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Fine fighter for the cause of education

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From: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
Date: 20071204
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I remember visiting a local primary school many years ago and on the classroom wall there was a handwritten list of famous Cornishmen. The first name was F R Pascoe and I remember thinking, "Why, I knew him - funny to think that he's famous already."

All elderly Cornish educationalists will remember him and his contemporary counsellors and friends - Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, C V Thomas and R G Rows. Mr Pascoe began his educational career as a pupil teacher of 15 years at Treverbyn (having previously been a railway clerk) and obtained a first-class Queen's Scholarship for being the top boy in ...

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