Have you seen who's running "your" country? He doesn't look exactly like an "Englishman", if you ask me. Then again, neither was dear ol' Boris. Having "leaders" who are in no way related to their "subjects" never ends well. Do you see many Mayan politicians in China? No. Nothing will change until the British people WAKE UP and accept that they at war with their betters, who wake up everyday dreaming of ways to turn Britain into anything other than Britain. Hey, at least we aren't "all speaking German"....and driving Mercedes.....and personal Jets with beautiful blonde wives and children....Yeah, thankfully that didn't happen, amirite? Gee, I wonder who wouldn't have wanted that to happen? Gee, I wounder? WAKE UP!
Just a microscale view of what is happening in every city throughout the UK and yet we still have a open door to immigrants who will eventually demand social housing.
This is so important to highlight the suffering and struggles that real people are going through on a daily basis. We must all stand together and look after each other. We will get through this.
We need people to unite and stand up to the elites who are destroying our communities the cost of one missile or tank would make such a difference to these wonderful people, we send billions to Ukraine whilst our people are cold and hungry. Let us give all our children a positive start and future, respect to all the real people of Cornwall and thanks for a good video.
People are uniting against the government as they realise what's going on in the world but the main stream media likes to call them conspiracy theorists.
And put up illegal immigrants up in 4 star hotels no bills to pay plus £165.00 Per week on a credit card .we need to expose this nothing on the fake stream media.
It's the same everywhere I'm from London and it's crazy , I'm thankful I don't now have a family to support its a very depressing time for many , I love Cornwall ❤ it's a beautiful place with lovley people
This is so sad. I used to live on the Cornwall/Devon border and I met, worked with, and lived with some of the best people I've ever met. "I can't afford milk" - this made me so mad but our overlords do not care. They never did.
As a 50 year old Bodmin boy, I've watched the government and councils destroy our towns by allowing giant corporation's in. I've also witnessed the wastefulness and corruption of said councils.
To put matters into context, much of the madness in Bodmin’s traffic system is being repeated everywhere because of loony “sustainable transport” policies. One cause of the destruction of rural towns is that local communities have lost control due to local government reforms. Once almost every aspect of a community was under local control. This included planning, law an order, taxation, education to name just a few. Local people governed local affairs. Importantly, each community was able to deal with problems in different ways, not a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Plus local gentry often (but not always) used their influence to preserve the character of their community. They considered themselves part of their community!
@@philipmear8680 you are bang on with the traffic system. I'm amazed that nobody has been killed to be honest. I remember when mount folly was the hub of the town, markets and events. Now it's just an empty grey space, with nothing happening. Once this government system collapses and it will, we the people need too take it back to the local level. The Ridiculous plandemic has opened a lot of people's eye's about government over-reach and the importance of community. I'm looking forward to the people taking their town's back and making them better places for all.
I was born in Redruth, I’ve lived outside the UK for over 20 years. I’m shocked at how my beautiful Cornwall has been ripped apart like this. It saddens me greatly.
I can't disagree of course. But the point is that this applies to so many towns and cities, UK wide. It's not just a Cornish problem at all. Looking at the streets of Camborne they are livelier by far than the streets of a near to me, equivalent small town in Hampshire, where almost all businesses are now shut. In another year the only thing which will be moving through its streets will be tumbleweed.
@@missmerrily4830 You're quite right. I don't travel around much anymore, but my neighbour works all over the country settling grants for tree plantation/rewilding projects - and it shocks me what he says about places I used to know, or visit, or places where I even used to live. He had nothing good to say about Stoke-On-Trent recently...and I could not help exclaiming my surprise that such a town could possibly be as bad as he claims. A few years ago, I revisited Norfolk and the Suffolk border (Norfolk was where I used to live, about 20 years ago), and it had changed so much for the worse. I really couldn't believe it. Gangs of sleazy men sitting or standing about in Yarmouth and Wroxham. The market had all but shut down in Swaffham. There was an obvious grimness and unpleasant atmosphere about the place. In some areas, I felt threatened. Afterwards, I said to my husband - Let's not come back. I hate to think what it's like now.
It's Cornwall. The joy here is wherever you live here you can normally be in full on countryside forest beach with a short drive or walk. It's truly stunning. Blessed.
Yes, however in some areas as many as 2/5 children do not have access to the seaside or woodland because being able to access these things means money, spare time, headspace, fuel/travel costs, suitable outdoor clothing etc. Cornwall is beautiful, however not all of its residents get to see it.
Cost of living is really effecting the guy who said he finds milk a luxury then in almost the same sentence will have to ask him the same question after a few beers and jokes about it....right in front of Wetherspoons 😂
My dad was born in Cambourne in 1950 and migrated to Australia with my grandparents when he was about 7 years old. Back then it took a month by ship. My grandparents were always so proud of Cornwall and I used to listen to their stories for hours about the old times and the war. My grandpa sounded just like the gentleman at 2:41 and my nan made the best pasties on earth! 🖤🤍
Did he really just interview a bloke outside Wetherspoons complaining he can’t afford milk but he just had a few pints of beer, next he will say he can’t afford food - despite being obese
Wonderful and thought provoking video. Affordable housing isn't just a Cornish problem it's countywide. Maybe not to the extent in tourism but it's still an issue. The selling off of council houses by Thatcher was the start. Affordable housing is no longer affordable for many. I'm fortunate enough to own a house but I know many can't. The local councils should be forced into providing a certain percentage of dwelling for local people especially in places of tourism but it's never going to happen. Thanks for the upload. First time viewer and subbed as well. Cheers, David.👍
Whether or not a council house is sold or not has no impact on the numbers comprising the national housing stock. When they are sold, they are no longer a burden on the taxpayer, but become a major revenue stream for the council since the council is no longer paying out subsidies to their occupants. Councils, like all government organisations, do not have to make a profit to stay in business, so they waste money on nice to haves and vanity projects which they have no business being involved with. Their job is to sweep the streets, and keep them safely lit, cut the grass, keep the parks tidy, collect the rubbish. and enforce sensible bye laws which protect the peace and quality of life of their communities and promote a healthy business climate.. Nothing more,apart from minimising their expense accounts. Anything else outside of statutory requirements such as health , education, police, is money wasted.
@@arthurrsaker8893 there are no council owned houses in Cornwall anymore. Councils were stopped from building new council homes from using the cash gained by selling housing stock under Thatcher which was a ridiculous decision as not everyone can afford to own their own home.
Years ago in the 80s, I lived in St Ives and just wrote poetry and went fishing. Had a bag of spuds and would catch fish and make fish and chips. I Was totally skint but it was also magical at the same time. I'm not saying being skint is nice or easy but I would rather be skint in Cornwall than anywhere else, to be honest. Loved the place, still love the place.
