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Welcome to The Primitive Cornish Hovel. A place where I will share my love of prim, vintage, family history, many interests & everyday life. I hope to show you a glimpse of a bygone age through the history of my family & the many 'treasures' I hold dear. Mixed in with this will be snippets of life today. Do drop in again for a visit to see what is happening at 'The Hovel'. Comments are welcomed.

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Thursday 17 January 2013

Tis Cold in Cornwall.....



But will it snow?....Hello there, do you have any snow yet? I love snow but I doubt we will have any here in Cornwall. For one, it's very wet and windy outside at the moment some would say 'It's blowing a gale' so the chances of snow are very slim. Plus we seldom get snow in Cornwall....There was definitely snow on January 17 1912 however when Robert Falcon Scott and his party reached the South Pole....

Scott of the Antarctic and his Party...

January is going quickly and my intentions to post more regularly have slipped a little. I will say in my defence that I have been very busy. I have been de-cluttering big time and proud of what I have so far achieved, still a long way to go though but will get there in the end. I have also been busy with selling on ebay and now have a selling page on facebook...yes I also have a facebook account, which can be interesting...lol...
Last year I had so many things I wanted to post on my blog. I would be out and about, taking photos and making notes 'I'll put that on my blog'. You know what it's like, intentions are good but time flies by....So I thought I would post something from 2012 regardless. As to be expected I will start with my family....

My darling granddaughter Korenza on her 5th birthday on December 10

My beautiful trio of grandees...Dylan, Blake & Korenza 25 December...I love this photo of them..

My handsome son with his gorgeous children...I am very proud of him, he does an amazing job as a single father....

Blake, my youngest grandee with Chicken Pox, the last one to get it. Dylan first followed by Korenza....Best out of the way now...

With the weather being so cold I thought I would post about a day in September 2012 when we actually had some sunshine.....
We decided to visit Zennor, a beautiful village here in Cornwall, and one of my favourite places. It has a interesting legend about The Mermaid of Zennor which I will write about on my blog Away with the Faerys...But the purpose of our visit there on that day was to see an exhibition in the church...

Zennor (curtsy of wikipedia)

Yes, I took lots of photos and I will show some of them here. I will be posting the rest on my blog The Primitive Cornish Attic....After arriving at Zennor hubby parked the car , I had got out first so he could reverse into a space. As I walked across the car park a man called out and asked if if I had dropped anything. As I looked back I notice a squashed bundle on the floor. Without my knowing a carton of ciggies had fallen out and hubby and driven over them!!!! I know smoking is bad for you but this was funny...... 


How to make a Packet of 20 Cigs into a Packet of 10..lol..

Tavern Arms on the Left, Church Ahead. (photo curtsy of wikipedia)...

But back to the purpose of our visit....the exhibition..

A little dark but an example of some of the clothes seen in the church...

The Chair depicting The Mermaid of Zennor (photo curtsy of wikipedia)

Near The Mermaid Chair

One of the many stained glass windows inside the church...

One of the Vintage Posters in the Exhibition...

Fine example of a deckchair...I sadly gave the ones I had away some years ago before we moved house, I regret that now....

Vintage Craft Items...

It was a very interesting exhibition but some items made me feel old, I could remember them from my childhood..lol...

We had a set of this crockery when I was a child...

How many of you remember having dolls like this? I do and still have some...

Good old Teddy....

I had a sewing machine like that...

I collect vintage annuals...

Memories of childhood...

I love vintage kitchen items...

Bunting in the Church..... 

A View towards the Churchyard...

The Churchyard (photo curtsy of wikipedia)...

Making our way back to the car...

A Engine House just outside Zennor....


And just around the corner I spotted this...of course hubby had to stopped again for me to have a look-see...

Nature and Stone living in Harmony...

A beautiful pig as all should live, free-range....


One of many days we enjoyed in 2012....But it's now 2013 so I hope I have many more.

Until next time, take care..hugs Chrissy xx




2 comments:

S S said...

Hello Chrissy

Hope you're well!
Chanced upon your blog while researching clothes in Cornwall. Google was of little help except in sending me here.

I'm writing a story (which might pan out into a novel) of a family whose twins enlist in the first world war. This family is based in Altarnun. I'm not British so really need help with the clothes and the utensils.
It would be simply wonderful if you could help me with this - what the men and women wore, the materials etc. The vintage kitchen utensils. . .
If you're willing to help, I could email you some questions.

Please let me know!

Kind Regards,
Skendha

KernowWitch said...

Hello SS, sorry for my late reply but I had not recieved notification of you comment. Due to many reasons (life being one..lol..)I have not been blogging for a while. When I checked my blogs I found they didn't exsist!!!!! But I changed my password & they are back online. Hope your story went well & sorry I wasn't able to help but if I can please ask...Hugs Chrissy x