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carnkie
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17 years ago

After the recent hiatus over Welsh slate quarries I came across this on an educational site discussing the bronze age in europe; in not much detail I might add.

"Cornwall, on the southwest coast of England, had deposits of copper and tin. The Bell-beaker Folk may have participated in the building of Stonehenge, in the southwest tip of Cornwall. They, in turn, were replaced by newly arrived Unetician merchants and warriors. In Wessex, in southwest England, the Uneticians used British tin and copper, and Irish gold to create a glittering civilization at the end of the Age of Bronze".

I'm off for a lie down.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

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ICLOK
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17 years ago

The author is probably a prof and up for an award.... omigord :surrender:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

I like the bit that says "Cornwall, on the southwest coast of England" makes it sound like a small town or something! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mr.C
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17 years ago

Are these in addition to the mugs & tee-shirts?
:confused:

We inhabit an island made of coal, surrounded by a sea full of fish. How can we go wrong.......

carnkie
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17 years ago

I suspect it's the Yanks re-writing history. 😠

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

LAP
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17 years ago

I sometimes get the impression that people try to cover up Cornwall's identity as once being it's own country, when the majorety of English people hear the word 'Cornwall' they automatically think of sunny beaches, pasties and maybe the odd tin mine, taking it very much for granted that Cornwall wouldn't be England if it wasn't for The persons of Wessex many hundreds of years ago, who decided for some reason that they had the right to take over Cornwall, even after King Athelstan had drawn a boundry between the Saxon and Cornish kingdons on the river Tamar.. I think..

However Cornwall wouldn't be what it is today, especially the extent if its mining wasn't for the English I suppose, though I may be proved wrong..

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

carnkie
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17 years ago

"LAP" wrote:

However Cornwall wouldn't be what it is today, especially the extent if its mining wasn't for the English I suppose, though I may be proved wrong..

Would you care to elaborate on that. I knew I should have had an early night. 🙂

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

I had problems getting my head round that too!

ICLOK
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17 years ago

:zzz:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!