A biographical memoir on author Lamorna Spry’s grandfather and his sister on the fishing riots between Newlyn fishermen and fishermen from East Anglia in 1896. This story is about William Osborne Guy, known to the family as Willie Guy, but whose nickname as a child was ‘Clue’ – nobody could ever tell me why. He was born in…Continue Reading “Newlyn Fishing Riots in 1896”
This short story is by Caitlyn Ould and captures the sense of Cornwall as home in all its beauty. Read on to discover more about her story. It was the same beach he’d walked along since childhood. Nothing had changed since he was just a boy. It was the same sand, the same water and, even…Continue Reading “This Place Called Cornwall”
Jackie Harding recounts walking across Gerrans Bay in Portscatho in summer earlier this year. In this new 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. Fuelled by a heady mix of childhood memories from my favourite 1970s TV series, Survivors – a…Continue Reading “Walking to Gerrans Bay”
As a memoir of ancestor research in Cornwall, Lesley Carter uncovers the journey she carried out to find more information about her great grandfather. With a captivating and honest style of writing, read on to discover more. It is Thursday 7 May 2009 and I am on my way to Cornwall. I am embarking on…Continue Reading “Looking for George Henry Guy: 1”
Jackie Harding tells of her time walking from Talland Bay to Polruan earlier in spring this year. In this new 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. Three weeks after walking this remote stretch of Cornish coast, and…Continue Reading “From Talland Bay to Polruan”
Here is a poem by Cornish poet and dramatist Alan M. Kent about the Nebra Sky Disc which caused much scientific speculation on its discovery in 1999. The object itself dates as far back to 1600 BC. Read on below to see how Alan Kent identifies and situates the object with Cornwall. Hard to see any…Continue Reading “Nebra Sky Disc”