Category Archives: Misc News

Help to Save the Lanherne Monastery at St Mawgan

Posted on 1, July 2011 by newquayt

Since 1794 nuns have lived at Lanherne Monastery in St Mawgan.  In 1794 the Arundells gave their Manor House at St Mawgan to the Camelite nuns to use as a convent. Today an enclosed community of Franciscan Sisters live there … Continue reading →

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Rachel to run for the RNLI in memory of her father who was lost at sea

Posted on 29, April 2011 by Rhianna Morton

A teaching assistant from Dartmouth is hoping to raise hundreds of pounds for the RNLI to thank the lifeboat crew that tried to save her father’s life more than 20 years ago.Rachel Thorpe, who grew up in Newquay, plans to complete the Plymouth Ha… Continue reading →

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Busy Easter for Newquay’s RNLI lifeguards and volunteer lifeboat crew

Posted on 27, April 2011 by Amy Caldwell and Tracy Cayton-Smith

RNLI lifeguards and volunteer RNLI lifeboat crews in Newquay had a busy weekend as the town’s beaches attracted crowds enjoying the four day Easter break. On Monday (25 April), the lifeboat volunteers and lifeguards responded to two kayakers in t… Continue reading →

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Newquay RNLI assists grounded sailing yacht.

Posted on 8, April 2011 by newquayt

Newquay’s D class lifeboat Valerie Wilson launched twice on Thursday 7 April 2011 to assist a stricken yacht. A French ocean going yacht and her six crew were on their way to the Isles of Scilly when they decided to make a stop off in Newquay Harbour Continue reading →

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