Looe Bridge This is largely an article of personal memories and is in no way an attempt to provide a history of the area. It includes my first memories but is muddled with later visits and holidays with relations at Lanreath and Looe. Alright, I’ll come clean, I didn’t do a lot of growing…Continue Reading “Growing Up Near Looe”
Over the coming months we intend to include some of David Bickley’s work and this outline of his current project is an introduction to him and to his approach to working in Cornwall. Shooting Dalla in Morrab Gardens 2016 Nyns yw gonisogeth tybyans stag – yma edhomm dhedhi a vos gwedhyn, linyel ha…Continue Reading “OLD GODS – An audiovisual exploration of Cornish geology, people, place and story”
Mike McGinnes brings us the story of a unique Cornish edifice and of his involvement in its construction – the Tater-Du Lighthouse. (Photo: Tom Corser www.tomcorser.com. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode). The most recently erected lighthouse in Cornwall was built during 1965, on the site of a rocky…Continue Reading “Tater-Du Lighthouse”
Knees Department Store, King Street, Truro Susan Coney brings us her experience of being a young Cornish Maid in a man’s world. I took my ‘O’ Level GCE’s in the summer term of 1964. During the summer holidays, I worked in Knees toy department. Whilst I was there, the girl who was the…Continue Reading “My First Real Job – and I was just a girl!”
Portscatho on New Year’s Day 2023 Bert Biscoe brings us another of his poems, this one in reflective mood – of things past, of people past, of Cornwall past. Goodnight, my land. Goodnight! Dedicated to Hilary Thomson of Portscatha I remember in the not-so-dim And still fresh past When pilgrims and…Continue Reading “Goodnight, my land. Goodnight!”
(Sketch: Mike Ricks) Mike Ricks brings us his evocative story of the time when he was a Cornish miner. Reading this leaves you in no doubt about the harsh conditions underground and perhaps goes some way to helping us understand the extraordinary camaraderie developed by those who laboured there. The contrast couldn’t…Continue Reading “Working Underground at South Crofty Mine”