Poverty and the Poorhouse By Tony Mansell Writing this article has been a sobering experience. I have developed a better understanding of those who were forced to seek relief, and the realisation that some of my ancestors were among those who entered the poorhouses, begging for help, has enhanced my empathy. Of course, there were…Continue Reading “Poverty and the Poorhouse”
By Robert J Rowse This beautifully crafted poem is chock full of nostalgia and is guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye or a lump to the throat. Listen to the musical rendition as you read Bob’s words. Robert J Rowse I was born in Redruth, grew up near Newquay but went to…Continue Reading “Growing up in Cornwall”
Joseph Dingle v. Charles Rashleigh: Peeling back 250 years of myth By Lyndon Allen, 2026 The origins of the modern transformation of Charlestown are not rooted simply in aristocratic enterprise, but in the bleak realities of the eighteenth-century parish poor law system. Richard Larn records that Joseph Dingle was taken out of the St. Austell…Continue Reading “Joseph Dingle v. Charles Rashleigh: Peeling back 250 years of myth”
By Robert Burroughs Three fishermen of Seythyn sailed o’er the Pleg-mor to cast their nets. Back and forth they tacked across the wind then turned for the final run home. They grasped the lines of their net to haul it in. They strained and heaved; they paused to breathe, then heaved again. Had they…Continue Reading “Morvalwen: The vengeful Mermaid of Seaton Bay”
Cap’n Dick’s Puffing Devil Camborne is now largely defined by the annual celebration of its most famous son. The crowning glory of those celebrations came when a working replica of his great engine re-created the run “up Camburn Hill” in 2001. From out of the past he came, Out of the pauper’s grave,…Continue Reading “Cap’n Dick’s Puffing Devil – a poem by David Oates”
By Merv Davey The threads that connect Cornwall, Wales and Brittany reach back to the tribes of pre-Roman Britain, the shared origins of the Brythonic languages, the Golden Age of the Saints, placenames, and even the propaganda of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles make clear the relationship. This article follows one particular thread, that of the “Celtic…Continue Reading “Celtic Festivals and Brythonic Threads”