Museum pirates took the Falmouth Carnival by storm

Many thanks to the ‘motley’ crew of pirates that turned out to promote the Museum in the Falmouth Walking Carnival last Saturday. The disguises were so good that I don’t think anyone spotted who we actually were but we were certainly noticed by the crowd and managed not to squash anyone with our big museum ship.

Life behind the scenes at NMMC

by Clive Mathison

On the afternoon of Saturday 27 July 2013, the pontoon was busy gearing up for a crabbing activity for the enjoyment of school children and parents alike. Tickets were in demand and visitors were eager to have a go.

Meanwhile in other parts of the museum there was a steady flow of visitors. I soon found myself engaging with a group of schoolchildren and their tutor who asked where was the best place to start their vistation to the NMMC. The schoolchildren were all Japanese and the English tutor explained that they were all from Sendai (Japan) where the tragic earthquake occurred recently. The group were visitors from the Cambridge English School and had come to visit Falmouth.

Here we see them taking an interest in what was happening on the Pontoon at the crabbing session. Their tutor hopes to come back next year with another group of pupils.

My encounter with our foreign national visitors continued throughout the afternoon. I was next asked about the Search & Rescue helicopter by two mature students from the Republic of Czechoslovakia who were impressed by the scope of exhibits in the NMMC. One student said that she would be bringing her husband to see the museum next year.

Finally, two Finnish nationals who had come to stay with a friend in Penryn spent the afternoon enjoying the exhibits and Falmouth's beaches.

David Barnicoat's last big pilotage

by Colin Spargo















The Artania was the last big passenger ship that Senior Pilot David Barnicoat took charge of.

Some of the Cruise Ship Ambassadors saw them off.