Gunwalloe - Church Cove
View across Church Cove in Gunwalloe at the base of the Lizard Peninsula.
The church is St Winwalloe with it's distinctively seperate bell tower and surrounding Tamarisk hedge....
newlyn house
Wonderfully painted frontage....
rogers tower
A folly built 18th C, for Mr Rogers, a local landowner....
Hello everyone,
I thought I would join up as I am interested in your opinions on English people moving to Cornwall. I visit Cornwall regularly, about every 3 months for around a week at a time, but I refuse to visit in the summer when it has the huge influx of tourists.
From the first time that I visited I fell in love with the whole place and the more laid back ways that you are so fortunate to have. I was also amazed how welcoming the Cornish were as I have never had people say hello to me and my wife whilst walking along the street etc.
Anyway, we are thinking of maybe moving down to Cornwall next year from Manston, near Margate in Kent but I am a little worried that we will not be accepted as we are outsiders. We are normal working class people,not chavs or rich toffs, I am a carpenter and my wife is an trainee accountant, soon to be a full time mum, so we aren't exactly well off but I love my job, and I can do it anywhere which is a bonus.
Any comments are welcome and thanks for reading it
We Cornish are generally like that.
Just make sure you say hello back because
a) if you don;t we know you are foreign
b) I find it quite insulting
[quote][but I am a little worried that we will not be accepted as we are outsiders./quote]
I'm sure as long as you respect the Cornish people, the Cornish culture, the Cornish feelings and the Cornish language, you will be fine.
In the above, i mean, don't take the mick out of our accents. Dont take the mick out of our beliefs. Don't take the mick out of our Placenames/Language. All of these, emmets (thats what we call foreigners) generally do.
There are plenty of people who come from England who move to Cornwall, and are not treated like outsiders.
Egloshal? A yll'ta kewsel adro-dhis ow tos dhe Gernow rag an termyn kynsa? Martesen, an den ma a vynn dhe wodhvos fatell yw Kernow, dhiworth gwel den Londres/Sowsnek.
Thanks TheElvenLord,
We are the respectful type of English, I must admit a high proportion of English are either up their own a**es or have no respect for anyone, maybe due to a lack of discipline(don't want to get me started on that).
I was fortunate, my father brought me up with discipline (he was a former soldier) and im lucky i did not turn into a self-hating street chav, and i learnt to respect everyone and everything, including myself. If i were to move to Cornwall, i would make sure i learnt the language, did everything i could to promote the Cornish culture and fly the Pirans flag. I would fly the flag os St George, but many Cornishmen and woman find it offensive so i wouldn't. Id just keep it inside.
The best way to fit in will be (if you do move)
to embrace Cornish culture wholeheartedly.
Learn to speak cornish, its coming back in a big way now.
Give your child a cornish first name.
Change your surname to a cornish word, just pick up a dictionary, there are many and all sound spala.
Learn a cornish musical instrument, and write new music in cornish.
Write literature and poetry in cornish.
Take up our sports, such as hurling, gig rowing, and wrasslin.
Encourage others to do these things.
Learn about our unique constitutional status as a Duchy, and join a group, eg Mebyon Kernow, which campaigns for Cornish rights and greater autonomy.
Learn about Cornish history. I recommend purchasing John Angarrack's tome, 'Our Future is History' as a good starting point.
Don't forget, we are the only celtic nation which regularly gets told that we are Sowsnek (english).
We are not, but nationality is flexible and in the mind, if you want to become cornish, and add to our culture, we will welcome you with open arms.
Yes, they maintain power over us as well. We dont have our own parliament either, there is no English government. There is no English national anthem, the only difference with England and Cornwall is we have more recognition.
If you download the zip files from this page, most of them will include sound files. The lessons are a bit dated (in form and content) but the Cornish is very good, tried and tested over many years. I've just listened to a sample recording and that too is excellent (and I'm fairly critical).
Hi paul
Great to hear that you love Cornwall so much - that's the first step to making lots of friends. If you think of yourself as working class then one of the most important activities that working class Cornish people love is supporting the local rugby team - I'd recommend either Pirates for seeing quality games or Redruth for a real Cornish experience.
Camborne & Redruth are built around mostly former mining areas - people tend to be on average less wealthy in these two towns and there are communities that have suffered such poverty since the decline of the mines in the 1880s despite such issues they are very resilient and are some of the friendliest Cornish people. The kinds of issues you might face for example is an above average number of teenage pregnancies - symptomatic of opportunities and expectations for some families.
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