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    I remember Mr Nigh in his brown overall - and bearing more than a passing resemblance to Ronnie Barker.He walked with a terrible limp (probably from a war injury) and his walking stick doubled up as a handy implement for reaching inaccessible items from high shelves.His assistant ,whose name I...
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'St Paul's School Report'

    Hello Treeve. Yes,they were, indeed, shivers of pride! I have quite a collection of photos of St Paul's,some of which are of when Mr Paltridge was headmaster and Ted Miller and Rodda Williams were also members of staff.I'm not really sure how to upload them to you from Picasa,but they may be of...
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'St Paul's School Report'

    Still got shivers running up the back of my neck on reading this ,welb1931 and Treeve , for Mr Bernard T Hitchins was none other than my father !
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'High Street roof 1965'

    Think the chap on the far left was Archie Andrews who lived at 56 ,Belgravia Street.
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'Ponsandane Brook - 15'

    Hi.What a response.OK . I simply googled Ponsandane Field and the 5th website down was TV-14 Penwith District Council Sustainable development policy. I trawled through it - there are 38 pages- but the significant ones that I have quoted are pages 6 and 8. Specifically 7.3.10 POLICY...
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'Ponsandane Brook - 15'

    To all of you out there who totally oppose this act of corporate vandalism...... This is not a fait accompli. Planning permission has NOT been granted to Tesco and I implore you all to visit Penwith's website on Planning and Building Control . It clearly lists areas where PROPOSALS FOR...
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'Cookery Time'

    Think the budding chef centre - stage is Judith Barnes.
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'Pottery'

    Am positive that this is Jackie Durrant who went on to have her own studio pottery at Portherras Cross,near Pendeen in the mid 1970 s.I worked there with her on a grant from the Crafts Advisory Committee.She had a great talent (seen here in the making) and it s a great shame things didn t work...
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'Hidden garden'

    A Camera Obscura is effectively a dark room in which images of outside objects are thrown on a screen from a long-focus convex lens.Basically it provides a 360 degree view of your surroundings.Do I sound as if I know what I m talking about ??!! Actually,there was one featured in a recent...
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    Comment by 'ronnie' in media 'Hidden garden'

    I ve been there once and thought it was private so I beat a hasty retreat - but my neighbour tells me that this is a camera obscura.
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