Ivan Rabey

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Arthur Ivan Rabey was best known as a Cornish historian and author from St Columb Major in Cornwall. He was also a journalist, broadcaster and local politician. In 1974 he was created a bard of The Cornish Gorseth and took the bardic name "Gwas Colum" meaning servant of St Columb.[1] He died on 21 January 2008, aged 76, following a long illness.[2][3]

Works (selected)

  • Bugles, Sirens and Bells
  • 1972: Hurling at St Columb and in Cornwall. Padstow: Lodenek Press ISBN 0-902899-11-2 (Previous ed., published as 'Hurling at St Columb'. 1969.)
  • 1975: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Glasgow: Collins
  • 1979: The Book of St Columb and St Mawgan: the story of two ancient parishes. Buckingham: Barracuda Books ISBN 0-86023-058-9
  • 1981: Cornwall's Fire Brigades. St. Columb: I. Rabey
  • 1984: The Silver Ball: the story of hurling at St Columb
  • 1988: When Bombs Fell: the air-raids on Cornwall during the Second World War. St. Columb: I. Rabey ISBN 0-9500235-5-8 (with Phyllis M. Rowe)
  • 1996: From St. Columb to the Sea: a guide to St. Columb Major, the Vale of Lanherne, St. Mawgan-in-Pydar and Mawgan Porth. St. Columb: I. Rabey ISBN 0-9500235-7-4
  • 1998: Cornwall County Fire Brigade 1948 - 1998: the first 50 years. St. Columb: I. Rabey
  • 2003: The Centenary of St. Columb Fire Brigade, 1903-2003. St Columb: [the Author]

References

  1. Gorseth Kernow - The Gorseth of Cornwall: Byrth Noweth/New Bards, 1970-1979
  2. Passion for St Columb and its silver ball article from The Newquay Voice by Katri Iivonen, describing Ivan Rabey,s life and the funeral, 30 January 2008.
  3. Lasting Tribute website: Announcement of the death of Arthur Ivan Rabey.[dead link]

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