UNCOVERED The REAL Pirates of Penzance A nostalgic walk around Newlyn & Penzance, Cornwall

[@williamdonilahockton7142]

I am enjoying the historical items you bring to life in your videos. Your a small step away from a full blown documentry on the life and times of Cornwall. Congratulations

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Wow, thank you! Sarah :)

[@JoannaLouise200]

What a fantastic video, and both looking extra fab in your Summer finery! Absolutely love Penzance ~ it's my favourite town in Cornwall, and you bring it even more to life with these amazing histories. The voyage in a lugger to Australia is astonishing ~ that anyone would attempt that in a 36ft vessel, but a true testament to the deeply ingrained expert seamanship of the Cornish. I had no idea of the extent of the white slave trade, and no surprise then that fishermen and their families were so on their guard in those times. I'm guessing that's where 'The Turk's Head' pub in Chapel Street (well worth a visit) gets its name. So impressed with your singing that incredible tongue twister Andrew! x

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Such a deep history in Penzance, we always enjoy a wander around the town! Used to meet in the Turks Head before we were married! Sarah :)

[@JoannaLouise200]

@@CornishWalkingTrails It's a very special place!

[@TheBuckspygmy]

There are Pirates in Penzance. They charge £12 for a crab sandwich.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

😂

[@alrichardson9862]

Well done Sarah and Andrew, very interesting. Thanks for sharing. My ancestors came to the US from Cornwall in the 1850s to work in the California gold mines, they were the best miners in the world. I appreciate learning about the home land. Bys Vyken

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

So cool! The best! Sarah :)

[@garybearce3386]

Andrew - now we expect you to sing, opera or otherwise, on every episode!!! Gary in Alaska

[@cathydyer3774]

Gary I am sure Andrew could find several good locations for future exerps of songs... eg on or near a sailing boat...." I polished up that handle so carefully that now I am the ruler of the Kings Navy" (I only know some of the operas). 😊

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

He’s always humming or whistling - or making up lyrics! Sarah :)

[@cathydyer3774]

@@CornishWalkingTrails 😁 I bet

[@bonitawyke7259]

We agree with everyone : Fans of Sarah and Andrew are especially wonderful ! Love being part of the group! Thank you both -agree that this is one of your best Ever videos: natural story-tellers/historians..keep us on our toes! Hope that you receive as much joy as you give.. 💜💐☮️😘the Wykes

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure! We love researching and finding these wonderful stories Sarah :)

[@bookprincess612]

So interesting to discover the 'dark sides' of Cornwall, all the stories around and to see the hidden gems like the "Rue des beaux arts".... Your videos are always so great - little journeys at home. 😉😊 Would love to hear more of Andrew's singing talent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)

[@treegoblin5479]

Best episode ever🎉

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you! Sarah :)

[@glengodden9659]

I traveled to Truro from California to visit relatives. I love your channel and the beautiful history you find. Your walks around Cornwall reminds me so often of another time where I walked those same roads and walkways.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Awesome! Thank you! Sarah :)

[@SpanishEclectic]

Such fun adventures and great stories! Awesome Major General rendition, Andrew!! The Newlyn Art Gallery is gorgeous Arts & Craft's perfection! The 'voyage of the Mystery' is crazy! The 280 ft 1863 iron hull sailing ship, Euterpe, hauled emigrants from England to New Zealand and India for 25 years, starting in 1871. Later called The Star of India, the restored ship is the 'star' of our San Diego Maritime Museum. I've walked through the ship many times over the years, and can't imagine such a long voyage in the cramped quarters. For anyone to sail that far in a fishing boat blows my mind! Gilbert and Sullivan weren't the first to address the issue of piracy in song. Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio (harem) was written during a period of war between Austria and 'the Turks' of the Ottoman Empire. Those statistics are horrifying. I love how you are both always game for exploring an alley or searching out a plaque. Thanks again for taking us along!

