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"The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" is very pleased indeed to announce that the following members have now been appointed Honorary Life Members of the Society. Char Nanfan, Namparagirl, Verity, Mrs Gimlett, Smollett, Demelza, Bella and Dwight. Many congratulations and very we...

Updated 6th October 2012 Posting pictures into the forum with reference to the picture below.... At the bottom left below each message box there's a button called "Attach File(s)". Left click on this. This will then bring up and display your own computer files similar to the picture below. Choose th...

Mrs. Gimlett Appointment to Moderator "The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Mrs. Gimlett has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome Mrs. Gimlett! Ross

Bronny Appointment to Moderator "The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Bronny has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome Bronny ! Ross

I thought you'd all like to know that Carol/ Char Nanfan and our longest member is running for the first time in the London Marathon this Sunday 22nd April.I know it's always been her cherished dream to be able to compete in it and that she's been trying unsuccessfully to get an entry for several years n...

"The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Verity has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome to the Society Verity ! Ross

As you've probably noticed at the top of the forum the host providers have just automatically (!) upgraded the options for the forum style together with a whole lot of new instructions to go with it. Will try to get things sorted and back to normal as soon as possible. Thanks Ross

Update: New Members wishing to join. As a reminder please note that in order to avoid deliberate nuisance applications and spam all new members will always have to be manually approved. It would therefore be very much appreciated if new members would kindly remember to give one or two additional re...

As there are already several members who are either currently reading the books for the first time or have yet to see the films (Beginners), would remaining members please remember that there are 3 special forums deliberately set aside for them. "The Introduction Forum", "Poldark Beginners - ...

To help reduce any unnecessary eye strain the forum's automatic default font size has now been slightly enlarged to the size shown here. Members please note that any manual resetting of the font size in the top left hand corner of the message box before final posting, will automatically overrid...

TO ALL THOSE "BEGINNERS" WHO HAVE NEVER READ POLDARK OR SEEN THE VIDEOS OR DVDS. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING ANY OF THE OTHER POLDARK FORUMS !! THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ALL REMAINING FORUMS INCLUDING WINSTON GRAHAM'S OTHER BOOKS AND FILMS AS WELL. ___________________________...

As there are a lot of visitors to the forum whose mother tongue is not English it's more than likely many won't understand txt. speak. If members could quickly check and correct any such words before posting it would be much appreciated. Thanks Ross

Beginners please note ! Please remember that only Poldark book numbers 1 ("Ross Poldark") up to 7 ("The Angry Tide") were used in the two quite separate (1975 and 1977) BBC TV series. NOT books 8 to 12 as at the time they had not been written. However ITV did make a further film much...

Namparagirl Appointment to Moderator "The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Namparagirl has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome to the Society Namparagirl ! Ross

Carol McWorster Appointment to Moderator "The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Carol McWorster has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome to the Society Carol ! Ross

If any member has a query about anything, for example is uncertain whether to post a link(s) or not onto the Message Board, please ask a Moderator first via a Private Message. Thanks Ross

Update : Posting YouTube etc. and embedded videos. First choose whether you want to be in "Advanced Editor" or not by clicking on the small window at the bottom right of the message box. You'll then see either the red Youtube icon or the green embed icon both located near the end on the top b...

Unfortunately nothing has yet been decided about future membership of the Society primarily because there are still so many people who have never heard of WG and Poldark. It was therefore decided, quite some time ago now, that the best option was to wait until all the Centenary celebrations were ove...

Please note for bookmarking purposes the Society's new Forum address : http://poldark.activeboard.com

Posting categories on the Winston Graham and Poldark Literary Society Forum are : 1. Newbie - 25 posts 2. Fan - 50 posts 3. Initiate - 100 posts 4. Student - 250 posts 5. Undergraduate - 500 posts 6. Graduate - 1000 posts 7. Postgraduate - 2500 posts 8. Professor - 5000 posts 9. Litera...

In case some members are not yet aware, at the bottom of each message box there is a clickable box marked "Attach File(s)". Next click on "Browse" in "File(s) Upload". Finally at the bottom click on "Upload File(s)" for all jpg, gif images required from your hard drive. Double check as usual by first cl...

Welcome to the Winston Graham and Poldark Literary Society Forum. New members please note. After completion of the initial registration process to join the Forum in the top right hand box, please remember that it will still NOT be possible to post any messages onto the Forum UNTIL you’ve first c...

