My latest Cornish history books...majority published by Tor Mark Press. Particularly like the Cornish Wreckers and Folklore ones. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #historyofcornwall #cornishfolklore #booklover #vintagebooks
Building names done... and I think they will be edged in gold. Black is too severe. What do you think? #authorcommission #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #mapcomission @nicola_pryce_author
#authorcommission #mapcomission coming along. Only a couple of buildings to complete, and then I move onto the ships and highway coaches. #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #historicalromance #nicolapryce
Buildings are getting their windows painted.. their 'eyes'! And details added to bring out their character. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #authorcommission #mapcomission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #eyestothesoul
⛴️🌊Romanie shipwreck ….the hundred foot long and 260 tonnes sailing vessel named the Romanie was built in 1918 in Holland,in 1930 the boat got caught in a storm and crashed into the rocks at polridmouth cove,the captain and crew all managed to escape but the vessel ran aground and was left to decay,not much left of it now #shipwreck #shipwreckcornwall #shipwreckphotography #cornwall #polridmouthcove #shipwrecks #historyofcornwall #1930 #1918 #holland #photographer #photography #history #cornwallhistory #daphnedemaurier #rebeccadaphnedumaurier #1938
@ntantony near Torpoint. It was a balmy 15° so we had coffee and sarnies outside. The house was teeming with dark wooden panelling and family portraits of the Pole-Carew family who still live he the house today. The tree is an ancient Black Walnut, which is huge and was planted around 1785. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #miniadventure #celebrateeveryday #antonyhouse #historyofcornwall #richardcarew
Buildings primer done... now to add colour. We're on the home stretch...buildings, followed by ships and then horse and oxen drawn vehicles. @nicola_pryce_author #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #authorcommission #mapcomission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #commission #nicolapryce
Sea done....that will be all for a couple of days as I'm out and about today, and then tomorrow is the unveiling of the Penrice Panels commission. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #authorcommission #mapcomission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #lovetheblue
Now we have a proper coastline, the Garrick Road is winding its way from the hills to the ocean. The Fowey (Fosse) river starts high on the moors and beaches glow in their sunny sandy crescents. Let's get some cliffs and rocky outcrops defining the rugged coast, reinstate the building backgrounds and start on the sea. A great start to a Monday. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #authorcommission #mapcomission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #commission #celebrateeveryday
Engine Houses pepper the horizon of Bodmin Moor. These, once, large stone buildings were central to the mining history that made Cornwall what it is today. Just be careful when exploring the moor as you don't want to fall down a mine shaft! . . . . . #AnotherCornwallTravelIdea✨️ #CornwallUk #BodminMoor #VisitCornwall #EngineHouse #MiningCornwall #HistoryofCornwall
The old gun emplacement on top of the Island St ives . Fortifications were recorded as far back as the 1600's . . . . . #historyofcornwall #blueskiesandsunshine #bluesky💙 #mylifeinpictures # #mytelegraph #cornwallcoast #cornwallphotography #cornishphotography #swisbest
Adding fields and hills, the Fosse River (Fowey) snaking off into the moors and its valley represented by the river passing at Lostwithiel. Slowly building up the background to make the map true to the Historical Romance Novels it represents. A time of Clippers and Tall Ships, horse and carriages, and Truro was yet to get its cathedral. With big country houses, asylums, and inns of ill repute. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #mapcomission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #commission #historicalnovels
Still evolving... base coat done...skyline possibly done... but Rough Tor and Bronn Wennili, along with a China Clay Burras, and a few more hills... I'm getting there. @nicola_pryce_author #thesunnycupboard #mapcomission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #commission #authorcommission #cornwall
The Cornish Year is completed (though I probably will have a lot of editing to do, and you never know new things/stories might pop up that need to be included!) Over the last 15 months I have posted over 740 individual illustrations alongside a potted history about each post with some days having four posts in a day! I still pinch myself to think that I managed to complete, and even exceed, a whole years worth of stories about Cornish people, places, institutions, folklore, festivals and events. I can honestly say that I could have included much more had I been able to pin a date to them! And boy did I try! The future of this archive is now in my hands, I need to buckle down and decide how this mammoth project is shared further to a wider audience. Financially that is going to be a challenge, but who knows what can happen in the year of adventure that is 2024. I would like to thank everyone who has seen, liked, shared and commented on the Instagram posts. Without you it would have been much harder. Look out for my next project - building based and all about the Manors of Cornwall. And also my next commission which is a fictitious map of south Cornwall celebrating the seven historical novels set in the early 1800s. #thesunnycupboard #thecornishyear #cornwall #historyofcornwall @trurocathedral @kernow_kirstie @cornwalllifemag @radiocornwall @cornwallguide @cornwalllive @queercornwall @nationaltrustsouthwest @nationalmaritimemuseumcornwall @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust
Tristham Curteys died today in 1423 - He is memorialised in Lostwithiel church by a beautiful ancient brass plaque in the form of a knight in armour. He fought at Agincourt in 1415 and represented Lostwithiel at parliament. The Curteys family lived in Lostwithiel for around 150 years, they were influential merchants and civic representatives. @trurocathedral @kernow_kirstie @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #lovecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Fore Street looking east towards The Square, Probus, Cornwall. Early 1900s A mixed group of mainly children pose for the photographer, including two people in the upstairs rooms of the Hawkins Arms. The name above the door of the Hawkins Arms is “ Pollard” and a sign reads “ Good Accommodation for Cyclists”. The Jubilee Lamp can be seen in the distance. Photographer: Samuel John Govier. Image from Royal Cornwall Museum #oldcornwall #oldcornwallsociety #kernow #kernowgoth #historicsociety #cornwall #historyofcornwall #probus #probuscornwall #probusoldcornwallsociety #probushistoriccornwallspciety #lovecornwall❤️ #oldphotos
