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The Life and Times of a Cornish Funeral Director
The Life and Times of a Cornish Funeral Director
Author: David Bray
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A look into the life of an undertaker, growing up, living and working in Cornwall, with added interviews from other locals, talking about their memories.
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More from Terry, plus my little altercation with our cat. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
In this week’s episode Terry talks about his time with the Camels. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
Terry talks about his early years in Bodmin, his working life and surfin’ Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
The final part of my interview with Steve. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
As well as talking about Steve’s time down in the mine, I talk about my rather hectic social week Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
The first part of my interview with Steve Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
Part 3 of my interview with Phil. Also I talk about a besonnten I received from Wales and an email from Scotland. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
Part 2 of my interview with Phil Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
The first part of my interview with Phil, plus looking back over last week, including the Martin Jennings Memorial Run. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
The last part of my interview with Marina. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
More memories from Marina Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
The first part of my interview with my Auntie Marina. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
Part 2 of my interview with Derek Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
As well as talking to Derek, I also look back over my past week. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
A slight variation on Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ and the final part of my interview with Janet. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
In this episode, we have part two of my interview with Janet, plus a little bit about my last week, and Direct Funerals. Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
The first part of my interview with Janet, plus Cornish choughs and the Gaia Trust Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
Graham talks about his time at Wadebridge School and the pop group Federation Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
In this week’s episode, Graham recounts his early involvement with music Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.
To coincide with this year’s Wadebridge Carnival, I talk to Graham about his memories when they used to enter every year Joybringer - played by Federation (1981)Graham Hawke, David Bray, Al Nance, Jon Hooper, Steve Treadwell, Sally Rowe.




Thanks for posting these yarns David. Lovely to hear your experiences, and to recognise a fair number of people, despite having left Wadebridge over 50 years ago! Keep em cumin boy. cheers Keith Eddy