By Lyndon Allen To study the history of Par harbour, we first need to peer back through the mists of time to the port of St Blazey. It was here that ships came to the area of Par Beach. Around 400 years ago, it was a small, shallow estuary of the St Blazey (Par) River….Continue Reading “The History of the Port of Par”
Coroners’ Inquests By Bob Teague My general approach to research into Truro pubs has been to try to show how pubs are so tightly woven into the fabric of the community, reflecting everyday life, people and events locally, nationally and even internationally. That is as true today as it ever was. Truro’s pubs have, directly…Continue Reading “Truro Pubs – Coroners’ Inquests”
A Dame School (Thomas George Webster 1800-1886) By Tony Mansell Prior to the Elementary Education Act of 1870, 1 the state took no responsibility for schooling and those who wanted their children to receive lessons had to rely on charity or private arrangements. There appears to have been many small schools offering such a service…Continue Reading “Dame Schools as a part of the Cornish Education System”
The Phantom Tinner of Geevor By Robert J Rowse The heavy gates were sealed in ninety’s chill, The winding drum stood silent on the hill. Damp bitter air still clings to rusted stone, Where phantom miners walk the dark alone. Rough granite walls exhale a bitter breath, That carries echoes from the depths…Continue Reading “The Phantom Tinner of Geevor – a poem by Robert J Rowse”
Boy Willie (Image created using ChatGPT) Narrated by David Oates Educating Boy Willie is a classic Cornish dialect story made famous by the late storyteller Herbie Lean and recounted here in his own inimitable style by raconteur David Oates of Proper Job singers. David Oates David Oates is a Cornish bard…Continue Reading “Educating Boy Willie – a Cornish Dialect audio”
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”