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Derek and Jeannie Tangye in their garden.
Enjoying the day with a glass of wine.
Derek and Jeannie Tangye in their garden.
Enjoying the day.
Derek and Jeannie Tangye in their garden.
Enjoying the day.
Derek and Jeannie Tangye in their garden.
Enjoying the day.
The track leading to Dorminack land.
Sunny day, gate to Dorminack land.
Derek and Jeannie Tangye in their daffodil field near the cliffs.
Both enjoying a sunny day in their daffodil field.
View of the Tater-du Lighthouse looking west from Dorminack land, near Lamorna.
Tater Du Lighthouse - ‘The name Tater Du comes from the Cornish ‘torthel du’ meaning black loaf. The name presumably refers to the dark bulge of greenstone cliffs on which the lighthouse now stands (Cornishbird).
The Lighthouse was built in 1965,…
The Lighthouse was built in 1965,…
Derek Tangye standing proudly in front of the gate to his nature reserve.
The sign says,
"THE DEREK AND JEANNE TANGYE, MINACK CHRONICLES, NATURE RESERVE, A Place for Solitude"
The site is known as Oliver Land, an 18 acre nature reserve created by Derek Tangye the author of the Minack Chronicles in memory of his wife…
"THE DEREK AND JEANNE TANGYE, MINACK CHRONICLES, NATURE RESERVE, A Place for Solitude"
The site is known as Oliver Land, an 18 acre nature reserve created by Derek Tangye the author of the Minack Chronicles in memory of his wife…
David Wills (photographer) on the left and Derek Tangye (author) standing in Derek's nature reserve near Lamorna. Information below relates to the collection.
Derek Tangye (1912-1996) was a British author who lived in Cornwall for nearly fifty years. He wrote nineteen books which became known as The Minack Chronicles, about his simple life on a clifftop daffodil farm called Dorminack, affectionately…