Towan Vintage is part of Kowethas Ertach Kernow providing a range of Cornish books, art and memorabilia. The vast majority of these are preowned and we hope that this will create an opportunity for those interested in Cornwall's rich heritage will find these of interest. There is also a print service through our Print Shop.
Kowethas Ertach Kernow is a small Cornish heritage organisation The vast majority of its work is carried out without charge and personally funded by its Director. Towan Vintage was set up to help fund this Cornish heritage project. Sale of articles help support the gallery room and work of Kowethas Ertach Kernow in sharing knowledge Cornwall's historic, cultural and environmental heritage to a wider audience through its website, social media, newspaper articles, and illustrated talks. The resale of preowned books on Cornwall and general subjects and sale of vintage items assists the circular green economy.
Wanting a particular book on Cornwall, perhaps we have it as part of our sale stock not yet uploaded to our online shop. Please send your enquiry to towanvintage@gmail.com
We have a wide range of books at all prices to enable people to find out more about Cornwall's historic and cultural heritage, Cornish traditions, stories and much more. We can arrange illustrated talks on a range of Cornish subjects at venues in Newquay and throughout Cornwall. For illustrated talks on Cornwall and Cornish heritage themes click the link which will open in a new window from our sister site Kowethas Ertach Kernow: Click for illustrated talks on Cornwall
There are original vintage paintings available to buy of Cornish scenes or by Cornish artists, as well as vintage Cornish studio pottery.
Print Shop
In collaboration with Proper Photography Kernow a printing service has been added to Towan Vintage activities. This allows us support Newquay Museum through printing posters, images and other exhibition material. The Towan Vintage Print Shop is located in Newquay Museum and caters for people wanting to print their photographs, images, plans and documents up to A1 size
There have been enquiries about some of the images used in our newspaper articles published in the Newquay, Truro and St Austell Voice editions, Cornish Times and Cornish & Devon Post. This includes vintage maps, paintings and images from the personal Kowethas Ertach Kernow collection. The Towan Vintage print shop has a 'Print to Order' shop section where a variety of prints can be ordered from the Towan Vintage website shop. This will also include contemporary photographic images from local photographers helping support young people in Cornwall who have work to sell.