"A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Everyone !"

* Scroll down to some interesting Cornish Christmas links *http://christmas.oldcornwall.org/index.html

Hi All, Just to let you know that I (Bronny) now have a Poldark username and it's.....drum roll......Demelza! Judas!

Hello All Can someone please explain to me how the category status thing works? I notice that from timt to time mine changes - I began as a Newbie, understandable, but have since been all manner of labels. Does it depend on the number of posts one makes? I am not that concerned what it says, am just int...

A very merry Christmas and a Happy Poldark New Year to all our members and visitors !

Truro Cathedral http://www.trurocathedral.org.uk/#!prettyPhoto/1/ Tom Bawcock's Eve and Starry-Gazey pie in Mousehole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmm5VUiPQc&feature=related

The "Show Preview" button below the message box has just recently developed a fault and is not displaying properly. The host providers Activeboard (8 hours behind us) have been notified so hopefully it will be working again in a day or two.

Members' Notice. The Society's first Poldark crossword puzzle competition opens with clues posted approx. 1 pm forum time (set to GMT) February 1st, answers on March 1st. Puzzle layout only now ready for downloading and printing in "General Discussions" forum. First 3 all correct answers comple...

As per the Rules please note that the Society does not accept fanfiction in any form whatsoever. Thanks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction

The Research forum has now re-opened. To enter please click on the end of the top blue bar.

I recently watched a rather interesting half hour documentary called "The Cult of Poldark" which I suppose that most members have seen. It was interesting to see how well (or not) the actors have aged. Robin Ellis and Angharad Rees have aged really well and look great but Richard Morrant a...

Click on the URL below to view excellent daily photographs of all aspects of life in Cornwall. Also scroll to the bottom for many thousands of pictures available in CDs going back to 2002. Rosshttp://www.cornwallcam.co.uk/

The following topics have been updated over on the Research Forum - 1. Academic Research - Ongoing Cornish studies and programmes 2. Communities Worldwide - Bringing global Cornish communities together 3. Language - The distinctive Cornish language and its Celtic roots 4. Literature & Poet...

The Winston Graham Centenary Celebration Lecture by Andrew Graham Saturday 28th June 2.30pm, Town Hall, Truro. Winston Graham (1908-2003), writer and the author of the Poldark historical novels, would have been 100 on 30th June 2008. To celebrate the centenary of his father's birth, Andrew Grah...

Winston Graham's Centenary Exhibition The Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro will be holding an Exhibition this summer to mark the Centenary of the famous Poldark author Winston Graham. "Poldark's Cornwall - The Life and Works of Winston Graham" is being staged at the Museum from 14 June to...

A useful new Recent Posts button is now available on the top control bar.

Share any feedback, thoughts and suggestions you might have for the forum and website on here.

Well “YouTube” is now available on the Forum which of course is good news, but unfortunately the only Poldark material found so far is an old BBC spoof send-up at the end of this clip which is beyond awful ! Bearing in mind all-important Copyright, is there anyone who can improve on this ? ...

The automatic host server has been experiencing a few difficulties lately with new and existing members IP registrations, saying among one or two other queries or rejections that "No Such User" exists. Would new members please make sure during the registration process their e-mail address is the...

Hello, I was wondering whether anyone can help me i am looking for my uncle raymond williams/jones possible james raymond, he had a part time role in poldarks he passed away in the 1960's - 1970's i am looking for his family or a picture? Can anyone help Hazel williams

To get an idea of the activities etc. of one or two other Literary Societies click on the the url's below : The Thomas Hardy Society based in Dorchester. http://www.hardysociety.org/The Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom. http://www.janeaustensoci.freeuk.com/ The Daphne d...

