Uncovering a Life

Location

Kresen Kernow | View on Google Maps

Dates

Tue 19th September, 2023
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3:00 pm |
The talk will last approximately 1 hour, depending on the length of the Q&A

About this event

Uncovering a Life: The Identity and Family of L Opie, free online talk

Kresen Kernow is home to more than 1.5 million documents relating to Cornwall’s history including books, letters, photographs and maps. All of these items have a story to tell. While some of them reveal more about the famous people and events of Cornish history, others offer a glimpse into the lives of the ordinary men and women who have lived in, and shaped Cornwall over the centuries.

One such item, which is currently featured in our She Cares: Women and Health in Cornwall, exhibition, is a small leather-bound photo album which has ‘L Opie, The Hostel, Nov 1917’ written on the first page. Containing photographs of nurses and patients at the Redruth Officers’ Auxiliary Hospital, Scorrier, along with drawings, autographs and poems, the album was compiled by L Opie. But who was she?

Join us to learn how L Opie’s life and family were discovered and how you can use the same sources and methods to research the lives of people in the past, including your ancestors.

This talk will be delivered on Zoom, and joining information will be sent out on the morning of the talk. You can book your free place for the online talk through our Eventbrite page, visit our website on how to book your free place.

Contact

01209 614 430 | https://kresenkernow.org/event/free-online-talk-uncovering-a-life-the-identity-and-family-of-l-opie/

Accessibility

Details

Kresen Kernow is fully wheelchair and pushchair accessible, with lifts to all levels and automatic main entrance doors. Accessible toilets are available on both floors, with a fully-equipped Changing Places toilet also available on the ground floor. Separate baby changing facilities are also available on the ground floor. If you are arriving by vehicle, there are six accessible parking spaces at the Tesco side of the building and a level entrance into the building. If you are arriving on foot or wheels, from Redruth town centre, the closest entrance is at the end of the public path which runs through the old brewery site, from Chapel Street to Kresen Kernow.