Recordings by Camborne Guides

The 7th Camborne Guides have been interviewing and recording as part of our project Heart of Conflict, working in the Camborne/Redruth area to mark the centenary of World War One. They’ve been collecting memories and asking people for information about the War. Here Maisie, of 7th Camborne Guides, takes an ingenious approach and asks a […]

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New website for Heart of Conflict

Thanks to our fortuitously named web guru Richard Webb – we have a brand new website up and running for our project Heart of Conflict,  working in the Camborne/Redruth area of west Cornwall to mark the centenary of World War One. We’ll  be updating the site – www.heartofconflict.org.uk – with items and news as the project […]

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Visit to Cornish Studies Library, Redruth

A great visit to the Cornish Studies Library, Redruth, as part of our Heart of Conflict project marking the centenary of World War One.  Kim Cooper, Principal Library Officer, gave a fascinating ‘behind the scenes’ tour. Kim’s obvious enthusiasm and love of her job came through – very inspiring, particularly for the students from Redruth School who […]

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Visit to the County Records Office, Truro, Cornwall

Great to visit the County Records Office, Truro, Cornwall, today as part of our Heart of Conflict project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Camborne Guides (led, as ever, by Karin Saunders and Sue Norfolk), three members of Praze Women’s Institute and two volunteers from Helston Museum visited the extraordinary archives – we were all […]

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I Packed This Myself workshops feedback

We first rolled out I PACKED THIS MYSELF ten years ago in Cornwall. Workshops with schools and community groups were thought-provoking and popular. Here’s some feedback. Cornwall College, Saltash: spring 2011. Pat Lloyd, head of Student Services, writes: “… the exhibition and workshops have been very well received here this week. They have created quite […]

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WHATEVER IT TAKES – competition winner Darren Myners

Overall winner of the competition was Darren Myners of Redruth from Richard Lander School in Truro. Darren impressed skateboard professional Nick Jensen – who judged the competition – and scored highly across the criteria used to assess the designs (artistic merit, originality/subject matter, spacial awareness, cultural awareness and inspiration/ability to inspire). Darren received a deck […]

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