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The stories of the Cornish rugby players good enough for international trials but who the England selectors ultimately overlooked…
Cornish Rugby’s England Trialists, 1919 to 1939
On this date…
...Christmas week, 1921: Former Camborne RFC player Harry Rodda donated £11 (£450 today) to the Cornish Miners’ Distress Fund…
Rugby and Mining in Camborne
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Roll of Honour ~ Camborne School of Mines RFC
The Polruan School Strike of 1922
John Hicks Sobey and The Duke of Cornwall’s Cup, 1868
Joseph Menear and Cornish Wrestling in London
Fore Street, Redruth, 1870s. From Kresen Kernow, ref. corn0584
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Terry Bracher, Judging Panel, Alan Ball Local History Awards, 2024
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 