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4 unusual facts about Polperro


Jonathan Boakes

One of his works, The Lost Crown, was based on the Polperro harbour which was renamed as Saxton in the game.

Looe Valley Line

The town centre is a five-minute walk further alongside the river and buses to Polperro stop on the road near the station.

Nina Breeder

She grew up in Italy and lived there from 1979 to 1989 where she attended primary school, then she moved to Polperro, UK for one year with her adoptive brother Massimilian Breeder, who is often present in her work and in future collaborations.

William Harold Dudley

As well as painting the area close to his home in the West of England, he also produced numerous views of Polperro in Cornwall, which he and his wife visited regularly.


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Mock Mayor

Examples of this practice can be found in Penzance, Cornwall; Polperro, Cornwall; Mylor, Cornwall; St Germans, Cornwall; Woodstock, Oxfordshire; Barton, Gloucester; and Helston, Cornwall (where the Mock or Sham Mayor was known as the Mayor of St Johns).


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