The Fisk University Jubilee Choir Tour of Cornwall Black Musicians in the South West 1894-1895 By Lynne Mayers The Story of Discovery It all began with the arrival of an old scrapbook at the Perranzabuloe Museum in 2014. To call it a scrapbook is a serious dis-service, for it is a leather-bound ledger which runs…Continue Reading “The Fisk University Jubilee Choir Tour of Cornwall”
By Robert Burroughs Another story in the Drollercoaster series St Germanus Priory Church at old Lanaled; East Wivelshire, 1824 From F W L Stockdale: Excursions in the County of Cornwall; (pub’ Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1824) In the church of St Germanus at ancient Lanaled, there survives a carved Misericorde seat showing a Huntsman and…Continue Reading “The Dondu: The Demon Huntsman and his Dandy Dogs”
By Tony Mansell Cornwall once had many railway branch lines but, sad to say, only a few remain. One that still operates is the Looe Valley Line but without the the need to transport minerals from Caradon to quayside, it would never have been built. Perhaps that statement is not entirely true: who knows whether…Continue Reading “Caradon to Looe Railway”
Bert Biscoe’s commemoration poem to Thomas Flamank and Michael Joseph An Gof – forever remembered by Cornish people wherever they may be.
by John Webb This history of the current Toronto Cornish Association is from the Association’s February 2026 newsletter. It is included here as a part of Cornish Story’s Global Kernow. In 2024, as the Toronto Cornish Association marked its 30th anniversary, it felt like the right moment to look back –particularly to those formative first ten years when habits were established, friendships…Continue Reading “The First Decade of the Toronto Cornish Association (1994–2004)”
By Tony Mansell No story of Truro could be told without reference to its rivers and their role in its development. Sailing ships and then steam ships were a common sight as they made their way from Falmouth Haven, along what we now know as Carrick Roads, the River Fal and into Truro River…Continue Reading “Truro’s Rivers”