Federation's On-line Shop

"The Cornish Witch-Finder" by Jason Semmens

 

Registered Charity 

No. 247283 

                                Federation of Old Cornwall Societies 

                                                           "Cuntelleugh an brewyon us gesys na vo kellys travyth"

                                                              (Gather up the fragments that are left that nothing be lost.)

 

Free Guestmap from Bravenet

HOME

SHOP 

CALENDAR

NEWSLETTER Summer 2009 now on-line

Contact

----------------------------------

Welcome 

Cornish Anthem

The Federation

What we stand for

About the Societies

Contacting a Society 

               &

News from the Societies

Journals & Booklets  

Index to Journals

Societies Published Books

Recent Events  

Protecting & Reviving Traditions

Cornish Castles Gazetteer  

Culture

 

   The Fun Pages

Cornwall e-books 

Christmas Pages

Notes & Queries Forum

From the archives

Museums in Cornwall

Bits & Pieces  

Old Postcards

Old Postcard Jigsaws

Send a Cornish E-card

Dialect Tales & Yarns  

Poetry Page

 

Do you know Cornwall?

Terry's  Teaser

Dialect Quiz No.1

Dialect Quiz No.2

Dialect Quiz No.3

Chough Jokes

Cartoons

Family History Links  

Community Links

The Links Page  

 

 

Federation of Old Cornwall Societies Competition 2009/10 

"CORNWALL IN THE FIFTIES"

Is your Society taking part? Click here for details

 

St Columb's Midsummer Bonfire -  'Tansys Golowan',  2009. a successful evening with 100 people attending .

 

 

Join in the Post Box Recording Project

Click HERE

 

 

Over Two Hundred and Fifty  E-Books on Cornwall and its people to read for free

New ones added on the 26th May 2009

Click on Flip to search and read a book and if you have JAVA installed, on DjVU to read it in larger type.

HERE

 

Cornish Crosses Web Site

We have now launched the new Federation Cornish Crosses web site. The text has been produced by Cornish Bard Andrew Langdon, with photographs by himself and Ann Preston-Jones. You can view the site by clicking here

Picture credit © Phil Ellery St Columb OCS

This picture was taken at last years St Columb Old Cornwall Societies "Crying of the neck" ceremony at Tremayne farm, St Columb Major. The farmer is Mr Dick Woods who cut the neck. 

The hill in the distance is Castle an Dinas where the society  hold their Midsummer bonfires)

-0-

Redruth's new museum has been opened at Tolgus Tin, Treasure Park, New Portreath Road, Redruth. by Mr. Mike Scragg from Jersey, owner of the complex . Please go along and give your support. To see some photos and more details of the Museum click here and use your back button to return to this site.

-0-

Thanks to all the members of Callington Old Cornwall Society For making the Summer Festival such an enjoyable day. Click to read a report 

________________________________

 Phillip Hunt  has written to Terry to say that he has a new presentation which might interest Old Cornwall Societies. He prepared it for Saltash, where it was well received last Autumn.

 It is entitled, An Audience with A L Rowse, and he says:

 "it consists of recordings made by myself and others in which Rowse talks about all aspects of his life, in his typically forthright way, interspersed and linked with my own personal recollections."

 Anyone interested can contact Phillip on 01752 843919 or by E Mail. Phillip Hunt

 

Redruth 2008 bonfire (Photo Terry Knight)

My thanks to Terry French of FTI Cornwall for sending a link to a film of this years St Just and Pendeen OCS bonfire which was held at Chapel Carn Brea near Lands End, West Cornwall

Click here for 2008 film.

---------------------------------------------------------

Copyright

Please note that all material on this site is copyright and may not be used without permission.

The above statement has been added to The website in order to protect the work of people who write articles and provide photographs for the Federation to publish. For some time people have been reproducing articles from the Federation journal without asking and this has led to complaints from some authors who are annoyed that people did not have the courtesy to ask. If you wish to reproduce something which has been published by the Federation then please write seeking permission to Mr Terry Knight, Publications Editor,  knight-at-wingfield5.fsnet.co.uk replacing -at- with @.

 

                                    The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies is a  Registered Charity  No. 247283 

                           George P Web Design