St Just in Penwith

Welcome to the St Just & Pendeen Old Cornwall Society webpages. We also have a Facebook page with our latest news and posts. 

We meet at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month  (unless otherwise indicated below) at the Age Concern Centre, 7 Fore Street, St Just, TR19 7LJ.

Our annual subscription fee is £10 per person, with a £2 fee for non-members per meeting.

Officers

President: Mr Paul Leggo (Tel: 01736 360535)

Vice President: Mrs Gillian Hocking

Secretary: Vacant

Treasurer: Mrs Lousie Menear

Librarian and Website: Mrs Mary King

Recorder: Vacant

Dialect Recorder: Mr Justus Hattam 01736 786103

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Founded: 1959

Colours: Blue & Silver

Programme 2025

3rd January - Christmas Lunch at The Commercial

14th January - Talk: The Dynamite works at Hayle by Trevor Smitheram

11th February - Annual General Meeting

11th March - Talk: Cornish Maritime Trust: education, tradition and community gained through Cornwall’s oldest sailing vessels by Rob McDowell and Dave Need

8th April - St Just & Pendeen OCS: 'Exploring the Archive' - Members' Event

13th May - Talk: Penwith Folklore by Adrian Rodda

10th June - Talk: The Torrey Canyon by Martin Brockman

23rd June - Midsummer’s Eve Bonfire

August/September - Crying the Neck

9th September - Talk: Cornish Hedges by Andrew Cockshaw of Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIC

14th October - Talk: History of the Water Supply to Penzance and West Penwith by Robin Knight

7th November - Canon Taylor Lecture: The Two Valleys of St Just : Art and Environment by Kurt Jackson

11th November - Talk: The History of Cornish Migration by Roy Blewett

9th December - Christmas Party

Programme 2026

? January - Christmas Lunch

13th January - Talk: Rosevale Mine by Tony Bennett

10th February - Annual General Meeting

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