LOCAL residents were able to find out more about the history of Launceston and its buildings during Heritage Open Days on September 7 and 8.

Launceston Town Hall was open on Friday, September 7 and offered Town Crier Tales with Rob Tremain, guided tours with town archivist and Honoured Burgess Arthur Wills plus St Stephen by Launceston WI kindly created a pop up café serving a range of delicious cakes to raise funds for Val’s Malignant Melanoma Research fund.

Members of the public had an opportunity to climb the clock tower and find out more about some of the extraordinary women of Launceston.

The town council expressed thanks to Cllr Tremain, Arthur Wills, St Stephens by Launceston WI and Louise Finn for their hard work all day.

Saturday, September 8 saw a large number of other heritage buildings open to the public as part of the scheme. St Stephens, Central Methodist, St Mary’s, and St Thomas Churches were all open along with the Priory Ruins.

The Causley Trust embraced the Heritage Open Days for the first time this year, opening up Charles Causley’s former home Cyprus Well to members of the public as well as showing people around Southgate Arch, which is where the trust’s offices are now based.

The town council arranged with St Joseph’s school for a minibus from the market in the town square to properties people wanted to visit. The town council also expressed thanks go to St Joseph’s and the driver of the bus for their time and support.

There was also a fascinating guided walking tour around Launceston with Les Kennedy arranged by Launceston Tourist Information Centre.