Secret Truro: Secret

Christine Parnell has always had an interest in the history of her home town and apart from twenty years exiled in other towns in Devon and Cornwall due to her late husband's occupation she thinks there is nowhere better to live. She has been the secretary of Truro Old Cornwall Society since 1995 and previously, when at grammar school represented Truro on various local knowledge quiz television programmes several times. She can sometimes be seen leading a group of interested people on a historical walk of the town, but never on a Tuesday evening as the competition from the cathedral bells is just too much!Sheila Richardson has lived and worked within Truro most of her life and has a deep affection for her beloved town and its people. She is a local historian and has been a member of Truro Old Cornwall Society for many years and currently is the Vice President.