It's the details that I have enjoyed the most for the #penricecommission ..... painting hundreds of different leaves and flowers, bricks, feathers, and faces. Choosing the colours and building up the layers. The three Penrice Panels are wrapped up and ready to go to the house tomorrow 👌 Slightly nervous and excited! #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #commission #historyofcornwall #celebrateeveryday #gravessawle
Sir Robert Geffrye, was born in Landrake in 1613 to a poor farming family. He moved to London to pursue an apprenticeship in the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers in 1630. He moved up the ranks and began trading with the East India Company and the Royal Africa Company amassing a great fortune from trading silks, tobacco and slaves. His standing in the community of the time meant he rose in the Worshipful Company to be Master, and in his political life he became Lord Mayor of London in 1685, he lived through the plague and the Great Fire of London (allegedly loosing £100k of goods in the fire). On his death in 1703 he bequeathed a lot of his estate to charity. A school back in Landrake and a fund for the poor of the town. In London his estate built 14 Almhouses for the widows of Ironmongers which were built in Shoreditch in 1715 with a whacking great statue of Robert in a niche above the main door. These buildings were sold off in 1911 to London County Council (LCC), the main reason was to save the gardens which represented 14% of the open space in Shoreditch, a densely populated area of London. The buildings were proposed as a place for arts and crafts, however, the LCC saw more potential in a museum and today in 1914 the Geffrye Museum was opened. In 2019 the mueum changed it's name to the Museum of the Home, trying to separate it's purposes from the Slave owner who had dequeathed the money to build the 300 year old buildings. Since the BLM campaign that saw the statues of other former slave owners/traders being removed, destroyed or damaged the museum has been under public pressure to remove the statue from it's prominent position. The legacy of Robert Geffrye lives on though I think his statue needs to go! @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Penwenham Farmhouse, built in 1875 for the Drake family. Legend has it that at the same time a rival farmhouse was being built and the owners competed to make their farmhouse the more ornate until they ran out of money! The carved stone work round the windows on Penwenham Manor (as it's now called) is so intricate with carved sheep heads, other farm animals and horns of plenty brimming with flowers and fruit. The farm is now run by the Hawken family business which transferred to the youngest farming generation today in 2021. The house is separate to the farm and is now a holiday let. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Louisa A.M. McGrigor born in 1862 in Newlyn. When the WWI broke out she was already working with the Red Cross and became the VAD Commandant running the hospital for injured servicemen in Penzance. She never stopped, the busier the hospital got the more she took on, organizing groups for Sea Scouts and Girl Guides, and teaching at St Peters Sunday School. In March 1917 she fell ill with appendicitis, possibly exasperated by overwork, and died today. Louisa’s remembrance service at St Mary’s Church, Penzance was attended by members of the prominent local Bolitho family, nursing staff and patients, and representatives from Newlyn’s naval and air bases, as well as her family and friends. A memorial was erected in 1921 to commemorate her life standing tall over Newlyn Harbour. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Our new exhibition ‘Treasures of Cornwall’ is now open. To mark the tenth anniversary of the Cornish being recognised as a national minority, we’ve selected just a few of the 1.5 million treasures that we look after, that link to the themes of Cornish distinctiveness listed in the 2014 report ‘Why should the Cornish be recognised as a national minority within the UK?’ The themes include our language, landscape, religion, traditions, politics, culture, food, drink and sport. We’ve selected items from both the library and archive collections, and are showcasing letters, diaries, photos, dictionaries, recipes, pamphlets and paintings, such as this lovely watercolour of Mevagissey, painted by Alfred Ashley in 1870. Treasure can come in many forms and mean different things to different people. Come and learn about these treasures and decide which you think is best… The exhibition is on from now until July 2024 #historyofcornwall #cornishhistory #socialhistoryofcornwall #kresenkernow
Delabole Slate Quarry. The oldest quarry in England (if not the world according to some sources!) is located on the north Cornish coast at Delabole. Slate quarrying has been in existence at this site for at least 1000years as it was mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086. The first recorded order for slate was in 1314 for slates to roof Winchester Castle and they are still in situ!!. The quarry is 425feet deep and was once the deepest man-made pit in the world. It has a circumference of 1.5miles and is one of the largest quarries in the UK. An article on Delabole Quarry was published today in 2011 by the British Slate website. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #industrialcornwall
John Eyre born in Bodmin in 1754, started preaching at a young age and in 1773 preached at Mount Folly which was followed by the institutionalisation of Bodmin Congregational Church at The Tudor Porch House. (see illustration) He was chased out by his disgruntled father and ended up studying both at none congregational colleges and then with the Church of England. He was curate at St Giles in Reading, later deacon at St Luke's Chelsea, where he was a founding member of the London Missionary Society. As well as other charitable endeavours he also promoted education for the poor. He returned to Bodmin to preach at the Town Hall and people flocked to hear him. He died over the night of 28th/29th March 1803 after a long illness. @trurocathedral @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #lovecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Cliff side Chalets at Whitsands Bay. John Parson was the owner of Millbrook Steamboat Company which was formed today in 1929. In 1932 he bought Tregonhawke Farm which originally formed part of Mount Edgecumbe Estate. Part of the farm included the cliff side fishermans chalets originally built in the early 1930s. During WWII the huts were leased by Plymouth residents escaping the blitz bombings, some of them bought the freeholds too. The Local Authority for some time had considered the area to be of great landscape value so the 350 chalets that dotted the cliffs above Whitsands Bay could not be improved, rebuilt or extended. In 1979 these restrictions were formally produced as policy for the site, detailing the owners responsibilities. In 2003 the cliffs were put up for sale as the last descendant of John Parson had died. The leaseholders formed a Management Company and successfully purchased the land, safeguarding it from future development and keeping the features of the landscape as natural as possible. @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #lovecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Marian Chanter won the Krypton Factor in 1987, the first and only female series winner in the original eighteen year run. She was a self employed baker from Lostwithiel and after the win went on to co-present Connection quiz show for 16-18yr olds with Richard Madeley. She appeared in the Krypton Factor Champion of Champions show which aired today in 1988. Well done Marian. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust @lovelostwithiel #womenofcornwall #creativecornwall #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Final bit on the main panel...the Sawle family tree. I've already attempted this once and had to over paint it...so I'm taking this nice and steady. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #penricecommission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #celebrateeveryday
