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Penzance Old Cornwall Society Web Page
Gowethas
Kernow Goth Pensans
Founded : 1926
Colours : Old Gold
Click on photo for jigsaw
This is still a butcher shop today on the corner of
Chapel and Queen streets. Photo available from the Morrab Library
Click for information on our Penzance & Newlyn book
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Society Officers President : Mr. Phillip Rendle 2, Helnoweth Cottages, Gulval TR18 3BS Tel 01736 363762 Vice Pres.: Mr. Peter Collins, 10 Penrose Terrace, Penzance, TR18 2HQ Secretary, Linda Collins, Hawthorne Cottage, Germoe, TR20 9QX Tel. 01736 763339 E. mail : linda[at]qdconsult.co.uk replace [at] with @ Past President: Felicity Edwards, 9 Lansdowne Close, Penzance, TR18 4RJ Treasurer : Sue Collins, 10 Penrose Terrace, Penzance, TR18 2HQ Tel. 01736 360506 Recorder, Cedric Appleby, Liseux, 12 Provis Road, Alverton, Penzance, TR18 4QQ Tel. 01736 332457
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The society meets at Salvation Army Hall, 43. Queen Street, Penzance. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, September to April at 7.15pm. The society has a very full year long programme with talks from September to April and pilgrimages in the summer. See below for details Our membership fee is £4-00 per yr.
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Talks at the Salvation
Army Hall, Chapel St. Penzance Sunday 3 January Cornish Epiphany Service, 3pm Gulval Parish Church Tuesday 19 January Talk: 'Veteran Bicycles' – Mike Clough Tuesday 16 February FILM: China Clay – John Potter:
Tuesday 16 March ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Refreshments & Entertainment with Les Merton Saturday 10 April Cornwall Garden Society SPRING FLOWER SHOW. Boconnoc. Coach. 9am Tuesday 20 April Illustrated Talk: Godolphin House – Jan Clarke Wednesday 12 May Trip: Pencarrow House & Garden Tour £7 Coach. 9am
* All talks are at the Salvation Army Hall, Queens Street, Penzance, at 7.15pm EXCEPT event on 14 November. Tea and biscuits served after talks. Enquiries: Les Gillard Lesgillard(at)gmx.com replace (at) with @ (01736 363842)
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Saturday 6th March 2010 |
Federation Spring Meeting | County Hall, Truro |
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Saturday 3rd July 2010 |
Summer Festival | Par |
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2nd October 2010 |
Annual General Meeting | County Hall, Truro 2.pm |
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13th November 2.pm |
Winter Festival | TBA |
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Federation Journal published twice a year also newsletter to read on-line |
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| September 2010 | Esethvos
Kernow.
Eisteddfod of Cornwall. |
St IVES |
| September 2010 | Gorsedd |
St IVES |
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| 5th March | St Piran's Day | |
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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.
Click to see an enlarged version Available from the Secretary, Linda Collins, Hawthorn Cottage, Germoe, Penzance TR20 9QX." For further information contact e-mail - Linda[at]qdconsult.co.uk (replace [at] with @.
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The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies is a Registered Charity. No. 247283
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