Helston Sasso Twinning Association

Helston Sasso Twinning Association On the 12th December 1901, Marconi heard the signals from Poldhu at a temporary station in St. Johns, Newfoundland.

Helston is twinned with the Italian town of Sasso Marconi because of the link with Marconi, the wireless pioneer, whose family home was outside the town of Sasso, near Bologna. After experimenting as a youngster with the newly discovered radio waves Marconi developed a method of communication, the first high power radio transmitter and built a station on the cliffs at Poldhu to demonstrate that ra

dio waves were capable of bridging the Atlantic. The Helston and District Twinning Association are keeping alive these links today.

Back in August we had a lovely visit from Teresa, who brought along a group of students. We fitted so much into their ti...
25/01/2026

Back in August we had a lovely visit from Teresa, who brought along a group of students. We fitted so much into their time with us – exploring the Eden Project, enjoying a walk through Penrose, visiting a local school, helping out in the garden, volunteering at the Museum of Cornish Life and many more things making memories together.

It was such an enjoyable visit, with lots of great conversations, laughter, and catching up. We really loved spending time together and sharing Helston & Cornwall with them all.

We had a wonderful evening at Wheal Dream for our after-Christmas social event. The food was absolutely delicious, the a...
25/01/2026

We had a wonderful evening at Wheal Dream for our after-Christmas social event. The food was absolutely delicious, the atmosphere was great, and it was lovely to catch up with everyone.
We even squeezed in a short meeting to chat through some dates for the year ahead — and in all the enjoyment we completely forgot to take any photos!

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