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THIS is an update as regards the future of the Cornish Border Fancy Canary Club. We have not staged a show since 2019 and the feeling among these few Border fanciers in Cornwall and neighbouring Devon has been that we are not in a position to fill the jobs needed to put on a show.

Discussion has taken place as regards closing the club and donating the proceeds to charity. We had a get-together in March and discussed a way forward, as we all wish the

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