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STICKY: Honorary Life Membership Appointments (Preview)	Ross Poldark	5	115	Jun 16 12:57 AM, 2013 by Demelza
"The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" is very pleased indeed to announce that the following members have now been appointed Honorary Life Members of the Society. Char Nanfan, Namparagirl, Verity, Mrs Gimlett, Smollett, Demelza, Bella and Dwight. Many congratulations and very we...
STICKY: Posting pictures into the forum (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	227	Oct 6 10:43 AM, 2012 by Ross Poldark
Updated 6th October 2012 Posting pictures into the forum with reference to the picture below.... At the bottom left below each message box there's a button called "Attach File(s)". Left click on this. This will then bring up and display your own computer files similar to the picture below. Choose th...
STICKY: Mrs. Gimlett Appointment to Moderator (Preview)	Ross Poldark	8	235	Sep 30 10:46 AM, 2012 by Char Nanfan
Mrs. Gimlett Appointment to Moderator "The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Mrs. Gimlett has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome Mrs. Gimlett! Ross
STICKY: Bronny Appointment to Moderator (Preview)	Ross Poldark	8	317	May 1 8:38 AM, 2012 by Demelza
Bronny Appointment to Moderator "The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Bronny has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome Bronny ! Ross
STICKY: Carol/ Char Nanfan running in Sunday's London Marathon !! (Preview)	Ross Poldark	22	375	Apr 30 12:30 PM, 2012 by Char Nanfan
I thought you'd all like to know that Carol/ Char Nanfan and our longest member is running for the first time in the London Marathon this Sunday 22nd April.I know it's always been her cherished dream to be able to compete in it and that she's been trying unsuccessfully to get an entry for several years n...
STICKY: Verity Appointment to Moderator (Preview)	Ross Poldark	12	2860	Mar 31 9:57 AM, 2011 by Smollett
"The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Verity has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome to the Society Verity ! Ross
STICKY: New style changes to Forum (Preview)	Ross Poldark	7	837	Feb 19 10:19 AM, 2011 by Ross Poldark
As you've probably noticed at the top of the forum the host providers have just automatically (!) upgraded the options for the forum style together with a whole lot of new instructions to go with it. Will try to get things sorted and back to normal as soon as possible. Thanks Ross
STICKY: Update: New Members wishing to join. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	738	Nov 7 10:03 PM, 2010 by Ross Poldark
Update: New Members wishing to join. As a reminder please note that in order to avoid deliberate nuisance applications and spam all new members will always have to be manually approved. It would therefore be very much appreciated if new members would kindly remember to give one or two additional re...
STICKY: The three special Beginners' forums (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	802	Oct 10 7:02 PM, 2010 by Ross Poldark
As there are already several members who are either currently reading the books for the first time or have yet to see the films (Beginners), would remaining members please remember that there are 3 special forums deliberately set aside for them. "The Introduction Forum", "Poldark Beginners - ...
STICKY: Enlarged text size & pasting from Word OpenOffice (Preview)	Ross Poldark	6	1585	Oct 16 1:05 PM, 2010 by Ross Poldark
To help reduce any unnecessary eye strain the forum's automatic default font size has now been slightly enlarged to the size shown here. Members please note that any manual resetting of the font size in the top left hand corner of the message box before final posting, will automatically overrid...
STICKY: **ALL "BEGINNERS" WHO HAVE NEVER READ POLDARK PLEASE CHECK IN HERE FIRST !! (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	768	Aug 31 5:46 PM, 2010 by Ross Poldark
TO ALL THOSE "BEGINNERS" WHO HAVE NEVER READ POLDARK OR SEEN THE VIDEOS OR DVDS. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING ANY OF THE OTHER POLDARK FORUMS !! THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ALL REMAINING FORUMS INCLUDING WINSTON GRAHAM'S OTHER BOOKS AND FILMS AS WELL. ___________________________...