How to be a poor Brit: 1. Own a phone and a laptop 2. Smoke non-stop 3. Be perpetually drunk 4. Get free food from the foodbank 5. Clog up the doctor's waiting room with a minor ailment 6. Have several pets which you get bored of and have put down 7. Go on holiday to Benidorm 8. Stuff your ugly face with junkfood 9. Be at least 50 pounds overweight 10. Drive around in a mobility scooter 11. Pretend to need a walking stick 12. Hate the Tories because you aren't getting £1000 a week in welfare
The couple at the market are really doing a great thing for the families who really need a little support. Even a break for 5 mins to grab a coffee is soooo needed right now in the world. There needs to be more places like this ❤❤❤❤
I found this video quite upsetting. I moved to Cornwall from west London in 1975. I had problems in London as a teenager and I was getting into trouble with the police and just generally being an idiot. Cornwall was a literal breath of fresh air to me. Initially I lived in an out of season holiday chalet in Hayle and then I rented a place in Redruth. I got a job as a Cornwall County Fire Brigade mechanic and was a retained fireman in both Camborne and Redruth. The Cornish people were truly wonderful to me and I am grateful even now, at the age of 68. It was so good to be able to walk into a pub and not feel intimidated by the locals. After about three years I came back to the London suburbs. The Summers were terrific, but the long, drizzly Winter days can be so depressing. But Cornwall and its people had changed me and I miss this beautiful county and it's locals to this day. It's such a shame to see Camborne becoming run down, like so much of the rest of this wonderful country. When are we going to learn to look after our own communities?
Im the same, moved from west London to Cornwall. At first it was a huge difference but after 2 years I’m used to it now and its a lot more relaxing in Cornwall compared to London
In rural Wales we see the same, 40% hungry and surrounded by amazing natural beauty. We are so far even from Cardiff we get nothing. Not even food banks cover this area, as it's "too difficult". So we started our own "not a food bank", funded, run and for local people.
We have a seed exchange/giveaway at our library. Do you also do that? We also have the free materials exchange ( paint and firewood and building supplies). A tool “library” also.
I live in Bridgend south Wales and things are getting shxtty rapidly here so I can just imagine what you people are going through. well done for having the initiative to set up your own services for your community, much love from coity village.❤️🏴👍
Exactly as you see in the video, the locals in camborne, rely on the locals in camborne. Its a sad reality here and has been for a while... but.. if you see how connected it has made us, how much charity and community spirit there is here, you could also see this is a beautiful thing that's rare these days. I came here in 2018 with my children with nothing. And camborne is the reason that I'm still breathing and my children have everything they need, physically and mentally. The amount of support, help and kindness that you find here is the most beautiful sight you'll see ❤. .. the history of the mines is pretty cool too 😊
I just came across this video, it's well presented n it has a warm genuine feel to it with all involved, well done my friend. I've been to Cornwall on 2 occasions n I've never heard any news on this place, it shocked me tbf 👍
Just done a job there 100 yds from that market, the town is full of professional pram pushers, people walking around all day with cans of beer and the air is full of weed.
It breaks my heart too see a part of the UK so beautiful but abandoned by the uk government. Definitely Cornwall needs a Barnet figure close to scottish per head.
Sorry bro but that one is a myth. If Scotland cost the British state it would be independence time. Like Cornwall the wealth flows to London and surrounding boroughs. Barnett is smoke and mirrors designed to reduce Scot Gov spending power in real terms.
You tried hard but the first 2 interviewees were a hoot!! Some crisis, if you’re still managing a pasty and a coffee! Or you’re down the pub supping beers!!
A good significant vlog well said so good to see the local community helping one another so selfless of Ross and his wife I will be donating all the way from depressing Coventry West Midlands lol 🤣
6 weeks ago l was in Redruth as a tourist. My daughter lives there and l came over from Sweden. I had a really good time and find it hard to see these negatives. From getting off the train, l saw only good things.
Sometimes eating out and getting a coffee can be one if the only pleasures for people with little cash, ive been it that position and speak from experience.
Wandering Turnip brought me here.... We stayed for a second year near Hayle at the St Ives Holiday Park in July this year. Lovely location and not far from St. Ives and Hayle which are nice enough. As a vinyl record collector, I was drawn to Cambourne because of a record shop called Lost In Music. It was shut, but we meandered up the high street popping in the charity shops. I have never seen an area so bad. I saw a young lad walking around with shoes falling apart in tears. A small town England have forgotten, troubling times and not the glossy seaside postcard everyone associated Cornwall with.
Watched this because it randomly popped up on my YT page. Found it interesting as my great, great grandparents were born into mining families in Redruth in the early 1800s and then emigrated to Australia in 1854.
I was in Camborne this week and I thought it was looking a bit rough. One charity shop had a boarded-up window, the old Boots is just an empty shell. Even the guy in the cash-only shop said he was having a difficult time. I wouldn't be surprised if some chain stores (M&Co, Works, H&B) don't last much longer.
If there is no industry and only rely on tourism for income, which is usually seasonal , does that not create a problem in itself? As regarding second homes who sold these properties, to become holiday homes or summer rentals? it's a conundrum which affects many small towns. Good video, but bigger issues are at play.
@@WendallExplores I agree, it's not easy get a message in a short video.Coming from the North you can see the same downturn in the milltowns, like Burnley, Brierfield, Nelson, Colne. One of the problems is attracting companies to move and invest. One interesting fact at the height of the weaving mill, Lancashire had more mills than the rest of the world combined. How the mighty have fallen. Same with ship building in the North East. Anyway keep up the good work.
No matter where u are how much u have we need to help each other in any way way we can....the government are not interest in ordinary working class families...they care only for themselves so people need to stop waiting for them to help. I'm a great believer in turning negatives into positives...hats off to Ross and Louise for helping their community....well done 👍
Its not just Cornwall, my coastal village in West Sussex has lost alot of its community spirit as buyers from within the M25 are coming to the coast and buying houses for holiday use. Almost none are rented so there's no tourists to boost the local economy either. Whilst I see how outside buyers are raising prices, it must have been locals at one point that sold these houses and benefitted from the raised prices. Across the country younger generations have the same problem.
Exactly. I moved to Cornwall because of the influx from London increasing prices further and further southwards, - Whitstable, then Margate, Deal and so on. Yet many of the Cornish think it is only happening here. When they are forced out of Cornwall, they too will be increasing prices elsewhere. It is on ongoing trend ..
It was very uplifting seeing those that are trying to help the ones that need it. Thanks for the video. We have so many homeless people and decaying buildings in what used to be big beautiful cities in America. Glad to see some of the buildings still standing. Humans need a new way. This ones not working for many!
