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Title: Cornwall's history - Trelawney, Trevithick, the miners and many others Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 14, 2026, 02:45:19 From YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATKNWwX4Ig&list=RDMM&index=24 - 3:37 minutes of musical celebration.
Chris from Cornwall (well, nearly: I was born in Devonport). ;) Title: Re: Cornwall's history - Trelawney, Trevithick, the miners and many others Post by: GBM on May 14, 2026, 07:59:10 Chris from Cornwall (well, nearly: I was born in Devonport). ;) Unless Ancestry has shown a 51% or more Cornish genes (as it did in my case, much to my suprise). Title: Re: Cornwall's history - Trelawney, Trevithick, the miners and many others Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 07, 2026, 21:36:06 Fair comment, GBM. :P
However, in the spirit of Boardmasters, celebrating music in Cornwall, I'm going to 'bump' this topic. From YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATKNWwX4Ig&list=RDMM&index=24 - 3:37 minutes of musical celebration. CfN. ;) Title: Re: Cornwall's history - Trelawney, Trevithick, the miners and many others Post by: GBM on August 08, 2026, 07:47:40 Fair comment, GBM. :P It's a wonderful tune; think my preferred version is by the Fisherman's Friends.However, in the spirit of Boardmasters, celebrating music in Cornwall, I'm going to 'bump' this topic. From YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATKNWwX4Ig&list=RDMM&index=24 - 3:37 minutes of musical celebration. CfN. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkmGgeFGWHI That said, this song is embedded into our culture, with so many favourite/preferred versions readily available. Title: Re: Cornwall's history - Trelawney, Trevithick, the miners and many others Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 23, 2026, 03:37:28 Thanks, GBM. :)
Meanwhile, I continue to publicise Richard Trevithick, rather than George Stephenson, as the earlier inventor of the steam engine railway locomotive. From YouTube (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D7fjualoW_lo&ved=2ahUKEwjf8JP22LWWAxUuTkEAHeDtALEQwqsBegQIFBAB&usg=AOvVaw31dOAunDi8Nnoenxu4xtLz). CfN. ;) Title: Re: Cornwall's history - Trelawney, Trevithick, the miners and many others Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 04, 2026, 01:19:53 Actually, having been encouraged by two of my fellow admins here on the Coffee Shop forum, I'm now inclined to
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