HTP – HOSKEN, TREVITHICK & POLKINGHORN & CO LTD by Philip M Hosken

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HTP, Hosken, Trevithick, Polkinhorn & Co Ltd: the families who controlled Cornwall’s great conglomerate.

‘Phil Hosken, like most Cornishmen, loves a character.  The story of Hosken, Trevithick & Polkinhorn is full of characters, not least the company itself.  He portrays, in an entertaining collage of narrative and incident, the anxiety, vulnerability, paternalism and modernity of a company bonded around three families, from one of which he is descended. ‘He is a lively storyteller with a loving, sceptical eye – by the end you’ll feel you’ve met a truly complex Cornish personality, H.T.P. Ltd, and many of the lives and fortunes it made.’  Bert Biscoe, Mayor of Truro, 2020/21
289 pages, illustrated, Hardback
ISBN: 978-1-838089-900
Height 26cm
HTP by Philip M Hosken

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HTP, Hosken, Trevithick, Polkinhorn & Co Ltd: the families who controlled Cornwall’s great conglomerate.

‘Phil Hosken, like most Cornishmen, loves a character.  The story of Hosken, Trevithick & Polkinhorn is full of characters, not least the company itself.  He portrays, in an entertaining collage of narrative and incident, the anxiety, vulnerability, paternalism and modernity of a company bonded around three families, from one of which he is descended.

‘He is a lively storyteller with a loving, sceptical eye – by the end you’ll feel you’ve met a truly complex Cornish personality, H.T.P. Ltd, and many of the lives and fortunes it made.’  Bert Biscoe, Mayor of Truro, 2020/21

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‘This fascinating book is far more than a commercial and family history.  It is a rare and important social and historical record about an extraordinary group of companies.  It has something for every reader and covers a wide range of subjects from farming, milling and steam traction engines to the early motor industry, and even a purpose-built biscuit factory.

H.T.P. touched the lives of thousands of people in Cornwall.’  Andrew Langdon, Cornwall Association of Local Historians.

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