Lived there for six months,sept 05 to April 06 ,out of season, working shifts at a factory at Carn brea,red routh. People were good to me considering I’m a londonair,but being poor kinda put us all in the same boat.I learned a lot about daffodils.
20 years ago I was in Cornwall for holiday as a teenager with my siblings and parents. We had a lovely time and the English were all very friendly, I have only nice memories of our time in Cornwall and I wish the people there all the best and that they do not suffer and get help. Regards from Germany.
Good insightful video which the algorithm presented me with, gaining you a new subscriber! It’s important to keep the positive messages going in these times of increasing inequality. Reading your profile and recognising your accent I discovered that I too am a ‘yam yam’ (a new one on me!) but I left The Black Country forty odd years ago and have washed up in Yorkshire via Manchester, Essex and Glasgow. There are good people everywhere and you do right to emphasise the power of community in the face of greed and arrogance… keep it up mate.
there are million pound house's in the Camborne area, lack of opportunity?? there are jobs everywhere, the farms are always looking for workers, there is building jobs, I lived in Camborne for 35years,lived in a caravan, brought up on a council estate, they were saying the same things when I was growing up,poor Camborne, poor Redruth but my experience is if you got off your arse worked your guts off 7 days a week eventually things improve, which they did , it took years .things weren't smooth on the way and it's no quick fix but hard work even for low pay which I worked years for, things get better, nearly everyone I grew up with has succeeded coming from Camborne and Redruth, get up early, work hard, don't piss up your money and go for it, you can make it coming from anywhere
Wish I could afford to support them, but, I live alone and it's the same here in Denmark. Everything is so expensive and you really have to think about going for the cheap offers in the shops. Really Oli, Cornwall will be loosing a great ambassador when you move😢. That's their loss and I must say that, eventhoug it only a few that hate emmets, it doesn't give a good picture of Cornwall. I do understand the way they feel about all the tourists, buying a second home thoug. We have the same problem in my town. 60 % of the houses sold here, is sold to tourists, so we have a ghost town in the winter. Wish you and your family the best Oli 🤗❤❤
It's quite bad in Coventry, in our area all banks closed in last few years, boots the chemist gone, more people using the food banks. I haven't had a holiday for 8 years but been dreaming of visiting Cornwall one day now for many years. We hear about the better side of Cornwall, but realistically I'm with the locals. Hope, all pans out. Hope.
My grandparents moved to South Africa in 1934. My dad was 6 years old. They came from st. Ives and Zennor. They never went back. Work was scarce. I'm a born and bred South African. I went to Cornwall in 2006 to see the land of my Hocking grandparents. What a beautiful place. But....but...although we have intractable problems in South Africa today, I'm not sure I could ever live there.
Choices, it's all about choices we all make in life. Rich or poor, when there is a situation like huge inflation it affects all, but in different ways. It's wrong to attack those with high end properties in St Ives. Those people that own them, paid for them have nothing to do with those in Camborne. Milk or Booze?
I have a business consultancy firm and provide real opportunities for people to make something of themselves. There are so few who are actually interested in making more money and doing something productive. I have no pity for the poor. There are so many opportunities out there, but the poor and the plebs find it so much easier and convenient to be annoyed at the rich and complain rather than take a risk and do something positive.
Great video. I was brought up near here and my Great Grandparents and those before were part of the mining industry owning and running mines in South America & California. Found cousins in California that graciously shared photos of my Great Grandmother and her sister taken in Redruth. I worked in Truro left to travel then settled in London (where my Grandmother was born) in 1990 where I had access to education through sponsorship with the LFB. Later moved to the States lived here for 20 years more education with Yale, and now watching my kids have access to education in the American system. Sad part here is that to get educated and a decent job and those with any talent or ambition end up leaving the county. Why does King Charles not do anything and set up opportunities for locals? (especially since he got his funding as Prince of Wales from the Duchy) And they could do rent controls on housing for locals. A lot does need to change in this world with the winter ahead and high inflation along with the issues of greed and corruption in politics and the financial system. Good video though and it is still a truly beautiful area and my hope is they get help and investment !
Cornwall will never develop. It is too isolated, unpopulated and undeveloped. The government should assist people in moving to more economically active parts of the country.
My grandfather was a tin miner in St Just and moved to USA in 1900 due to mining deteriorating …very hard then too..he came back in 1910 to,an eve worse scene
Homelessness is not a second home problem, the state and local council is. It’s the same here in North Wales, people work hard to buy a second home, local people work hard, most move away because the hard work pays better but they come back and buy that second home. The whole second home, tourism industry pays local people, builders, trades, shops owners etc a living wage, without it the area would be desolate. The cost of living crisis is governments doing, homelessness is a choice.
IMO, there should be no £400 Payment. Energy companies should have been fined/taxed for shameless profiteering and the govt should have pressurised them to lower their prices. The £400 payment means the energy companies (and their shareholders) still get to keep their profits and it's our tax pounds that are paying for it! Disgraceful.
Likewise with the Govt offering the owner of the Camelot Hotel in Tintagel a £1m to close it for a year to house illegals..absolutely disgraceful, again £1m of taxpayers money that should be spent elsewhere within the county..
@@SL-sd3sg All those young males fleeing war torn France should enter via correct means then..they enter knowing full well they'll be looked after more than many of our own poor who struggle daily.. The Govt tried closing down the Camelot Hotel by offering the owner £1m of taxpayers money to house them, money that could be put to better use within the county..
Thank for this got friends in Newquay love the Cornish more investment needed rent control and imports into small ports to give people jobs it’s not just about tourism spending in the local economy but Holliday let dragging it down just like the Cotswolds where I live
Thankyou. This helps me understand how this crazy economy (and the forces behind it), is impacting people overseas. It greatly saddens me, but the community helping the community is the way to stay resilient. Well done to those people. It is really wrong that rich people come there and leave again. Shocking to hear how much you guys are suffering with your energy prices. Things arent as bad here in Australia, (but costs of living are bad here), but will get worse soon.
Great example, talking to the bloke outside the pub, who admitted he would be having a few more, afford beer and fags, but milk is a luxury, that is a huge contradiction.
@Roger Melly Yeh I always felt/feel a sense of dispare down there. I'm not sure where I am in Devon is any cheaper, but it just feels more 'with it' and more prosperous, better opportunities etc. My poor dad is next door in Pool which is even more dire than Camborne, at least he's got Pool market though, the epicenter of Cornish culture! I shouldn't bash it too much, the Cornish coast is stunning, and there's some amazing rural locations too....maybe its better as a holiday destination!
Very sad to see how things changed for the worst. I’m from Kentucky in the USA, but many of my ancestors are from Wales and Cornwall, and came to mine coal in the 1800s. I hope the land of my forefathers can get back on its feet one day.
