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| What does being Cornish mean to you? |
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| To any person who is Cornish, it is something that is celebrated all over the world. But when the question: “What does it mean to be Cornish ?” is posed, what does the reply entail ? |
| Crossing the Tamar – 1497 Cornish uprising. |
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| Unrest grew first in the far West where Michael Joseph an Gof [The Smith] rallied support on the grounds of Cornwall’s inability to pay. At St Keverne he gathered a body of determined men and set out for Bodmin. On arrival, lawer Thomas Flamank explained the unlawful nature of the tax. No doubt, grounds for complaint would also have included the double Cornish tribute based on Cornish racial difference. With their cause made just, the lesser gentry [landowners with a common element of Cornishness] joined the protesters. |
| Graham Hart – The Legends of ‘91 |
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| Nelson Mandela once said: “ Sport has the ability to change the World”. On a spring afternoon in April 1991, Cornwall at last reached the ‘County’ Rugby Championship final. Along with tens of thousands of others, albeit subconsciously at first ‘Our World’ was about to change forever as the great Cornish renaissance took it‘s first major step of the modern era. |
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| Lower Treave |
Lower Treave - a family camping and touring caravan site at the heart of the Lands End Peninsula amidst some of the most spectacular scenery in the Duchy. |
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| In the mid 50's, based on his research into ancient Polynesian boat design, James Wharram built the
first off-shore Catamaran in Britain and sailed it out from Falmouth into the Atlantic. While the world's yachting
community were busy dismissing such a design as a worthy sea-going vessel, James was landing
his 23'6" 'Double Hulled Canoe' in the West Indies. |
| James Wharram |
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Cornish midsummer bonfire celebrations. |
| The Cornish midsummer eve bonfire celebrations. The first fire is lit at Chapel Carn Brea near Lands End followed by the fire on the next hill near Madron. Each fire would be lit only after the previous fire had been sighted, until there were bonfires all the way up to the border with England. |
| Ancient traditional Cornish celebrations continues >>> |
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| Hemm yw Kernow |
Rag an gerensa a Gernow. Gwiasva borth omres dhe lesa derivadow yn kever an wonisogeth, ertach, istori ha politegieth a'n genedhel Gernewek. Yma kevrennow dhe wiasvaow Derivadow Teythyek rag an re a vynn dyski yn kever an dus, an bywedh, ha'n achesonyow dhe witha an vro Geltek dibarow ma. |
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