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World Service,04 Jun 1996,27 mins

Cornish Migration

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290,000 miners emmigrated from Cornwall between 1840s ind 1920s. This programme traces the history of copper and tin mining in Cornwall and what happened to Cornish miners when the industry died apart from one mine in South Crofty.

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