Mining was booming a century ago. We call that history. Many parts of the world that were once prosperous have declined because natural resources have been exhausted, trade patterns have changed, and technological change has made entire industries redundant. Thus, it is not as if Cornwell is suddenly in economic decline or experiencing hardship. This is a gradual process that has been playing itself out for years. Instead of moving to areas with better economic and employment prospects, people have chosen to stay in Cornwell and chase an ever shrinking piece of pie. The recent financial crisis did not cause the economic issues in Cornwell. Rather, the crisis simply exposed the depth of the challenges,
Great video. I lived in Cornwall for three years between 1995 - 1998, played for Troon a couple of times and danced at the Berkley Nightclub in the town centre. I moved to the Isles of Scilly for a couple of years and then joined the Army. Live in London now. Can you make another video of Redruth and Penzance?
You're not painting an honest picture really, 100 yrs ago it was the mine owners and big shareholders who profited from Tin Mining, the actual miners were often poor and didn't make it to 40 before dying from chronic health condition like Emphasima from conditions underground, and there are a lot of v.pricey ( by Cornish wage standard) properties in the immediate area.
Some areas in Devon are the same. Taunton, for example, was a lovely, safe market' town when I lived there in the early 80's. Now, there are drug raids and stabbings every week. Its a very sad dump. Rents are high because most of the council housing has been bought up. Cornwall is stunningly beautiful but if the upper classes have property there, they shoukd invest in the local communities, in much the same way that the lord of the manner did, not that long ago.
There are NO TREES or vegetation in sight.Trees,gardens and parks are necessary for a sense of well-being, It's wonderful what some locals are offering but they can only do so much to cover a gaping wound.
Wages are the problem. Cornwall is great place if you are paid the national rate e.g. local government, civil service, NHS. Tourism adds seasonality to low wages.
Being poor and living in a poor area is absolutely no reason for living in filth and litter. It speaks of a mindset that whilst very common is one that I despise. Civic pride costs nothing.
Wow, some people have written, this guy can't afford milk but he can afford beer . . . like it's a smart comment. Hmm, guy has to choose between beer and milk in one of the world's richest countries and it's not a problem. I feel so much better. How do you know this guy wouldn't choose beer over heat and shelter too? He said he's been homeless before. My local supermarket takes food bank donations . . . for children only. Because we kind of have to give up on the food banks for adults now and focus on the children or they might starve. Adults have to fend for themselves. They collect donations every 3 days . . . about half a trolleys worth . . . from, the manager tells me, the busiest supermarket of it's brand in Yorkshire. Half a trolley!!!! and I know how much of that is me! A third of the stuff in there is weird or unnecessary stuff like cat treats, sugary cereals and chocolate. That's something I can see and verify with my own eyes every day that tells me exactly where the UK is economically. Some of the commenters here just seem completely delusional.
I enjoyed this video. I spent a week in Cornwall in the 1990s and loved it as a 20 year-old. I'm shocked to learn of the hard times befallen some communities and I'm even more shocked to find that for a coastal town - considering its at the bottom of the UK landwise I'm aghast to find no military sea defences positioned there like Trident in Scotland. Especially with the current political climate and wars!
I grew up in Cornwall (Camborn and Falmouth) and recently visited after being away for over 20 years (I now live in Vancouver, Canada) I saw the decline of the UK society years ago (particularly regions on the periphery like Cornwall) and was shocked at how it has become a third-world society. If your cheese moves, move with it. Don't get stuck in a society that is failing, try to seek other places where there are better opportunities...or simply walk the long road to recovery within your own society.
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show any type of decent to tory and this person will take it down i think the plan here is to blame labour .
Have you seen who's running "your" country? He doesn't look exactly like an "Englishman", if you ask me. Then again, neither was dear ol' Boris. Having "leaders" who are in no way related to their "subjects" never ends well. Do you see many Mayan politicians in China? No.
Nothing will change until the British people WAKE UP and accept that they at war with their betters, who wake up everyday dreaming of ways to turn Britain into anything other than Britain.
Hey, at least we aren't "all speaking German"....and driving Mercedes.....and personal Jets with beautiful blonde wives and children....Yeah, thankfully that didn't happen, amirite? Gee, I wonder who wouldn't have wanted that to happen? Gee, I wounder?
WAKE UP!
Just a microscale view of what is happening in every city throughout the UK and yet we still have a open door to immigrants who will eventually demand social housing.
@@johnclarke2997 They certainly will !
This is so important to highlight the suffering and struggles that real people are going through on a daily basis. We must all stand together and look after each other. We will get through this.
if you mention the tory are still in power and you get removed .
thatchers diabolical privatisation legacy and today's brexit is profoundly immoral along with arrogant corrupt tories.
We need people to unite and stand up to the elites who are destroying our communities the cost of one missile or tank would make such a difference to these wonderful people, we send billions to Ukraine whilst our people are cold and hungry. Let us give all our children a positive start and future, respect to all the real people of Cornwall and thanks for a good video.
Thanks for watching
People are uniting against the government as they realise what's going on in the world but the main stream media likes to call them conspiracy theorists.
And put up illegal immigrants up in 4 star hotels no bills to pay plus £165.00 Per week on a credit card .we need to expose this nothing on the fake stream media.
👍 So so true
Yes we do we need a march of the cornish
It's the same everywhere I'm from London and it's crazy , I'm thankful I don't now have a family to support its a very depressing time for many , I love Cornwall ❤ it's a beautiful place with lovley people
It is a beautiful place with lovely people
This is so sad. I used to live on the Cornwall/Devon border and I met, worked with, and lived with some of the best people I've ever met.
"I can't afford milk" - this made me so mad but our overlords do not care. They never did.
No. But: #DontVoteTory
(Why has Cornwall got five sodding useless Tory MPs then?? 😡)
This is exactly what they want.
Yes. With the added concern that some Wetherspoons are being closed as well.
dont buy a beer then, buy the milk
Did you not get government help with fuel bills, I thought this went to everyone?
As a 50 year old Bodmin boy, I've watched the government and councils destroy our towns by allowing giant corporation's in. I've also witnessed the wastefulness and corruption of said councils.
Genuinely is it that the corporations have come in and asset stripped your communities, or is it that you're off the beaten track and get forgotten?
To put matters into context, much of the madness in Bodmin’s traffic system is being repeated everywhere because of loony “sustainable transport” policies. One cause of the destruction of rural towns is that local communities have lost control due to local government reforms. Once almost every aspect of a community was under local control. This included planning, law an order, taxation, education to name just a few. Local people governed local affairs. Importantly, each community was able to deal with problems in different ways, not a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Plus local gentry often (but not always) used their influence to preserve the character of their community. They considered themselves part of their community!
