This blog is looking for Authors !!

If you live in or aorund the Camborne area and feel that you could contribute text or multi-media content on a reasonably regular basis to this blog please contact me Andy K by email on webmaster@camborne-tc.gov.uk

A "WARTS AND ALL" approach to Camborne daily life is the sort of stuff and nonsense the blog needs !!! Do you have what it takes to get Camborne the attention it deserves ? email me at the address above.

As the blog's Administrator I can give support to contributors who need any help making posts etc. I am in the process of developing a network of local Community Projects whose websites I look after and will be promoting this blog on these, and at the forthcoming Camborne Show on the 17th July 2010. See you there !!

AFFORDABLE ECO-HOUSE STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE IN CAMBORNE

Nice to see Camborne playing a leading role in the quest for a solution to major environmental and socio-economic problems facing us all. Go here for more Info

Martin Jennings Memorial Run

The Martin Jennings Memorial Run is a yearly charity motorbike event which has been taking place since 1988. Held in aid of the memory of Martin Jennings, a young man from the Camborne area who was killed whilst taking part in the Isle of Man Manx Grand Prix. The charity motorcycle run, supported by bikers from all over the country, is a wonderful display of 'community' - something that is often a trademark amongst avid bikers. Each year the number of bikers prepared to get involved increases and this year, 2008, they numbered some 1200 plus and raised £4570 towards the Front Line Emergency Equipment Trust.

I was sorry to miss this years event as, despite not being a big fan of motorbikes, I did enjoy the parade that cruised past my house last year on their way up the hill to Beacon where a minutes silence is observed. The obvious cameraderie and enjoyment of those taking part is catching as young and older bikers wave at the many roadside watchers. For me it presented a photo opportunity and in case you too missed this years ride here are some of my pictures. Enjoy!

Camborne South by-election

Camborne Town Council will hold a by-election for the Camborne South ward on Thursday, August 28.

The candidates are:

- Jilly Wright (Liberal Democrat)

- Raymond Webber (Labour)

- Morwenna Williams (Conservative)

- Zoe Fox (Mebyon Kernow).

Camborne at the Royal Cornwall Show 2008

In June this year Camborne had a stand at the Royal Cornwall Show, on the showground near Wadebridge, promoting all that is great about Camborne.

Sharing the marquee were representatives from all 20 or so of Camborne's Societies, whose displays did a great job conveying the pride Camborne justly has of its heritage. Thes stands included the Camborne Show Society, the Trevithick Society, and the Camborne Twinning Association, all with full and varied stands. A few photos from the show can be found below.

The stand was well recieved by its many visitors who were entertained by the TR14'ers Camborne's teenage dance troupe who were visited on the stand by "Flava" the cornish dancers from TV's "Britains got Talent". Also the atmoshere of traditional Corwall was summoned by the fantastic singing of the choir "Proper Job" and "Hevva" whose cornish folk music and dancing, perfectly complemented by their costumes transported the large crowd that had gathered back to the Cornwall of a bygone era.


Fortunately the weather for the 3 days was good (as it always seems to be for the RCS) and of the many who had come a long way to visit the show, there were some Camborne ex-pats for whom the stand re-kindled fond memories of the Town and who were glad to see some recognition of the Town's acheivements.





All in all the stand did Camborne proud, and visitors could not fail to leave with a positive impression of the sometimes much mis-represented Town.

Smoke and mirrors

According to the local papers, Camborne's tin mines will once again be seen belching smoke - though not because there is any actual mining going on downstairs. No, this is a "special event", organised by the Mineral Tramways Project, to celebrate Cornwall's mining heritage.

In some ways this is a nice idea - it reminds us that all those empty shells littering the countryside were in fact once the great powerhouses of the Industrial Revolution, which put Cornwall at the centre of world technology. But this kind of nostalgia is also deeply depressing. Because where are we now? The Industrial Revolution ended over 100 years ago, yet Camborne has not benefited from it . We have been left behind.

However, we're now in the midst of a new revolution - and in my view if Camborne is to become great again it should embrace this revolution with the same energy and enthusiasm as our ancestors 200 years ago. I'm talking about the green revolution - using renewable energy to power our lives. I think Camborne is well place for this.

We have, through Tolvaddon Energy Park, started to invest well in green technology; and just down the road in Hayle there is one of the most innovative renewable energy projects on the planet in the Wave Hub. Cornwall was the first county in Britain to embrace wind power, and that should continue. I think we need more wind turbines, not less (as some people of a conservative bent propose). In my view, it is the best way to move forward in a changing and challenging world - and the only way that Camborne will once become a driving force in world innovation.

Lost Reply to This Blog needs Authors / Apologies / Royal Cornwall Show

Apologies to Louise (I think it was) who replied to my Post about the Blog needing Authors. I afraid I lost your email !!.

Please email again if you get to read this. My fault entirely while I was working on the Camborne Stand at the Royal Cornwall Show I was using a new lap top, and must have deleted your mail by mistake.

Pleased to say however that the Camborne stand at the Show was a big hit, and I will be posting more on our attendance shortly

Hope to hear from you Louise

Andy