"Michael Lightfoot" <michael@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:5q94u5FuoekeU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Chess One wrote:
>
>> Apart from Mi5 victims, and such, are there any real Cornish here?
>>
> Good God man! Are you expecting relevance in a newsgroup?
>
> Seriously, it's a dreadful pity that there isn't more Cornish cultural
> discussion here. And it's a dreadful pity that the "Celtic" loonies
feel
> it necessary to impose themselves on us.
>
>> Phil Innes
>> born at Redruth Hospital
>> [the annex across the road, now gone]
>> 1953
>
> Same year, but here in Australia (Wollongong, NSW).
Really my ansome! Guesson withee! ha ha ha!
> I do remember my 100%
> Cornish grandmother (born at Moonta, SA - Australia's little Cornwall)
My mother born in Jo-burg South Africa, [Boxburg] when my grandfather was
a
mine boss there.
> doing everything dreckly and talking about her grandmother (born in
> Camborne in 1815) who spoke barely recognisable English "Spaek one
> together
> won' 'e!"
Es you! You do my heart good, brother. My mother's first job was 'in
service' on some estate, then came the war and her sisters worked in a
local
bomb factory.
My father after 6 years in WWII eventually worked in Camborne, at Holmans,
after a similar job in Poole. He often hinted I could have been a a
'Stroin.
But never elaborated on his efforts on Bondai beach :))
It was probably 'talk', you know, but he liked it down there. Poor sod
retired early after a life in the factory, died 2 years later from
post-operative condition. Never really related all that stuff.
His funeral was on a bleak day. ****ing hell!
Anyway. Good of you to respond, and you can always check out
www.cornwall.cam which is the best site on the whole internet, to get half
a
dozen veiws every day. I now live in the States, and people seeing the
site
ask, 'why do you live here?' Its a fair question.
Cordially, Phil Innes
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> Michael Lightfoot
> Canberra, Australia
> michael@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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