Camelford and District Old Cornwall Society
Speakers and events since formation of the society in 1986
There are generally 11 meetings each year, with the AGM in September.
* denotes visits to sites of interest.
The list was compiled by Denis Lusby, secretary.
| Year | Date | Speaker | Subject/event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Dec 4 | Oliver Padel | Cornish Place Names |
| 1987 | Jan 7 | Ken Duxbury | Bodmin Moor & the Cornish Coastline |
| Feb 4 | Members Evening | ||
| Mar 4 | Alyson Cooper | Cornish House Survey | |
| Apr 1 | Mrs Veronica Chesher | The Cornishman's House | |
| May 6 | visiting Archaeological sites near Camelford* | ||
| Jun 10 | St Breward browse around* | ||
| Jul 1 | Visit to Wesley's Cottage at Trewint and Altarnun* | ||
| Sep 2 | Douglas Creba | Cornish Minerals | |
| Oct 7 | Second Birthday Dinner | ||
| Dec 2 | H L Crouch BA | Cornish Tin | |
| 1988 | Jan 6 | Cornish Evening | |
| Feb 3 | Andrew Langdon | Cornish Crosses | |
| Mar 2 | J R Hickish | The Duchy of Cornwall | |
| Apr 6 | D J Castle | The Lifeboat Service | |
| May 4 | Visit to some Cornish Crosses referred to by Andrew Langdon* | ||
| Jun 1 | Delabole Stroll Around | Jack Richards and John Lobb* | |
| Jul 6 | The Holy Well and Church at St Clether Laneast* | ||
| Sep 7 | A talk on the Cornish Gorsedd | ||
| Oct 5 | 3rd Birthday Dinner | ||
| Nov 2 | AGM | ||
| Dec 7 | PC Hawkins | Wheal Martyn Museum | |
| 1989 | Jan 4 | George Cowling | Secluded Churches |
| Feb 1 | Mary Peter | John Opie | |
| Mar 1 | Adrian Langdon | Eye on Nature | |
| Apr 5 | Chris Day | The National Trust in Cornwall | |
| May 3 | Michael Webber | Boscastle Ramble* | |
| Jun 7 | visit to Warbstow* | ||
| Jul 5 | to be arranged* | ||
| Sep 6 | Joy Stevenson | Cornish Dialect | |
| Oct | |||
| Nov 1 | 4th Birthday Dinner | ||
| Dec 6 | Peter Ascott | Aspects of the King Arthur Legend | |
| 1990 | Jan 3 | Bodmin Parish Church Handbell ringers | |
| Feb 7 | Prof. Charles Thomas | Around Tintagel Castle | |
| Mar 7 | Charles David | North Cornwall Heritage Coast | |
| Apr 4 | Mary Wright | Cornish Guernsey's and Knitfrocks | |
| May 2 | Michael Webber | Boscastle Harbour* | |
| Jun 6 | A look at Tintagel* | ||
| Jul 4 | Frank Smeeth | Ramble around Roughtor* | |
| Sept 18 | AGM and slides of Cornwall from the collection by C B Elsmore | ||
| Oct 17 | Annual Dinner at the Bridge House Restaurant | ||
| Nov 21 | Mrs M Calver-Culver | The History of Mount Edgcombe House and Gardens | |
| Dec 19 | Rev Barry Kinsman | Old Padstow - An Illustrated Talk | |
| 1991 | Jan 16 | Peter Rose CAU | Archaeological Survey of Bodmin Moor |
| Feb 20 | Peter Ascott | Hardy's Cornwall | |
| Mar 20 | Tim Dingle | Wild Flowers of North Cornwall | |
| Apr 17 | Frederick Leese | Camelford in the 1930's | |
| May 15 | Visit to Lesnewth and St Juliot* | ||
| Jun 19 | Visit to Blisland and the Jubilee Rock* | ||
| Jul 17 | Davidstow Moors and Bowithick* | ||
| Oct 16 | Annual Dinner at Setters Restaurant Delabole | ||
| Nov 20 | Robert Tremaine | The Office of Town Crier (Launceston) | |
