Susan Coney brings us the history of N Gill and Son, arguably, the leading retailer and manufacturer of drapery, ladies and gentlemen’s attire and house furnishing in Truro for 120 years, from 1833 to 1953. The owners, especially William Nicholas Gill and his son Arthur William Gill, were prominent and philanthropic members of the Truro…Continue Reading “N Gill and Son – a very successful Truro Family Business for 120 years”
Alan Murton reflects on one of those events when everyone can recall where they were. How familiar are the words of Genesis 1vv 1-31, particularly: “God said: ‘Let there be light’ and there was light. And God saw the light that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness?” How many…Continue Reading “Whose Eclipse?”
Helston is a town at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Penzance and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Falmouth. This profile of Helston Bible Christian Chapel (Meneage Street) has been compiled by Betty Pascoe.
This profile of St Ives Teetotal/New Connexion Chapel , Chapel Street, St Ives, has been compiled by Val Thomas of St Ives Old Cornwall Society. 1743: A 120 strong Methodist Society formed in St Ives. 1743: First visit by Charles Wesley. August 1743: John Wesley visited St Ives. 1745: John Wesley preached in Street…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – St Ives Teetotal/New Connexion (Now known as The Drill Hall)”
Location of chapel on 1888 map Troon is a large village, 1.5 miles south-east of Camborne. This profile of Troon (Chapel Square) United Methodist Free Chapel has been compiled by Suzanne Trythall. 1871: a breakaway group of Wesleyan Reformers (meeting in the original Wesleyan Chapel) obtained land from the Fortescue of Bodmin estate on…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Troon (Chapel Square) United Methodist Free Chapel”
Alan M. Kent sadly passed away earlier this year just a few days before his 55th birthday. Hazel Mark reviews his last published novel Saffron Bun Chapel for Cornish Story. The Saffron Bun Chapel is built as the centrepiece of the Methodist Mining community, in Upper Peninsula, Michigan State. It is set in 1900, at a…Continue Reading “Saffron Bun Chapel”