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
Category: Yesteryear
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
A Cousin Jack in the Wild West by Michael Tangye
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
Monkey Puzzle Cornish cross base And what is skunk Cabbage? by Barry West
Cornwall has a special relationship with Araucaria araucana, the first large specimen of which was bought by Sir William Molesworth of Pencarrow for 20 guineas
A Stroll Through Lanson With Rob Tremain St Mary Magdalene Church
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