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Some wonderful and interesting stories in this video, and quite remarkable voyage! Sarah :)

[@melissahillis2770]

This was such a great episode! We will be in Penzance next month, from America. The history you spoke of has made it even more interesting. Thank you!

[@lyudmilaaksan2232]

Thank You for taking me along for your adventures in Penzance. ☺Looked like a very good place for a fish lover like me.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

You would be in fishy heaven, fresh off the boats! Sarah :)

[@bonitawyke7259]

Thank you guys-I always save your videos!!! Such a treasure of knowledge and uplifting spirit -both of you!!!

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

It’s something we love doing! Sarah :)

[@TravellingTorunn]

What a great video with so many interesting stories 🥰 This area is fantastic with lots of beautiful gardens and art galleries. And now Andrew even gave us a fantastic singing performance 🎉 I had no idea that so many Europeans were taken as slaves by the moors. Such a horror for the coastal inhabitants 😱 Thank you for your beautiful, interesting and educational videos ❤

[@cathydyer3774]

TT ...I can recommend a book called...White Gold by Giles Milton.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

We live Penzance, especially Chapel Street! Sarah :)

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@CornishWalkingTrails Chapel Street Penzance has it all 🥰 Torunn 🙂

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@cathydyer3774 Thank you! I now ordered it on Amazon 🙂

[@cathydyer3774]

Torunn! wow that was quick. 😊 you will learn a lot..... some of it is is quite upsetting about treatment of others x

[@brianaveriss7972]

Thank you, Sarah and Andrew for taking me all around Cornwall on your many walks.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure! Sarah :)

[@gordonsimpson3235]

Excellent Sarah and Andrew. I have learnt a lot here.....again!

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Fantastic! Sarah :)

[@brucecollier6789]

Lovely to see Penzance again. I was fortunate to be there for part of the Golowan festival and Mazey Day in 2017 (before the pandemic). Great atmosphere!! Best wishes from New Zealand.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Oooo! We should try and get to Mazey day, never been! Sarah :)

[@judybee]

Loving the bloopers at the end!!! And there I was thinking that Andrew had mastered that rendition in one go!😊Such a lovely area all around there. Such pretty gardens & narrow streets. It always makes me wonder how on earth the dustmen get down those tiny alleys to collect people's rubbish from the cottages when you do walks around the back streets! Sounds of the seagulls mournful crying follow you everywhere you go there. My daughter was in the Pirates of Penzance at school eons ago. I still have the programme tucked away in the drawer somewhere. Great video as always of course x J x

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Newlyn is not always on the tourist route, but we’ll worth a visit, lots to see! Sarah :)

[@loripadilla669]

This video was so much fun. Loved Andrew's performance, well done. Maybe we will get to Penzance when we visit. Thanks for showing us around.

[@melindacheeatow3324]

Such an interesting video. Full of information. I love the way you combine history with the towns and love all the stories. What a story about the chaps traveling tomAustralia. Thank you 🙏 so much. 👏👏👍👍🙏🙏

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

An epic voyage! I am in awe that they made it all that way! Sarah :)

[@elizabethmcleod246]

I visited Newlyn in 2019. I loved it. Thanks for this interesting and historical walk. I learned so much. ❤

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure! Sarah :)

[@oneviewcornwall8200]

Well done you two - you've made where I live so much more interesting than I ever knew - great video footage and atmosphere as ever 🌞

[@gabischmidt2753]

Hi Sarah and Andrew, wow, what a fantastic and exciting video.)) Thank you so much for your wonderful work and research into Cornish history. It was so interesting and a walk down streets where tourists don't normally go. The galleries are so beautiful. I love visiting all the different galleries in Cornwall. As an artist it's so interesting and good for you. You are both just fantastic! Andrew's vocal performance was terrific:)). Glad your IT problem was solved so quickly. Take care. Gabi:)

[@debdavet-cornwallandbeyond1649]