I decided on a frame, made a stencil, and painted a base coat. I will hand paint each frame in gold, as per my mock up. But having a little chill on the sofa first. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #commission #penricecommission
Roseague French Knot Garden. Created by John Kempe in 1670. The garden sits in a sheltered walled rectangle on the Roseland near Portscatho, the walls are of granite rubble and cob. It is divided into four parterres, each a different elaborate geometric or paisley design. John Kempe inherited Roseague house and land from his father Nicholas when he died today in 1659. The present owner, the Miltons, have restored the knot garden. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #creativecornwall #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
A few more portraits. Rose Caroline Graves Sawle who was married to Charles Brune. A composite portrait of Joseph Sawle Graves Sawle, the father of Charles Brune and the first Baronet, based on his mother and father portraits. He was born a Graves and added Sawle after he inherited Penrice. The last portrait is of Richard Charles Graves Sawle, WWI hero who died in 1914. His portrait was used on a Cornish beach to commemorate 100 years since WWI. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #penricecommission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #celebrateeveryday
All the animals, vessels, cars, and a dog cart are complete. Took longer than anticipated. NB a Dog Cart was either a cart pulled by dogs mainly for children or farm produce, or as is here a small carriage that had crates under the seating for dogs to be carried to the hunt. They could be double axle, too. I have three things to do for the panels to be complete. 1. Eight portraits in the ovals 2. The family free on the scroll 3. Paint all the side edges of the panels #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #penricecommission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall #commission
Animals are emerging.... also completed the skater and started the 1935 Austin car and the fishing boats...luggers with red sails #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #penricecommission #workinprogress #historyofcornwall @kresenkernow @royalcornwallmuseum
Rev W Awdry visited Par docks in 1966 and based his Bill and Ben engines on Alfred and Judy at the docks, with their low roofs! These plucky little engines carried clay and ore around the Clay Works at Par Docks. These were part of the family of engines in his children's books about Thomas the Tank Engine. Rev W Awdry was born in June 1911 and died today in 1997. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #industrialcornwall
Walter Langley, the first artist to settle in Newlyn in 1882, the pioneer of the Newlyn School. Born in Birmingham in 1852, he originally was apprenticed as a lithographer, went to London to study design but returned to Birmingham as a full time artist. In 1881 he was accepted as an associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and also was paid £500 for a years work for the photographer Robert White Thrupps. With this money he moved his family to Newlyn in 1882. He was a socialist and painted social realist portrayals of the working class especially fishermen and their families. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #creativecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Cora Cornish Ball, was baptized today in 1906 (though she was born in 1896) and lived in Kerwyn near Truro. In 1917 she volunteered for war service with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and was posted to Calais in France. She reached the rank of Forewoman (equivalent to army sergeant) and was awarded with the two WWI service medals. Sadly she died whilst still in France eleven days after Armistice at just 22. She is the only woman remembered on Truro's war memorial. @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Transportation of Flowers Act: 1942. This Wartime Act stopped the growers of Cornwall sending Daffodils/Narcissi anywhere. Isles of Scilly growers sent the Prime Minister Winston Churchill two bunches of Narcissi and the Prime Minister declared “These people must be enabled to grow their flowers and send them to London – they cheer us up so much in these dark days.” The ACT was dropped today in March 1943. @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #creativecornwall #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #industrialcornwall
George Eliot visited Cornwall with her partner George Lewes and stayed at the Union Hotel in Penzance today in 1857, then, once the weather had sufficiently improved, sailed to the Scillies staying there until May, the journey was made for George Lewes scientific studies. On their return to Penzance they met with Richard Quiller Couch, physician and zoologist. A short stay but one where she started her first book of fiction when she was still known as Mary Ann Evans Lewes and was contemplating how she was going to be known as an author. She led an unconventional life as she was not married to Lewes as he was still married but his wife was in love with another man, but she insisted on being called Mrs Lewes. It brought embarrassment on her family and to stop any further problems she chose George (after her husband) and Eliot because “it was a good, mouth-filling, easily pronounced word”. @cornwallguide @illustration.online.falmouth @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Catherine Payton Phillips, Quaker Minister, was born today in Dudley in 1727. She travelled extensively in her late 20s across the American Colonies, covering 8000 miles on horseback accompanied by her friend Mary Peisley between 1753 and 1756. She advocated for a greater role for women within the Quaker movement. She travelled around Britain and visited Holland, finally settling in Redruth where she married widower William Phillips in 1772. She died in August 1794 and is buried at Come-to-Good Quaker Meeting House. Her stepson James Phillips, a Quaker printer, published her memoirs and other writings after her death. An amazing woman. @trurocathedral @cornwallguide @illustration.online.falmouth @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Nicholas Aysston: Justice of the Common Pleas from 1444 until his death 12th March 1466. London Court hearing civil suits started in 1190s. However, The Common Pleas was the primary court of common law within England and Wales until 1880. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Thatched Quakers Meeting House built in 1710 at Come-to-Good. Altered very little apart some sympathetic additions. The Friends were founded by George Cox in the 17th century and were outlawed for many years, facing imprisonment and execution because of the religious intolerance of the times. However their influence on the history of Cornwall is astounding with many innovators and philanthropists being Quakers that brought benefit to many in Cornwall. Today is used as it was the last change to the listing in 1986, it was given Grade 1 listing in 1967. @trurocathedral @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