STICKY: Visitors whose mother tongue is not English (closed) (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	618	Aug 4 9:08 AM, 2010 by Ross Poldark
As there are a lot of visitors to the forum whose mother tongue is not English it's more than likely many won't understand txt. speak. If members could quickly check and correct any such words before posting it would be much appreciated. Thanks Ross
STICKY: Beginners ! ONLY Poldark books 1 to 7 shown in the '70s BBC TV series. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	1063	Jul 8 11:39 AM, 2009 by Ross Poldark
Beginners please note ! Please remember that only Poldark book numbers 1 ("Ross Poldark") up to 7 ("The Angry Tide") were used in the two quite separate (1975 and 1977) BBC TV series. NOT books 8 to 12 as at the time they had not been written. However ITV did make a further film much...
STICKY: Namparagirl Appointment to Moderator (Preview)	Ross Poldark	7	1047	Jun 16 10:49 PM, 2009 by Namparagirl
Namparagirl Appointment to Moderator "The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Namparagirl has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome to the Society Namparagirl ! Ross
STICKY: Carol McWorster Appointment to Moderator (Preview)	Ross Poldark	7	1087	Apr 26 12:46 AM, 2009 by Maire
Carol McWorster Appointment to Moderator "The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society" are very pleased and happy to announce that Carol McWorster has kindly agreed to become a Moderator on the Board. A very warm welcome to the Society Carol ! Ross
STICKY: Contacting a Moderator. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	876	Apr 15 2:53 PM, 2009 by Ross Poldark
If any member has a query about anything, for example is uncertain whether to post a link(s) or not onto the Message Board, please ask a Moderator first via a Private Message. Thanks Ross
STICKY: Update: Posting YouTube etc. and embedded videos. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	1854	Mar 28 4:17 PM, 2009 by Ross Poldark
Update : Posting YouTube etc. and embedded videos. First choose whether you want to be in "Advanced Editor" or not by clicking on the small window at the bottom right of the message box. You'll then see either the red Youtube icon or the green embed icon both located near the end on the top b...
STICKY: Future membership of the Society. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	16	4348	Feb 18 10:49 PM, 2010 by Tholly
Unfortunately nothing has yet been decided about future membership of the Society primarily because there are still so many people who have never heard of WG and Poldark. It was therefore decided, quite some time ago now, that the best option was to wait until all the Centenary celebrations were ove...
STICKY: New Forum Address (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	1200	May 28 2:51 PM, 2007 by Ross Poldark
Please note for bookmarking purposes the Society's new Forum address : http://poldark.activeboard.com
STICKY: New Forum Posting Categories (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	7495	Apr 1 2:45 PM, 2007 by Ross Poldark
Posting categories on the Winston Graham and Poldark Literary Society Forum are : 1. Newbie - 25 posts 2. Fan - 50 posts 3. Initiate - 100 posts 4. Student - 250 posts 5. Undergraduate - 500 posts 6. Graduate - 1000 posts 7. Postgraduate - 2500 posts 8. Professor - 5000 posts 9. Litera...
STICKY: Uploading Pictures & Slide Show Demonstration (Preview)	Ross Poldark	1	1550	Oct 22 10:51 AM, 2011 by Ross Poldark
In case some members are not yet aware, at the bottom of each message box there is a clickable box marked "Attach File(s)". Next click on "Browse" in "File(s) Upload". Finally at the bottom click on "Upload File(s)" for all jpg, gif images required from your hard drive. Double check as usual by first cl...
STICKY: Forum Registration Details (Preview)	Ross Poldark	1	2956	Apr 27 3:25 PM, 2006 by G Warleggan ESQ
Welcome to the Winston Graham and Poldark Literary Society Forum. New members please note. After completion of the initial registration process to join the Forum in the top right hand box, please remember that it will still NOT be possible to post any messages onto the Forum UNTIL you’ve first c...
Happy New Year! (Preview)	Namparagirl	3	87	Jan 2 9:36 PM, 2013 by Demelza

