Last week we were delighted to welcome some of the withy pot making community to join us for the opening of the Withy Lore exhibition in Helston. Weaving their way through the treasure trove of objects from years gone by to reach the exhibition space at the back of the museum, makers found themselves reunited […]
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Farming family photographs by John Head
When doing community based storytelling project such as ‘Tallys an Tir’ you never know what you are going to discover or who you will meet. Early on in our collaboration with Kestle Barton in Manaccan, we were lucky enough to be introduced to John Head; a 4th generation vet whose veterinary practice ‘Head & Head’ is […]
A snapshot of farming in the 1990’s
Today I spent the day scanning with 4th generation veterinary surgeon John Head of Helston. John has an amazing collection of black and white photographs taken on farms he worked on in the 1990’s, all in the Helston area. Although taken only 20 years ago these photographs, mostly portraits, provide a snapshot of a different […]
