Rex Tremlett

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Rex Tremlett (1903 - 1986) was a prospector and the first person to reopen a tin mine in Cornwall in 1948. He was the writer of many books and articles including 'Road to Ophir', 'Easy Going' and 'Gold in the Morning Sun'. Having been a journalist in his early years in South Africa and then in London before and during World war 2 he contiued this profession throughout his life. He became involved with BBC television in the 1950s mainly on farming programs. His mother was the well known fiction writer Mrs. Horace Tremlett, who wrote in excess of 25 titles including 'Curing Christopher' and Emily does Her Best'. Probably her best known book was 'With the Tin Gods' 1914 an account of her journey through Nigeria, one of the early independant female writers.

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