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    Back to Eaglehawk

    Posted on 1 May 2012 | No Comments
    The Cornish in Victoria, Australia, got together last month for 3 days of Cornish heritage, friendship and fun! [16, 17, 18th March 2012] As part of the 41st Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival, it was back to Eaglehawk, a town within what is now the...
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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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    Yippee Ti-Yi-Yo, English Nature’s got to go

    Posted on 23 December 2011 | No Comments
    The UK Quango, called Natural England, (aka English Nature) is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. “Our purpose is to protect and improve England’s natural environment and encourage people to enjoy and get involved...
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    It is Cornish Christmas in Grass Valley

    Posted on 2 December 2011 | No Comments
    Recapture the spirit of Christmas past amid the charming surroundings of beautiful down-town  Grass Valley, an historic mining town in Nevada County, California, USA that has a strong Cornish mining heritage. It is from time to time the venue of gatherings of the Cornish Cousins...
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    Craig Weatherhill: Arrogant Qangos Must Go!

    Posted on 30 October 2011 | No Comments
    A Penzance archaeologist and historian has joined with Cornish MP George Eustice in calling for ‘English’ Heritage to be replaced, in Cornwall, with a locally based body. Craig Weatherhill, author of several books, papers and articles, is exasperated by what he terms: “This arrogant quango’s...
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    Cornish Heritage Society East honoured Rick Rescorla

    Posted on 27 October 2011 | No Comments
    Among many Cornish groups around the world, and especially in the USA and Cornwall, the memory of Rick Rescorla and his heroism was remembered recently by the Cornish Heritage Society East. On 11 September 2011, sixteen Cornish Cousins gathered once more at Canal Park in...
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    MP in Quango shock! He ‘gets’ Cornish heritage ..

    Posted on 2 October 2011 | No Comments
    “Heritage is not English; it’s ours”, says Conservative Westminster MP for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, George Eustice. “I have always believed this part of Cornwall could make more of its amazing industrial heritage, and earlier this summer I organised a mini- conference to discuss how...
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    Cry of Tin to Shake Rag Alley – ’twas Cornish Cousins!

    Posted on 9 September 2011 | 1 Comment
    - ONE of the wonderful things about being of Cornish birth or ancestry is that (almost everywhere) in this wide world the sun never sets on a Pasty!  … Or more seriously, on people being proud of the strong (or even scanty) threads of Cornish...
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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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