| Dec 18 | Member's Evening | ||
| 1992 | Jan 15 | Steve Scoffin (Ranger at Kit Hill) | Kit Hill |
| Feb 19 | Ms J Nowaski | Excavations at Tintagel Churchyard | |
| Mar 18 | Rev B Clarke | Old Bodmin | |
| Apr 15 | Peter Ascott | The Mystery of Charlotte Dymond | |
| May 20 | Visit to the Studio of Miss Carole Vincent Boscastle* | ||
| Jun 17 | Francis Bartlett | Walking the River Camel* | |
| Jul 15 | Crackington Haven & the Crackington Fault* | ||
| Aug 19 | Alex Tor St Breward* | ||
| Sep 16 | AGM and Slides from the C D Elsmore Collection | ||
| Nov 18 | Rev J West | Old Wadebridge | |
| Dec 16 | Mrs Grace Walmesley | Memories of the Area | |
| 1993 | Jan 20 | Peter Ascott | From Trevithick to Beeching |
| Feb 17 | R Evans and G Prettyman | Pentewan Harbour Railway and Village | |
| Mar 17 | Member's Evening | Thanks for the Memory | |
| Apr 21 | John Jenkin | Cornish Castles | |
| May 19 | Trevalga and Lesnewth Churches* | ||
| Jun 16 | A visit to St Neot and Warleggan* | ||
| Jul 21 | Otterham Treneglos and Tremaine* | ||
| Aug 18 | Castle Goff Newberry and Lanteglos* | ||
| Sep 15 | AGM followed by slides from the CD Elsmore Collection | ||
| Oct 11 | Hilda Hambly | Old North Cornwall Slides and Talk | |
| Nov 8 | Member's Evening | ||
| Dec 13 | Annual Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 1994 | Jan 10 | Trevor England | Padstow Lifeboat |
| Feb 14 | Peter Ascott | Goldsworthy Gurney | |
| Mar 14 | Quiz Night | ||
| Apr 11 | David attwell | The Rebuilding of Bowithick Bridge | |
| May 9 | Visit to Bowithick Bridge and the Boundary Stones at Davidstow* | ||
| Jun 13 | Port Isaac* | ||
| Jul 11 | Valency Valley - to walk to Minster Church* | ||
| Aug 8 | inspection of local monuments* | ||
| Sep 12 | AGM | ||
| Oct 10 | Ben Jones | The Forestry Commission | |
| Nov 14 | Joy Stevenson | Cornish Dialect Nostalgia and Tales | |
| Dec 12 | Annual Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 1995 | Jan 9 | Member's Evening | |
| Feb 13 | Robert Harris | The Bude Canal | |
| Mar 13 | Andrew Langdon | Cornish Crosses | |
| Apr 10 | Bude Canal* | ||
| May 15 | St Teath* | ||
| Jun 12 | Tintagel* | ||
| Jul 10 | Bodmin Moor* | ||
| Aug 14 | Camelford* | ||
| Sep 11 | AGM | ||
| Oct 9 | Capt GA Hogg | A Cornish Sea Captain | |
| Nov 13 | Michael Allaby | Environmental Crisis - Fact or Fantasy | |
| Dec 11 | Annual Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 1996 | Jan 8 | Member's Evening | |
| Feb 12 | Peter Ascott | Cornish Notables | |
| Mar 11 | Ron Hicks | Grampound and District | |
| Apr 15 | Camelford* | ||
| May 13 | Visit to St Clether* | ||
| June l0 | Visit to Ladock* | ||
| July 8 | St Kew Church* | ||
| Aug 12 | To be Arranged* | ||
| Sep 9 | AGM with Slides from The Elsmore Collection | ||
| Oct 14 | Peter Ascott | 1497 - The two Rebellions | |
| Nov 11 | Eric Howe | Cornwall through the lens of a cine camera | |
| Dec 9 | Annual Dinner at The Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 1997 | Jan 13 | Member's evening | |
| Feb 10 | David Stacey | An evening with David Stacey | |