@@philipmear8680 you are bang on with the traffic system. I'm amazed that nobody has been killed to be honest. I remember when mount folly was the hub of the town, markets and events. Now it's just an empty grey space, with nothing happening. Once this government system collapses and it will, we the people need too take it back to the local level. The Ridiculous plandemic has opened a lot of people's eye's about government over-reach and the importance of community. I'm looking forward to the people taking their town's back and making them better places for all.
@@fatdaddy1996 systematically destroyed.
@@fatdaddy1996 someone needs to get an education 🤣🤣🤣
I was born in Redruth, I’ve lived outside the UK for over 20 years. I’m shocked at how my beautiful Cornwall has been ripped apart like this. It saddens me greatly.
I can't disagree of course. But the point is that this applies to so many towns and cities, UK wide. It's not just a Cornish problem at all. Looking at the streets of Camborne they are livelier by far than the streets of a near to me, equivalent small town in Hampshire, where almost all businesses are now shut. In another year the only thing which will be moving through its streets will be tumbleweed.
TBF Redruth was a shithole 20 years ago and is looking slightly better these days.
Globalisation.
You loved 'your' Cornwall so much that you left over 20 years ago!.
@@missmerrily4830 You're quite right. I don't travel around much anymore, but my neighbour works all over the country settling grants for tree plantation/rewilding projects - and it shocks me what he says about places I used to know, or visit, or places where I even used to live.
He had nothing good to say about Stoke-On-Trent recently...and I could not help exclaiming my surprise that such a town could possibly be as bad as he claims.
A few years ago, I revisited Norfolk and the Suffolk border (Norfolk was where I used to live, about 20 years ago), and it had changed so much for the worse. I really couldn't believe it.
Gangs of sleazy men sitting or standing about in Yarmouth and Wroxham. The market had all but shut down in Swaffham. There was an obvious grimness and unpleasant atmosphere about the place. In some areas, I felt threatened. Afterwards, I said to my husband - Let's not come back.
I hate to think what it's like now.
It's Cornwall. The joy here is wherever you live here you can normally be in full on countryside forest beach with a short drive or walk. It's truly stunning. Blessed.
It is blessed but if your stuffing financially it’s hard to see that beauty
@@WendallExplores That's true.
Yes, however in some areas as many as 2/5 children do not have access to the seaside or woodland because being able to access these things means money, spare time, headspace, fuel/travel costs, suitable outdoor clothing etc. Cornwall is beautiful, however not all of its residents get to see it.
Not everyone has a car nor can walk 3 to 4 miles o the beach. Some youngsters virtually never see the beach.
@@KernowFay That's a real shame.
Nice video, you are a great reporter, better than a lot of our so called media👍
Thank you 🙏 No need for mainstream media with free press on UA-cam now
@@WendallExplores well done 👏
Well done for making this. This is the real "living the Cornish dream"
Thanks Rob 🙏 I’m just trying to show what I see
Cost of living is really effecting the guy who said he finds milk a luxury then in almost the same sentence will have to ask him the same question after a few beers and jokes about it....right in front of Wetherspoons 😂
Yes, he has tremendous spirit to crack a joke like everything is ok and normal.
My dad was born in Cambourne in 1950 and migrated to Australia with my grandparents when he was about 7 years old. Back then it took a month by ship.
My grandparents were always so proud of Cornwall and I used to listen to their stories for hours about the old times and the war. My grandpa sounded just like the gentleman at 2:41 and my nan made the best pasties on earth! 🖤🤍
Did he really just interview a bloke outside Wetherspoons complaining he can’t afford milk but he just had a few pints of beer, next he will say he can’t afford food - despite being obese
Wonderful and thought provoking video.
Affordable housing isn't just a Cornish problem it's countywide.
Maybe not to the extent in tourism but it's still an issue.
The selling off of council houses by Thatcher was the start.
Affordable housing is no longer affordable for many.
I'm fortunate enough to own a house but I know many can't.
The local councils should be forced into providing a certain percentage of dwelling for local people especially in places of tourism but it's never going to happen.
Thanks for the upload.
First time viewer and subbed as well.
Cheers, David.👍
Yeah I agree it’s complex and the problems stem from years of poor decisions. Welcome to the pack ✊
We have open borders. Cornwall has a LOT of change coming as the English move further away from cities.
Whether or not a council house is sold or not has no impact on the numbers comprising the national housing stock. When they are sold, they are no longer a burden on the taxpayer, but become a major revenue stream for the council since the council is no longer paying out subsidies to their occupants. Councils, like all government organisations, do not have to make a profit to stay in business, so they waste money on nice to haves and vanity projects which they have no business being involved with. Their job is to sweep the streets, and keep them safely lit, cut the grass, keep the parks tidy, collect the rubbish. and enforce sensible bye laws which protect the peace and quality of life of their communities and promote a healthy business climate.. Nothing more,apart from minimising their expense accounts. Anything else outside of statutory requirements such as health , education, police, is money wasted.
@@arthurrsaker8893 there are no council owned houses in Cornwall anymore. Councils were stopped from building new council homes from using the cash gained by selling housing stock under Thatcher which was a ridiculous decision as not everyone can afford to own their own home.
Years ago in the 80s, I lived in St Ives and just wrote poetry and went fishing. Had a bag of spuds and would catch fish and make fish and chips. I Was totally skint but it was also magical at the same time. I'm not saying being skint is nice or easy but I would rather be skint in Cornwall than anywhere else, to be honest. Loved the place, still love the place.
Good comment, it’s a good place to be skint!
It's the same thing here in the States - disgusted at the blatant greed!
As an American it is getting worse here also. God bless us all.
How to be a poor Brit:
1. Own a phone and a laptop
2. Smoke non-stop
3. Be perpetually drunk
4. Get free food from the foodbank
5. Clog up the doctor's waiting room with a minor ailment
6. Have several pets which you get bored of and have put down
7. Go on holiday to Benidorm
8. Stuff your ugly face with junkfood
9. Be at least 50 pounds overweight
10. Drive around in a mobility scooter
11. Pretend to need a walking stick
12. Hate the Tories because you aren't getting £1000 a week in welfare
The couple at the market are really doing a great thing for the families who really need a little support. Even a break for 5 mins to grab a coffee is soooo needed right now in the world. There needs to be more places like this ❤❤❤❤
I'm glad this was reccomended . Very informative. Thanks for showing Camborne.
This video is a credit too you, and in a good way, a pleasure to see community empathy something we all need 👍👍👍
I found this video quite upsetting. I moved to Cornwall from west London in 1975. I had problems in London as a teenager and I was getting into trouble with the police and just generally being an idiot. Cornwall was a literal breath of fresh air to me. Initially I lived in an out of season holiday chalet in Hayle and then I rented a place in Redruth. I got a job as a Cornwall County Fire Brigade mechanic and was a retained fireman in both Camborne and Redruth. The Cornish people were truly wonderful to me and I am grateful even now, at the age of 68. It was so good to be able to walk into a pub and not feel intimidated by the locals.
