GEDDON! Camborne RFC have a chance to make history today…nearly 50 years ago, the club’s Centenary XV had a similar opportunity: to achieve something no Camborne side had managed before…read all about it below…
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On this date in 1978, Camborne RFC’s Centenary XV took on the mighty Cardiff…find out who played, and who won, below…
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The A303 has that effect
The young Camborne RFC and Cornwall RFU full back John Collins, as he was in 1949. Image from the Cornishman, 20 Jan 1949. #Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/Cornwall
Hayle RFC's first full season at their new location of Loggans Moor was in 1949/50. Previously they had played at Bodriggy. Here (in plain jerseys) they take on University Colleges, South West. Image from the Cornishman, 2 Nov 1950.
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Many happy returns to Cornwall's medal-winning international distance runner Emma Stepto!
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Cornwall's top team for the 1949/50 season were St Ives RFC. They went an amazing 19 consecutive matches without conceding a try. Any names? Image from the Cornishman, 20 Apr 1950. #Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/Cornwall
A crowd of 12,000 fans at Redruth RFC watched Cornwall draw 3-3 with Gloucestershire in October 1949. Cornwall were leading until the final minutes, when a monster drop-goal taken two yards inside the Cornish half spoilt the party. Image from the Cornishman, 13 Oct 1949. #Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish
A gathering of 5,000 convened at Gwennap Pit on Whit-Monday, 1949 to sing hymns and hear the preaching of Rev. F Greeves. Image from the Cornishman, 9 Jun 1949.
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Who remembers the first incarnation of Mount's Bay RFC? They were an old boys' club formed in Cornwall at the end of the war. Image from the Cornishman, 28 Apr 1949. No names, sadly. #Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/Cornwall
On this date in 1908, an unfancied Cornish rugby team of miners and fishermen made history at Redruth RFC when they won the County Championship. Follow my link here:
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16,000 fans crammed into Camborne RFC in September 1947 to watch the touring Australians beat Cornwall and Devon 17-7. The image, of Australia about to score, is from the Cornishman, 18 Sep 1947.
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A very early image of Mennaye Field, Penzance, from 1945 the home of the newly-formed Penzance & Newlyn RFC. Here the 1947 touring Australians limber up. From the Cornishman, 4 Sep 1947.
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Billy Renfree, fish jowster, doing the rounds with his daughter on Morrab Rd, Penzance, early 1900s. From the Cornishman, 27 Mar 1947.
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*NEW POST* Mass unemployment in 1930s Cornwall gave rise to a new sporting phenomenon…read all about it below…
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*NEW POST* On this date in 1928, Cornwall took on Yorkshire at Bradford in the RFU County Championship Final. Read all about their seldom-told campaign below…
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New post on Tuesday morning...now, where are these chaps?
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On this date in 1998, the day after South Crofty, Cornwall’s last mine closed, parades starting at Camborne and Redruth’s rugby clubs culminated at the mine. Mining and rugby has always been closely linked…
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On this date in 1930, Camborne RFC became the first Cornish club to play in London when they took on Old Blues RFC. Before the game, they were photographed at the Cenotaph. To find out why they were playing Old Blues, follow the link:
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People of Cornwall, #6: model, lover-boy, cycling star, international rugby player and arguably Cornwall’s greatest sportsman: who else but John Jackett…
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On this date in 1920: riot and looting in Redruth Market, Cornwall over the cost of butter. Read all about it below...
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People of Cornwall, #5: Paul Rabey was a Gwennap-born con artist who made a living selling shares in mines that didn’t actually exist…
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People of Cornwall, #4: Joseph Burnett was at home enjoying a summer’s afternoon in Lostwithiel, when duty called…
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On this date in 1931, Padstow’s Missouri Minstrels performed before a local audience. Immensely popular in their day, Cornwall’s minstrel bands are all-but forgotten now. Follow my link in the comments to find out more…
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People of Cornwall, #3: what was the story behind pioneering underground photographer J C Burrow’s amazing images of Cornish miners? Read on…
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People of Cornwall, #2: the story of the amazingly dedicated Sister Helen Phillipps-Treby, manager of a Saltash hospital for over 50 years…
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That’s a cult I could get behind
People of Cornwall, #1: the eventful life of Richard Holloway, a Redruth lawyer in the late 1800s…
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Redruth Wanderers RFC were a team of old boys and shop assistants who only played on Thursdays, which was early closing day. The trophy is the Cornwall Old Boys RFU Cup. Image from Tom Salmon, The Story of Rugby Football in Cornwall. #Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/Cornwall
