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Carn Brea Mining Society - Aims to encourage interests in mining and is particularly committed to the preservation of mining sites and their associated buildings. Includes details of projects and forthcoming events.
Cornwall - John and Sandy Colby explore the pre-history, history and culture of Cornwall. Includes geology, landscape, archaeology, Celts, Romans, mining and food. Sites to visit and bibliography.
Leveryas - Tales of the maritime history of Cornwall. Features a book list and local links.
Cornwall and Scilly Urban Survey - Producing an illustrated report and computer database for each of 18 towns to show how the town has developed over time and record its historic buildings and archaeological sites.
The Cornish History Files - Project presents a timeline and the history of some Cornish places and people. Invites additions.
St Teath History and Legend - Covers church history, a transcription of a 17th century account of Anne Jefferies and the fairies, a 20th century murder and the workhouse.
Soskernaw - Cornish history with pages on tin mining, the Stannary, casrles, churches and people.
Postcards of old Cornwall - A collection of photographs, many posted over 100 years ago from all over the county.
Cornish Smugglers - Detailed history of smuggling in Cornwall.
History and Homes of the Sunbeam One Design - History and images of the Sunbeam class of racing boats.
Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Bid - Information on the bid supported by extensive resources covering history, technology, communities, sites, geology and wildlife.
The Modern Antiquarian, Bodmin Moor, the Scillies & Elsewhere - Megalithic community website provides information on ancient sites in Cornwall with map references, directions and comments.
The Cornish History Network - Historical research unit outlines their work promoting the study of Cornish history.. Includes an online journal with several articles to download.
Royal Institution of Cornwall - Cornish history research centre established in 1818. Resource list and information on the journal, newsletter and library access.
Cornwall Constabulary (1857 - 1967) - Illustrated history of the police force covering the old local forces, individual officers, uniforms and insignia.
The Trevithick Society - Encourages interest in industrial archaeology and history in Cornwall. Details lectures, newsletter, journal and meetings.
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." (Thomas Paine) I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money. -- Arthur Godfrey I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. - Sir Winston Churchill ARDOR, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. -- Jane Austen History Health food makes me sick. -- Calvin Trillin I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. -- Francois-Auguste Rodin, when asked how he managed to make his remarkable statues If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a 'fix' of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine. History Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. -- Anaïs Nin It was very good of God to let Carlyle and Mrs Carlyle marry one another and so make only two people miserable instead of four, besides being very amusing. It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. - Albert Einstein If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. -- George Bernard Shaw If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. - George Bernard Shaw History The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage. "Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same." (George Bernard Shaw) If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. -- Mother Teresa History The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing. -- Publilius Syrus "If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world." (Blaise Pascal) The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. -- James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man. "Today was good. / Today was fun. / Tomorrow is another one." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991) History The most savage controversies are about those matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. -- Bertrand Russell "From the start, marriage was instituted for contemptible, practical reasons--an idea of men." (Catherine Deneuve) My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me! -- Henry Ford History In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time. -- Edward P. Tryon "Have you ever fed your pocket and starved your soul?" (Ivana Santilli, Too Deep) Truth can be a dangerous thing. It is quite patient and relentless. -- R. Scott Richards Love is the same as like except you feel sexier. -- Judith Viorst She felt in italics and thought in capitals. -- Henry James History "I was born and raised with crocodiles; they are a piece of cake. But kids are so ... unpredictable." (Steve Irwin, "Crocodile Hunter") Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.... -- Carl Zwanzig I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking. -- Katherine Cebrian History Silence is argument carried out by other means. -- Ernesto "Che" Guevara Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. -- William Yeats Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. -- Londo Molari Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When progress is looking for a partner it doesn't turn to those who believe they are only average. It turns instead to those who are forever sea Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. -- Marcus Aurelius History Why yes -- a bulletproof vest. -- James Rodges, murderer, on his final request before the firing squad Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. -- Oscar Wilde Hell is a half-filled auditorium. - Robert Frost History Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does too. -- Anonymous Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. -- G. K. Chesterton "Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?" (George Bernard Shaw) "Give me liberty or give me death." (Patrick Henry) It ain't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so. -- Will Rogers History When Baby's cries grew hard to bear I popped him in the Frigidaire. I never would have done so if I'd known that he'd be frozen stiff. My wife said, "George, I'm so unhappy! Our darling's now comple Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them. -- Richard Strauss, on conducting The Republicans have a new healthcare proposal: Just say NO to illness! -- Mark Russell History "The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn." (Agatha Christie) Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. - Karl Wallenda "The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only th Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do. --Don Galer "In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away unable to distinguish between a symbol and the thing the symbol stands for." (Paul Lutus) History Celestial navigation is based on the premise that the Earth is the center of the universe. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool. -- Kelvin Throop I Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. -- Tom Robbins I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about 'short' and 'cheap'? -- Phyllis Diller History I've been trying desperately to save my marriage for the last 35 years. The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. -- George Bernard Shaw We seek the comfort of another. Someone to share and share the life we choose. Someone to help us through the neverending attempt to understand ourselves. And in the end, someone to comfort us along Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed. -- Hoshang N. Akhtar Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. -- P. J. O'Rourke History "I should reproach him for not giving us enough evidence." (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 1872-1970, what he would say to God if they 'met') "Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him. -- Shelley Winters History Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. - Auric Goldfinger, in Goldfinger by Ian L. Fleming "I have an unfortunate personality." (George Orson Welles) I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy. -- Oscar Wilde "If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library." (Frank Zappa) "Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to t History We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves. -- Tom Robbins We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour. -- G. K. Chesterton Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. -- Abraham Lincoln History Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love. -- Albert Einstein No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first. -- Cesare Pavese For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. -- Rainer Maria Ril "Children spell love...T-I-M-E." (Dr. Anthony P. Witham) "If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Will to Power, 1888) History The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you. -- Woody Allen "Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet." (Mae West) If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. -- Hyman Rickover History "Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts." (Henry B. Adams) "'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!'" (Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass) Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working. - Albert Giacometti (sculptor) "Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected..." (Chuck Jones) A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference between ignorance and apathy. The professor had to give an A+ to a student who answered: I don't know and History "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live." (Alexander Dumas) Never eat more than you can lift. -- Miss Piggy, character on "The Muppet Show," U.S. television show And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable. -- Garry Trudeau History
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