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Radio Cornwall,30 Aug 2024,2 mins

The St Ive house where a Boer War heroine lived

Hidden Cornwall

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Emily Hobhouse took on the British government about the squalor, death and disease placed on women and children who were held in British concentration camps during the Boer war. After a multi-million pound investment, a South African investor has opened a museum to honour her. The BBC's Christine Butler has more.

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