George Ellis, moved to Bodmin on 3rd September 1939, living and working from his home (see my illustration) on St Nicholas Street. He was born in London in 1900 and changed career from engineer to follow his hobby as a photographer, starting working as press photographer for the Bodmin based Cornish Guardian. Unfortunately when war hit the production of paper, he was made redundant so built his own business in Bodmin. During WWII George also served with the Royal Observer Corps at the Bodmin Beacon, when American GIs arrived he set up a studio for portraits for them to send home. He styled himself Cornwall’s leading Press Photographer, he contributed to the Cornish Guardian but supplied other newspapers too, including the Western Morning News, and magazines such as Women’s Own. He literally took thousands of photos all around Cornwall, capturing events, weddings, festivals and sports. Kresen Kernow are digitally cataloguing his huge portfolio, and last year (2023) on this day an exhibition of his work was held at the Old Library in Bodmin. George died in 1985. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #creativecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Stackhouse baths at Prussia Cove, built by John Stackhouse for his wife Susanna Acton, only daughter and heir of Edward Acton of Acton Scott, Shropshire. He was the Botanist who also built Acton Castle, naming it after his wife's family name (see 22nd November #thecornishyear). The fresh water bath was dug out of the cliff face below the castle, steps (now over grown) led down to the baths, entry was via a tunnel and the bath was fed by water dripping down a manmade chimney. Not sure if Susanna actually used the bath as it is very dark and dank! A further salt water bath was hewn out of the rocks at sea level. Date based on an article https://www.beachcombingmagazine.com/blogs/news/seaweed-smugglers-spa-pools that appeared today in 2023. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
We’re celebrating all the local women who worked in the many factories and retail shops in and around Redruth for International Women’s Day! This photo of female machine sewists was taken at Morlands’ in their factory in Pool, around 1969. Morlands of Glastonbury (also known as Clark, Son and Morland) was originally established in 1870 and based in Somerset, mainly working in sheepskin. This tannery first opened in the mid 20th century when another company, Maskell Fur Processes, moved their operation from Surrey. Morlands purchased the factory sometime during the 1960s. By December 1982, Tescan bought the Pool factory from Clark, Son and Morland. Tescan, part of family-owned business Eastern Counties Leather PLC operated this, and their other tannery in Cambridgeshire, for a number of years. They had a factory shop at Pool Industrial Estate near Carn Brea Leisure centre at least until the 1990s. Apart from just a few photos, we have no other information or history about this business. If you know of any more information or would like to share memories of this or other clothing businesses in the area, why not book a space on our exhibition tour – Memories of Redruth’s rag trade on 23 March. See our What’s On event page to find out more! If you haven’t had a chance to visit our exhibition, ‘Who, What, Wear: stories of the women behind Redruth’s rag trade’, it closes on 23 March 2024. #redruthbusinesses #redruthragtrade #historyofcornwall #cornishhistory #socialhistoryofcornwall #morlandsfactory #poolindustrialestate #internationalwomensday
Children's Employment Commission Report of 1842 - Bal Maidens interviewed as young as eleven to ascertain working conditions for children working in the mines of Cornwall. Today young Martha Williams, 11 yrs 5 months old (Trethellan Mine) was interviewed - this is the report: "She is very well and hearty. She is employed picking which she finds easy work. She has been a year at work here. This was the first place she went to work. She lived at home before with her mother in Redruth and does so still. Her mother takes in washing. Her father has been dead this brave while. He died when she was two years old. She went to day school before she came to the mine and learned to read not to write. She goes now to the Baptist Sunday School. (I put her to read the Testament and she read very badly). She walks out from Redruth in the morning and back in the evening (a distance of more than five miles a day). She gets milk and bread as much as she can eat for breakfast, pasty with meat in it for dinner, and tea or potatoes for supper. She goes to bed about seven o’clock." Not all the young Bal Maidens were so chipper, lots who had been working a 4-5 years (so were still teenagers) had back pain and pain in their sides, tightness breathing and always had colds due to the damp conditions. Some mines didn't even allow them to have a lunch break, and they worked 6 long days each and every week, Sunday was chapel and Sunday School (that's if their parents had enough money to dress them) and holidays consisted of a half day at Whitsuntide, two hours at Midsummer and two hours on Christmas Eve and all Christmas Day and Good Friday. @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #industrialcornwall
Svetlana Stalin - daughter of infamous dictator Joseph Stalin. Svetlana was born today in Russia in 1926. She saw many of her family and friends killed because her father believed them to be traitors, in his dictatorship he oversaw millions of Russian deaths. Her mother committed suicide when she was just a child. At first her father doted on her but as she grew he was dismissive of her. She was stubborn and wilful, finally escaping her Russian handlers and defecting to America, leaving her two children in Russia. Marrying again in America and having a daughter. She was a fire brand of conflicting intense emotions and lived her life at a frenetic pace. Svetlana came to England twice, the second time in the 1990s, where she tried to commit suicide by jumping off London Bridge. Surviving, she ended up craving a quieter life so came to Cornwall. Known by her married name Lana Peters, people were totally unaware of her roots. Svetlana was penniless at this point and lived in sheltered housing, calling herself the English derelict. She lived in Redruth and Mullion between 1995 and 1997 where she was well liked and known for her Russian accent, red lipstick and for wearing a fur coat as she walked the coastal path. She returned to the US where she later died on 22nd November 2011 aged 85. @cornwallguide @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
