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  • Looe from above Marine Drive, 1910

    The South East Corner of Cornwall

    Posted on 13 March 2012 | No Comments
    - by Tom Bowden This article is about a journey from Cremyll Point in Plymouth Sound to Looe many years ago. I have drawn a rough map of the area to guide everyone and selected fifteen old picture postcard views to illustrate places on our...
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    St Piran Celebrations at Grass Valley

    Posted on 13 March 2012 | No Comments
    Grass Valley, and their sister Nevada City, in California again celebrated St Piran and their local Cornish settlement heritage. Let the photos do the talking … The Pasty Bake contest was again very popular. The Pasty Olympics, again a great hit: Grass Valley Mayor Jan...
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    New CD: Omdowl Morek – Sea Wrestling

    Posted on 13 March 2012 | 1 Comment
    Phil Knight chose the name ‘Omdowl Morek’ for his album of songs, because he came across something rare unexpectedly in September, 2006, as he strolled on dunes near Marazion. He learnt later that the thing was something no-one had ever noticed before in Cornwall according...
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    [CoSERG] The Core Strategy: Time for a breathing space

    Posted on 2 March 2012 | No Comments
    Over the last 50 years Cornwall’s population grew by 208,000 (the equivalent of 19 Truros). The number of houses doubled from 132,000 to 255,000. Back in 1989 CoSERG called for a breathing space so that Cornwall and its communities could cope with this unprecedented growth,...
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    [Save Penwith Moors] Cornwall to Geneva

    Posted on 2 March 2012 | No Comments
    FROM CORNWALL TO GENEVA LOCAL ACTION GROUP ALLEGE NATURAL ENGLAND FAILED TO ABIDE BY EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Documents sent to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee in Geneva Having failed to get any satisfactory resolution of our complains by the UK Parliamentary Ombudsman, Save Penwith Moors...
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    Concreting Cornwall? Last chance to say no!

    Posted on 14 February 2012 | 1 Comment
    Important news that may have passed you by! On January 9 this year, while most of Cornwall was either still recovering from an almighty New Year’s Eve hangover, or yet to focus on what made them decide on just those resolutions for 2012, Cornwall Council...
  • The Hamoaze from Empacombe near Mount Edgcumbe, 1904

    The Hamoaze

    Posted on 14 February 2012 | No Comments
    - by Tom Bowden I was born in Torpoint on the River Tamar and across the river from Plymouth. My Sketch of the River Tamar shows that the part of the river opposite Devonport Dockyard is known as The Hamoaze. The River Tamar, of course,...
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    Secrets on Cornwall’s Devolution Petition may be blocked

    Posted on 9 February 2012 | No Comments
    With Mebyon Kernow, Plaid Cymru, and others calling the current UK government to account for the inaction of its predecessors over a call by 50,000 of the Cornish public in 2002 for a devolution referendum – it appears Mr Cameron’s Government may now be complicit...
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    [Mebyon Kernow] Paul Ellis for Bodmin Town Council By-Election

    Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1 Comment
    Mebyon Kernow – The Party of Cornwall (MK) is standing a fine candidate in the by-election for a seat on Bodmin Town Council (in St Mary’s Ward). The election will take place on 1st March, 2012. The candidate is Paul Ellis, who lives in the...
  • [Save Penwith Moors] Libel allegation against Cornwall Council

    [Save Penwith Moors] Libel allegation against Cornwall Council

    Posted on 17 January 2012 | No Comments
    A book published by Cornwall Council in April 2011 with financial support from English Heritage: Managing the historic environment on west Cornwall’s rough ground by Graeme Kirkham, with Peter Herring, Vanessa Straker and David Earle Robinson ISBN: 978-1-903798-74-4 - states on page 92 under ‘Public...
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