Ivan_Rabey

Ivan Rabey

Ivan Rabey

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Arthur Ivan Rabey (1931[1] – 30 January 2008) 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.[2] He died on 21 January 2008, aged 76, following a long illness.[3][4]

Selected works

  • 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. [1]
    "Rabey, A. Ivan (Arthur Ivan), 1931-". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    Gorseth Kernow - The Gorseth of Cornwall: Byrth Noweth/New Bards, 1970-1979 Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Passion for St Columb and its silver ball Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine article from The Newquay Voice by Katri Iivonen, describing Ivan Rabey,s life and the funeral, 30 January 2008.
  4. [4]
    Lasting Tribute website: Announcement of the death of Arthur Ivan Rabey.[dead link]


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