What would it take to risk everything, give up your job, and make the move to a simple life in Cornwall?

What would it take to risk everything, give up your job, and make the move to a simple life in Cornwall?

This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Truro has changed and developed over the last century.

A collection of local stories about the heroic deeds and achievements of the people of Cornwall, including the astronomer John Couch Adams, the engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick, Dolly Pentreath and the Penlee Lifeboat Crew.