September 2023
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Phil Hadley
- Aug 5
- 6 min
August 2023
As the wind howls and the rain lashes down at the beginning of August one can’t but help feel for the farmers. They spent June wishing...
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Phil Hadley
- Jul 1
- 10 min
July 2023
The view from Carne Beacon, a Bronze Age barrow close to the south Cornish coast near to the picturesque village of Veryan, is...
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Phil Hadley
- Jun 3
- 5 min
June 2023
In these glorious sunny days we have been enjoying at the end of May and beginning of June it is hard to picture the scene in the skies...
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Phil Hadley
- May 1
- 4 min
May 2023
I am quite sure that the hundreds of people who camp each year at the Treen Farm campsite in the fields above the stunning scenery of...
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Phil Hadley
- Apr 1
- 4 min
April 2023
April is certainly a favourite month for practical jokers with the chance to wind people up on April Fools’ Day. I have certainly pulled...
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Phil Hadley
- Mar 2
- 4 min
March 2023
Britain declared war on Germany on Sunday 3 rd September to uphold the integrity of Poland’s borders after the German invasion two days...
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Phil Hadley
- Feb 2
- 5 min
February 2023
Padstow is the biggest port on the north coast of Cornwall situated in the mouth of the Camel Estuary. In the summer of 1940 its defence...
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Phil Hadley
- Jan 3
- 3 min
January 2023
In a farmer’s field at Tehidy Barton stands the roofless shell of a concrete building. It is hard to believe today that this was once the...
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Phil Hadley
- Dec 3, 2022
- 6 min
December 2022
A lot of people have been commenting that this Christmas will be difficult what with the cost of living crisis and the fuel crisis and...
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Phil Hadley
- Nov 2, 2022
- 8 min
November 2022
The annual period of national remembrance often throws up a number of stories of incredible bravery and courage. Among those who...
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Phil Hadley
- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
October 2022
The town of Lostwithiel was Cornwall’s ancient capital founded by the Normans. It housed a number of important Duchy of Cornwall...
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Phil Hadley
- Sep 1, 2022
- 12 min
September 2022
In the cemetery on the hill overlooking the picturesque Cornish harbour of Charlestown stands this headstone to this much-travelled...
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Phil Hadley
- Aug 1, 2022
- 5 min
August 2022
In Chapter Sixteen of A Place And A Name, the Major pays a visit to Major Edgar Hare, the Chief Constable of the Cornwall Constabulary in...
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Phil Hadley
- Jul 3, 2022
- 3 min
July 2022
It was a bloody pitched battle through the streets of the small harbour village on Cornwall’s south coast. German troops clashed with a...
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Phil Hadley
- Jun 1, 2022
- 4 min
June 2022
This month sees the nation and the Commonwealth celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. This is a remarkable...
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Phil Hadley
- May 3, 2022
- 6 min
May 2022
The footpath along the north shore of the Helford River makes for a delightful and enjoyable walk. The views of the estuary, the wooded...
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Phil Hadley
- Apr 1, 2022
- 4 min
April 2022
I don’t know what your definition of a war hero is. Someone storming an enemy position under heavy fire earning the Victoria Cross as...
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Phil Hadley
- Mar 1, 2022
- 5 min
March 2022
I have forgotten how many veterans, both military and civilian, I have asked as I have been interviewing them about their World War Two...
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Phil Hadley
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
February 2022
Many people are aware of the Americans in Cornwall prior to D-Day but few are aware of the presence of the Canadians. I first came across...
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