- Ivan Rabey
Arthur Ivan Rabey was best known as a Cornish historian and author from
St Columb Major inCornwall . He was also a journalist, broadcaster and local politician. In 1974 he was created a bard of TheCornish Gorseth and took the bardic name "Gwas Colum" meaning "servant of St Columb" [ [http://www.gorsethkernow.org.uk/english/archives/newbards/bard1970s.htm Gorseth Kernow - The Gorseth of Cornwall: Byrth Noweth/New Bards, 1970-1979 ] ] . He died on21 January 2008 , aged 76, following a long illness. [ [http://www.newquayvoice.co.uk/nvnews/news/newsItem.php?news_id=2903&offset=2 Passion for St Columb and its silver ball ] article from "TheNewquay Voice " by Katri Iivonen, describing Ivan Rabey,s life and the funeral,30 January 2008 . ] [ [http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/rabey/2719565 Lasting Tribute website: Announcement of the death of Arthur Ivan Rabey.] ]Works
* "The book of St Columb & St Mawgan", 1979, ISBN 0860230589
* "Hurling at St Columb and inCornwall ", 1972, Lodenek P, ISBN 0-902899-11-2
* "Bugles, Sirens and Bells" and 'Cornwall County Fire Brigade 1948 - 1998'
* "From St. Columb to the Sea" (1996) ISBN 0950023574
* "When Bombs Fell" : The Air-Raids on Cornwall During the Second World War (1988), ISBN 0950023558References
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