| Mar 10 | Ian Marshall | Songs of Cornwall - a chance to join in | |
| Apr 14 | Daffodil Walk* | ||
| May 12 | Restoration Review -Local restoration being done by the North Cornwall Heritage Trust* | ||
| Jun 9 | Nature at Wadebridge - A visit to Hawke's Wood Nature Reserve* | ||
| Jul 14 | The sights and sounds of Bodmin Town* | ||
| Aug | To be arranged - something in Camelford* | ||
| Sep 8 | AGM with Slides from The Elsmore Collection | ||
| Oct 13 | Peter and Ethel Broad | A Cornishman in New Zealand | |
| Nov 10 | Barry Kinsman | My Grandmother's House | |
| Dec 8 | Annual Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 1998 | Jan 12 | Hazel Harradence | The Saints' Way |
| Feb 9 | Member's Evening | ||
| Mar 9 | Eric Howe | Cornwall on Film | |
| Apr 13 | Major Vyvyan Robinson | Visit to DCLI Museum* | |
| May 11 | Crackington Haven* | ||
| Jun 8 | Michaelstow and District* | ||
| Jul 13 | St Mabyn* | ||
| August | Camelford* | ||
| Sep 14 1998 | AGM followed by "The Grocer's Shop in 1930" | ||
| Oct 12 1998 | Mrs N Glanville | The Vale of Lanherne | |
| Nov 9 | Tim Dingle | The Flora of North Cornwall | |
| Dec 14 | Christmas Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 1999 | Jan 11 | Tony Blackman | Bodmin Moor Peat |
| Feb 8 | Member's Evening | ||
| Mar 8 | Stan May | Railways of Cornwall | |
| Apr 12 | A visit to St Breward* | ||
| May 10 | A visit to the Vale of Lanherne* | ||
| Jun 14 | Bodmin Moor* | ||
| Jul 12 | Michaelstow* | ||
| Sep 13 | AGM followed by slides of Tintagel and District | ||
| Oct 11 | Mr Eric Howe | Spinning the yarn and other films | |
| Nov 8 | Mrs Hazel Harradence | Lanhydrock and the Robartes | |
| Dec 13 | Christmas Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 2000 | Jan 10 | Geoff Seccombe | Memories of Camelford |
| Feb 14 | Member's evening - Items of Nostalgia and Interest | ||
| Mar 13 | Frank Grigg | Tregony | |
| Apr 10 | Mrs Christine North | The County Records Office | |
| May | Roger Pethick | A visit to Trevalga* | |
| Jun | A visit to Stan May's Museum* | ||
| Jul | The Devon & Cornwall Newspaper* | ||
| Aug | The County Records Office* | ||
| Sep 11 | AGM | ||
| Oct 9 | David Attwell | Camelford Project | |
| Nov 13 | Alan Green | Gunpowder `Plots' in Cornwall | |
| Dec 11 | Christmas Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 2001 | Jan 8 | To be arranged | |
| Feb 12 | Tim Dingle | Wildlife in North Cornwall | |
| Mar 12 | Roger Clemens | Stone Hedging in Cornwall | |
| Apr 9 | To be arranged* | ||
| May 14 | Field visit to Warbstow Bury and Church* | ||
| Jun 11 | Field visit to Tremaine Tresmeer and Egloskerry* | ||
| Jul 9 | Barry Kinsman | A walk around Padstow* | |
| Sep 10 | Peter Ascott | AGM and St Necten's Glen | |
| Oct 8 | Stan May | Cornwall's Railway & Memorabilia | |
| Nov 12 | Andrew Langdon | Cornish Crosses | |
| Dec 10 | Christmas Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 2002 | Jan 14 | Member's Evening | |
| Feb 11 | Tony Blackman | Archaeology at the source of the river Fowey | |
| Mar 11 | Stan May | Cornish Railways before Closure | |
