A top BBC presenter has discovered that he has an unexpected direct family link to Camborne and that local World War One hero Dr William Blackwood was his great grandfather. BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny grew up near Helston and attended Helston School. He is the face of the BBC Proms and currently presents […]
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The new year starts on a sad note with the news that Paddy Bradley has died. Paddy, the historian who helped us so much with our World War One research, was Cornish through and through and seemed to know everything there was to know about Redruth where he was born and lived all his life. […]
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Trevithick Day (27 April 2019) in Camborne will have an extra layer of history this year as the town searches for the descendants of a group of miners from Dolcoath who joined up in 1914 and served throughout World War One. The descendants of some of these men still live locally and are keen to […]
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We were so pleased to visit Estaires, France in March to talk to Pascale Algoet, the deputy mayor, and Regine Henneon of the town’s historical society. As part of our work on the centenary of World War One, we’re working with Camborne Youth Band on an extraordinary trip planned for later in the year to […]
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