Busvannah
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Busvannah memories
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Thomas family
My grandfather and his family all lived in Busvannah. Alfred Charles Thomas was born in 1887 (according the family bible which has been passed down to me as the last survivor carrying the name). He had a number of brothers and sisters: I seem to remember that Henry was gassed in the Great War, and only died in the 1930's. As a child in South Africa, I had to write to his sisters Mabel and Nora. The last letter I received from great aunt Nora was in 1965. My grandfather emigated to South Africa in 1912, where my father and I were born. My grandfather opened a butcher shop in Hillbrow Johannesburg, in which he was considerably successful. He always told ...read more here
Contributed by Howard Thomas
Cornwall memories
Memories.
My mother ran Burraton Post Office from 1950 to about 1990 and sold Frith postcards. The cows are being driven by Mrs Cook, a farmer's wife, whose farm was about 300 yards behind the photographer in Liskeard Road, Burraton. The farm was called 'The Elms'. The farmhouse is still there, but is now an old peoples' home called The Elms. The farmland has been built on.
A memory of Burraton contributed by Mr Bob Drew
Donkey Halt.
The bungalow in the centre of the photograph is called Donkey Halt as when the carts of pilchards were taken up the hill by donkeys they stopped there for a rest before tackling the very steep hill to the main road at the top.
A memory of Crafthole contributed by Mrs T Malthouse
Music and memories
Is there anyone else who sang in Mrs Solomon's choir and went to Mr Pellymounter's school in St Dennis. I remember all the grownup ladies wearing their wedding dresses as we had to wear white. I was about four when I started to sing in the choir. My mother found some white silk and made me a dress that had enormous seams and hem, so that I was able to wear it for about four years. On one occasion I remember we sang in the main Methodist Hall in Plymouth. I also sang for Children's Hour from the BBC studios in Bristol. I think I was seven at the time. Mr Pellymounter had lots of friends in the theatre, among them ...read more here
A memory of St Dennis contributed by JUDITH ANN JENSEN MORRIS
Extracts From Busvannah & Cornwall books
This fine chapel in Barn
Street was erected in
1846 and enlarged in
1862 during the period
when the town was
experiencing the effects
of the mining boom
around Caradon just to
the north. The chapel
could accommodate
over 1,000
worshippers, while the
town also provided
places of worship for
the Baptists, Bible
Christians, Primitive
Methodists and Free
Methodists.
An extract from from"Churches of East Cornwall Photographic Memories".
The church interior is large, with granite arcades for the north and south aisles. The benches date from 1894. On
the left is a wall monument to Granville Piper and Richard Wise, both aldermen and mayors of Launceston in the
early 18th century.
An extract from from"Churches of East Cornwall Photographic Memories".
This photograph was taken in the year the beautifully carved oak chancel screen was completed by Rashleigh
Pinwell. The oak choir stalls also date from this time. On the left are the pre-Reformation pulpit and the organ,
which has 18th-century pipework. Both were restored in the early 1970s.
An extract from from"Churches of East Cornwall Photographic Memories".
St Swithin’s is an isolated church in a pretty location. Local geology provided the brick-sized stones for building the
unbuttressed tower. More costly granite, however, was used for pinnacles, windows and the arcades of the interior.
The church is best known for its carved bench ends. Nearby is the small St Swithin’s holy well.
An extract from from"Churches of East Cornwall Photographic Memories".
Plain window glass brings light into the rather plain interior with its wagon roofs. The chancel window has an
unusual design in the centre. There is no north aisle, but instead the plain Norman arch on the left is for a transept
which contains the organ.
An extract from from"Churches of East Cornwall Photographic Memories".