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West Cornwall in the Twentieth Century - Life in Penwith |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2007 |
 Items for inclusion on this website relate, for the most part,
exclusively to Newlyn but how can you look at the life of the village
without discussing its relationship to neighbouring villages and the
local market town?
The simple answer is that you can’t, and a new book
shortly to be published by the Penwith Local History Group amply
illustrates this point.
The thirteen contributors, several of them
Newlyn residents, write on diverse topics but there are many references
to Newlyn. Iris Green looks at the history of Chirgwins, a much loved
local business that flourished in Penzance in the first half of the
20th century and established branches in several of the surrounding
villages including Newlyn. Pam Lomax has contributed an article on her
home, Wheal Betsy Cottage: an Arts and Crafts House in Newlyn. Glyn
Richards currently has an exhibition of photographs at the Centre and
his contribution to the book is illustrated with his photographs of
West Penwith from the sea. A native of Newlyn he worked as a Fishery
Officer and did not waste any opportunity of taking pictures of the
West Penwith coast. Miners and motors, farmers and pacifists,
Christians and Corpus Christi Fair all are between the pages of this
book. Make sure that you see a copy, this is a book that you will want
to own.
West Cornwall in the Twentieth Century - Life in Penwith is currently
available at the pre-publication price of £9.95 for orders received by
27th October 2007, thereafter it will be available from local bookshops
at £12.95. Cheques should be made out to Penwith Local History group
and sent to the PLHG Secretary (Mrs D Walker) c/o Morrab Library,
Penzance TR18 4DA. Post & packing charges per book are shown
below:
- Collected from the Morrab Library nil
- UK (2nd class) £2.20
- Europe (by air) £4.30
- Rest of world (surface) £4.30
Margaret Perry
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