Another great video guys, and we loved your insight into Penzance and Newlyn and your research into pirate times. As somewhere we visit and walk around fairly frequently it was good to learn about some of the places we have often passed without thought.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure! A new insight next time you wander around Penzance, Sarah :)

[@bernicebest]

A Beautiful walk full of interesting stories, we visited the very picturesque fishing 🎣 village of Newlyn about fifty years ago, where I purchased a seascape painting 🖼️ by a local artist 🧑‍🎨 your video just brought back those wonderful memories of an idilic holiday, thank you for a brilliant tour with entertainment from Andrew, ten out of ten for your rendition from a sketch from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 👏👏👏👏

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it! Did you see the bloopers at the end? Andrew needed a couple of attempts!! 😂Sarah :)

[@bernicebest]

@@CornishWalkingTrails I did Sarah 😂Andrew always raises a smile even on my not so happy days you both raise my spirits for which I thank you 🙏 🥰🤗 don’t ever loose your wonderful sense’s of humour 😅

[@NormaYoung-r3c]

I really enjoyed it. I live in Newlyn. Thank you. August 2023

[@brianspicer8829]

Another fabulous vid guys, humor history information, it has it all wonderful. We did like Andrew and his rendition of the Pirates of Penzance, can imagine that took a few takes as well. Never knew there were such lovely little streets and alley ways in Newlyn and nice to see too that people still live there . One of your best,,,,,,,Brian&Jane

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

His other attempts were at the very end!!! Some bloopers!! Sarah :)

[@ghichens3418]

Ere proper enjoyed your film ! Stuff I did not know about where I lived ! Father was proper Newlyn ! Check out who had the wheel of the Titanic when she hit the Ice burg . Tis my great Uncle Robert , very interesting yarn on the aftermath of that I can tell you ! Cheers Graham

[@anoshya]

Just returned from Penzance..it seems the West of the town is more up market than the east. Very nice,place to live and visit,,my father went to Penzance grammar school between 1921 to 1929 vis a bus from St Just..I believe the school is being developed into flats now..thanks for your great walks!

[@esthermorrissey1454]

Another wonderful, informative & fun video this week worthy of any TV Channel. Your story telling Sarah captures the imagination and Wow!! what a voice Andrew - you 2 should have so much more exposure. Now, back to the comments- Penzance is a lovely town which you brought to life- very well done.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)

[@sallydingle321]

Oh, that's a great surprise.. you must have fixed the technical issues 👏. What a great episode again.. full of interest and fab humor 😂. Loving the singing Andrew 😜. The info on the pirates was amazing and another thing learned about our wonderful Cornish towns... Fabulous guys 🙏👌💖😘

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

After exhausting my IT skills, I had to contact Apple support and they got to the core of the matter! Sarah :)

[@dthomp06]

Loved this visit. Interesting stories and history about the pirates from Algeria.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)

[@helenjackson1666]

Fantastic video I love your stories and research, references of all sorts I’m totally hooked , I feel I have had an awesome class of past and amazing adventures on your walks , you put a lot into your videos with research ❤❤

[@monkey10is52]

I was born in Bolitho maternity home and lived in Newlyn for 20 years. Great video

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah :)

[@janedeeleybrewer1741]

Great video.We absolutely Love Penzance and Newlyn.X

[@ladygwarth]

There is still an art school in Newlyn at the top of Chywoone hill, in the old primary school, been to a couple of classes there. A friend and I also visited the Stanhope Forbes exhibition at Penlee House, it was incredible. Course there were pirates in Penance 😉.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Great place for some lunch! Sarah :)

[@ladygwarth]

@@CornishWalkingTrails Yes it is 😁

[@juliebone4929]

Another good one.

[@amazinggrace4036]

Love this little town! Great stories 🎉 once again thank you for the candid reading. Special one today 💐ana take care🌼

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Hi Ana, glad you enjoyed it, Thank you! You too! Sarah :)

[@cathydyer3774]

Really interesting video. Thank you😊

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)

[@michaelhigton6765]

There is an excellent book by Giles Milton called 'White Gold' which tells Thomas Pellow's story and the topic of white slavery in North Africa more generally. Great read!

