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. And now to Penzance, where we are renting a house in the town centre for a week. The upstairs lounge…Continue Reading “Looking for George Henry Guy: Part 3”
Author Dawn Robinson-Walsh recounts the history of the Thorn family, whom she came across when researching while she was writing a book on Bude. She soon became curious about them and discovered more about their lives and their family history. Read on below to discover what she found. Bude has always attracted fascinating people, often creative…Continue Reading “Bude: The Thorn Family”
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. The next day we go back down to Truro and the County Records Office for our second session to look…Continue Reading “Looking for George Henry Guy: 2”
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”
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”
Truro’s Waterstones held a book launch recently for the Selected Poems of Jack Clemo; Cornish poet and acclaimed writer of the 20th century. Read on to discover more about the event, its speakers and the publication itself. The Selected Poems of Jack Clemo, published by Enitharmon, was launched on June 18th in Waterstones, Truro. The event…Continue Reading “Selected Poems of Jack Clemo”