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People of Cornwall, #3:
what was the story behind pioneering underground photographer J C Burrow’s amazing images of Cornish miners?…
The Man Who Photographed the Miners
On this date…
...9 January, 1922: The striking pupils of Polruan marched on the school in protest and vandalised the building…
The Polruan School Strike of 1922
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Cornish Rugby’s England Trialists, 1919 to 1939
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
Fore Street, Redruth, 1870s. From Kresen Kernow, ref. corn0584
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…wonderful, accessible, high-quality content…extremely well written and researched, uncovering and retelling some of the amazing and curious stories relating to Cornwall’s heritage…
Terry Bracher, Judging Panel, Alan Ball Local History Awards, 2024
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 