| Apr 8 | R McBryde | Mining in Cornwall | |
| May 13 | Field visit to Warbstow Bury and Warbstow Church* | ||
| Jun 10 | Field visit to Tremaine Tresmeer and Egloskerry* | ||
| Jul 8 | Visit to The Arthurian Centre Camlann Slaughterbridge* | ||
| Sep 9 | AGM | ||
| Oct | ? | ||
| Nov | ? | ||
| Dec ? | Christmas Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 2003 | Jan 13 | Member's Evening | |
| Feb 10 | Rev Barry Kinsman | Padstow Characters | |
| Mar 10 | Christine North | The Village of Veryan | |
| Apr 14 | Geoff Metters | Chimney Sweeps | |
| May 12 | Blisland and the Moor* | ||
| Jun 9 | St Kew* | ||
| Jul 14 | Bude Canal* | ||
| Sep 8 | Joy Stevenson | Cornish Dialect Stories | |
| Oct 13 | Clayton Irons | Wadebridge | |
| Nov 10 | Henry Cavender | The Lost Gardens of Heligan | |
| Dec 8 | Christmas Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 2004 | Jan 12 | Member's Evening | |
| Feb 9 | Hugh Berryman | Farming in Cornwall - from the 1930's | |
| Mar 8 | Peter Davies | Bodmin | |
| Apr 12 | Peter Ascott | The Civil War | |
| May 10 | A visit to Delabole* | ||
| Jun 14 | St Breward & District* | ||
| Jul 12 | Peter Davies | A visit to Bodmin* | |
| Sep 13 | David Evans | AGM followed by "The rivers' Camel and Allan" | |
| Oct 11 | Clayton Irons | Wadebridge part 2 | |
| Nov 8 | Val Jacobs | The Cornish Years of A L Rowse | |
| Dec 13 | Christmas Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 2005 | Jan 10 | Member's Evening | |
| Feb 14 | Anne Knight | Boscastle | |
| Mar 14 | Peter Davies | Bodmin Moor | |
| Apr 11 | David Stark | Pentewan Valley | |
| May 9 | St Juliot Church and Area* | ||
| Jun 13 | Egloshayle & the River Camel - follow up on David Evans (Sept 04)* | ||
| Jul 11 | Bodmin Moor - follow up on Peter Davies talk (March 05)* | ||
| Sep 12 | Arthur Ludgate | Blisland in photos | |
| Oct 10 | Val Jacobs | The Carlyons of Tregrehan | |
| Nov 14 | Andrew Langdon | Subject to be announced | |
| Dec 12 | Christmas Dinner at the Crossbow Restaurant Tintagel | ||
| 2006 | Jan 9 | Mark Kaczmarek | A Night of Cornish Humour based on his life as a miner |
| Feb 13 | Martyn Davey | Goss Moor - The road ahead | |
| Mar 13 | Mrs Eileen Castle | My Life as a scullery maid at Pencarrow | |
| Apr 16 | Christine North | The Gregors of Trewarthenick - Life in the 1800's | |
| May 8 | A visit to Tintagel with some surprises in store!* | ||
| Jun 12 | To be announced* | ||
| Jul 10 | Sally Holden | An evening at Camelford Museum* | |
| Sep 11 | Ken Rogers | AGM followed by "EV Thompson - His life and works" | |
| Oct 9 | Clayton Irons | Wadebridge - to be confirmed | |
| Nov 13 | Richard Cullington | My Cornwall | |
| Dec 11 | Christmas Dinner at The Wootons Tintagel | ||
| 2007 | Jan 8 | Member's Evening and a film from the Elsmore Collection | |
| Feb 12 | Courtenay Smale | South Terrace Uranium & Radium mine | |
| Mar 12 | Michael Grose | Sailing Barges of the River Fal | |
| Apr 9 | Alf Fooks | Cornish Places Quiz | |
| May 14 | David Keast | The RAF Davidstow Moor Memorial Museum visit* | |
| Jun 11 | Visit to Launceston - details to be announced* | ||
