It was a real privilege to be in Estaires, northern France, to mark the centenary of World War One. Students at the College du Sacre-Coeur helped us to bring together the French descendants of the family that billeted a young Cornish soldier in 1914-15 with his granddaughters Alison Pooley and Carmen Saunders.  Leslie was one of […]

Sunday 4 November 2018 – Cornishwoman Alison Pooley​ talks on BBC Radio Cornwall​ about her grandfather Leslie Pentecost in World War One, his long distance love affair with his sweetheart Lillie Uren back in Cagmborne, Cornwall, and his friendship with the Smagghue family in Estaires, northern France, during the war years. Alison is travelling out […]

A long distance love story between a young Cornish miner from Dolcoath and a young woman from Beacon, Camborne, is being remembered this Armistice Day in France by his descendants and the French family who welcomed him to their home in World War One. Camborne man Lesley Pentecost was a miner at Dolcoath when he […]

An interview by BBC Cornwall’s Debbie McCrory with Bridging Arts director Susan Roberts about a Long Distance Love story featured in our work on World War One.  Young miner Leslie Pentecost of Camborne went off to the Western Front in 1914 soon after meeting Lillie Uren. He corresponded with Lillie throughout the war, only returning […]

A snapshot here of Dave Wilton (euphonium) of Camborne Youth Band,  in Sailly-sur-la-Lys, northern France during Camborne Youth Band’s historic visit to the World War One battlefields of France and Belgium this August. Dave Wilton, who serves in Devon and Cornwall Police at Camborne, lays a wreath on the grave of Thomas Penhorwood. Penhorwood was […]

A selection from the lovely display of postcards, letters and poppies created by pupils at St John’s Catholic Primary School, Camborne, Cornwall.  They formed part of our exhibition PLAYING FOR CAMBORNE: MUSIC AND RUGBY IN WORLD WAR ONE AND NOW, which was on display in the glass atrium from 11 October to 6 November 2018 […]