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Salvation Army take towels and bed linen and have several donation centres in Cornwall www.salvationarmy.org.uk/recycle

Looks like the dry sunny Spring weather will be on your side if this is the one you can walk to.

May be worth trying out one of the many post Brexit companies offering to receive online retail purchases and forward to UK customer - if it works well could use again similar situation.

Do they distribute online retailers doing UK delivery - now their site doesn't - or distribute to other UK retailers if one you used to go to no longer stocks?

Step into Cornwall’s letterpress past in ‘Cornwall in Print’. Learn how type was made, see metal and wood type, and uncover stories of local printers and the women who kept presses alive. Free to visit, with events to follow. #cornwallinprint #printinghistory

One for Durham house and family historians' advice - could be social reasons rather than superstitions.

Collection of 17th Century Cornish tokens up for auction More than 70 currency substitute tokens from the 17th Century are set to go up for auction.

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An 18th century moon mission ~ this photograph-like image of a gibbous Moon, with the dark patches of the Sea of Serenity and the Sea of Tranquillity, is actually a remarkable pastel created by English painter John Russell, way back in 1795

Hi Ian First PZ Society started mid century included Branwells. New chapel 1779 visited by Wesley in 1780. Maria Branwell christened in 1783. Her parents were not Methodist, though some family relations were, and that was Maria Branwell's adult life and work choice til she married Anglican vicar.

Hope you get the second interview if that's the one you want, and good news today about the other job interview too.

Normal teenagers then yawning and snoozing in the daytime and ready to game or party all night.

That's the thing about kittens' soft play after they develop strong teeth and claws. Is Merigold still climbing curtains?

Uncovering the Archive: Racial Politics in Humphry Davy’s Notebooks — K-SAA Humphry Davy (1778-1829) is remembered today as a leading man of science. Yet his statue in Penzance has become the subject of controversy in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. There are als...

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Worth noting that HD's later research was partly possible because of Jane's fortune which derived from her father's participation in slavery and the slave trade - link to info in reply here.

Name Four Non-Person Things That Make Your Life Livable
1. Walking
2. Writing
3. Archives and rare books
4. Natural world and discovery
All four need at least one person and make life happy not just 'livable'.

Gender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824) is published today with Boydell and Brewer! 35% off if you use the code BB135. Book link in comments ws.bsky.social @historyscience.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @bshsnews.bsky.social

One of the most astonishing aspects of this poem is that the speaker appears to imagine herself voyaging through space:

"Seiz’d in thought
On fancy’s wild and roving wing I sail,
From the green borders of the peopled earth,
...
I launch into the trackless deeps of space," (4/5)

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Gold star for becoming an adult cat.

It’s gorgeous up at my writing spot on the allotment today after the storm has passed over. A riot of colours, with huge queen bees zeppelining around. #cornwall

Zeppelin not a very peaceful image #Cornwall.

Can check Baker Tom ingredients every product online - organic/veggie/vegan and for allergens. Da Bara website just says 'best ingredients' and has one FAQ saying vegan is marked V. In my experience same people keep working, or other reasons for not. Vans brilliant for outdoor shopping during covid.

Baker Tom really good opening hours this weekend - open yesterday and today.

Jumper day here - also looks like you could wear a long sleeved T shirt under it.

🔎 Tracing your family history? You might come across a bastardy bond — a fascinating record created when a child was born outside marriage.
Here’s one example from the Borough of Launceston: John Goodenough, maltster, was named as the father of a child born to Sally Goodman in 1815.
#familyhistory

Margaret Ann Courtney (1834-1920). There were so many women writers in Cornwall - still read today - who in censuses listed themselves - or were listed - as 'no occupation' not the talented creatives they were.

The freshly weeded, dug, and raked soil appeals most. Could try distracting them with a cat patch with no planted veg seed.

Hope it is at least paid to you 2 x month.

#SundayPixBeforeandAfter Falmouth Market Strand 1778 and 1950s.

Go for it.