Very many thanks to David Thomas, of Kresen Kernow (Cornwall’s archives) in Redruth, for letting me know that an historic banner, belonging to Camborne Old Contemptibles, is hanging in Camborne Church. Camborne had an active branch of the Old Contemptibles, an organisation set up across the country in the years after World War One to […]
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Our brilliant designer David Cross has re-sized our I PACKED THIS MYSELF cardboard cut-out cases to A4, so it should be possible to print one out double-sided on a home printer. If you have card, even better, but it will work on paper. Usually these cases are printed at A3 – but we thought we’d […]
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It was a fresh and lovely drawing of a mango that started Shilpa Bilimoria’s journey towards setting up her own fashion label. Shilpa entered a competition that we ran for a British Sari design in 2007. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the contest – the British Sari Story – marked the 60th anniversary […]
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We’re just starting on work with migrant workers and local communities in Cornwall
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It’s easy to raise money for Bridging Arts by shopping online: please remember us in the frenzy of Black Friday and Christmas shopping! Easyfundraising really IS an easy way to raise money for a good cause. You don’t pay a penny, but the retailer gives a percentage of the sale price to us. Here’s how you […]
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The new year starts on a sad note with the news that Paddy Bradley has died. Paddy, the historian who helped us so much with our World War One research, was Cornish through and through and seemed to know everything there was to know about Redruth where he was born and lived all his life. […]
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