The Gray dog and the white lamb: a family link between Redruth & Wisconsin
Ornaments of animals are infrequently seen outside older buildings in the UK; before laser-printed plastic shop-fronts were possible,...
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- May 12
- 2 min
The Scillies as you've never scene them - sketches of Elizabeth Carne
This morning I went walking, to try and recapture some of the beauty I found yesterday in the sketches of Elizabeth Carne. Kresen...
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- Apr 25
- 4 min
Elizabeth Carne - a pioneer of Penzance!
Geologist, conchologist, social scientist and banker: some of the many talents of Elizabeth Carne! On a bright and windy day, a small...
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- Mar 6
- 5 min
Boscawen Park, Truro - from waste-tip to wonderful
Boscawen Park - at the edge of Truro, near Malpas - is named for the family of the Viscounts of Falmouth; Tregothnan, to the east of...
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- Jan 4
- 6 min
Around the world near St Day - stories from Gwennap churchyard
Set in a rolling landscape of farmland, and with the church in an elevated position, the extensive old churchyard of Gwennap is a...
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- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
Passmore Edwards - the 'Cornish Carnegie'
The name of Passmore Edwards is synonymous with libraries in Cornwall, and for good reason; in a fifteen-year period, he funded no less...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
Penponds Church - links to the mining wealth of Camborne
Joseph Vivian - the youngest son of the Vivian family from Reskadinnick - was married and is laid to rest at Penponds, a church with...
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- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
Grace Blight – From Cornwall to Cumbria: a life of travel in England
Cornish archaeologist, author and artist, John Thomas Blight (1835 - 1911), is perhaps not as well-known as he should be: he was born in...
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- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min
Joel Michell - merchant benefactor
Though the name is no longer familiar, Joel Michell was once a well-known figure in Penryn. He was a merchant – first for linen, and...
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- Jun 20, 2022
- 2 min
Australian adventurers and Cornish commemoration
Some of the people who left Cornwall for Australia are remembered with inscriptions in the land of their birth Migration from Cornwall to...
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- Jun 10, 2022
- 5 min
Molly Vivian Hughes - an educational pioneer from a Camborne family
Just outside of Camborne lies the secluded hamlet of Reskadinnick, and at its centre is the farm house from which shoots of the Vivian...
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- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
Midsummer bonfires in Cornwall
The recent lighting of beacons across Cornwall - during the Jubilee weekend - is a tradition that has been re-enacted many, many times in...
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- May 25, 2022
- 2 min
American Cornish Diaspora - remembered in Cornwall
Historical links between Cornwall and the Americas are well documented: many miners left the southwest of England to put their mining...
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- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
Place, people and purpose - strands in the life of John Thomas Blight
The life of John Thomas Blight - a Victorian-era Cornish artist, archaeologist and author who should be more renowned than he is - links...
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- Apr 8, 2022
- 1 min
Botanic beauty: the Diaspora in Cornwall
The beautiful Diaspora Gardens at Heartlands - a public park created from part of the mining landscape at South Crofty Mine - are the...
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- Mar 18, 2022
- 2 min
Strong roots in our community
Finding out that the future begins in the past The roots of human history - in the place where we live - is an anchor that ties us to the...
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- Mar 10, 2022
- 4 min
Treloweth Farm house - remembering community
As spring comes to the fore, and the bluebells show their colours in the south facing hedgerows - racing against the unfurling of the...
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- Jan 27, 2022
- 6 min
Merther, Minerals & Migrations - three generations of the Lavin family
It was the well-preserved slate headstone - arranged like a spreadsheet of family history -that first got my attention: its organisation...
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- Jan 14, 2022
- 4 min
A Cornish Waif revisited: perspectives of place
A Cornish Waif's Story - Emma Smith (pseudonym) - Mabel Carvolth This autobiography, of a life lived through the first half of the...
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- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
Exploring Stories at St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth
The edge-of-urban setting of St Day Road cemetery - Redruth to the north, south and west, and open fields to the east towards St Day -...
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