The former home of Derek and Jeannie Tangye is situated near Lamorna Cove in West Cornwall.
At the end of a long winding lane, which is private, lies both Dorminack & Oliver land. Dorminack is private and access to Oliver land is via the South West Coastal Path.
It is possible,currently,to use both OS footpaths and a permissive path to Oliver land, details are given later.
Dorminack is listed with English Heritage
A Nature Reserve managed by Trustees; Derek and Jeannie Tangye bought the 18 acres to preserve it in perpetuity for the natural flora, fauna and wildlife that abide there. The public may use it as a ‘Place for Solitude’, for quiet contemplation, to feel at one with nature, to admire its beauty and timelessness.
Oliver land is listed with Natural England.
One of our major aims
in running this website, as well as many Facebook pages (see the list beneath the Home page tab) was to bring ‘The Minack Chronicles’ to a new generation of fans as
well as existing readers. We hoped that by publicising the books and bringing the story of Minack to life it may
result in that readership growing and a whole new
generation of fans of ‘The Minack Chronicles’.
Since the early part of this
year, in keeping with Derek’s wishes The Derek and Jeannie Tangye Minack Chronicles Nature Trust has been placed
in the care of Cornwall Wildlife Trust. We expect to see new
developments and changes in their keeping .
We are
grateful to the former trustees who took a great deal of time and love to care for Oliver land, without which Derek
and Jeannie’s plans and dreams would not have come
to fruition. They ensured both the essence of the nature reserve and its
continuance in perpetuity.
We also wish The Cornwall Wildlife Trust every success in the future for its continuation of this special Place for Solitude.
We are always looking for more
information, memorabilia, photos etc with the intention of having a
comprehensive and genuine collection to be preserved for future generations. If you have anything you would like to
add please do contact us for further details.
The
collection is growing and it is our long term aim to leave this legacy of works for future generations. Work on that is
progressing. There are many pages to visit
- each header has a drop down list of pages associated with it.
For both
Derek and Jeannie’s books click on each one to view some extracts from the books along with publishing details.
Please contact us at the email address below.
If you would like to send us details of anything you think may be of interest to other fans or any of the following:
• recollections of your meetings with Derek and Jeannie or other events
• copy of newspaper and magazine articles
• copies of photographs of Minack , Oliver Land, the animals,
Derek and Jeannie, other people mentioned in the books
• copies of memorabilia either purchased through the auction at
the David Lay auction in 1997 or subsequently.
Photographs should be no bigger than 3mb in jpeg, png or TIFF format. If sending via disk then please use same format as above or .bmp. Please do not reduce sizes/resolution other than to ensure your email will send it. It is important to have as maximum size possible for viewing on the website.
If you wish to send a disk then please contact us for details.
If you are having difficulty formatting pictures please contact us for help.
Written documents should either be sent as a picture (as detailed above) or as a .pdf document.
Please do not need to send your original item/artefact.