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ! (Preview)	Ross Poldark	6	162	Dec 30 11:03 AM, 2012 by Mrs Gimlett
"A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Everyone !" * Scroll down to some interesting Cornish Christmas links *http://christmas.oldcornwall.org/index.html
Bron's New Username (Preview)	Demelza	7	295	Oct 18 7:50 AM, 2012 by almw3
Hi All, Just to let you know that I (Bronny) now have a Poldark username and it's.....drum roll......Demelza! Judas!
Category status (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	1	168	Feb 29 1:00 PM, 2012 by Ross Poldark
Hello All Can someone please explain to me how the category status thing works? I notice that from timt to time mine changes - I began as a Newbie, understandable, but have since been all manner of labels. Does it depend on the number of posts one makes? I am not that concerned what it says, am just int...
A very merry Christmas and a Happy Poldark New Year (Preview)	Ross Poldark	6	313	Dec 25 1:05 AM, 2011 by Namparagirl
A very merry Christmas and a Happy Poldark New Year to all our members and visitors ! Truro Cathedral http://www.trurocathedral.org.uk/#!prettyPhoto/1/ Tom Bawcock's Eve and Starry-Gazey pie in Mousehole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmm5VUiPQc&feature=related
Show Preview button technical fault (Preview)	Ross Poldark	1	383	Sep 12 11:12 PM, 2011 by Ross Poldark
The "Show Preview" button below the message box has just recently developed a fault and is not displaying properly. The host providers Activeboard (8 hours behind us) have been notified so hopefully it will be working again in a day or two.
First Poldark Crossword Puzzle Competition (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	698	Jan 20 11:29 AM, 2011 by Ross Poldark
Members' Notice. The Society's first Poldark crossword puzzle competition opens with clues posted approx. 1 pm forum time (set to GMT) February 1st, answers on March 1st. Puzzle layout only now ready for downloading and printing in "General Discussions" forum. First 3 all correct answers comple...
Fan Fiction (Preview)	Ross Poldark	1	1324	Dec 31 4:01 AM, 2010 by Wally Greer
As per the Rules please note that the Society does not accept fanfiction in any form whatsoever. Thanks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction
Research Forum re-opened (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	742	May 19 7:10 PM, 2010 by Ross Poldark
The Research forum has now re-opened. To enter please click on the end of the top blue bar.
The Poldark Appreciation Society (Preview)	Jackyuk	4	4381	Sep 26 9:30 AM, 2010 by Tholly
I recently watched a rather interesting half hour documentary called "The Cult of Poldark" which I suppose that most members have seen. It was interesting to see how well (or not) the actors have aged. Robin Ellis and Angharad Rees have aged really well and look great but Richard Morrant a...
Colour photographs of Cornwall posted daily. (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	789	Jun 12 1:47 PM, 2009 by Ross Poldark
Click on the URL below to view excellent daily photographs of all aspects of life in Cornwall. Also scroll to the bottom for many thousands of pictures available in CDs going back to 2002. Rosshttp://www.cornwallcam.co.uk/
Opening of the Research Forum (Preview)	Greg	0	849	Nov 23 10:04 PM, 2008 by Greg
The following topics have been updated over on the Research Forum - 1. Academic Research - Ongoing Cornish studies and programmes 2. Communities Worldwide - Bringing global Cornish communities together 3. Language - The distinctive Cornish language and its Celtic roots 4. Literature & Poet...
The Winston Graham Centenary Celebration Lecture (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	954	Apr 24 8:07 PM, 2008 by Ross Poldark
The Winston Graham Centenary Celebration Lecture by Andrew Graham Saturday 28th June 2.30pm, Town Hall, Truro. Winston Graham (1908-2003), writer and the author of the Poldark historical novels, would have been 100 on 30th June 2008. To celebrate the centenary of his father's birth, Andrew Grah...
Winston Graham's Centenary Exhibition (Preview)	Ross Poldark	3	1183	May 14 8:35 AM, 2008 by Char Nanfan
Winston Graham's Centenary Exhibition The Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro will be holding an Exhibition this summer to mark the Centenary of the famous Poldark author Winston Graham. "Poldark's Cornwall - The Life and Works of Winston Graham" is being staged at the Museum from 14 June to...
New Recent Posts button (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	6152	Apr 23 9:20 AM, 2007 by Ross Poldark
A useful new Recent Posts button is now available on the top control bar.
Share your feedbacks (Preview)	Ross Poldark	2	1181	Mar 31 8:44 PM, 2007 by Caroline Penvenen Enys
Share any feedback, thoughts and suggestions you might have for the forum and website on here.
YouTube is now available !! (Preview)	Ross Poldark	12	4973	Apr 18 8:50 PM, 2012 by Ross Poldark
Well “YouTube” is now available on the Forum which of course is good news, but unfortunately the only Poldark material found so far is an old BBC spoof send-up at the end of this clip which is beyond awful ! Bearing in mind all-important Copyright, is there anyone who can improve on this ? ...
Host Server IP Registration Problems (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	1880	Jan 18 3:05 PM, 2007 by Ross Poldark
The automatic host server has been experiencing a few difficulties lately with new and existing members IP registrations, saying among one or two other queries or rejections that "No Such User" exists. Would new members please make sure during the registration process their e-mail address is the...
looking for cast (Preview)	Hazel	1	1557	Apr 30 9:47 AM, 2006 by Ross Poldark
Hello, I was wondering whether anyone can help me i am looking for my uncle raymond williams/jones possible james raymond, he had a part time role in poldarks he passed away in the 1960's - 1970's i am looking for his family or a picture? Can anyone help Hazel williams
Some Activities Of Other U.K. Literary Societies (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	1466	Sep 22 10:30 AM, 2004 by Ross Poldark
To get an idea of the activities etc. of one or two other Literary Societies click on the the url's below : The Thomas Hardy Society based in Dorchester. http://www.hardysociety.org/The Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom. http://www.janeaustensoci.freeuk.com/ The Daphne d...