[modeleng] Re: St Agnes
- From: "Peter Sheppard" <peter.sheppard@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:50:17 +0100
It's normally a joke for travelling the other way into Cornwall where a
passport is required!
They have their own flag, language and Parliament (The Stannary Parliament).
Tourists are barely tolerated, called "Grockles" in Devon and "Emmets" in
Cornwall.
I used to live at Ivybridge (Devon) about 12 miles from the Cornish border.
I only learnt one Cornish word and that was "drekley", as in "I'll do it
drekley". The dictionary definition of "drekley" - "Like manyana, only
slower" :-)
There was a very good article in the Plymouth Post a few years ago about a
fault line developing along the River Tamar (that separates Devon and
Cornwall) and that Cornwall would start floating off into the Atlantic.
There were grand plans to move all the attractions from Land's End to
Plymouth!
(Oh and the date was 1st April if I remember correctly!)
Cheers
Peter
>
> You go through Churchingford in Devon Davy? Some more of the Tel forebears
> hail from there (notably Wilmingtons)
Errrr, TEL, I thought all of your ancestors were "transported" and here you
claim to have some that got left behind! Being the poor ignorant Southern
Red Neck that I am, why does one need a passport in this Devon situation???
Is not Devon part of Old Blighty?
Any'ow, I really drooled over the St. Agnes photos and just wish we had
something this size over here in the colonies.
Jesse the red neck Tennessee Rebel
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