The Catch-up in #thecornishyear continues into March with some amazing #womenofcornwall and one of my all time favourites about a little steam train called Alfred. Enjoy! @trurocathedral @kernow_kirstie @cornwalllifemag @muddycornwall @radiocornwall @cornwallguide @illustration.online.falmouth @cornwalllive @nationaltrustsouthwest @nationalmaritimemuseumcornwall @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #creativecornwall #cornishfolklore #lovecornwall #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #cornishtraditions #industrialcornwall #cornishsaints
Lewis Billing, fisherman was born today in 1909 and was the last Billing to be a fisherman at Gorran Haven since 1738. His fishermen's loft contents were donated to the National Marine Museum and the loft has been lovingly recreated there. He would make lobster pots in the winter months from withies collected on the cliffs and weave them by hand in the loft. He passed on his skills to others, however the art is on the Heritage Craft Red List as a dying art form. Lewis died at the age of 97 in 2006. @nationalmaritimemuseumcornwall @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #industrialcornwall
The Killigrew Pyramid. Martin Lister (1666-1745) married Anne Killigrew today in 1689 and took the family name as part of her inheritance. They lived, like generations before them, at Arwenack House. Unfortunately they remained childless and so the Killigrew name died with them. When Anne died in 1725, Martin moved out of Falmouth. Then in 1737 he sent detailed instructions to the Steward at Arwenack House to build a pyramid as a memorial to the Killigrew family but with no inscription. It originally stood in woodland on the Arwenack estate but was moved twice in the 1800s, eventually being sited on Arwenack Green in 1871, opposite the ruins of Arwenack House where it is still located. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #lovecornwall #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Mrs Amanda Smith, a former slave from America, came to Cornwall to preach Methodism and Temperance. Amanda was born the eldest of thirteen on 23rd Jan 1837. Her father was a well-trusted man, and his master's widow trusted him enough to place him in charge of her farm. After his duties for the day were done, Mr. Berry was allowed to go out and earn extra money for himself and his family. Many nights he would go without sleeping because he was busy making brooms and husk mats for the Baltimore market to make extra cash. He was devoted to the goal of freedom. After first purchasing his freedom, he made it his mission to buy that of his family. After his family's freedom was secured, they settled in Pennsylvania. By the time Smith was thirty-two, she had lost two husbands and four of her five children. Attending religious camp meetings and revivals helped Smith work through her grief and avoid depression. In 1878, Smith arranged for her daughter, Mazie, to study in England. The two travelled overseas and stayed in England for two years. On the journey over, the captain invited her to conduct a religious service on board and she was so modest that the other passengers spread word of her. She next travelled to and ministered in India, where she stayed for eighteen months. Smith then spent eight years in Africa, working with churches and evangelizing. She travelled to Liberia and West Africa. Smith also expanded her family by adopting two African boys. She was a Methodist preacher and former slave who funded 'The Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children' outside Chicago. She was a leader in the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, preaching the doctrine of entire sanctification throughout Methodist camp meetings across the world. She preached to full houses in Truro during Jan and Feb 1894. Amanda died today in 1915. @trurocathedral @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
We are exploring the emergence of upcycling and the cyclical nature of clothing this week, as part of our celebration of our current exhibition ‘Who, What, Wear: stories of the women behind Redruth’s rag trade’. Make-A-Mends on Fore Street in Redruth, is a shop championing repair, that uses creative ways to repurpose materials or give something a new lease of life. The business originally grew from a market stall in Falmouth, where people came with moth-eaten clothes that they wanted to fix, and it grew from there. The colourful shop opened during 2022 and they run regular drop-ins and workshops so people can learn to mend their own clothes as well as bring members of the community together. They’ve also been inspired by the long history of drapery and clothing stores in Redruth over the last 150 years, including the Vivian sisters and their ledger from our collections (and featured in our current exhibition), and the story of Etta Lemon, a bird conservationist and founding member of what is now the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB ). Etta Lemon campaigned against the use of feathers in hat making The Make A Mends team wrote a short play about Etta and made a series of hats, which are on display in our Treasures Gallery. @make_a_mends #redruthbusinesses #redruthragtrade #historyofcornwall @discoverreduth
Barnabas the fishing boat. Barnabas is the only survivor from St Ives of the thousand-strong fleet of lug rigged seine and drift net fishing boats registered at Cornish ports at the end of the 19th century. She was built for Barnabas Thomas by Henry Trevorrow above Porthgwidden beach, St Ives. Barnabas was first registered on 28th October 1881 as a Class 2 pilchard boat, with the number 634SS. Later, she was re-registered as a Class 1 mackerel driver and her number switched to SS634. The number is said to have been chosen as it corresponded to the hymn “Will Your Anchor Hold” in the Methodist hymn book used at the time. Barnabas Thomas was born in 1849 and married Nancy Jacobs in 1869, Nancy was baptised today. A very loose date link! @nationaltrustsouthwest @nationalmaritimemuseumcornwall @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #industrialcornwall
#workinprogress #penricecommission Progress has been slow the last couple of days, got sidetracked by researching a close by country house called Menagwins. Very pleased I've finally started the huge portion of the commission, which is the near mile long wooded drive. So many interesting trees, wild flowers, ivy, and ferns. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #celebrateeveryday #historyofcornwall #commission PS sorry about the wobbly video.... rubbish at keeping the phone still.
