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”
A Cornish Dialect series by Tony Mansell At the age of five, Sidney Penpraze attended the local village school, the same place of learning where his father had begun his education, when it first opened its doors. All the village children attended there and whereas most walked, Sidney was driven there by his father…Continue Reading “The Life and Times of Sidney Zacharius Penpraze – The Early Years”
This dialect series has been in my head for over 20 years so I thought ‘twas about time I got it out there! It’s written with tongue firmly in cheek and while it is mildly risqué in places, I hope that it causes no offence. The location is a little mining village on the…Continue Reading “The Life and Times of Sidney Zacharius Penpraze – Introduction”
Lady Justice (Photo: Pixabay) Considering the length of bookshop shelves on crime and punishment it seems that many of us have an insatiable appetite for the genre. Television, too, brings us a seemingly endless stream of programmes and while watching one recently, a documentary titled You Be the Judge: Crime & Punishment, (6th May…Continue Reading “Crime and Punishment in Cornwall”
The so-called English Civil War was a traumatic period in Britain’s history and, here, Tony Mansell brings us his thoughts of a great Cornishman who played his part in protecting his country from the new order. I don’t suppose that the Reverend Robert Stephen Hawker would be included in any list of great poets…Continue Reading “At Stamford He Fought and at Lansdowne He Fell”
Collated by these organisations with photographs provided by many people and to them we give our thanks (see credits). The Tea Treat Wasn’t it yesterday we marched with the band? A straggling group proclaiming its faith. Girls in smart dresses and boys in best suits and ladies who made it a fashion parade….Continue Reading “Cornish Tea Treats – a photographic collection”