Fantastic to see so many people last night (Thursday 14 July)  in Hayle, Cornwall, at Peter Channon’s talk on the National Explosives Factory on Upton Towans. This was one of the most  important munitions factories in the UK in World War One but the site itself is little known.  People were clearly keen to find […]

Heroes of Hayle, our events exploring Hayle’s World War One heritage, started on Thursday 14 June 2018 with a talk by local historian Peter Channon on the National Explosives Factory, Hayle.  It was followed by a walk around the factory site on Upton Towans on Wednesday 27 June 7pm. Both the talk and the walk were […]

The 25th Field Ambulance in World War One is central to many of the stories in Heart of Conflict, our project looking at Cornwall during World War One. Many miners from Dolcoath in the Camborne Redruth area went straight out to the Front in 1914. They were led by a Cornish doctor, William Blackwood, and […]

Had a really good meeting with Hayle Air Cadets last Friday (11 May 2018) as part of our World War One project Heart of Conflict – what a great group of young people. We talked about World War One in general – and then looked at the story of Frank Johns, a carpenter from St […]

We’re delighted to have Liz Hutchinson, Director of Communications at the British Academy, as a Trustee of Bridging Arts. Liz has led marketing and communications for a number of organisations in the public and charitable sectors. She brings her expertise in communications – particularly new media – to the board. “This is a fantastic charity […]

A Cornish policeman who was killed on the Western Front will be honoured this August by Camborne Youth Band who will lay a wreath on his grave at Sailly-sur-la-Lys, northern France. Thomas Penhorwood was serving in the 25th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, when he was killed in 1915.   He was one of a […]