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Gilding among the grime
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[Financial Times] - In the new Whitechapel Gallery, built by Charles Harrison Townsend, founded by cleric Samuel Barnett and funded by philanthropist John Passmore Edwards – who also financed the library next door – epitomised the utopian marriage between art and
Second volume of True Tales Of Redruth in the pipeline
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[This is Cornwall] - The book was published last year to mark the centenary of the death of the philanthropist John Passmore Edwards. It features stories written by people from, or with connections to, Redruth. It sold almost 500 copies and generated about £300 in profit
Working class hero's wish honoured as institute is given to the community
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[This is Cornwall] - Blackwater's historic literary institute – the first building paid for by Cornish philanthropist John Passmore Edwards – is to become the property of the local community. The granite meeting hall, which stands at the heart of the small village near St
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