Welcome to the Museum of Cornish Life, Helston Online Shop
Jewellery, local history books and publications including childrens' books, handmade silk scarves, Cornish tin memorabilia, greetings cards for all occasions - Christmas cards now available.Sale items
Featured products
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Helston Town Band CD (The Flora Day)
Price: £6.49
This is the Helston Town Band playing the famous Flora Day tune.
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The Village Shop
Price: £7.50
Once the core of the rural community, the village shop has now almost entirely disappeared from everyday life.
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Helston Flora Day puzzle
Price: £11.50
Limited edition 24 and 48 piece Helston Flora Day puzzle by Andre Ellis produced by Cornish jigsaw Puzzles.
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Invitation to the dance DVD (Flora Day)
Price: £11.50
A beautiful DVD of Helston's famous Flora Dance.
Shop collections
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Books and Publications
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ceramics
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Flora Day
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Pewter and Bronze
All products
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Pip of Pengersick
Price: £1.99
When Pip, a small back and white dog, finds a Spanish galleon that has been wrecked on a remote Cornish coast the ripples of this event reach across England and a Europe savaged by the Wolf of France, Napoleon Bonaparte himself.
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Helston Town Band CD (The Flora Day)
Price: £6.49
This is the Helston Town Band playing the famous Flora Day tune.
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The Victorian Schoolroom
Price: £6.50
During the 19th century there was a tremendous expansion of education in England and Wales.
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The Village Shop
Price: £7.50
Once the core of the rural community, the village shop has now almost entirely disappeared from everyday life.
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National Service
Price: £8.50
As Britain emerged from the Second World War, the armed forces desperately needed extra manpower to face new threats from old allies and to meet the considerable obligations of its Empire.
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Richard Trevithick Genius
Price: £9.50
In this book Philip Hosken explains the skulduggery and deception in high places that deprived Trevithick of recognition until now.
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The Devil and the Flora Dance
Price: £9.50
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The History of Helston District Hospital
Price: £11.00
Helston & District lost over 200 men in the First World War.
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Marconi at the Lizard
Price: £11.00
The story of communication systems at Housel Bay.
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Helston Town Band CD (A walk in the light)
Price: £11.49
Selection of music played by Helston Town Band.
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Helston Flora Day puzzle
Price: £11.50
Limited edition 24 and 48 piece Helston Flora Day puzzle by Andre Ellis produced by Cornish jigsaw Puzzles.
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Invitation to the dance DVD (Flora Day)
Price: £11.50
A beautiful DVD of Helston's famous Flora Dance.
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Cornwall in the First World Ward
Price: £11.99
The First World War affected every town and village in Cornwall.
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U Boat Hunters (Cornwall's Air War 1916 19)
Price: £12.99
U-Boat Hunters tells the extraordinary story of the campaign fought over the seas off Cornwall during the First World War, to help combat the grave menace of Imperial Germany's submarine fleet.
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Digging for memories
Price: £14.00
The story of the Women's Land Army in Cornwall.
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Richard Jenkin, A Great Son of Cornwall
Price: £16.50
From the 1950s through to the 1990s, Richard Jenkin was at the very centre of Cornish cultural and political life and an important figure in the revival of Cornish consciousness.
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A Passion for Nature
Price: £18.00
Victorian botanist, social historian and educator Charles Alexander Johns [1811-1874] is best known for the classic guide Flowers of the Field.
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A History of Cornish Mining Families
Price: £19.00
In Git Up and Go, Arthur Langford charts the story of the Harris family of Bolenowe in Cornwall.
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From Cornwall with love
Price: £19.00
Cornwall has perhaps the most interesting scenery in Britain.
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More Cornwall Railways Remembered
Price: £23.99
Following on from his successful book Cornwall's Railways Rememberd, which catalogued the life and times of Signalling Technician Frank Sperritt, the author provides this sequel based around his own long and distinguished career working on the railway.
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St Justin Lily of the Valley paper knife
Price: £24.50
Specially commissioned by and sold only at Helston Museum.
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Pewter Cornish Wedding Cufflinks
Price: £25.50
Pewter Cornish Wedding Cuff links engraved in Cornish and available for Groom, Best Man, Father of the Bride, Usher, Father of the Groom.
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Lost Cornwall
Price: £28.99
The wonderful photographs appearing in this book are selected from a veritable treasure trove of images contained in the Reg Watkiss Archive.
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The Book of Helston Ancient Borough and Market Town
Price: £32.00
The book gives a brief introduction to the history of Helston but essentially celebrates the last 100 years of the town.
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Cuff Links
Price: £35.50
Cuff Links with Celtic knot design from our St Justin Bronze collection, measuring 2 x 2 cm.
