Tour round Castle An Dinas Quarry near Penzance
Castle-an-Dinas Aggregates Quarry has been supplying a range of quality Cornish stone products for over 100 years. Edgar, Operations Manager takes you on a tour round and explains the history of the quarry right back to the bronze age!
Harold Harvey, 1874-1941 (Newlyn School)
Music: “ Im Glanz des Morgennebels” Gregor Daniel
Harold Harvey (1874-1941)
Harold Charles Francis Harvey was born on 20 May 1874 in North Parade, Penzance, Cornwall, the eldest of eight children. His father was a bank clerk. Harvey trained in painting at the Penzance Art School under Norman Garstin, and attended the Academie Julian in Paris between 1894 and 1896.
Before the First World War (1914-18) his style was impressionistic and his works mostly depicted scenes of the local fishing and agricultural communities, such as ‘In the Whiting Ground’ (c1900, now in Penlee House at Penzance). His work matured from about 1905 with brighter colours, and simpler compositions.
He married Gertrude Bodinnar on 19 April 1911 at St Peter’s church, Newlyn, and they moved to Maen Cottage, high on Chywoone Hill overlooking Newlyn and Penzance. Gertrude herself became a painter, and took an active part in applied arts, particularly concerning fabrics. They had no children.
He exhibited at the Newlyn Gallery and major provincial galleries, and had his first London show in 1913. From 1914 he created a long series of interior views, often set in his own home, and featuring his wife, friends and local people. These scenes are often painted in a crisper style than previously, and several include small still-lives of tableware. He was exempted from military service, presumably for reasons of health.
In the 1920s he achieved the full development of his ability and command of different subjects. Using a clearly-defined style of depiction he continued the series of interior views (eg ‘The Critics’ (1922) now at Birmingham), but he also created many notable outdoor scenes (eg ‘Girl on a Cliff’ (1926, now at Penleee House in Penzance) with either a landscape or seaside setting. He also began painting works with a religious theme. He achieved public recognition, and was selected to take part in the Venice Biennale of 1924. During the 1920s he ran a school of painting with his friend Ernest Procter (1886 – 1935).
Harvey’s last decade displayed all the remarkable abilities he had developed, and the wide range of his subject matter which included interiors, portraits, landscapes, religious themes, and the industrial landscape of Cornwall. In 1938 he featured in an article in Picture Post about the artistic colony at Newlyn. He continued painting up to his death on 19 May 1941.
Storm tide strikes St Ives harbour
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Major storm front moved in, strong winds and high seas have begun to batter St Ives harbour this weekend.
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NEWLYN MOUSEHOLE SUMMER 2014
NEWLYN MOUSEHOLE SUMMER 2014.
The Music is from 'Hannibal' but whats quite striking is the translation of the Lyrics, which reads
Vide cor meum
See My Heart
Chorus: And thinking of her
Sweet sleep overcame me
I am your master
See your heart
And of this burning heart
Your heart
(Chorus: She trembling)
Obediently eats.
Weeping, I saw him then depart from me.
Joy is converted
To bitterest tears
I am in peace
My heart
I am in peace
See my heart
Bedwyr Williams Newlyn Art Gallery pt1
Bedwyr Williams
Penzance 1964
A very short film of Penzance in, about 1964. At the very end is my Nana, Eva Charles Prisk (nee Vingoe) and my Papa, William James Prisk. There appears to be some sort of vintage farmers vehicle parade going on.
The Pottery, Penzance, Cornwall
The Pottery is tucked away down a leafy lane and is an elegantly converted barn, there is a sun trap of a terrace out through the french doors, a wood buring stove and large screen TV. Situated within easy distance of the fabulous scenery of the west of Cornwall, close to Lands End, Cape Cornwall, Sennen Cove, Mousehole, Newlyn and the Minack Theatre.
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PENZANCE PIRATES DAY 26th June 2011 World Record CORNWALL, CORNISH
See if you can spot yourself.... World record of most pirates in one area at one time (8734 people). Includes announcement of record win. It's been broken elsewhere since but the people of Penzance had a great day.... Beautiful people indeed....
Alan Furneaux
ABNA member Alan Furneaux talks about his work
Tidal Surge
Huge Waves Hit Newlyn During Cornwall's Valentine's Day Storms