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Postcard collection

April 18, 2016 by Susan Roberts Leave a Comment

G20160414_120441reat to meet Alison Pooley of Illogan and to see her fantastically preserved collection of postcards and World War One memorabilia. Alison’s grandfather Leslie Pentecost played in the rugby matches organised at the Front in 1915 between Cornish and Devon soldiers, after Camborne Rugby Club sent out a ball.

More on those matches here.

 

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