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
Category: Yesteryear
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
The last battle for Cornwall by Patrick E. Coleman
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
The Clifftop Cross Lamorna by Michael Tangye
On the cliff-path westward from Lamorna, St. Buryan, stands a solitary granite cross inscribed D.W.W. MAR 13 1873. No book tells the story behind this
‘A Quaker Saint of Cornwall’ by Barry West
Barry West is a Cornish Researcher Based in Cornwall Loveday Hambly of Tregongeeves between St Mewan and Polgooth appears in a book called ‘A Quaker
The Royal Cornwall Show history before 1994
Back in the dim and distant past of the late 18th century, Cornwall was quite remote from the heavily populated areas, but it was far