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  • pasty_march1

    Cornish marched against another Tax on Cornish Culture

    Posted on 2 May 2012 | No Comments
    Quoting Edward Rowe, aka ‘Kernow King’, from his item in the Guardian newspaper of Monday 30th April, and alluding to the 1497 Cornish Uprising march, against the King’s Taxes among other grievances: “On 29 April 2012, an uprising against the so-called “pasty tax” resulted in...
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    [Celtic League] Pasty Tax Not Welcome in Kernow!

    Posted on 1 April 2012 | No Comments
    In 1497 Myghal Josef an Gof and Thomas Flamank marched to London with thousands of other Cornish people in armed revolt over what were perceived as unfair tax rises that the King of England had imposed on the Cornish to pay for his war with...
  • setting_ht

    High Tea in Camden

    Posted on 20 November 2011 | No Comments
    What’s that? No, we haven’t gone all Home Counties English. This Camden is the one down in the Cowpastures countryside, where wandering cattle from the First Fleet in New South Wales were found happy and well fed many years later as the colony tentatively moved...
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    Cornish in sunny Queensland keep active

    Posted on 3 September 2011 | No Comments
    IN what passes for winter in sunny Queensland the Cornish have kept busy with a Pasty Picnic in New Farm Park, Brisbane, which was reported in their Newsletter, ‘Pythow Kernewek … Things Cornish’ as very enjoyable, with seventeen members on the day (hmm .. seems...
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    Greater Milwaukee has them with or without Rutabaga

    Posted on 9 August 2011 | No Comments
    It seems that the pasty, and indeed Cornish food, is a common theme across Cornish societies and associations worldwide. The Cornish Society of Greater Milwaukee has an annual Pasty Luncheon. This quote is from their Newsletter, ‘The Cornish Immigrant’:  “The aroma of fresh, warm pasties...
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    Pasty treat for the Cornish in NSW Australia

    Posted on 21 July 2011 | No Comments
    The Cornish Association of New South Wales  in Australia are having a special Cornish Fayre Day on Saturday 23 July, 2011. A Pasty making demonstration and workshop (up to 12 people can get hands on) will be held. Plus there will be a Pasty lunch...