St IVES OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY 100th ANNIVERSARY EVENING -  RETRO LOOK AT HOW OLD CORNWALL BEGAN
Channel: Cornishpastyman
Date: 2020-08-06

There are currently 42 Old Cornwall Societies spread throughout Cornwall, each one a member of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies http://www.oldcornwall.net 

To mark the centenary of the founding of the first 'society' in January 1920 Brian and Margaret Stevens (St Ives OCS Chairman and President) researched, organised and produced a throwback members’ evening at St Ives Infant School, The Burrows. 

St Ives OCS members presented artefacts, songs, memories and drama redolent of those nascent days. Fragments of the performances are shown here, interspersed with readings from contemporaneous log books and publications. For brevity the silent ‘text slides’ appear on-screen for just 5 seconds, so must be paused to read.

FEATURED TOPICS WITH START POINT IN VIDEO TIMELINE :

0.00  ‘Trelawny' sung by attending members and guests
0.44   Introduction (Margaret Stevens) and first steps (Brian Stevens) 
1.27   St Ives OC Minute Book - First written report 21 January 1920
2.00   'Duffy’ - play by Robert Morton Nance (Marion Smith, Dee & Dave Brotherton)
5.36   R. M. Nance letter to St Ives Times 30 January 1920 regarding 11 February meeting
5.47   Report and comment on 11 February 1920 meeting (Sylvia Rule and Stuart Guppy) 
6.32   Minute Book report on 2 March 1920 meeting
6.43   Notes from an old St Ives Guide Book (Stuart Guppy)
7.16   ‘Hevva’ - paean to the golden age of pilchard seining (written and performed by Dee & Dave Brotherton) - also here with its own video https://youtu.be/rnNw_79CLsQ
8.38   Royal Cornwall Gazette article on St Ives OCS progress 1 October 1920
8.49   1942 Painting by Misomé Peile - No. 4 Fore Street (Paul Turner)
9.46   ‘Joannies’ (Margaret Stevens) with mention of William Barber, great uncle of John T. Barber https://youtu.be/ufkZJfsHmhU
11.11  St Ives Times report of 21 January 1921 St Ives OCS meeting (Angela Stevens)
12.18  Dialect story (Mary Quick)
13.38  Geology of the far South West (Frank Stevens)
17.48  Family cottage at the top of Steeple Lane (Linda Peters)
18.22  Reports of St Ives OCS meetings 2 April 1941 (Val Thomas)
19.47  The Cornish Slater’s Scantle (David Thomas)
20.41  Closing remarks (Margaret Stevens)

St IVES and CORNISH HISTORY, HERITAGE & TRADITIONS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU7_0Tz4xHm0c03P9LIoUFCB

Over 500 St IVES videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL30DD233028E37F5F and here in more manageable chunks :

St IVES IN THE SNOW https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU5S17SF-q9iL0qB_z1Ds6ty
THE BEACHES https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU7Dyc3wnBXqwc_800xi7wQZ
AUTISM'S GOT TALENT ROADSHOW https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU7O3LiKsstDhOccdF5RvTDA
THE St IVES LIFEBOAT https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU5soVVfksXoIBkGaxbngaun
St IVES IN DECEMBER https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU4hQ2OKYqQUDF2V9hffEEu5
SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL and OTHER ‘CULTURE’ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU5x0YpagOM0wDDHfjZ0RMo7
CEREMONIES and TRADITIONS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU7_0Tz4xHm0c03P9LIoUFCB
THE CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU6fgUw7MqcndnZwo70EUw6g
REMEMBERING JOHNNY BARBER https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU4lcMVYKnWC0wcxucf5n5Uk
KIDZ R US/PHIL & FRIENDS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU5pe8i8C0FJlc7gZBvgICwq

THE CORNWALL PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVUjbiYVZU7uQ44pI195xYwnA5G2NbNo