Cornish hero Edward Rowe (aka Kernow King) has been enthralling schoolchildren with tales of amazing Cornish heroes of the past with the help of Cornwall Council’s Archives and Cornish Studies Service.
Using copies of original documents held in Cornwall Council’s extensive archives, the children explored how we research people and know about the lives of a range of amazing women and men connected to Cornwall, including Emily Hobhouse, John Couch Adams and Henry Trengrouse.
The stories were brought to life at nine schools with a play about two archivists who bring ‘the wrong box’ into school and have to improvise their history workshop instead.
Chloe Phillips, Learning Lead for Cornwall Council’s Archives and Cornish Studies Service, said: “The play and workshop were a great way of us reaching nearly 700 children across Cornwall, and built on our existing outreach programme. Children were inspired and amused by the play, and then fascinated by seeing copies of the real documents and understanding how we find out about Cornish heroes past and present, and how they too could become a Cornish hero and be part of our archive in future.”