Master and former slave buried together at Wendron Graveyard. Thomas Johns of Porkellis was a miner that went out to Brazil to work, whilst he was out there he bought a seven year old slave, Evaristo Muchovela, who was originally from Mozambique. Several years later Thomas had to return to Cornwall due to ill health and he gave Evaristo a choice, either return with him and become his servant, or stay in Brazil as a free man. Evaristo chose to come with him back to Cornwall. Shortly after his return Thomas Johns died. Evaristo stayed in Cornwall and became an apprentice cabinet maker. At the age of 38 he died and he was subsequently buried alongside his former master at Wendron. Evaristo died today in 1868. @trurocathedral @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
More #workinprogress on the #penricecommission, the drive and paths now clearly defined, the sea is finished...it's way too dark now to do anymore. #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #celebrateeveryday #historyofcornwall #commission #acrylicpainting #penrice
The Poor Law riots in Camelford happened today in 1837 and also at Stratton in North Cornwall. These events were caused by the establishment in that year of Poor Law Unions, following the implementation of the New Poor Law of 1834. This took the responsibility of the poor from the parish to elected officials known as Boards of Guardians. Cornwall was broken up into 13 unions (areas) and each union would have a centralised hostel for the able bodied poor - the Workhouse. The workhouse was used as much as a deterant rather than a help for those who fell on extremely hard times, it was planned to be as harsh and unhospitable as possible. The poor were the enemy of brash go-getting Victorian values. The poor are still the scapegoats for the wealthy, the Victorians have a lot to answer for! @trurocathedral @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Temple Bar, Port Isaac, was in 1978 the narrowest thoroughfare in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records....! Local businessman Ted Robinson invented a story about telling a tourist who was having trouble getting through the 18in wide alley to squeee-ee-belly. He told the story so much and so often that the name has stuck. The alley was originally called The Entry and was allegedly the entrance to the village, it became Temple Bar after a chap who lived in the adjoining cottage called Mr Temple used an iron bar to stop people using the alleyway. The date is a very obscure connection as it's Ted's wife's birthday in 1912. @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #cornishfolklore #lovecornwall #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Lamorna Pottery - started by Ella Naper and Kate Westrup in the 1920s, working out of a corrugated iron studio, producing clay figures colourfully glazed, Penlee House has a couple. The pottery came to an end in 1928 when Kate suddenly died. However, the Lamorna Pottery name would be resurrected in 1947 by Chris Ludlow, working out of what was Trewoofe Creamery, it has passed down several different potters over it's 75 years (celebrated in 2022) and is still going today, now sporting a cafe and B&B. @lovecornwalluk @cornwallguide @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #lamornapottery #womenofcornwall #creativecornwall #lovecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Juliana Graves-Sawle, born Juliana Griffies-Williams in 1825 in Wiltshire, became enthralled by the science around Algae and started collecting specimens. She put together a book which is held in the Royal Cornwall Museum archives, in the radioactive vault! It is totally off limits! She married into the Graves-Sawle family in 1849 and by the census of 1851 was living in Lostwithiel, by 1871 the family now lived at Trewhidden House in St. Austell. She died today in 1884 at the age of 58. Her husband, Thomas, and her children, dedicated a stained glass window to her in St Austell church. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #creativecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Agatha Vyvyan, born in Withiel, she was baptised today in 1845. She married Henry Eliot James of the Welsh Regiment, 41st Foot, in Bodmin, Cornwall in 1870 and they spent a great deal of time in India. When her husband died in 1886, she became a writer, staying in India. She is the author of A Guide to Indian Household Management by Mrs. Eliot James, and Agatha became the first female correspondent for an Indian Newspaper. In later life she returned to Britain. In the 1911 census she is widowed, and she describes herself as “journalist” working “at home”. She lived in Brighton until her death in 1919. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #creativecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Murder at Pencarrow Mill today in 1840. Mr Nevel Norway was riding home to Wadebridge from Bodmin when he was attacked by two brothers, the Lightfoots, in the murky darkness at 10pm. The pistol failed to fire twice so the brothers beat him to death with the butt of the gun. They dragged the body across the road into a stream next to a cottage then ran off. They were well known criminals, they were found, tried and executed at Bodmin to a large crowd. At the same time as the murder many miles away Captain Edmund Norway was on his ship The Orient and was feeling uneasy as he finished his watch at 10pm. That night he had a vivid dream about the murder of his brother right down to the detail of the pistol failing to fire twice. He was so alarmed he got the 2nd Officer to record the details of the dream in to the ships log. Once Captain Norway returned home he learned about the sad fate of his brother. The dream took on new mystery and intrigue as proof of the paranormal and telepathy. @nationalmaritimemuseumcornwall @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
