The old Coinage Hall, Truro

Chasing down the family!

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October 5th 2012
Our first stop for the day was Prima Bakery for more pasties! This time John tried a beef and stilton - excellent! One of the reasons we had decided to visit Cornwall was because the trip was in honour of John's pending 50th birthday and it seemed appropriate to visit the land of his forebears (well at least some of them). We are really only half-hearted genealogists but we felt a visit to ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more