Welcome to the Looe Old Cornwall Society webpage. We also have a Facebook page with our latest news and posts, please click the blue link for that page. You can also check Our Archives link.
We meet at St Martin’s Hall, St Martin's Rd, Looe PL13 1FA, where there is ample free parking.
Meetings start at 2.30 pm and end around 4.30 pm after tea and home-made cake.
Annual membership subscription is £10; non-members are very welcome, at a charge of £2 per meeting.
You don’t have to be old or Cornish to attend!
Officers
President: John Little
Speaker Secretary: Marilyn King
Minutes and Membership Secretary: Norma Dobinson
Social Secretary: Judy Lewis
Treasurer and Membership: Peter King
Recorder: Vacant
Archivist: Norma Dobinson
Committee Members: Peter King, Carole Day, Mark Camp, Molly Boxall
Website: looeoldcornwallsociety.
Founded: 1927
Colours: Red, White & Green
Programme 2024-2025
2024
13 Jan “Daniel Gumb” Brian Oldham
10 Feb “Peggy Price and her International Costume Dolls” Molly Boxall
9 Mar AGM + “Researching my Family History” Armand Toms
13 Apr “China Clay in Cornwall” Malcolm Gould
11 May “Porfell Wildlife Park” Joy Palmer
Summer Break
14 Sep “The Life and Activities of Ast-Tayef-Nakht at the Royal Cornwall Museum” Jason Semmens
12 Oct “Civil War in Plymouth” Philip Photiou
9 Nov Cornwall Memory Game Merryn Threadgould
14 Dec Christmas Party
2025
11 Jan “The Looe Cenotaph: Local People Who Gave Their Lives” Louis Portman
8 Feb “The ROC 1925-1995” Grahame Milton
8 Mar AGM + “Past Photos” Mark Camp
12 Apr “RNLI in Looe” Rod Pritchard
10 May “Boconnoc – Past, Present and Future” Catherine Lorigan
Social activities will include a lunch at a Looe hotel, boat trips to Polperro and up the West Looe River, a train ride on the Looe Valley line, with a walk round Liskeard guided by Brian Oldham.
These are usually only open to members, but there may be spaces available.
Looe OCS – 2022 summer update (7/20/2022)
Looe Old Cornwall Society moves online in covid (1/15/2021)