They were owned by wealthy Cornishman, Joseph Treffry. The local newspaper is "The Cornishman", published weekly. It was published in Falmouth by a Cornishman, Thomas Flindell. Bray is a Cornishman born in 1957. His father was a Cornishman, a carpenter by trade. Pubs include the Blue Peter, Needles, Lodge, Silver Ghost, Cornishman, Brackens, Blue Jay and Coronation. Since 1878, Penwith has had a weekly newspaper, The Cornishman, based in Penzance. The Cornishman Richard Rufus was a scholarly opponent. He invited the Cornishman, Tressilian, and other guests to drink with them. According to The Cornishman newspaper this tradition was no longer carried out in 1879. Another proponent of "strong steam" at that time was the Cornishman, Richard Trevithick. The Cornishman was a British express passenger train to Penzance in Cornwall.