The three fleet static review in Mount's Bay to celebrate the coronation of George V avoided air attack by a whisker on 23 July 1910.............

Penzance's first talkie - The Doctor's Secret - read Toestrap of the Cornishman's of the gripping story of........well, read on to find out....

140 years old today and still going strong(ish). The Cornishman was first published on 18th July 1878.

"That lady from the church...", how not to render assistance.

Penzance market cross gets around a bit: Greenmarket, water shote in Causewayhead, old town hall and now it's off again...

Bucket's silver key opens the door to a healthy future....

I was married three days ago; to Caitlin Macnamara; in Penzance registry office; with no money, no prospect of money, no attendant friends or relatives, and in complete happiness”.

Charles Campbell Ross: Scoundrel, Fantasist or Fool?

Father absent at sea and mother mother unable to cope and taking solace in the bottle, it was never going to be easy for the Yates children.........

The stranding of whales on Long Rock beach in 1911 revealed conflicting attitudes in the Cornwall of the time, a place still heavilt dependant upon harvesting the sea........