villages continue to celebrate their annual feast, but few match the enthusiasm and goodwill enjoyed at St. Day. Each year hundreds
John Wesley’s Cornish Amphitheatre by Joan Hellyar Shaw in 1996
Did you know that tucked away between St. Day and Carharrack and just one-and-a- half miles from Redruth is a place visited by over 20,000
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”
Bob Fitzsimmons by Andrew Croucher – The bigger they come, the harder they fail…”
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
Tin Streaming: An Ancient Industry by Allen Buckley in 1995
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
The Stormbringers by Craig Weatherhill in 1996
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
Cornish Mining – The Arsenic Industry In Cornwall by Allen Buckley
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
Killifreth Mine by Allen Buckley
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
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
Playing at Work The Cornish Way by David Moyse in 1995
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
Remembering The Dear Old Cornish Privvy by Joy Stevenson in 1996
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
D.H. Lawrence and Cornwall by Tom Salmon in 1995
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
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