https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:28:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall#post-1234083 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:03:07 +0000 BethL 1234083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So very interesting, MsMaven. Though my ancestry runs to Wales and Scotland, Cornwall looms large in my imagination, and I would dearly love to visit. I loved seeing your photos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall#post-1233618 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 23:36:19 +0000 Kiwichik 1233618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would love to go see Cornwall too - I haven't managed to see very much of the UK but would love to see the Cornish coast and imagine pirates and smugglers or ancient Britons - definitely a land of myths and magic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall#post-1233032 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:38:48 +0000 MsMaven 1233032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes--I watched the first season of Poldark and started on the second, but it got to be so dark--I put off the rest. &nbsp;I have a friend in Cornwall who told me some interesting things about a group she belonged to--a Graham and Poldark fan club. &nbsp;She and I have never met, but we've had some great email conversations. &nbsp;</p> <p>I would love to go back--one of these days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall#post-1233022 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:42:36 +0000 Kiwichik 1233022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing I have Cornish ancestors somewhere in the distant past and agree with Clara about the fantastic stories about Cornwall - Tristan and Iseult, King Arthur .<br /> I also think of a BBC drama based on the novels by Winston Graham - Poldark </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall#post-1232534 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:04:00 +0000 claracluck 1232534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love cornwall it deserves special status.i had many a happy family holiday there as a child.full of history and legends( king Arthur smuggling etc) a fantastic place to visit when in the uk. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall#post-1232449 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:42:26 +0000 rachylou 1232449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I may be imagining things, but I think you *look* Cornish. Lol, lawdy I'm too much sometimes. My English ex-boss had an aunt in Cornwall. She put us up for a bit. Cornwall has good history and legends. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall#post-1232391 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:07:58 +0000 LACeleste 1232391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fascinating post and great photos! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/re-echo-on-ethnicity--my-cornwall#post-1232353 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:37:10 +0000 MsMaven 1232353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This morning I received an email from a friend in Cornwall telling me that the EU has granted the Cornish people protected minority status, which puts them with Wales, Ireland and Scotland. &nbsp;</p> <p>In 2008 DH and I spent a week in Redruth, Cornwall, my ancestral home on the side of my Mom's paternal grandfather. &nbsp;My Cornish ancestors were miners, steam engineers and inventors. &nbsp;Next summer I'm going to give a presentation on them at the Cornish Cousins Gathering in Milwaukee. &nbsp;</p> <p>Here I am as a Cornish lass working with the tinners, then&nbsp;standing on the main street of Redruth next to the statue of a tin miner. &nbsp;I also have a shot of the Cornish flag of St. Piran, the patron saint of Tinners. &nbsp;</p> <p>In 2012 I attended a conference in Dartmouth, Devon, to mark the 300th anniversary of the invention of the steam engine by Thomas Newcomen. &nbsp;Here I am with the Lord Mayor of Dartmouth, with my 5th cousin, who was one of the speakers, in the left background. &nbsp; </p>