Join Alan Nance as he traces his great, great grandfather’s footsteps from Catalonia, France, to Plymouth. His relative’s old diary, which dates back to nearly 200 years before, accompanies him for the entire journey. Read on to find out more about Alan’s story. I arrived in Plymouth aboard the Armorique, he on the William and Amelia. I had walked a thousand…Continue Reading “Dehwelans: Return”
Jackie Harding tells Cornish Story about her journey walking from Chapel Porth to Nancekuke in late September last year. In this regular series of features she will be mapping these kinds of stories onto the physical landscape of the Cornish coast. On the last Sunday of September we arrived at Chapel Porth. It was so early that…Continue Reading “Chapel Porth to Nancekuke”
Historian Stephen Roberts uncovers one of Cornwall’s most notable families, a band of brothers, the Tangyes, and their life’s industrial work throughout Victorian Britain. When the theatre manager F.W. Davies, speaking at a dinner of the Midland Cornish Association in February 1907, described Richard Tangye as ‘the foremost Cornishman of his day’, no one would have…Continue Reading “The Tangyes of Illogan”
A short poem exploring the darker stories, myths and legends surrounding Loe Pool in Helston by Joshua Schouten de Jel. Every seven years somebody dies down there. A Helston grocers’ wife committed suicide; The son of a local farmer, aged twenty seven, Drowned after his horse bolted from a stone gap; After the Second World War two airmen…Continue Reading “Every Seven Years”
Jackie Harding relates her journey of walking from Hell’s Mouth to Portreath in late August earlier this year. In this regular series of features she will be mapping these kinds of stories onto the physical landscape of the Cornish coast. Read on to discover more. On the last morning of August we set off from Hell’s Mouth,…Continue Reading “North Cliffs: Hell’s Mouth to Portreath”
This month’s continuation of a short series based on ancestor research follows the story of Lesley Carter and her journey to uncover more information about her great grandfather. You can view last month’s article here. Back in Penzance the following day, we have a mooch around the Public Library. In the reference section, I am…Continue Reading “Looking for George Henry Guy: Part 4”