Truro Civic Awards
We are pleased to invite you to nominate individuals who, in your experience, merit being considered for a Civic Award which will be awarded...
We are pleased to invite you to nominate individuals who, in your experience, merit being considered for a Civic Award which will be awarded...
The Market Inn (locally known as Ma Shaw’s, after a particularly redoubtable C20th landlady) is a particularly striking quayside pub at Back Quay. It...
Just who is responsible for the commercial waste bins which you will see all over Truro. Is it the Council? Or is it Biffa?...
Some of you might remember 1959. When there was no social media. When the word “celebrity” was unknown. When we got our news from...
When you consider the archaeology of Tregurra, with its neolithic causewayed enclosure (now ‘preserved’ beneath the Recycling Centre) and soils, the flint knapping pit...
Looking after our farms so our farmers can look after us. A reflection on the emerging Green Infrastructure Strategy and Vision. In 2009 a...
The time has come – if it has not long passed – when someone must clearly say ‘Enough is enough!’ It is time to...
When Sue Coney tells you where she was born she uses the native pronunciation – ‘Eadless’. Most of her entirely Cornish family are from...
People of the river crossing Fiona is a landscape archaeologist. She is talking about what we now know about Truro’s origins and evolution. In...
Mike and Trish Hawes, principals of Mei Loci, an experienced team of landscape architects based in Truro with an international practice will be giving...
A good number of years ago a Mayor of Truro, Mrs Valerie Bennett, developed an acute civic anxiety about the condition of the St...
A snapshot of Old Bridge Street rubbish – this car park brings poeople into the town centre – its on sat navs, is flat...
Why is the Mayor standing in a field screaming ‘TOLGARRICK! HINTERLAND!’? With all this walking around, and with a summer remarkably free of pollutants...
To the Freehold owner of The Clock House, Lemon Quay, Truro Dear Landlord, It was a moment of relieved happiness when it was decided...
27th March 2020 Dear Langarthians, I am writing from two perspective – Firstly, as the elected member for Boscawen Division, Truro, which embraces most...
Higher Newham Farm No doubt what the two key issues are this month! Higher Newham Farm has returned to the agenda. The applicant persists...
Recently, strange objects reminiscent of mystical obelisks from 2001 Space Odyssey have appeared in various places around the Truro town centre. Sadly, these are...
With the agreement of the ‘site manager’, and with the assistance of the ever-helpful staff of Uneeka, I visited Carne’s Ope. With me was...
An ‘Ideas Exchange’ of short talks exploring the present and future for Truro presented by Truro Civic Society, in partnership with Truro City Council,...