John Stanbury was born (around 1410-20) in Morwenstowe, the second son of Walter, part of the family at Stanbury Manor. He became a Carmelite and went to study Divinity at Oxford, where his preaching and speeches became celebrated to such an extent he became one the Kings Confessors to Henry VI. The King made John the first provost of Eton college and from there he became Bishop of Bangor and then today in 1453 he became Bishop of Hereford. During the War of the Roses he supported King Henry VI (the Lancastrians) and on the Kings defeat in 1460 John was imprisoned in Warwick Castle. He was eventually released and died on 11th May 1474 at the Carmelite Monestry in Ludlow. @trurocathedral @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Anne Jefferies of St Teath, born in 1626 was a intelligent and religious young woman who worked as a servant for the Pitt family. She became obsessed with finding fairies, so would go on moonlit walks calling out to them, singing this rhyme "Fairy fair, fairy bright; Come and be my chosen sprite!" One day whilst sitting under an arbour in the garden of her employers knitting she was approached by a group of little folk (pobel vean in Cornish) they conversed with her and kissed her, she momentarily went blind but was soon in the magical world of her new friends. In time she was once again blinded and this time woke up on the garden path surrounded by folk concerned for her wellbeing, they said she had had a fit. She was put to bed and had several more fits over a period of weeks and always said that she had seen the faeries. Although it was quite common for the Cornish to believe in faeries she wanted to convince all around her that she wasn't halucinating, so she went on a hunger strike stating that the faeries would sustain her, remarkabily she survived. Her mistress had a fall and Anne healed her, the news spread and people came from far and wide to be healed, she used ointment and balm given to her by the faeries and never took any money for her works. Eventually her work was brought to the ears of the authorities and she was arrested. Some accounts say she was imprisoned in Bodmin Jail but this would have been impossible as the prison wasn't opened until 1779! She was definitely held at the Mayors house under house arrest and given neither food nor water, again she survived and Anne was released without charge. She married John Warne today in 1664 and lived well into her 70s. @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #cornishfolklore #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Mary Eve Mills was born in 1908 and came to Cornwall in the 1950s. Before then, she trained as an artist and then in WWII she served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service as a Bugler, continuing her musical naval career for 13 years. She was an early member of Mebyon Kernow (the Cornish politcal -party) which was founded today in 1951, was a Member of the Cornish Celtic Congress and she became a Bard with the Cornish name of Morgelyn, a Cornish speaker. She moved to Towednack in 1958 where she grew her own vegetables, tending her many animals, which included goats, ducks, poultry and doves. Dressing in mainly men's clothing, she was even known to play her bagpipes to the local cows! Her illustration work can mainly be found in Cornish folklore books, was reproduced on Cornish language greeting cards and calendars. The illustration is an example of her work which became a Christmas Card. Unfortunately Mary had a nasty accident whilst out on her Motorbike in Hayle in 1975 and sadly died four months later in the November. @lovecornwalluk @illustration.online.falmouth @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust #womenofcornwall #creativecornwall #cornishfolklore #lovecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Henry Bone born today in 1755 in Truro, he became an enamel painter and miniaturist of the highest quality, working for 3 consecutive Kings - George III, George IV and William IV. He started his career working for William Cooksworthy at the Plymouth porcelain works, moving with him to Bristol. But the works failed in Bristol so Henry went to London and this is where he started his enamelling career by painting watch faces and fans. His own art work was eventually showcased at the Royal Acadamy. The Cornish landowner, Philip Rashleigh, commissioned Bone to produce paintings from his collection of minerals. These were later used for the engravings which Rashleigh used to illustrate his book on mineral specimens. Among the enamel portraits produced by Bone are those of George Washington, the Prince Regent – later George IV and George III. Many of his portraits were taken from earlier paintings and these included representations of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Henry died in 1834. @illustration.online.falmouth @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #creativecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
Lord de Dunstanville, Lord Francis Bassett of Tehidy, died today in 1835. He was a patriot, political writer, and patron of science, literature, and art, MP for Penryn from 1766 to 1769, and most particularly for marching 600 Cornish miners to strengthen the defences of Plymouth in light of a Franco-Spanish invasion fleet gathered off the coast. His reward from the King was the title of Baronet of Tehidy, County Cornwall, on 24 November 1779 and later the title of Lord de Dunstanville. His importance to the county is marked by the high and mighty cross on Carn Brae. Funded by public subscription it showed his standing in the local community. When he died in London he had stipulated he wanted to be buried back in Cornwall. The funeral procession left London at walking pace on 14th February reaching the Tamar nine days later. On the 23rd they reached Bodmin, and on the 24th February, Truro. Mr Ashley Rowe has written ‘The next day some 200 of the Tehidy tenantry came to the town on horseback and the last stage of the journey commenced. Once again the Civic party headed the procession and the Clergy of Truro in their gowns, accompanied them. The actual interment took place at Illogan on Thursday. It is stated that not less than 20,000 were present including some hundreds of horsemen and 150 carriages. The man was well loved! @trurocathedral @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
