Men of Cider
Better scans soon! Cider has been produced for centuries in the West Country with at one point almost every farm producing it’s own cider. Today cider is enjoying a bit of resurgence, thanks to companies such as Magners & Strongbow with their multimillion-pound TV advertisements; but there are just a handful of people left producing [...]
Falmouth Oyster Festival
Falmouth Oyster Festival celebrates the start of the oyster dredging season, the diversity and quality of Cornish Seafood and in particular, one of the last remaining traditional oyster fisheries, dredging by sail and hand punt. Learn more here: www.falmouthoysterfestival.co.uk
Traditional Oyster Fishermen, Falmouth
For over a century, Cornish families have derived their livelihood from oyster dredging in the Carrick Roads and surrounding rivers. Many of the oyster boats, known as Falmouth Working Boats were built at boatyards around the Fal, with some of the oldest boats in the Oyster Fishery dating back as far as 1860. Governed by [...]
Guitars For Life
Click photo to enlarge. A charity gig featuring nine local bands, was put together after a local musician, Keith Howe returned to performing after a struggle with the cancer. ‘Guitars for Life’ took place on Saturday 2nd May 2010 at the Bridge on Wool pub in Wadebridge. Reflecting on his illness and his reasons for [...]
Hugh Williams-Preece
Click photo to enlarge. During the last 49 days Hugh has: Got through six pairs of trainers; Lost two stone since he began training – one stone of that has been lost through actually running the 50 marathons; Eaten 100 sachets of porridge; Burned 6,000 calories per day; Only had one blister and that appeared today, on his final [...]
Benjamin Newton
Click to enlarge photo. Benjamin Newton is a young singer songwriter from Glastonbury. This photo was during the Glastonbury Festival. You Can Listen To Him Here: www.myspace.com/thefirssession
Laura-Mary Carter
Click photo to enlarge. Laura-Mary Carter uses thick 1 mm Jim Dunlop plectrums, and thick “skinny top heavy bottom” Ernie Ball strings. Laura is the guitarist and singer of Blood Red Shoes, a two-piece, alternative music band from Brighton, England. They are signed to V2 Records. The band frequently distance themselves from current English guitar music and consider themselves to [...]
S-21 Prisoner Portraits
Toul Sleng Museum used to be a high school, but was turned into a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces in 1975. It was called Security Prison (S-21) and became the largest detention and torture center in Cambodia. For the next three years over 17,000 individuals were held here and later taken to Choeung Ek [...]
