Retox on the Roseland
What better way to shake off the excesses of Christmas and New Year than with… well, a bit more excess?! I was very excited this month to be added to the guest...
Pollard’s Cornwall – The ancient port of Tregony
As you travel through the village of Tregony today, it’s hard to believe that it was once a flourishing and important tidal port. 15 miles from the open sea Tregony was a...
Pollard’s Cornwall – Given Up By The Sea
On the 2nd of March 1855 an inquest was held at Truro. ‘St. Anthony in Roseland, on the body of a man found washed ashore on Towen Beach in that Parish the...
Pollard’s Cornwall – King Harry and the Victoria Bridge
We on the Roseland take the King Harry Ferry for granted these days. It’s a picturesque way to pop into Truro or Falmouth, with many locals crossing each day to go to...
Pollard’s Cornwall – Roseland’s Forgotten Hero
In 1891 the game keeper at Place House at St. Anthony in Roseland was 32 year old Thomas Curtis. Thomas had just moved into Cellars Cottage with his wife Catherine and their...
Pollard’s Cornwall – Hubba Hubba
Hubba Hubba, a call that must have echoed around our coast for hundreds of years and one that brought employment and prosperity to our villages. Mevagissey, Gorran Haven, Portloe, Portscatho and St....
Pollard’s Cornwall – The Cornish Cowboy
Buffalo Bill, Jessie James, Wild Bill Hickock, Deadwood Dick and Billy the Kid, all famous figures from the American Wild West of the mid to late 1800s, and all featured in numerous...
Pollard’s Cornwall – Turn Out That light!
On one of my regular visits to southern Germany a couple of years ago, I was handed a small piece of yellowing paper. I looked at it blankly for a moment –...
Pollard’s Cornwall – Superstition
During some building work in Portscatho recently my son and I uncovered an old fireplace which had been blocked up for well over a hundred years. We were working in what is...
James Fearnle, writer and musician
James was born in Manchester and played guitar in various band before becoming the accordion player with The Pogues. His book ‘Here Comes Everybody’ was reviewed on Roseland online last month. He...