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Kernow

7 VIII 2017

A very warm welcome to our latest members including to those who serve as Councillors. We are glad to have you with us! Together, we all believe that Kernow Matters!

Well over 100,000 people have read our information shots on social media this week alone! These range from political matters to cultural, historical and language issues.

London based media in state of confusion regarding Cornwall

Stephane Rouget, a Breton Sculptor and his Cornish colleague, David Paton, in Trenoweth Quarry, Mabe today, with the massive slab of Cornish granite which is to become St Piran.

With a millstone of Irish granite from County Mayo, on completion, the statue will be taken to Brittany aboard an old tuna fishing vessel next Summer and erected on a plinth of Breton granite as the 100th statue in the Valley of the Saints.

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Piran Statue Open Day

Read about the statue here: https://cornishstuff.com/2017/02/16/st-piran-to-cross-the-sea-again-in-celebration-of-the-celtic-connection/

Kernow

29th VII 2017

Today (28th July, 2017) was a meeting of “Heritage Kernow” the latest iteration of a long line of different forums, advisory groups, and similar heritage groupings to link Cornwall Council with the huge number of voluntary sector groups that work on aspects of Cornwall's heritage and also the amenity providers such as the National Trust.

Early Cornish kings feasted on oysters, roast pork and fine wine, archaeologists have found.

Excavations at Tintagel Castle have also revealed they imported bowls from Turkey and glass goblets from Spain.

Findings from a dig last year have been released this week, as archaeologists return to the site to find out how people lived more than 1,000 years ago.

The first research excavations at the castle in decades unearthed finds from the late 5th and 6th Centuries.

Media Release

Following requests from many media outlets regarding Tintagel, Kernow Matters To Us (KMTU) releases the following statement:

Kernow

5 VII 2017

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KMTU Secretary makes outspoken speech at Flamank commemoration

At a surprisingly well attended commemoration held in torrential rain in Bodmin and attended by many Councillors, civic dignitaries and others, 'Kernow Matters To Us' (KMTU) Secretary made a rousing speech to the assembled crowd and has been asked by many to supply the words fearlessly spoken out.

We have pleasure in reproducing the speech hereunder:

Kernow

27 VI 2017

Within minutes of the announcement that the Conservative Government had secured a £1 billion deal with the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party so gaining the support of ten of its MPs in order to prop up a minority government desperate to hang on to power, condemnation started to appear on social media sites maintained in Cornwall.

A few moments later, the news emerged that the Queen is to receive an 8% increase in income, in excess of £6 million from public funds, after the Crown Estate's profits rose by £24m and yet more anger emerged.

Kernow

27 VI 2017

In a comprehensive letter of objection to the proposed bridge at Tintagel Castle, currently under the stewardship of English Heritage, Cornish historian, archaeologist and author Craig Weatherhill, himself a retired Planning Officer, joins many others including 'Kernow Matters To Us' (KMTU) in condemning the proposal.

There has been widespread opposition to the multi million pound project which has been variously called the 'Disneyfication' and making a 'Cash Cow' of a much loved and ancient site situated on Cornwall's rugged north coast.

TUESDAY 27th JUNE, 2017 - A DAY TO REMEMBER!

LET THE CORNISH NEVER FORGET THEIR GREAT PATRIOTIC LEADERS - Michael Joseph 'An Gof' of St Keverne & Thomas Flamank of Bodmin who gave their lives for Kernow during the great Cornish patriotic uprising of 1497

Commemorations in St Kerverne & Bodmin during the evening of Tuesday 27th June, 2017 starting at 7pm (see links below):