Chester Trelease travelled many thousands of miles in his short life: Chester’s story is one of those featured in our World War One project, Heart of Conflict. He was born in Michigan in 1889 where his father was working as a miner. By the age of eight he had returned with his family to Cornwall […]
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We are delighted to have received Heritage Lottery funding so we can work with Camborne Youth Band on plans to travel to the Menin Gate, Belgium, in August . This is part of our project, Heart of Conflict, marking the centenary of World War One in Cornwall. The Band has been invited to play at […]
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Fantastic today (Saturday 12 May) to see Camborne RFC president Terry Williams present a rugby ball signed by Cornwall and Devon teams to Camborne Youth Band. The Band will take it back to the Western Front 100 years after three historic matches were played there between Cornwall and Devon teams after Camborne Rugby Club sent […]
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A wonderful visit this afternoon to the Wallace Collection in London with the Elders’ group from the Masbro Centre, Hammersmith. We visited the museum’s dazzling collection of furniture, paintings, mirrors and china… not to mention the armoury. We were all inspired to create our own gold boxes at the end in the Education Centre. See […]
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It was great to see our World War One exhibition, Heart of Conflict, on display again at Paul Church, near Mousehole, Cornwall. The display marked the re-dedication of the remarkable World War One window there. There were events and services over the May Bank Holiday weekend to celebrate and showcase all the work that’s been […]
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Frank Johns’ story was the very first that we uncovered in Heart of Conflict, back in autumn 2014. We were loaned a medal with a particularly poignant name on it: Private Frank Johns, no. 6352, 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry. The records of Frank Johns’ life were mostly lost, and the family were happy for us […]
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