| Jul 9 | To be arranged* | ||
| Sep 10 | Mrs Nancy Jolliff | Cornish Legends | |
| Oct 8 | Colin Bristow | The Building Stones of Cornwall | |
| Nov 12 | Canon Michael Fisher | Cornish Lighthouses and Lightships | |
| Dec 10 | Christmas Dinner at The Wootons Tintagel | ||
| 2008 | Jan 14 | Michael Grose | Sailing Barges on the River Fal |
| Feb 11 | Anne Perisic | The Village of St Teath | |
| Mar 10 | Peter Hicks | Old Newquay | |
| Apr 14 | Michael Swift | Stained Glass Windows in Cornwall | |
| May 12 | Lanteglos and St Kew - Stained glass windows a follow up to May's talk* | ||
| Jun 9 | Visit - Altarnun and Bowithick* | ||
| Jul 14 | Anne Peresic | A Walk around St Teath* | |
| Sep 8 | Peter Ascott | AGM and talk | |
| Oct 13 | John Heard | Old Cornish Clocks and Musical Instruments | |
| Nov 10 | Margaret Thompson | Slides of Old Wadebridge | |
| Dec 8 | Christmas Dinner at The Riverside Camelford | ||
| 2009 | Jan 12 | Peter Ascott | Charlotte Dymond |
| Feb 9 | Mac Waters | cancelled | |
| Mar 9 | Ann Hicks | Written in Words of Stone - Cornish Family History Society | |
| Apr 13 | Peter Hicks | Old Newquay | |
| May 11 | A visit to Ladock* | ||
| Jun 8 | Peter Ascott | Retracing Charlotte Diamond* | |
| Jul 13 | Margaret Thompson | A visit to St Breocke and Coronation Park* | |
| Sep 14 | Roger Radcliff | The Search of the Lady Agnes | |
| Oct 12 | Kingsley Rickard | His collection of "Pharmacy of Yesterday" | |
| Nov 9 | Denis Lusby | Old St Breward in Pictures | |
| Dec 14 | Christmas Dinner at The Riverside Camelford | ||
| 2010 | Jan 11 | Catherine Lorigan | cancelled because of weather |
| Feb 8 | Rod Keat | The North Cornwall Railway | |
| Mar 8 | Mac Waters | Journeys through Cornwall | |
| Apr 12 | Dean Richards | The Passmore Edwards Legacy | |
| May 10 | Peter Ascott | A visit to Boscastle* | |
| Jun 14 | 25th Anniversary Celebration at St Teath* | ||
| Jul 12 | Denis Lusby | Visit to Wenford Dries and St Breward* | |
| Sep 13 | Margaret Thompson | AGM + Photographs of Old Cornwall | |
| Oct 11 | Paul Holden | Lanhydrock House | |
| Nov 8 | Farmer John Bennallick | Humour is a Funny Thing | |
| Dec 13 | Christmas Dinner | Jetwells Lanteglos | |
| 2011 | Jan 10 | My Life as a Bevin Boy | Peter Ascott |
| Feb 14 | The Grampound Tannery | Ron Hicks | |
| Mar 14 | History of a Cornish Village - Delabole | Catherine Lorigan | |
| Apr 11 | Cornish Country Houses | Paul Holden | |
| May 9 | Visit to Grampound Village Museum* | ||
| Jun 13 | Visit to Blisland Church and the Jubilee Stone* | ||
| Jul 11 | Wesley's Cottage at Trewint* | ||
| Sep 12 | AGM + Holy Wells in Cornwall | Dr Joanna Mattingly | |
| Oct 10 | Richard Trevithick - his place in the history of steam | Kingsley Rickard | |
| Nov 14 | Wrecks on the Eddystone Reef | Duncan Matthews | |
| Dec 13 | Annual Dinner at Bowood Park | ||
| 2012 | Jan 9 | The Pentewan Railway | Robert Evans |
| Feb 13 | The Fishermen of Port Isaac | Geoff Provis | |
| Mar 12 | A North Cornwall Parish - Jacobstow | Carole Vivian |
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