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The Official Centenary Website of Winston Graham:
http://www.winstongraham.org
The Winston Graham Centenary Celebration Lecture
by Andrew Graham
Saturday 28th June 2.30pm, Town Hall, Truro
Winston Graham (1908-2003), writer and the author of the Poldark historical novels, would have been 100 on 30th June 2008. To celebrate the centenary of his father's birth, Andrew Graham, Master of Balliol College, Oxford talks about Winston Graham's life as a writer, about the sources he used, the inspiration for his novels and his periods of living in Cornwall and Sussex. The talk is complementary to the Royal Cornwall Museum's Exhibition Poldark's Cornwall - the life and times of Winston Graham.
Tickets £5, available from the museum. Booking essential.
http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk »
enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
Winston Graham's Centenary Exhibition
The Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro will be holding an Exhibition this summer to mark the Centenary of the famous Poldark author Winston Graham.
"Poldark's Cornwall - The Life and Works of Winston Graham" is being staged at the Museum from 14 June to 13 September. As well as copies of his many published manuscripts, including the 12 Poldark books and "Marnie" which was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, the exhibition will feature a range of items that belonged to the author, together with artefacts and costumes from 18th and 19th century Cornwall and video clips from the hugely successful television series.
Andrew Graham, Winston's son, and his wife Peggotty have been working closely with the Museum's Curator of Social History Jo Mattingly on preparations for the event, including its official launch which will be attended by members of Winston Graham's family, his publisher, his editor and stars from the Poldark's TV adaptation.
Jo Mattingly would be very interested to hear from anyone with Winston Graham memorabilia of their own.
"I'm sure there are a lot of people who remember the TV series being filmed and who may have kept their own mementoes " she said. "I would love to hear from anyone who feels they may have something that could be included in the Exhibition. I would also like people to send me postcards with their own memories written on the back - especially those who were extras in Poldark." The postcards should be sent to Jo Mattingly, Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro TR1 2SJ.
With grateful acknowledgements to The Falmouth Packet.
The Forums
Both forums have now re-opened.
Research Forum »
Main Forum »
Memberships
Further specific details regarding FUTURE membership of the Society will be posted in due course.
Poldark - Biographies of the Main Actors
A limited biographical list of all the main actors involved in the 1970's Poldark TV series is now available on the Biographies Page.
Updated Membership Details
Updated details concerning FUTURE membership of the Society, application form, benefits and credit/debit card subscriptions, can now be found on the Membership Page.
Did you or anyone you know appear in, were involved in or watch any of the original '70's Poldark BBC TV series?
The Society is anxious to trace and hear from soonest as many actors,
extras, production teams, bystanders etc. as possible who appeared
in, were involved in or watched any of the original Poldark BBC TV
shoots and scenes during the Seventies. In the event that a new
series will be produced, a Forum has therefore been created in which
everyone from those memorable days is invited to meet up once again
and share all their interesting experiences, memories and thoughts on-line.
Please click on "Original & New Poldark TV/Film Series".
Pictures of the "Flat Rocks/Lech Carrygy" Memorial Seat Ceremony on
the 30th June 2006 and a tribute to Winston Graham from the community
of Perranporth, North Cornwall. In Memoriam page »
Memorial Seat for Winston Graham
With grateful acknowledgements to The Western Morning News Tuesday
March 29th 2005. Please click on the image to see the full article.
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Poldark Videos to DVD
For those requiring more information on VHS conversions to American DVD formats please click on the mini-forum "Poldark VHS to DVD".
The Winston Graham Archives
As it is eventually intended to create a Winston Graham Archive of relevant donated and otherwise material for future sources of reference and research, the Society would be very interested to hear from anyone possessing, and who would perhaps be willing to share or donate, any correspondence or suchlike from him on this Forum. Alternatively kindly contact the Webmaster direct. Thank you.
Introductions Forum
An "Introductions" forum for new members wishing to join, together with
full details of how to initially register has now been opened at the top of
the main Forum Page. All are welcome!
Can anyone help please?
Message posted onto Forum - "Society".
