St Buryan Church

Welcome to the St Buryan Old Cornwall Society webpage.

We meet on the first Monday of the month (unless otherwise indicated) in the Small Hall in the Parish Rooms in St Buryan at 7.30pm.

Annual membership costs £10. Members pay £1 per meeting (which includes raffle and refreshments). Visitors pay £2 each per meeting. 

Officers

President: Margaret Hosken (01736 810349)

Chair: Ian Groves (01736 810619)

Secretary: Tracey Wood  01736 811153

Treasurer: John Pengelly   01736 731318

Recorder: Margaret Hosken

St Buryan OCS [Banner]

Founded: 1979

Colours: Yellow & Plum

Programme 2025

Monday 1st September - Talk: The Newlyn Clearances by Mike Saygar-Fenton

Monday 6th October - Talk: Argall Photographers Part 2 - Every Picture Tells a Story by Frank Argall

Monday 3rd November - Talk: Geevor's Contribution to Cornwall's Diaspora by Clint Hosken

Monday 1st December - Talk: ON954 Still Out On Service by Martin Brockman

Programme 2026

Monday 5th January - Quiz with John Pengelly & Pasties

Saturday in January (TBC) - Annual Meal with Andrew Dooley

Monday 2nd February - Talk: History of Simpson's of Penzance by David Bellingham

Monday 2nd March - Talk: Archaeology in Cornwall by Tony Farrell

Saturday 7th March - St Piran's Tea with Derek Hughes

Monday 13th April - Talk: A Spider in her Web - Elizabeth Andrew Warren, Botanist and Algologist of Flushing - and the world by Guy English

Monday 11th May - AGM with Ian Groves