A late 19th century account of the endowed public charities instituted for the benefit of the poor of the parish of Camborne in West Cornwall.

2007

2nd October - Passmore Edwards by Paul Phillips.

6th November - CAMBORNE FEAST MEETING, Accompanied Cornish Songs, with Connie Asplet.

4th December - Turf on the Moor by Tony Blackman.


2008

8th January - Truro Harbour by Captain A Brigdon.

5th February - Newlyn School Paintings by Allison Bevan.

4th March - King Harry Ferry by Tim Light.

1st April - AGM & President's Evening with David Thomas.

5th May - The Nine Cornish Victoria Crosses by Alan Sanders.

Tuesday 29th May

Visit to St Just in Penwith

Visiting the church, the Plain-an-Gwarry, the chapel and Botallack Mine. Led by David Thomas, Doug Luxford and Kingsley Rickard. Meet at the church at 6:30pm.


Tuesday 17th July

A walk around Carn Brea

With Michael Tangye. Meet at the castle at 6:30pm.

Historical notes and a brief guide to Camborne Parish Church in Cornwall by David Thomas, President of the Camborne Old Cornwall Society.

High quality images of dozens of old postcards of Camborne.

Four poems by John Harris have been added to the page:

The Cornish Chough; Fall of the Old Mine Stack; The Fall of Slavery; and The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference, Camborne, Cornwall, August, 1862.

A short account, and engraving of, the cromlech near Pendarves House in Camborne.

An account of the life of Rudolph Eric Raspe, who worked at Dolcoath Mine in Camborne.

A biographical account of Cornwall's greatest engineer, Richard Trevithick.

Trade directory for the Camborne area for 1791.

The history of All Saints Church at Tuckingmill, Camborne.

An illiustrated essay on the history of the Dolcoath tin and copper mine at Camborne in West Cornwall.