1850s•St Columb Major
The Hurling of St Columb: The Wildest Game in Britain
Every Shrove Tuesday and the following Saturday, the town of St Columb Major transforms into a battleground for one of the oldest and most violent sports in Bri...
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1990s•Falmouth
The Great Eclipse of 1999: When Cornwall Went Dark
On August 11th, 1999, Cornwall experienced the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Britain since 1927. For two minutes and four seconds, day became ...
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1850s•Redruth
The Cornish Pasty: A Miner's Portable Feast
The Cornish pasty is more than food — it's a piece of engineering designed for the most dangerous workplace in the world: the tin mine. The crimped crust tha...
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