There is a resurgence in the desire to move away from ‘fast fashion’ and mend the clothes we currently own. This clothing ledger from the early 19th century documents cloth, shoes or the cash given for these items to the poor of the parish of Illogan. Many are requesting calico – a fabric we are familiar with today. This fabric was first created in the southwestern state of Kerala in India and is named after the city of Kozhikode. It is made on a loom and is 100% cotton that has not been dyed or bleached. It’s stronger than muslin, versatile and cheap – ideal for making long-wearing clothing. This was a time when clothes were worn and repaired again and again until they were threadbare. The poor did not own many clothes and making do was a necessity. Thank you to Sarah Perry of Make A Mends for the research and information on this subject, used in our current exhibition: Who, What, Wear: stories of the women behind Redruth’s rag trade. This exhibition is free and available to visit during our opening hours. #kresenkernow #redruthragtrade #historyofcornwall #textiles
Godolphin House. The National Trust Facebook Page tells us a story about gambling! A custom first recorded in the 18th century, but may relate to the 14th century, was enacted yearly on Candlemas day (2 February) until 1921. Godolphin and St Aubyn wagered their respective seats on a race between two snails; Godolphin, losing, pricked his snail which curled up and lost the race. St Aubyn instead of claiming Godolphin's estate imposed an annual custom. The reeve of Lambourne knocked on the door of the great hall of Godolphin Court and demanded to be let in. He would jump on the table and demand 'rents duties and customs'. These were paid in a large quart of strong beer, a loaf of wheaten bread and cheese of similar value and 2s 8d. Bread and cheese.... sloshed down with a quart of beer, pretty good payment! @nationaltrustsouthwest @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #creativecornwall #cornishfolklore #cornishbuildings #buildingsofcornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #cornishtraditions
New blog about the people I wished I'd known about prior to finishing #thecornishyear - catch it https://thesunnycupboard.wordpress.com/2024/02/01/people-i-wish-id-found-before-the-end-of-the-cornish-year/ Have fun reading some of their stories. A lot need more research but that will have to wait! @kresenkernow @musecornishlife @royalcornwallmuseum @tatestives @penleehousegallery @hypatia_trust #thesunnycupboard #cornwall #celebrateeveryday #historyofcornwall #womenofcornwall
Patrick Heron was born today in 1920, his father was designer, Tom Milner Heron, (see 3rd Jan #thecornishyear) who set up Cresta Silks in Welwyn Garden City, which Patrick, as a teenager, designed for. Patrick was a conscientious objector during WWII, working as a farm labourer in Cambridgeshire and then returned to Cornwall to work for Bernard Leach, he returned to Cornwall every summer until in 1956 he bought Eagles Nest just outside of Zennor, and lived there until his death in 1999. In 1977 he was awarded a CBE by Harold Wilsons government but rejected a Knighthood from Margaret Thatcher. Patrick was known for his use of colour, light and abstraction, having many solo exhibitions in London, he worked in a variety of media, designing a stained glass window for Tate St Ives. Patrick was a passionate campaigner, this extract from http://www.artcornwall.org/profiles/Patrick_Heron.htm 'In the Sixties and the Seventies he conducted several successful campaigns in defence of the unique landscape of West Penwith, including a celebrated fight in 1961 against the might of the Admiralty when it sought to requisition the Zennor headlands and moors as a troop exercise area. Behind these time-consuming political and public actions were those of a profoundly decent man, inalienably patriotic without any disfiguring prejudice, who justly saw himself as upholding a native radical tradition that went back to Ruskin, Morris and Shaw and was exemplified in his own time by Herbert Read and Bertrand Russell.' @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow #creativecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall
St Austell Brewery started life as Walter Hicks Wines and Spirits in 1851 after Walter mortgaged his farm for £1500. The firm moved to Seven Stars Pub, where he started brewing in 1863, then onto a Steam brewery at the London Inn. Then, the company moved into a purpose built brewery in Tregonissey Lane in 1893. Walter junior took over the helm. However, in 1911, he was killed in a motorcycle accident, Walter senior returned to the helm at the age of 82 to keep the business going. On his death in 1916 the Brewery was taken over by daughter Hester Parnell, it was she who changed the name to St Austell Brewery, and who ran the company for the next 23 years until her death in 1939. Extract from https://staustellbrewery.co.uk/about-us/our-brewing-history/ 'Hester, who went everywhere with her pair of Pekinese dogs, would have a significant influence on the business, shaping it into what it has ultimately become today through expanding the hospitality offering. She was a driven businesswoman with a fierce reputation. So much so, that the first person to spot her chauffeur-driven Daimler arriving in the brewery yard would tap on the water pipes, telegraphing a message across the brewery to alert everyone to be on their best behaviour. Hester was chairman of the company until she died in 1939.': @lovecornwalluk @cornwallguide @illustration.online.falmouth @cornishheritage @musecornishlife @cornwallmuseumspartnership @royalcornwallmuseum @cornwallheritagetrust @kresenkernow @hypatia_trust @st_austell_brewery #womenofcornwall #creativecornwall #lovecornwall #thecornishyear #thesunnycupboard #celebrateeveryday #cornwall #cornishheritage #ankernowekbledhen #historyofcornwall #industrialcornwall