The Newlyn Archive based in Newlyn, West Cornwall, are delighted to announce that they have been
awarded £3,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This will enable expansion of the Newlyn Archive
to collaborate with the Lamorna Society, a society that promotes art, literature and social history the
Lamorna Valley. The joining together of two West Country art archives will result in enhancing the
range of material available; bring extra resources and valuable skills that will be able to reach much
wider audiences.
The Newlyn Archive began as a collection of material, mainly digital with the purpose of collecting,
preserving and sharing written, pictorial and other factual materials relating to the history of Newlyn
and its immediate area. In 2012 it expanded to include the West Cornwall Art Archive, a collection
of material about artists associated with Newlyn, along with the Newlyn Art Gallery, which opened in
1896 through the initiative of the Newlyn Society of Artists of which Stanhope Alexander Forbes was
an important member. The funding will also allow for the next exciting project to commence ‘When Newlyners Walked to Lamorna’. The immediate result of the next project will be that more people
and a wider range of people can engage with the heritage of this important area. The integrated
archive will allow more access to those living in the Lamorna vicinity, and the existing members of the
Lamorna Society, many of whom reside outside of the West Country. The links between Lamorna and
Newlyn are particularly strong in relation to the colony of artists who lived and worked at Newlyn and
Lamorna at the turn of the twentieth century.
Dr Pamela Lomax, Honorary Newlyn Archivist commenting on the award said “We are absolutely
delighted to have got the award and our team of volunteers have already begun work, which we
expect will be completed in October, when we hold a two-day exhibition called Newlyn at Play which
will feature the famous walk to Lamorna that took place each year on Good Friday.”
The Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Cornwall said, “Sharing Heritage is a wonderful opportunity
for communities to delve into their local heritage and we are delighted to be able to offer this grant
so that ‘When Newlyners Walked to Lamorna’ project can embark on a real journey of discovery.
Heritage means such different things to different people, and HLF’s funding offers a wealth of
opportunities for groups to explore and celebrate what’s important to them in their area.”
ENDS
Contacts: Dr Pam Lomax 01736 362876 Email: pamlomax@aol.com
Press Secretary: Carolyn Stubbs 01275 373376 Email: carolyn.stubbs@btinternet.com
Wednesday 30 April 2014
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Porthleven Food Festival
Despite challenging weather - a gale of wind in May - whoever heard of such a thing! - Porthleven Food Festival made a great show of local produce in some pretty harsh conditions.
The Dreckly Fish boys were there in force - hardy souls that they are!
As a reminder for all you videographers out there using mobile phones to shoot video - always hold the phone on its side ('landscape format') so as to avoid the above effect which is know in the trade as 'letterboxing'! Some apps like Google's 'Capture' will by default automatically film in landscape to prevent those black boxes appearing either side of the video on playback.
The Dreckly Fish boys were there in force - hardy souls that they are!
As a reminder for all you videographers out there using mobile phones to shoot video - always hold the phone on its side ('landscape format') so as to avoid the above effect which is know in the trade as 'letterboxing'! Some apps like Google's 'Capture' will by default automatically film in landscape to prevent those black boxes appearing either side of the video on playback.
Another glaring example of someone naively wading into managing the fishing industry!
Fisheries leaders have warned Alex Salmond that he risks a clash with the fishing industry after he claimed that 12 European nations could be barred from Scottish and Norwegian waters if an independent Scotland was refused EU membership.
In a keynote speech to the College of Europe in Brussels, the first minister said Scotland had much to offer the EU and called for a "practical, common-sense" approach to ensuring it inherited membership after leaving the UK.
But in a passage that has alarmed the fishing industry, Salmond warned that the alternative would be "the fishing fleets of 12 countries being denied any access to Scottish waters and, as a consequence, their access to Norwegian waters, which is also dependent on Scottish access."
One senior industry figure, who asked not to be named, said Salmond's words appeared to be a threat that "stokes considerable fear in our hearts".
David Mundell, the Scotland Office minister, said Salmond had made a significant legal and diplomatic error by threatening to block access to Norwegian waters. He said an independent Scotland would be legally obliged to allow safe passage to foreign ships with Norwegian fishing rights.
He said Scottish fleets fished heavily in other EU waters, including in North Sea areas owned by the rest of the UK.
"It has been a telling day for the first minister's judgment," Mundell said. "In the morning we read about his admiration for Vladimir Putin [the Russian president] and by afternoon he was threatening EU members with fishing ground blockades – the very members he would need to unanimously accept a new Scottish state. It has not been a masterclass when it comes to his diplomacy skills.
"The truth is, only a very small proportion of other member states' catches are taken from Scottish waters, and in any accession negotiations other member states would be more likely to press for improved access to Scottish fishing grounds in the North Sea than to make concessions for Scotland."
Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, said he would be writing to the first minister asking him to explain what he meant.
"We need to ask the Scottish government for clarification of exactly what he means," Armstrong said. "Is this a threat to the rest of Europe or is fishing being placed on the table as a bargaining counter?"
He said that rhetoric would involve problems with the Spanish and Irish governments, in particular, but also raised questions about Scotland's rights to fish in other UK waters post-independence – effectively closing off large areas of the North Sea and Irish Sea.
Story courtesy of the Guardian.
In a keynote speech to the College of Europe in Brussels, the first minister said Scotland had much to offer the EU and called for a "practical, common-sense" approach to ensuring it inherited membership after leaving the UK.
But in a passage that has alarmed the fishing industry, Salmond warned that the alternative would be "the fishing fleets of 12 countries being denied any access to Scottish waters and, as a consequence, their access to Norwegian waters, which is also dependent on Scottish access."
One senior industry figure, who asked not to be named, said Salmond's words appeared to be a threat that "stokes considerable fear in our hearts".
David Mundell, the Scotland Office minister, said Salmond had made a significant legal and diplomatic error by threatening to block access to Norwegian waters. He said an independent Scotland would be legally obliged to allow safe passage to foreign ships with Norwegian fishing rights.
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| Stormy waters ahead! |
"It has been a telling day for the first minister's judgment," Mundell said. "In the morning we read about his admiration for Vladimir Putin [the Russian president] and by afternoon he was threatening EU members with fishing ground blockades – the very members he would need to unanimously accept a new Scottish state. It has not been a masterclass when it comes to his diplomacy skills.
"The truth is, only a very small proportion of other member states' catches are taken from Scottish waters, and in any accession negotiations other member states would be more likely to press for improved access to Scottish fishing grounds in the North Sea than to make concessions for Scotland."
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| The fishing industry is not that easy to sort! |
"We need to ask the Scottish government for clarification of exactly what he means," Armstrong said. "Is this a threat to the rest of Europe or is fishing being placed on the table as a bargaining counter?"
He said that rhetoric would involve problems with the Spanish and Irish governments, in particular, but also raised questions about Scotland's rights to fish in other UK waters post-independence – effectively closing off large areas of the North Sea and Irish Sea.
Story courtesy of the Guardian.
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