After about three years I came back to the London suburbs. The Summers were terrific, but the long, drizzly Winter days can be so depressing. But Cornwall and its people had changed me and I miss this beautiful county and it's locals to this day.
It's such a shame to see Camborne becoming run down, like so much of the rest of this wonderful country. When are we going to learn to look after our own communities?
Im the same, moved from west London to Cornwall. At first it was a huge difference but after 2 years I’m used to it now and its a lot more relaxing in Cornwall compared to London
In rural Wales we see the same, 40% hungry and surrounded by amazing natural beauty. We are so far even from Cardiff we get nothing. Not even food banks cover this area, as it's "too difficult". So we started our own "not a food bank", funded, run and for local people.
Just returned from visiting Wales, where my son is an international student. Beautiful country; very nice people. 🌸
We have a seed exchange/giveaway at our library. Do you also do that?
We also have the free materials exchange ( paint and firewood and building supplies). A tool “library” also.
I live in Bridgend south Wales and things are getting shxtty rapidly here so I can just imagine what you people are going through. well done for having the initiative to set up your own services for your community, much love from coity village.❤️🏴👍
@@mindfullymellow2323 Atlantic college by any chance?🙂
@@adamweston4152 - Hi! No, my son is in his last year at Cardiff University.
Exactly as you see in the video, the locals in camborne, rely on the locals in camborne. Its a sad reality here and has been for a while... but.. if you see how connected it has made us, how much charity and community spirit there is here, you could also see this is a beautiful thing that's rare these days.
I came here in 2018 with my children with nothing. And camborne is the reason that I'm still breathing and my children have everything they need, physically and mentally. The amount of support, help and kindness that you find here is the most beautiful sight you'll see ❤. .. the history of the mines is pretty cool too 😊
I just came across this video, it's well presented n it has a warm genuine feel to it with all involved, well done my friend. I've been to Cornwall on 2 occasions n I've never heard any news on this place, it shocked me tbf 👍
Glad you enjoyed the video
Just done a job there 100 yds from that market, the town is full of professional pram pushers, people walking around all day with cans of beer and the air is full of weed.
Such an amazing video, what beautiful people looking after their community this is what the news should be reporting on! Great journalism 👏
It breaks my heart too see a part of the UK so beautiful but abandoned by the uk government. Definitely Cornwall needs a Barnet figure close to scottish per head.
We need reform for the working class ✊
Stand strong Cornwall. Your power is stronger than you think .
Sorry bro but that one is a myth. If Scotland cost the British state it would be independence time. Like Cornwall the wealth flows to London and surrounding boroughs. Barnett is smoke and mirrors designed to reduce Scot Gov spending power in real terms.
You tried hard but the first 2 interviewees were a hoot!! Some crisis, if you’re still managing a pasty and a coffee! Or you’re down the pub supping beers!!
Thanks for showing us, what's really going on.
Alternative media is what we need to see, not the BBC who dont report on this.
A good significant vlog well said so good to see the local community helping one another so selfless of Ross and his wife I will be donating all the way from depressing Coventry West Midlands lol 🤣
Thanks for watching 🙏
6 weeks ago l was in Redruth as a tourist. My daughter lives there and l came over from Sweden. I had a really good time and find it hard to see these negatives. From getting off the train, l saw only good things.
Why the hell is that first guy complaining? If he can afford to eat out and buy coffee and take away food he cant be that badly off.
That’s the Cornish for you….never happy!
Sometimes eating out and getting a coffee can be one if the only pleasures for people with little cash, ive been it that position and speak from experience.
Great research. And your right, community togetherness proves key to our mental health 👍
He doesn't need milk he's got beer
I'm Cornish myself born & bred & live very close by. It's getting ridiculous what's happening under this Tory Government!
The government don't throw trash on the streets. Its the people who live there make the mess.
Camborne has always been a shithole, long before the tories got involved.
Wandering Turnip brought me here....
We stayed for a second year near Hayle at the St Ives Holiday Park in July this year. Lovely location and not far from St. Ives and Hayle which are nice enough. As a vinyl record collector, I was drawn to Cambourne because of a record shop called Lost In Music. It was shut, but we meandered up the high street popping in the charity shops. I have never seen an area so bad. I saw a young lad walking around with shoes falling apart in tears. A small town England have forgotten, troubling times and not the glossy seaside postcard everyone associated Cornwall with.
Thanks for coming over 🙏
Greed is rampant within humanity ..It will be the destruction of us all ..
Watched this because it randomly popped up on my YT page. Found it interesting as my great, great grandparents were born into mining families in Redruth in the early 1800s and then emigrated to Australia in 1854.
I was in Camborne this week and I thought it was looking a bit rough. One charity shop had a boarded-up window, the old Boots is just an empty shell. Even the guy in the cash-only shop said he was having a difficult time. I wouldn't be surprised if some chain stores (M&Co, Works, H&B) don't last much longer.
That looks a lovely town. I'd live there. Looks delightfully un-diverse . Not having Netflix is a small price to pay. How much are the houses?
The guy says come in a few pints really! There’s your milk right there for crying out loud.
If there is no industry and only rely on tourism for income, which is usually seasonal , does that not create a problem in itself? As regarding second homes who sold these properties, to become holiday homes or summer rentals? it's a conundrum which affects many small towns. Good video, but bigger issues are at play.
Of course, there are bigger issues at play. I can only show it from my level
@@WendallExplores I agree, it's not easy get a message in a short video.Coming from the North you can see the same downturn in the milltowns, like Burnley, Brierfield, Nelson, Colne. One of the problems is attracting companies to move and invest. One interesting fact at the height of the weaving mill, Lancashire had more mills than the rest of the world combined. How the mighty have fallen. Same with ship building in the North East. Anyway keep up the good work.
I agree,so much for levelling up!.
No matter where u are how much u have we need to help each other in any way way we can....the government are not interest in ordinary working class families...they care only for themselves so people need to stop waiting for them to help.
I'm a great believer in turning negatives into positives...hats off to Ross and Louise for helping their community....well done 👍
Its not just Cornwall, my coastal village in West Sussex has lost alot of its community spirit as buyers from within the M25 are coming to the coast and buying houses for holiday use. Almost none are rented so there's no tourists to boost the local economy either.
Whilst I see how outside buyers are raising prices, it must have been locals at one point that sold these houses and benefitted from the raised prices. Across the country younger generations have the same problem.
Exactly. I moved to Cornwall because of the influx from London increasing prices further and further southwards, - Whitstable, then Margate, Deal and so on. Yet many of the Cornish think it is only happening here. When they are forced out of Cornwall, they too will be increasing prices elsewhere. It is on ongoing trend ..
