So some bright spark at Cornwall Pride had the idea to get their own bus to take a message of solidarity around the county. They took a team of volunteers and entertainers to visit Penryn, Helston, and Wadebridge on Saturday in a bid to reach out to rural areas. (If you live in Massachusetts some of these place names may sound familiar to you as many of the Mayflower Pilgrims were Cornish and they named towns in the ‘new country’ after ones back home)
The bus team is due to travel to Camelford, Launceston, Callington, Torpoint, Looe, Liskeard, Lostwithiel and St Blazey on Saturday 25 February. A spokesman said “This is our opportunity to come together to live, laugh, celebrate and bring a very real stand in solidarity for all marginalized people in our community and bring all communities together within our LGBTQ+ community and beyond.”
Cornwall’s isolation and distance from London was the reason several influential queer artists chose to settle there in the last century. Marlow Moss, Gluck, and Ithell Colquhoun chose Lamorna Cove a remote picturesque fishing village. There were independently wealthy and they could create art unhindered and live together in relative peace.
Lamona was also home to other famous painters associated with the Newlyn school such as Laura Knight, Alfred Munnings and Lamorna Birch.
Labels: 2023, Cornwall UK, Lamorna Cove, Pride Bus, queer history, remote communities
