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mexico and cornwall
the mines. Going round the town an amazing
The junior members of the party were two sixth number of people came up to the Cornish entourage
form students, Peter Steele-Perkins from Camborne to talk about their own Cornish ancestors.
School and Grant Naylor from Redruth School. They There is a great deal of Cornish influence around
were accompanied by a teacher from Redruth Real del Monte: pitched roofs (having been rebuilt
School which has established links with the Magatzzi by Cornish miners, the town has retained this
Secondary School in Real del Monte, where two of tradition making it unique in Mexico), Cornish
the teachers are descendents of Cornish miners. engine houses, pasties (a great delicacy in the
The Cornish party was very struck by how well the area, although spicier than the traditional recipe),
school did with very limited resources and little and football. The area prides itself on being the
Members of the visiting
funding. The pupils were smart and disciplined and cradle of football in Mexico as the first game in the
Cornish Mexican Cultural
demonstrated sound ethical and moral values and a country was played on the patio of one of the
Society outside Casa
Rule (top, then
fierce loyalty and respect for their country, their mines at Real del Monte.
clockwise), Cornish
school, their familes and each other. They had There is a local saying that the Cornish brought
graves in the Real del
Monte ‘British’ cemetery,
prepared a play based on the Cornish legend of their weather with them. The group visited Real del
a bar sign depicts the
Tristan and Isolde in honour of the visit. Monte during the rainy season and witnessed mist,
mining heritage of the
city, Mina Delores, Mina
Real del Monte is very picturesque, it is the highest fog and heavy rain. During the tour the group visited
San Pedro La Ravia and town in Mexico, and is starting to promote itself as a two of the remaining four Cornish engine houses at
one of the many pasty
shops.
tourist area to revive the economy after the closure of Mina Acosta and Mina San Pedro.
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