Penwith Local History Group
Penwith Local History Group, Newlyn, Cornwall
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We research the fascinating history of West Penwith by working with original sources as much as possible. We publish our findings every two or three years.


The Morrab Library showing the new extension
The Morrab Library showing the new extension.
Photo Glyn Richards
On this Day 9th March 1891

The Blizzard in the West

It was on Monday March 9, back in 1891 that the giant blizzard struck the county. The fine weather of the past weeks suddenly ended, the temperature dropped quickly, and snow began to fall as the wind increased in strength. There was tremendous damage to property in the next few days, trains were de-railed, many ships wrecked around the Cornish coast, and throughout the county there were stories of lives lost in snowdrifts…


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Our new publication is now available:

Beyond the Bookshelves. A Publication by the Penwith Local History Group
"Beyond the Bookshelves"
Edited by Sally Corbett

price £15.00
plus p&p


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The Penwith Papers

SOWENA

SOWENA

1943-1944

Sowena (Cornish for success) was the magazine of Penzance Grammar School written in a time when contact with the outside world was mainly through censored radio and press. 



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