HEROES OF CORNWALL SHEILA BIRD

Down the years Cornwall has had its fair share of heroes - some of them known inside and outside the Duchy:others witha more modest reputation. Here Sheila Bird recounts ten stories paying homage to the men and women of Cornwall whose lives were an inspiration to all who knew them. John Couch Adams, Neville Northey Burnard, Mary Bryant, Billy Bray, Dolly Pentreath, Richard Trevithick, Robert Stephen Hawker, Alfred Wallis,Rick Rescorla and the Heroes of Mount's Bay.