Do you have a special place where you go… to contemplate… to get space… to remember… to appreciate beauty…to gain perspective? It’s funny how places change with time and experience, collecting together memories and growing older. In this short story Brindley, a farmer near Manaccan, recalls his memories of Frenchman’s creek. From 45 years ago, […]
Posts Tagged ‘Farming’
Land Army, Place House and Romance
We were lucky enough to meet Mickie on a couple of occasions, visiting her at her home in Penzance. Mickie’s memory is incredible. Her stories are endearing, touching, humorous and told beautifully. Always with an “I will” attitude, Mickie has some brilliant memories to tell and I could truly listen to her talk for hours! […]
Some more Cornish dialect for you
Descriptive words Cabby: Dirty or Messy Braave: Good Licker: Something really big Abroad: Open as a window, door etc Skerrick: Something small, a wisp Smeech: A small pan, something burning Scat: 1. A tear or rip […]
Sitting on a cow! Photos from another era…
There’s not much that hasn’t changed in dairy farming… the breed of milking cow, the number of cows on each farm and how the cows were milked. Traveling back in time, not only would dairy cows have all had names, Daisy and Buttercup being common choices, but they would also have had horns! These beautiful […]
Water colours in ‘Flat field’
Here’s another post and beautiful water colour by artist Louise McClary… Catching the last of the sun last week I decided to visit Halonoweth farm to my favorite field that overlooks the creek. We have ( that’s me and the farmers) always named it “Flat Field ” now with the tythe map we now know […]
Here’s to the flower farms…
Another type of farming in Cornwall is of course flower farming. Over 2010 we spent time with a range of Cornish flower farms, photographing their daily activities and interviewing the farmers. As with other types of farming, flower farming has seen dramatic changes within living memory. It was a really pleasure to see how things […]
Personal archives- farming
Last week the Royal Cornwall Museum kindly allowed us to explore some photographs from their archives. We had a great afternoon with some interesting memories, discussions and discoveries. For those that missed this, here are a few beautiful photographs that were kindly donated to us on the day by Hilary Trump from Gunwen. Many of […]
