tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666180154107067963.post7004409524660715921..comments2024-03-27T14:05:31.929+00:00Comments on Mike's Cornwall: Visiting St.Austell and Charlestown Over the Christmas PeriodMike Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149847109691591945noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666180154107067963.post-4378346902433855032019-12-27T09:05:26.866+00:002019-12-27T09:05:26.866+00:00Hello Ann. That's a lot of books to move! The ...Hello Ann. That's a lot of books to move! The computer age is exciting but there is something special about holding and reading a book, especially an old one.<br />Trust you had a lovely Christmas with your daughters. We are having a family meal on Monday - 10 of us, so should be interesting!Mike Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02149847109691591945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666180154107067963.post-329072499174852152019-12-27T08:49:22.624+00:002019-12-27T08:49:22.624+00:00Hello David - thanks. Hope you had a pleasant Chri...Hello David - thanks. Hope you had a pleasant Christmas.Mike Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02149847109691591945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666180154107067963.post-68957466397991311492019-12-26T20:48:23.004+00:002019-12-26T20:48:23.004+00:00I’ve enjoyed this post a great deal. After a busy ...I’ve enjoyed this post a great deal. After a busy and joyful Christmas Day, our daughters agreed to move heavy bookshelves and about 1000 books upstairs because the sunlight was beginning to fade them. Among them are 3 volumes, Pepys’ diaries. So being curious, I have found the entry you have referenced and read it with interest! I love the line, “Thence by coach to my shoemaker’s and paid all there, and gave something to the boys’s box against Christmas.”<br />Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, with thanks for the inspiration to revisit an old book!Ann B. Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16263483730433027795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666180154107067963.post-26276504784870166582019-12-26T20:19:52.679+00:002019-12-26T20:19:52.679+00:00Just mixed up Charlestown with Princetown, never m...Just mixed up Charlestown with Princetown, never mind. Interesting to hear how "Boxing Day" originated.David Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15624125733408030479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666180154107067963.post-63802556170880813782019-12-26T20:14:38.966+00:002019-12-26T20:14:38.966+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15624125733408030479noreply@blogger.com