Jackie Harding recounts walking from Hayle to Godrevy in late July 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. The towans stretching from Hayle to Gwithian, Riviere, Mexico , Common, Phillack, and Upton, are…Continue Reading “From Hayle to Godrevy”
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”
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”
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”
Jackie Harding recounts a journey from Zennor to St Ives earlier this year, where the echoes of the past, the sounds of the sea and the memories of other people still resonate along the way. In this new regular series of features she will be mapping these kinds of stories onto the physical landscape of the Cornish…Continue Reading “Walking the Cornish Coast: As I Was Walking to St Ives”
A Memoir of Trethosa Village in the 1930s is a memoir about Cornwall. Read on to discover more about the book, its memories and the author. A Memoir of Trethosa Village in the 1930s is the strong and heartfelt recollection on what life was like pre-World War II in the small Cornish village of Trethosa. The…Continue Reading “A Memoir of Trethosa Village in the 1930s”