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm420]

Great video. I'll try and give your a fums up.

[@brigitteravenscroft8982]

Another fascinating and enjoyable video. Loved learning about the pirate connection. Often wondered how the Turks Head Inn in Chapel Street got its name. Apparently it was first established in 1233 following the Turkish pirates attacking Penzance during the Crusades. Did you see The Rosebud Memorial Gardens in Newlyn and the plaque about The Rosebud?

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Yes, we did! Saving that story for next time! Sarah :)

[@brigitteravenscroft8982]

@@CornishWalkingTrails Brilliant. Can’t wait. It’s such a great story. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@lizmel8119]

You jogged my memory with the Folly so I am trying to (mentally) place the Folly Cafe or tea room in Penzance from the 60s. They had lovely studio pottery made by Harry Davis at Crowan Pottery. Can anyone remember it or have I lost the plot?

[@jessicastrideart]

So interesting to hear about the white slaves and the story of the pirates. I spy a Brixham fishing boat there!😊

[@eyeofspirit369]

Hi Love your video's and was wondering if you have ever been or have video's of Predannack aircraft 'graveyard' for old WW2. I hear Culdrose still use it sometimes. Also, do they have an open day? We are coming to Cornwall late September! Thanks Linda

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

No we haven’t, Sarah

[@eyeofspirit369]

@@CornishWalkingTrails PLEASE Sarah, would you put it on your 'to do' list?? lol

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

@@eyeofspirit369 I think it is way too niche and we won't get any views, and not something we are interested in - sorry!

[@helenjackson1666]

Where would you say is less mobile to visit and walk short walk’s please

[@pross6212]

Strange Andrew mentioned rabbits because about 25 years ago I was walking down a little path i Newlyn a little rabbit came out of a cottage through a cat flap in the door it was very cute and quirky to see a rabbit rather than a cat emerge.

[@cathydyer3774]

Its probably a bit late for this comment but I recently found a letter I sent to the D'Oyly Carte theatre company and autographs I received back in 1978!. I had watched the Pirates of Penzance in Oxford.🙂🎵 🎹 🎵

[@diorocks5858]

If you go back in time Cornwall was the last place in the UK to be raided by the North African slave dealers who raided the UK to capture slaves for the market in Algeria, finally in 1803 was the last raid to capture slaves from the UK. For over 300 years, the coastlines of the south west of England were at the mercy of Barbary pirates (corsairs) from the coast of North Africa, based mainly in the ports of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. Their aim was to capture slaves for the Arab slave markets in North Africa.

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

This is according to Davis of Ohio University, theoretically hypothesis, and has not been ratified by other studies.

[@diorocks5858]

@@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834 Partly as a result of an inadequate naval deterrent, by the early 17th century the situation was so bad that an entry in the Calendar of State Papers in May 1625 stated, ‘The Turks are upon our coasts. They take ships only to take the men to make slaves of them.’

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thomas Pellow’s story is very interesting, and from what I understand, a rare account as most died from the poor conditions. Sarah

[@diorocks5858]

@@CornishWalkingTrails Yup many died on their way to North Africa and there were still accounts of white slaves ending up in Sudan as late as 1903. Saudi Arabia finally made slavery illegal in 1989. Slavery is still legal in Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan

[@colinbaker3415]

Always something new to discover with you guys. It was one of your previous videos on Penzance that I stumbled across that got me hooked (see what I did there)on your channel. Perhaps the history changers here in Bristol should watch this, and stop trying to put all the onus on slavery on the white man. Re. The computer problem. Did you get it wet ,or feed it after midnight?

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Lol! Yes, puts a new perspective on the whole situation. And we evicted the gremlin - fur now!! Sarah :)