I thought carefully before putting this one out to the great Camborne public - are we 'man' enough to accept a little criticism - and maybe start a sensible debate?
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Camborne - Home of the Militant Chav - the An Goff terrorists! Is this really how others see Camborne? If so what can we do about it?
I looked up Chav in Wikipedia and this is what it says: Chav - a derogatory slang term for a subcultural stereotype fixated on fashions and imitation gold, poorly made jewellery and fake designer clothes (especially Burberry). It is also a term associated with juvenile delinquency and the ASBO/Hoodie generation.
So Camborne, let's have your comments - what is Camborne really like?
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Wow ! potentially explosive post. Well social division has many forms and in my opinion represent positive proof that we are descendants of the Ape.
My daughter says that CHAV originally stood for "Council House And Violent" but I thought it could be "Country Home And Volvo" haha !
Disregarding the 'what is a chav' debate, it is plain to see when talking to people outside of Camborne that our town is viewed as extremely undesirable. The obvious quiestion then is, why is this?
A contributing factor I believe is the outsiders view of the Camborne youth, walking around Camborne you can see young teenagers drunk, and occasionaly from a small majority intimidating locals minding there own business.
The blame cannot be put on anyone apart from Camborne itself. When the youth of the town see the only thing that pulls visitors into Camborne being a nightclub, what is there to strive for? For it is also the behaviour of a small majority of the 'grown-up' section of our town outside clubs and bars that has contributed to the poor reputation we have.
Camborne School has worked harder and harder over the years to engage children into worthwhile activities to encourage time spent elsewhere that doesn't involve hanging around the streets sipping on the latest cheap cider, which should be comended far more then it already has. The police can only do so much, and yes you can tell children that graffitti is wrong, but what as a council and community do we do to encourage children into worthwhile activities?
When the nearest thing to a role model comes in the form of the 'Cheeky Girls' turning our christmas lights on, we need to take a hard look at how we are representing our town to our youth and to outsiders.
p.s does anyone know how much we spent getting the 'cheeky girls' to turn the christmas lights on?
I too did not think I would ever want to live in Camborne but having recently moved here from Truro after having lived in "The big City" for over 42 years would not go back. The people are friendly, there is a lovely shopping centre which still has the traditional shops like butchers and grocers(lost long ago in Truro). When we told our family that we were moving to Camborne they were not impressed but on having visited us and shopped here as well, also would like to live here although not possible at the moment.My regret is that Wilkinson's is not coming to Camborne at the Rose Bowl building as residents objected. Surely it is better to have this building occupied than left to deteriote - this would have been great boost to Camborne. Anyway I shall stop waffling on and am spreading the word that Camborne is great.
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