Since 1920 members of
the Old Cornwall
movement have striven to
keep alive Cornish
dialect. They have
collected words, phrases
and stories as well as
writing poetry and
stories of their own
using dialect words. In
1925 the Federation of
Old Cornwall Societies
published its first "Old
Cornwall" Journal and
from then on Cornish
Dialect has appeared in
many issues.
ISBN978-0-902660-41-0
Pages 56
Dimensions (cm) 15.2 wide × 22.9 tall
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Bal Maidens -
Women & Girls of the Cornwall & Devon Mines,
By Lynne Mayers,
P/B Pages 281
Price £14.95. +
p&p
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The Tamar Bal Maidens
By Lynne Mayers,
P/B Pages 26pp.
Price £4.50.
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The St Austell Bal Maidens
By Lynne Mayers,
P/B. Pages 23
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Boskenna & the Paynters
by Jim Hosking
P/B Pages112
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Cadgwith and
Poltesco
Once 'twas serpentine and fish
By Michael Tangye
West Briton 11
October 2007
"The importance of gathering fragments of local history while there is still
time could not be more clearly evidenced than in Michael Tangye's admirable
new book Once 'twas Serpentine and Fish, writes Douglas Williams. Nearly 35
years ago he sat with the old and retired fishermen "on the stick" plank
bench at Cadgwith and listened to their rich dialect.
He recorded their words and delighted in their stories.
This Redruth bard has brought the research of his own labours and many others
to recall past years. Around all the tales of Cadgwith, Poltesco and Carleon
Cove is an excellent spread of photographs of those old days, magnificently
illustrating his themes."
ISBN:
0902660349
P/B Pages 78
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The Charlotte Dymond Murder
Cornwall 1844
Pat Munn
P/B Pages 205
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Cornish Names
By Pol Hodge
[H/B] Pages 100
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The Cornish Midsummer Eve
Bonfire Celebrations
By Cyril Noall, with additional notes by Yvonne Gilbert.
This is a New Edition of a booklet first published in 1963. this edition has 13
pages and 5 photographs which include the front and back cover.
P/B Pages 13
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The Cornish
Witch-finder
By Jason Semmens
b&w photos & drawings
William Henry Paynter and the
Witchery, Ghosts, Charms and Folklore of Cornwall.
Foreward by Dr. Owen Davies
ISBN No. 978-0-902660-39-7
P/B Pages 256
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Crying the Neck Celebrations
A revised booklet on the Crying The Neck ceremony with a
colour cover and the words of the celebration of harvesting the final sheath of
corn for the season in both English and Cornish.
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Dangerous Place to Work
By Lynne Mayers,
P/B Pages 99
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p&p
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Feet of
Clay
[The
Life and ministry of William O'Bryan, founder of the
Bible Christians]
By Thomas
Shaw & Colin C Short
ISBN 978-0-9524436-1-2.
P/B Pages 256
£15.00 inc p & p]
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How to get methodical with your Cornish
Methodists.
by Colin C. Short,
P/B Spiral bound
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Looking at Penzance
by Margaret Perry
over sixty illustrations
A publication by
Margaret Perry has been published to celebrate 80 years of Penzance OCS. The
book is a miscellany of articles, stories, poetry and local history drawn from
the archive records of the Society.
It has 120 pages
and over sixty illustrations ranging from sketches and early photographs to
modern colour photography. Items include dialect stories and verse and an
article on the origins of Golowan in Cornish (with an English translation).
Compiled and
edited by Penzance OCS member Margaret Perry. The author of A Brief History of
Mousehole and a companion book on Newlyn, she has contributed to three
publications of the Penwith Local History Group and edited Growing Up With
Boats, the autobiography of William Stevenson of
Newlyn.
P/B Pages 120
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Looking Back at Pencarrow
by David Donaldson's
P/B Pages174
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Methods of
Tin & Copper Dressing
in Cornwall
By Lynne Mayers,
P/B. Pages 28
Price. £4.50.
A reprint of the first Old Cornwall Journal
first published by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies in April 1925.
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL NOTE., WHAT WE STAND FOR. By R. MORTON NANCE.,
THE PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS
IN CORNWALL., By HENRY JENNER, M.A., F.S.A.,
CORNISH MINES AND MINERS., BY A. K.
HAMILTON JENKIN.,
CORNISH FAMILY MOTTOES.' By R. MORTON
NANCE., THE CORNISH FARMYARD SONG.,
TWO SHORT DIALECT YARNS BY R. J.
NOALL.,
A REDRUTH CHRISTMAS PLAY.,
A GUISE-DANCE PLAY, ST. KEVERNE.,
A CORNISH CANTATA. By DAVIES GILBERT,
NOTES., THE CORNISH LANGUAGE IN
AMERICA, 1710,
A HURLING-BALL INSCRIPTION OF 1705 IN CORNISH., REPORTS
Harry Stark lived all his live around the Pentewan Valley and
the Cornish town of St Austell.. His book is full of interesting characters that
he met during over eighty years in the area and records the everyday life
there. A must for anyone researching the social aspects of peoples life in the
20th century in this part of Cornwall.
ISBN 0 9531704 0 3
P/B Pages 108
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Stone Crosses in East Cornwall
By Andrew
Langdon,
2nd
Edition, Revised and Updated
ISBN
No. 0902660 32 2
A
Gazetteer of 100 Stone Crosses.
Some
of the Parishes covered in this guide are, Altarnum, Anthony, Blisland,
Callington, Lansallos, Liskeard.
This
book has 90 pages plus 109 b&w photos & drawings + 2 maps
Price
£7.95 + p&p.
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Stone
Crosses in Mid Cornwall
By Andrew Langdon,
2nd
Edition, Revised and Updated
ISBN
No. 0 902660 30 6
A
Gazetteer of 101 Stone Crosses.
Covers
an area on the north coast from St Mawgan west to St Agnes and on the south from
the river Fowey to the Fal.
This
book has 85 pages plus 113 b&w photos & drawings + 2 maps
Price
£7.95 + p&p.
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Stone Crosses in North Cornwall
By Andrew
Langdon,
Second
Edition, Revised & Updated
ISBN
No. 0 9528684 0 7
A
Gazetteer of 102 Stone Crosses
This
is the 2nd edition of the first cross book which came out in this series and has
been updated to include several recent discoveries and notes are included of
three important restoration projects.
This
book has 76 pages plus 100 b&w photos & drawings + 2 maps
Price
£6.45 + p&p.
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Stone Crosses in West Cornwall
By Andrew
Langdon,
ISBN
No. 0902660284
A
Gazetteer of 103 Stone Crosses
The
area covered is West Cornwall from the river Hayle, east to Redruth, down to
Falmouth Helston and the Lizard peninsular.
The
book has 81 pages plus 98 b&w photos and drawings + 2 maps.
Price
£6.45 + p&p
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Saffron and
Currants
By Susan
Pellowe
[p/b]
52 pages
Price
£3.50
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The
Search for Lady Agnes
By Roger Radcliffe
[p/b] 116 pages -
Price
£9.99
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The Toll-houses of
Cornwall
By
Patrick Taylor,
ISBN: 0 902660 29 2
This
is the first published study of Cornwall's toll-houses. Text covers Turnpike
roads, Kings Highway and Cornish Turnpike Trusts. the book is a gazetteer with
approximately 60 photographs and other drawings.