It was very uplifting seeing those that are trying to help the ones that need it. Thanks for the video. We have so many homeless people and decaying buildings in what used to be big beautiful cities in America. Glad to see some of the buildings still standing. Humans need a new way. This ones not working for many!
Lived there for six months,sept 05 to April 06 ,out of season, working shifts at a factory at Carn brea,red routh. People were good to me considering I’m a londonair,but being poor kinda put us all in the same boat.I learned a lot about daffodils.
20 years ago I was in Cornwall for holiday as a teenager with my siblings and parents. We had a lovely time and the English were all very friendly, I have only nice memories of our time in Cornwall and I wish the people there all the best and that they do not suffer and get help. Regards from Germany.
And he says milk is a luxury cant afford but can afford a couple of pints
Bro, you are on it. Love your uploads. Subbed and shared.
Legend!
Turdtowns covered a lot of cornish towns in his video 6 years ago, i wonder how the crime rate compares today
Good insightful video which the algorithm presented me with, gaining you a new subscriber! It’s important to keep the positive messages going in these times of increasing inequality. Reading your profile and recognising your accent I discovered that I too am a ‘yam yam’ (a new one on me!) but I left The Black Country forty odd years ago and have washed up in Yorkshire via Manchester, Essex and Glasgow. There are good people everywhere and you do right to emphasise the power of community in the face of greed and arrogance… keep it up mate.
i lived near Penzance 30 years ago and they hated me because i was an outsider. Never forget that experience!
there are million pound house's in the Camborne area, lack of opportunity?? there are jobs everywhere, the farms are always looking for workers, there is building jobs, I lived in Camborne for 35years,lived in a caravan, brought up on a council estate, they were saying the same things when I was growing up,poor Camborne, poor Redruth but my experience is if you got off your arse worked your guts off 7 days a week eventually things improve, which they did , it took years .things weren't smooth on the way and it's no quick fix but hard work even for low pay which I worked years for, things get better, nearly everyone I grew up with has succeeded coming from Camborne and Redruth, get up early, work hard, don't piss up your money and go for it, you can make it coming from anywhere
It’s such a shame, I live in Cornwall and see it like this is sad
This train don't stop Camborne Wednesdays.
Wish I could afford to support them, but, I live alone and it's the same here in Denmark. Everything is so expensive and you really have to think about going for the cheap offers in the shops. Really Oli, Cornwall will be loosing a great ambassador when you move😢. That's their loss and I must say that, eventhoug it only a few that hate emmets, it doesn't give a good picture of Cornwall. I do understand the way they feel about all the tourists, buying a second home thoug. We have the same problem in my town. 60 % of the houses sold here, is sold to tourists, so we have a ghost town in the winter. Wish you and your family the best Oli 🤗❤❤
It's quite bad in Coventry, in our area all banks closed in last few years, boots the chemist gone, more people using the food banks. I haven't had a holiday for 8 years but been dreaming of visiting Cornwall one day now for many years. We hear about the better side of Cornwall, but realistically I'm with the locals. Hope, all pans out. Hope.
Torys
My grandparents moved to South Africa in 1934. My dad was 6 years old. They came from st. Ives and Zennor. They never went back. Work was scarce. I'm a born and bred South African. I went to Cornwall in 2006 to see the land of my Hocking grandparents. What a beautiful place. But....but...although we have intractable problems in South Africa today, I'm not sure I could ever live there.
Choices, it's all about choices we all make in life.
Rich or poor, when there is a situation like huge inflation it affects all, but in different ways.
It's wrong to attack those with high end properties in St Ives.
Those people that own them, paid for them have nothing to do with those in Camborne.
Milk or Booze?
I have a business consultancy firm and provide real opportunities for people to make something of themselves. There are so few who are actually interested in making more money and doing something productive. I have no pity for the poor. There are so many opportunities out there, but the poor and the plebs find it so much easier and convenient to be annoyed at the rich and complain rather than take a risk and do something positive.
Great video. I was brought up near here and my Great Grandparents and those before were part of the mining industry owning and running mines in South America & California. Found cousins in California that graciously shared photos of my Great Grandmother and her sister taken in Redruth. I worked in Truro left to travel then settled in London (where my Grandmother was born) in 1990 where I had access to education through sponsorship with the LFB. Later moved to the States lived here for 20 years more education with Yale, and now watching my kids have access to education in the American system. Sad part here is that to get educated and a decent job and those with any talent or ambition end up leaving the county. Why does King Charles not do anything and set up opportunities for locals? (especially since he got his funding as Prince of Wales from the Duchy) And they could do rent controls on housing for locals. A lot does need to change in this world with the winter ahead and high inflation along with the issues of greed and corruption in politics and the financial system. Good video though and it is still a truly beautiful area and my hope is they get help and investment !
Thanks for watching 🙏
KC ... hm as if.
Cornwall will never develop. It is too isolated, unpopulated and undeveloped. The government should assist people in moving to more economically active parts of the country.
My grandfather was a tin miner in St Just and moved to USA in 1900 due to mining deteriorating …very hard then too..he came back in 1910 to,an eve worse scene
Coming from the US perspective, Carnborne looks beautiful for a low-income town.
Great video ,insightful narrative on south west #England
Thanks 🙏
Homelessness is not a second home problem, the state and local council is. It’s the same here in North Wales, people work hard to buy a second home, local people work hard, most move away because the hard work pays better but they come back and buy that second home. The whole second home, tourism industry pays local people, builders, trades, shops owners etc a living wage, without it the area would be desolate.
The cost of living crisis is governments doing, homelessness is a choice.
What annoys me most is people who have plenty of money getting the 400 pound energy payment. That money should go to better use
IMO, there should be no £400 Payment. Energy companies should have been fined/taxed for shameless profiteering and the govt should have pressurised them to lower their prices. The £400 payment means the energy companies (and their shareholders) still get to keep their profits and it's our tax pounds that are paying for it! Disgraceful.
It should be means tested
Likewise with the Govt offering the owner of the Camelot Hotel in Tintagel a £1m to close it for a year to house illegals..absolutely disgraceful, again £1m of taxpayers money that should be spent elsewhere within the county..
@@nelliedownsouth2316 they’re not illegal immigrants until their case has proved they are.
@@SL-sd3sg
All those young males fleeing war torn France should enter via correct means then..they enter knowing full well they'll be looked after more than many of our own poor who struggle daily..
The Govt tried closing down the Camelot Hotel by offering the owner £1m of taxpayers money to house them, money that could be put to better use within the county..
