CORNISH VOLUNTEER LOOK-UP LIBRARY
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31 January 2014
BULLETIN BOARD
Grass Valley, California "St. Piran's Day Celebration"
2014 Dates TBA
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Festivities for the 9th annual Grass Valley St. Piran's Day celebration begin 6:30pm Friday night at Gold Rush Burgers across from the Grass Valley City Hall with a traditional pub night sing-a-long. Then after the final Friday night training session, the competition begins 10am Saturday morning at the corner of Main and Auburn Streets, know as the "most Cornish spot in America". Saturday's St. Piran's Day Celebration will commence with the Town Crier ringing his bell and making a formal proclamation followed by a flag raising ceremony of the Cornish flag. Once completed, the competition begins. Referred to as the "Pasty Olympics", participants compete in a series of games involving this staple of the Cornish diet. This spot in downtown Grass Valley had a Cornish flavor long before pasties flew as shot puts. The corner was home for about 80 years to the Wisconsin Hotel, a local Cornish establishment dating back to the Gold Rush days. Grass Valley is host to their "Sister City", Bodmin, Cornwall, England for this event that pays tribute to St. Piran, patron saint of Cornwall and of hardrock miners.
23rd ANNUAL GATHER OF CALIFORNIA CORNISH COUSINS
Paso Robles, California, USA
May 30-31, 2014
17th GATHERING OF CORNISH COUSINS
Mousehole meets Milwaukee: A Cornish Gathering on the Waters
August 13 - 17, 2014
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Initial Questions? Contact Chair Kathryn Herman
For a Cornish-L Lapel Pin (pictured above) $15.00 US Please Contact Jan Davis
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| Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, Vol I & II 1874, Vol III 1882 G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, London, Longman's Green |
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| Kelly's Directory of Devonshire & Cornwall 1883 ed | Open |
| Pigot's National Commercial Directory of Cornwall 1830 facsimile ed 1993 | Open |
| Essays in Cornish Mining History by D. B. Barton (1968 and 1970) (Indexed) | Maurine Nuttall |
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Commissioners in Lunacy - Record of Patients - a
book detailing patients from 1857-1906. The pages have printed rows and columns with headings and each patient has been entered by hand (a nice example of how people used to write) |
Nigel Trewin |
| Stone & Quarrymen of Cornwall and Devon A Genealogical Directory of stone workers, including builders and related industries, 1750 - 1900. Over 17,000 names listed and many, many strays Contributed by Joan in Colorado | On Line Resource |
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