WILLIAM GREGOR AND AN AMAZING COINCIDENCE!!

July 14^th is an interesting date. The Lander Gallery is preparing a special exhibition to welcome members of the Old Cornwall Society from all over the region when they descend on Truro.

Among the Treasures for sale are some unique historical documents. Viv Hendra was arranging the display of a particular letter written from Truro to a merchant in London in 1681, all about buying and selling tin. Suddenly to his astonishment he noticed that the date on the letter was none other than July 14^th- the same date as the Old Cornwall Societies’ visit!

What an amazing coincidence! The letter was written 331 years ago to the very day.

The writer was William Gregor- one of the old Truro families. He had just bought the tin after its “coinage” and was arranging to get it to London straight away. You can picture him walking down from the Coinage Hall to the quay in order to arrange the shipping. This document is fascinating as it gives details of the price of the tin in July 1681, the name of the vessel going up to London and the name of its master.

Gregor must have been doing very well because he had recently bought Trewarthenick Estate at Tregony and was able to build the big house there just five years later.

We think the document is unpublished and unresearched. It is likely that nobody else has looked at it properly for over three hunded years.

The 2^nd year Foundation Degree Photography and Digital Imaging students from Truro College are exhibiting at the Lander Gallery in Truro. This is their “end of course” exhibition entitled FOCUSED and it will showcase the best of their final college project.

The genres of work covered include fashion, landscape, portraiture, documentary, fine art and still life.

Once again the Lander Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of work by students from Truro College. Their unusual perspectives always make for a stimulating show. This year there is once again an unpredictable variety.

The monochrome image of the zebra at Paignton Zoo is by Alex Scheurmier. It characterises a show that offers plenty to enjoy and plenty to think about.
You can meet the photographers at the Open Evening this Friday15th, 6pm- 8pm.

The show runs until Saturday.