Thank for this got friends in Newquay love the Cornish more investment needed rent control and imports into small ports to give people jobs it’s not just about tourism spending in the local economy but Holliday let dragging it down just like the Cotswolds where I live
Thankyou. This helps me understand how this crazy economy (and the forces behind it), is impacting people overseas. It greatly saddens me, but the community helping the community is the way to stay resilient. Well done to those people. It is really wrong that rich people come there and leave again. Shocking to hear how much you guys are suffering with your energy prices. Things arent as bad here in Australia, (but costs of living are bad here), but will get worse soon.
I remember paying $12 for a beer in Perth about 10 years ago, hate to think what it is now… I’d have to stop buying milk!
Great example, talking to the bloke outside the pub, who admitted he would be having a few more, afford beer and fags, but milk is a luxury, that is a huge contradiction.
As a Yorkshire man, I spent 8 years down in Camborne, was very happy to get back to England, specifically Devon, much nicer 😜
Lol yup, that's the general consensus down there eh! I think Cornwall would be great if you have money, but for common folk, England wins 🙌
@Roger Melly Yeh I always felt/feel a sense of dispare down there. I'm not sure where I am in Devon is any cheaper, but it just feels more 'with it' and more prosperous, better opportunities etc. My poor dad is next door in Pool which is even more dire than Camborne, at least he's got Pool market though, the epicenter of Cornish culture! I shouldn't bash it too much, the Cornish coast is stunning, and there's some amazing rural locations too....maybe its better as a holiday destination!
Very sad to see how things changed for the worst. I’m from Kentucky in the USA, but many of my ancestors are from Wales and Cornwall, and came to mine coal in the 1800s. I hope the land of my forefathers can get back on its feet one day.
Mining was booming a century ago. We call that history. Many parts of the world that were once prosperous have declined because natural resources have been exhausted, trade patterns have changed, and technological change has made entire industries redundant. Thus, it is not as if Cornwell is suddenly in economic decline or experiencing hardship. This is a gradual process that has been playing itself out for years. Instead of moving to areas with better economic and employment prospects, people have chosen to stay in Cornwell and chase an ever shrinking piece of pie. The recent financial crisis did not cause the economic issues in Cornwell. Rather, the crisis simply exposed the depth of the challenges,
Excellent baby-den. Well done
What's the definition of confusion ?
Father's Day in Camborne & Redruth.
Great video. I lived in Cornwall for three years between 1995 - 1998, played for Troon a couple of times and danced at the Berkley Nightclub in the town centre. I moved to the Isles of Scilly for a couple of years and then joined the Army. Live in London now. Can you make another video of Redruth and Penzance?
Thanks Martin. I have made a couple videos in Penzance in the past.
Can't afford milk, but he can afford to drink in the spoons.....this boy has his priorities straight......😂
Disgusting that people are living below the poverty line…absolutely terrible while the government stands by and do nothing very very sad!!!!
Really enjoyed this video mate thank you
Watching from New Zealand, this reeks of the politics of envy
Welfare state and online shopping killed a lot of towns and villages
You're not painting an honest picture really, 100 yrs ago it was the mine owners and big shareholders who profited from Tin Mining, the actual miners were often poor and didn't make it to 40 before dying from chronic health condition like Emphasima from conditions underground, and there are a lot of v.pricey ( by Cornish wage standard) properties in the immediate area.
Yes I am from Camborne and 100% agree but you should see the prices!
Some areas in Devon are the same. Taunton, for example, was a lovely, safe market' town when I lived there in the early 80's. Now, there are drug raids and stabbings every week. Its a very sad dump. Rents are high because most of the council housing has been bought up.
Cornwall is stunningly beautiful but if the upper classes have property there, they shoukd invest in the local communities, in much the same way that the lord of the manner did, not that long ago.
So sad such stories exist in such a beautiful part of the world.
I lived in Camborne for five years until 2018. Made some amazing friends and wonderful memories in the White Hart.
RIP Dicky Bray. ❤️
Been to Camborne a few times. It's not that bad really.
Obviously it has its poorer parts but it's still better than some areas I've been to.
There are NO TREES or vegetation in sight.Trees,gardens and parks are necessary for a sense of well-being,
It's wonderful what some locals are offering but they can only do so much to cover a gaping wound.
Coal seems to have doubled in price so heating those Cornish homes is going to be out of question for many.
Wages are the problem. Cornwall is great place if you are paid the national rate e.g. local government, civil service, NHS. Tourism adds seasonality to low wages.
Make second home owners pay ten times the council tax with the money earmarked to build home for locals so they do not have to move away.
Being poor and living in a poor area is absolutely no reason for living in filth and litter. It speaks of a mindset that whilst very common is one that I despise. Civic pride costs nothing.
Totally agree
Locals could start small worker owned cooperatives, slowly grow them, link them. Maybe micro-greenhouses.
I live goldsithney 10 minutes from Penzance it's awful how bad it's got
Wow, some people have written, this guy can't afford milk but he can afford beer . . . like it's a smart comment. Hmm, guy has to choose between beer and milk in one of the world's richest countries and it's not a problem. I feel so much better. How do you know this guy wouldn't choose beer over heat and shelter too? He said he's been homeless before. My local supermarket takes food bank donations . . . for children only. Because we kind of have to give up on the food banks for adults now and focus on the children or they might starve. Adults have to fend for themselves. They collect donations every 3 days . . . about half a trolleys worth . . . from, the manager tells me, the busiest supermarket of it's brand in Yorkshire. Half a trolley!!!! and I know how much of that is me! A third of the stuff in there is weird or unnecessary stuff like cat treats, sugary cereals and chocolate. That's something I can see and verify with my own eyes every day that tells me exactly where the UK is economically. Some of the commenters here just seem completely delusional.
I enjoyed this video. I spent a week in Cornwall in the 1990s and loved it as a 20 year-old. I'm shocked to learn of the hard times befallen some communities and I'm even more shocked to find that for a coastal town - considering its at the bottom of the UK landwise I'm aghast to find no military sea defences positioned there like Trident in Scotland. Especially with the current political climate and wars!
"milk has become a luxury I can't afford...beer on the other hand"!!!!!!
St Ives is not the only town in Cornwall that you consider wealthy. Plenty of people here that are struggling too
A very poignant and needed video. Nobody wants to see this side of Cornwall. And it's also such a great thing that the baby den are doing.
Baby den doing a great job
I wonder if they actually pondered the possibility of buying milk instead of beer.
I grew up in Cornwall (Camborn and Falmouth) and recently visited after being away for over 20 years (I now live in Vancouver, Canada) I saw the decline of the UK society years ago (particularly regions on the periphery like Cornwall) and was shocked at how it has become a third-world society. If your cheese moves, move with it. Don't get stuck in a society that is failing, try to seek other places where there are better opportunities...or simply walk the long road to recovery within your own society.
Cornwall has become a resort for retired tories, spot on x