"I was wondering whether anyone can help me? I am looking for my
uncle Raymond Williams/Jones possibly James Raymond, he had a part
time role in Poldark. He passed away in the 1960's - 1970's. I am
looking for his family or a picture?
Can anyone help?
Hazel Williams
Research
The Society acknowledges with grateful thanks the following for their kind permission in allowing the display of their Papers. See Research page - Papers.
1. Dr. Mark Stoyle, Senior Lecturer in History, Southampton University, "The Cornish: A Neglected Nation?".
2. Graham Busby, Senior Lecturer, Literary Tourism Research Department, University of Plymouth. "Representations of Cornwall in Fiction: The Influence on Tourism".
3. Dr. Sharron Schwartz, Research Fellow in Migration Studies, The Institute of Cornish Studies, Penryn. Working Papers 1. "A 'Professor' in Peru: Trevithick and the Transatlantic Migration of the Industrial Revolution". 2. "Creating the Cult of "Cousin Jack": Cornish Miners in Latin America 1812-1848 and the Development of an International Mining Labour Market".
As per Article 11 of the Society's Interim Draft Constitution an updated
version is now available on the Membership page.
The Institute of Cornish Studies
The Institute of Cornish Studies is an academic Research Centre near Penryn
jointly run by Exeter University and Cornwall County Council. Their
interesting Cornish Audio Visual Archive (CAVA) was first created in 2000
for the study and documentation of the oral and visual culture of Cornwall.
CAVA aims to build on the pioneering work of the Cornish Oral History Forum
in the late 1990s and the Cornish Film and Video Archive a decade earlier.
(See the Research page for future details).
An Yeth Kernewek (The Cornish Language)
In furtherance of Articles 4 and 5 of the Society's Interim Draft
Constitution for those interested in learning more about the Cornish
Language or perhaps studying on-line for the examinations of the Cornish
Language Board, details can be found here. There's also an interesting Cornwall Links Page as well.
In addition if anyone has any further questions or better still feels like
brushing up their Cornish, Symon Harner, the Head Co-ordinator of KDL has
very kindly offered to look in from time to time over on the Cornwall Forum
- "An Yeth Kernewek (The Cornish Language)".
Kowethas Lyennek Poldark ha Winston Graham
(The Winston Graham and Poldark Literary Society)
Joshua Poldark a verwis mis Meurth 1783. Mis Hwevrer a'n vlydhen na, owth
omglywes y dermyn ow mos ha bos berr, ev a dhannvonas rag y vroder dhiworth
Trenwydh.
Karlys a dheuth yn unn rambla war y vargh meur dewliw unn dohajydh yeyn ha
loes, ha heb lett, Prudie Paynter, gans hy gols divywek ha'y bejeth tewl ha
tew, a'n kevarwoedhyas bys y'n chambour may hworwedhas Joshua skoedhys gans
pluvogow y'n gweli bras kystyek.
NO prizes for correct translations!
Provisional details of both the "Interim Draft Constitution" and
"Memberships" are now available on the Membership page.
Winston Graham's First Commemorative Meeting
Reference the provisional first Commemorative meeting which was due to be held as a final mark of respect and in memory of Winston Graham on the 10th July, 2004, in Truro:
Given such short notice a good number of replies and goodwill messages were received totalling some 34 in all and from just about everywhere it seemed worldwide. So thank you! 5 firm commitments were made to attend, 3 from the U.K. and 2 from Europe with a further 6/7 or so hoping to be able to make it time/family/school/circumstances etc. permitting.
Nevertheless the general consensus was that these numbers were unfortunately too low and the distances just too great to risk going ahead successfully as hoped. London was however suggested as an easier and more economical alternative in the future so sadly it's not to be....
Hopefully July 10th next year?
Thanks once again for all your kind interest and support.
Meeting Demelza is available for £5 (inc p&p) by emailing editor@scryfa.co.uk or writing to:
Simon Parker, Editor,
Scryfa, Halwinnick Cottage, Linkinhorne, Callington, Cornwall PL17 7NS
The Autobiography Launch Ottakars Truro September 25th 2003
Click here for details and photographs taken at the Autobiography Launch
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