Last Thursday we had an informative and lively virtual Story Cafe with Laura Garcia and Richard Trethewey from The Rowan Tree, who gave a fascinating talk about Kolar’s Gold, their multimedia project on the Cornish diaspora in India. Through their music and stories and their collaborative work with Indian musicians, Cornish choirs and brass bands, […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust presents a free virtual Story Cafe with The Rowan Tree : Kolar’s Gold, led by Laura Garcia, Tom Fosten and Richard Trethewey. Join us live on Zoom or our Facebook Page, as we listen to the fascinating account of their research into the forgotten stories of Cornish miners, their families and their […]
Following a successful bid to the Culture Recovery Fund through the Architectural Heritage Fund, Cornwall Heritage Trust is seeking consultants to formulate a Business Development Plan for the next five years which addresses the needs of the Trust to secure its future sustainability and enable it to continue to look after and promote Cornwall’s heritage. […]
The recording of Peter Herring’s Story Cafe about the cutting, saving and use of turf as the principal household fuel on Bodmin Moor is now available to watch on our Youtube Channel. The talk by Peter Herring was fascinating. The Zoom event was fully booked and we had lots of questions and engagement from the […]
Cornwall Heritage Trust presents… Turf cutting for Fuel on Bodmin Moor. A free virtual Story Cafe with Pete Herring A story cafe about the cutting, saving and use of turf as the principal household fuel on Bodmin Moor until a generation or two ago. Pete Herring will talk about his research into this practice, which […]
If you missed Cornwall Heritage Trust’s virtual story cafe on Cornish Scoot Dancing last week, then you will be pleased to know that the recording has now been edited and added to our Youtube Channel. We are very grateful to Merv and Alison Davey for kindly leading our first ever virtual Story Café. Merv and […]
Hosted by Cornwall Heritage Trust, our first ever Cornish Story Cafe held on Zoom will be led by Merv and Alison Davey. The theme is Cornish Scoot (Step) Dancing, and Merv and Alison will talk about the tradition of Cornish dancing and show archive footage. We invite participants to join on Zoom and you will […]
Our office will be closed from Monday 21st December and re-open again on Tuesday 5th January. If you need to get in touch with our staff, please email info@cornwallheritagetrust.org Have a wonderful Christmas and here’s to a much brighter 2021!
This afternoon saw the 35th Annual General Meeting of Cornwall Heritage Trust take place in a slightly different format than usual. Due to the Coronavirus lockdown restrictions the meeting took place online using Zoom and sadly it was not possible to invite members and friends as we usually would. Despitethis, almost a full complement of […]
Did you know that you can make a quick text donation to Cornwall Heritage Trust via your mobile phone by sending a text to 70085? All you need to do is send a text message to 70085 with CHT5DONATE to donate £5, or text CHT10DONATE to donate £10.
Following the announcement of a second lockdown starting tomorrow we would like to reassure you that it’s very much business as usual at Cornwall Heritage Trust. Our staff have been working from home since March and it has worked well, this arrangement will continue for the foreseeable future. Behind the scenes we are working hard […]
A selection of the winning photographs in our Calendar competition are now available as a set of 8 Note Cards. Thank you to the photographers who allowed their photos to be used, and they will be receiving a calendar and cards with their winning entries this week. “Rough Tor” by Lemi Mitchell “Cot Valley Sunset” […]
