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” as is the Cornish Celt, and more Englishmen and other “furriners” have gone back across the Tamar convinced of the truth of some amazing or unlikely story, than it takes […]
It’s lives we’re after, not ships. by Thomas Austin
Padstow Lifeboat first Published in Aigust 1995 Severe stormforce winds, some structural damage may occur. That warning is always ominous, and all of us on hearing such a forecast will immediately offer a fervent hope that our home will be spared, followed in the instant by thoughts of insurance, renewal dates, amount of cover, and […]
Walking With The Late Frank Squibb. The Land’s End Round First Published in August 1995
Frank Squibb lived in Falmouth with his family and sadly passed away in 2013. ‘The Squibbs are very well respected in Cornish athletic circles. Frank made a daily round trip to St. Austell College where he was a senior Tutor, lecturing in Tourism and Leisure. When you read about his walks you will not question […]
Bit Chat With Joy Stevenson, our Maid Lowenna
Cornish author and bard, the late great Joy Stevenson, who promoted dialect throughout her life wrote this piece for Cornwall Today Yesterday & Dreckly in 1996. Joy died in 2015 in her 90s with husband Stan by her side. Stan was an adobted Cornishman being Scottish and he was a truly lovely man that I […]