Rosebud

Standing up for our rights in Cornwall and beyond! 1937 - A crew from Newlyn board one of their fishing boats and take the community's "Save our homes" petition straight to Whitehall.
We hope you enjoy our re-telling of this inspiring feat of headline-grabbing collective action, which is also part of our own family history.
With a spoken introduction and full subtitles in Cornish for those with an interest in our native language.
Producer/co-director - Gavin Nicol
Filmmaker/co-director - Alban Roinard
Additional photography - Gabriel Heseltine, Gavin Nicol
Music - Gavin Nicol and Maria Heseltine
Narration - Mick Paynter (Cornish language), Patch Harvey and Jason Ward (Minister Pender’s sermon)
Soundtrack - recorded and mixed by Treve Nicol at Beach Road Studios, St.Ives, produced by Treve and Gavin Nicol; mastered at Get Real Audio, Bath, UK (www.getrealaud...) ,
Musicians - Maria Heseltine (vocals), Treve Nicol (percussion), Myles Hodnett (additional guitar), Gavin Nicol (guitars, piano, percussion, vocals)
Cornish translations - Mick Paynter, Barnaby Carver, Tony Hak
Special thanks to Maryjane and Samson Wallis and family; Patch and Jason; Mick; Helen; Brenda; Matt; Claire Young; Frank Ruhrmund
The making of this film was supported by a grant from the Cornwall Heritage Trust
Pathé newsreel footage and Morrab library archive photos used under licence. Other archive photographs used with kind permission of the Jack Guard Archive
Quotations - sermon delivered at Newlyn Methodist Chapel - Minister W.G. Pender;
“He that does right shall come right” - Billy “Bosun” Roberts, upon the Rosebud’s arrival at Westminster Pier. (All other lyrics and captions - Gavin Nicol)
Gavin''s comments:
I would like to respectfully dedicate this film to the people of Newlyn.
I also give a nod to my father, James (Jim) Nicol (1939-2021), who owned the Rosebud (renamed Cynthia Yvonne) much later on, operating her from Hayle Quay during a few of her latter years - and my early ones. I remember her well
Though dad was told something about his boat having travelled to London, it wasn't until many years later that we found out all about her illustrious past
On which note, I gratefully acknowledge Mike Sagar Fenton’s excellent book “The Rosebud and the Newlyn Clearances” (Truran 2003) as the primary source of factual information used in producing the soundtrack for this film. It’s a gripping read - I thoroughly recommend you get hold of a copy
Filmed in Newlyn, Cornwall, UK 2020/21
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