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Penzance OCS past President Mrs Felicity Edwards with the Society banner. Photo credit Linda Collins
see further information on the banner in "The Banners of the Old Cornwall Societies" Book
Penzance Old Cornwall Society Web Page
Gowethas
Kernow Goth Pensans
Founded : 1926
Colours : Old Gold
Click on photo for jigsaw
This is still a butcher shop today on the corner of
Chapel and Queen streets. Photo available from the Morrab Library
Click for information on our Penzance & Newlyn book
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Society Officers President : Mr. Phillip Rendle 2, Helnoweth Cottages, Gulval TR18 3BS Tel 01736 363762 Vice Pres.: Mr. Peter Collins, 10 Penrose Terrace, Penzance, TR18 2HQ Secretary, Linda Collins, Hawthorne Cottage, Germoe, TR20 9QX Tel. 01736 763339 E. mail : linda[at]qdconsult.co.uk replace [at] with @ Past President: Felicity Edwards, 9 Lansdowne Close, Penzance, TR18 4RJ Treasurer : Sue Collins, 10 Penrose Terrace, Penzance, TR18 2HQ Tel. 01736 360506 Recorder, Cedric Appleby, Liseux, 12 Provis Road, Alverton, Penzance, TR18 4QQ Tel. 01736 332457
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The society meets at Salvation Army Hall, 43. Queen Street, Penzance. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, September to April at 7.15pm. The society has a very full year long programme with talks from September to April and pilgrimages in the summer. See below for details Our membership fee is £4-00 per yr.
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| Programme 2009 | ||
| Talks at the Salvation Army Hall, Chapel St. Penzance | ||
| Tuesday 20th Jan | Talk on “Early Motoring in West Penwith”, | by Margaret Perry |
| Tuesday 17th Feb | Film “China” by John Potter. 7.15pm | followed by Tea & Biscuits |
| Tuesday 17th Mar |
A.G.M. Followed by Original poetry and music with “Dew Vardh” Bert Biscoe and Pol Hodge |
Food to Share |
| Tuesday 31st March | Visit Port Elliot and St Germans Church House & Garden £6.00 | Leave Newlyn 9.30am Coach |
| Tuesday 21st April | Talk TBA | |
| Thursday 7th May | Visit Prideaux Place House & Garden £5.50. | Leave Newlyn 9.30am Coach. |
| Federation | ||
| Saturday 7th March 2009 | Federation Spring Meeting | County Hall, Truro |
| 4th July | Summer Festival | Redruth |
| 3th October | Annual General Meeting | County Hall, Truro 2.pm |
| 14th November 2.pm | Winter Festival | Wadebridge Town Hall |
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Federation Journal published twice a year |
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| September 2009 | Esethvos
Kernow.
Eisteddfod of Cornwall. Penzance |
SALTASH |
| September 2009 | Gorsedd |
SALTASH |
| Other Dates | ||
| 5th March | St Piran's Day | Bodmin |
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A publication by Margaret Perry has been published to celebrate 80 years of Penzance OCS. The book is a miscellany of articles, stories, poetry and local history drawn from the archive records of the Society. It has 120 pages and over sixty illustrations ranging from sketches and early photographs to modern colour photography. Items include dialect stories and verse and an article on the origins of Golowan in Cornish (with an English translation). Compiled and edited by Penzance OCS member Margaret Perry. The author of A Brief History of Mousehole and a companion book on Newlyn, she has contributed to three publications of the Penwith Local History Group and edited Growing Up With Boats, the autobiography of William Stevenson of Newlyn.
Click to see an enlarged version It's available from Penzance OCS, 24 Charles Street, Newlyn, Penzance, TR18 5QB at £9.95 inclusive of Postage & Packing
For further information contact e-mail - margareteperry@newlyn24.fsnet.co.uk
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The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies is a Registered Charity. No. 247283
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