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HOW TO START A FIGHT One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift... The next year, I didn't buy her a gift. When she asked me why, I replied,"Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!" And that's how the fight started...

Two choir boys were caught playing noughts and crosses during the vicar's sermon. After the service they were taken to the vicar's office so he could have a word with them. The first one was taken in and the vicar said "Well what have you got to say for yourself?" The boy looked down very...

An old man walks into an Ice Cream Parlour and with great difficulty and in obvious pain climbs up onto a stool at the counter. He then orders an Banana Split Sundae. The waitress asked: 'Crushed Nuts?' 'No' he replied 'Arthritis'

Its just that in this neck of the woods people love to try and make problems out of solutions. Must be something in the mackerel.

With a few exceptions the developed town in 1842 was mainly bounded by Mount Street, Taroveor Road, Clarence Street and Alverton Street. No sign of Tolver Road/Place, York Street, Richmond Street, Pendarves Road, Morrab Road, Penlee Street, St. Mary's Street etc. All of which were developed at...

I was trying to clarify what you had meant by 'progress' in your prevous posting.

Harbour Developments Not sure what 'progress' you are referring to. If you are referring to the plasticising of the main shopping street shop signs - then I agree with you, or maybe you are referring to a town where many families are still required to live in pre-Edwardian buildings for the...

I'd like to see the most economical solution in terms of future costs to the Isles of Scilly and the best solution in terms of jobs and economic growth for Penwith. I have not great desire to retain the beach at Battery Rocks - having been born here, I can never recall seeing anyone swimming...

Harbour Developments If the problem with developments in Cornwall is not due to too many objections - what is the reason? Locally, in Penwith, we have a potential development of a disused quarry which has run into difficulty; a new fish market for Newlyn which seems to be in difficulty; the...

Of course nothing is written in stone - but Cornish contractors are able to bid for contracts/sub-contracts according to EU rules, if they lose out to lower bids from overseas (other EU) bidders at least they tried. If there is no company in Cornwall able to bid for any part, then that must be...

Penzance Harbour Developments Oh dear! I've just had a leaflet pushed through the letter box entitled 'Put PZ First'. On the front is a photograph of the area of Battery Rocks presumably showing the area of foreshore some folk are trying to 'save'. What a miserable piece of real estate - a...

This is the Milocarian trophy winning team. (1948)

This is not the winning Milocarian Trophy team. This is the team of the previous year (1947).

St. Mary's Haven treeve: It seemed to be made very clear at the public meeting yesterday (24th) that the Respite Centre and the Residential Centre are unaffected by the Trustees decision to close the Day Centre. It was also stated that the Trustees set up a Company Limited by Guarantee...

St. Mary's Haven As far as I am aware, the entire Haven is not being closed - just the Day Care centre.