A Cornish Dialect series by Tony Mansell “Ere Sid, ave ee eard bout Mary Prout, they d’say she’s caught religion. Born again, that’s what I eard.” “Mary, I don’t believe n. Not with the way she’ve put erself bout in the past. Hell, she’s had everythin on offer and gone back for seconds.” “Bleddy right…Continue Reading “Sidney Zacharius Penpraze – The Calling”
William Lovett (8th May 1800-1877) was born in Newlyn, Penzance, the son of the Captain of a small fishing vessel. His father, also called William, drowned before William Junior was born. His mother, Keziah Davey Green, came from Sancreed; she was a strict Methodist and so naturally, William was sent to the local Methodist Sunday…Continue Reading “William Lovett – Cornishman, Chartist and Social Reformer”
In June 2007, the Rt Revd Bill Ind, Bishop of Truro, wrote: “I am often asked about my attitude to the Prayer Book Rebellion and in my opinion, there is no doubt that the English Government behaved brutally and stupidly and killed many Cornish people. I don’t think apologising for something that happened over…Continue Reading “The Prayer Book Rebellion / Cornish Commotion (A Potted History)”
The countryside dazzles, a pageant of glistening white. The magical rime of last night’s hoar frost decks hedges and trees in Christmas tinsel. At my feet the fields lie frozen, a milky, plush-piled Persian carpet. The fog which brought the whiteness has conceded. Yielding to the same sun which will destroy what it now…Continue Reading “Morning Glory – a poem by Alan Murton”
Photo: Pixabay As a child, my dad would take me, on Saturday morning, with a couple of his friends, out fishing at Coverack in a beautiful clinker built boat called The Southern Star. Going there recently, many years on, I found her pulled up beyond high water, much changed from the boat I knew….Continue Reading “The Southern Star – a poem by David Oates”
A Cornish Dialect series by Tony Mansell “Here Sid, did ee ever av a go at playin that there golf?” “Ess Jan, I did. I did av a go at n but I gived n up again. “Sure nuff? “Ess, I couldn get on with they lot over Perran and part from that, they ad…Continue Reading “The Life and Times of Sidney Zacharius Penpraze – Playing A Round”