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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.) |
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NEWSLETTER Summer 2009 now on-line ---------------------------------- Protecting & Reviving Traditions
The Fun Pages
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St Columb's Midsummer Bonfire
- 'Tansys Golowan', 2009. a
successful evening with 100 people attending .
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.
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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 @.
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