It’s time for Conservation, Planning and Highways to assert their joint influence, and to work with StreetWorks to compel Statutory Undertakers to respect our civic infrastructural heritage, and to stop turning Regency elegance and...
Bert Biscoe, Truro City Councillor and a long‑standing advocate for Cornwall’s historic environment, has written to Historic England urging urgent consideration of statutory protection for Truro’s granite pavements and related historic street features. In...
I have just realised it is almost 50 years since I came down to work as a journalist in Truro. Between those days in North Cornwall I changed careers for a while, worked in...
Yesterday I came across a group of people sticking a number of paper sheets with many messages, all in support of a single cause – one with which I am in sympathy – all...
We dash into the Christmas season and hope for the economic best for Truro, for trade to keep all those shops open and tills ringing, as the secretaries, clerks and receptionists plan their lunchtime...
BUT NOW RESTORED TO ITS PROPER PLACE ‘Thanks to Barry West, and to Truro City Council for making this restoration happen. Having been rescued by Mr Davey and kept safe at Dairylands, I am...
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A Window into Truro’s Greener Future Meet Richard Argall — a man with a squeegee in one hand and a sapling in the other. For over 30 years, this self-employed window cleaner has quietly...
‘They’re gonna do what they wanna do because that’s what they do!’ ‘Tombstone, Arizona. 1881, The Clantons and others ride into town. Wyatt Earp and his brothers are joined by Doc Holliday. The gunfight...
By Tony Brett The Paddle Steamer Compton Castle was the longest serving paddlesteamer on the River Dart operating from 1914 to 1962. There were four paddle steamers named after castles working on the River...
On Friday 21st March in the Methodist Church The following people received Civic Awards For their their dedication and service to the City of Truro ADULT SECTION Barry CooperMr. Barry John Cooper has been...
At the start of the year Cornwall Council had a Local Plan and a Five Year Land Supply. These are important documents which set out how many houses we’re going to build up to...
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by admin · Published December 27, 2024 · Last modified December 30, 2024
John Roach, well known retailer and landlord in Truro gives us his views on the retail trade in the city from the point of view of the small independent retailer
by admin · Published September 11, 2024 · Last modified October 10, 2024
The History of Flooding in Truro: A Personal and Collective Journey by Luci Isaacson
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Some years ago, I was lucky enough to be a joint remember representing an amalgamated ward in Truro on Cornwall Council alongside Mrs Doris Ansari. We were presented with proposals to sell Old County...
The Moorfield multi-storey car park was built in the early 1970s. It is part of a major re-engineering of traffic management in Truro Town Centre. The architect was the late John Taylor. The...
On the ferris wheel of campaigning issues come around – so here’s a question! Persimmon Homes is one of the biggest and most prosperous housebuilding companies in Europe – with a pre-tax profit of...
The Compton Castle on the River Dart In the 1980s, when there was a cavalier energy abroad in Truro, John Cockle, City Councillor, broadcaster, and former seafaring Truronian, who served Captain Peter Mortensen (Peter...
Sunny Corner, sited on the banks of Truro River, just beyond Truro Cricket Club, has an interesting and potted history. The first mention of it was in 1846 when it was the venue for...
The Daniell Arms (now known as The Thomas Daniell) is a listed building. It was originally two mirror-image houses, and the two arched front doors remain, to convey this. The whole structure has a...
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 nestles against Truro City Hall and has running within its...
