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On July 16, I present a paper to the Institute of Cornish Studies entitled ‘The Last Days of Holmans’. I intend it to tell the story of the 500 redundancies the firm made in 1985, the demolition of the Number One Works in 1989 (and subsequent erecting of a large supermarket), up to the firm’s final closure in 20032. This paper will later become an article.
What interests me is the reaction of Holmans’ employees and Camborne residents at the time, what locals think about the events now, and the effects they’ve had on the town.
Therefore, if you have connections to either Holmans or Camborne, could you please take a few minutes to complete the brief, confidential survey below. Your contribution matters!
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- Images from: http://cornishstory.com/2021/02/10/holman-echoes-of-an-age/, https://www.cornishmemory.com/item/BRA_35_003, https://www.cambornetown.com/directory-listing/tesco-stores/
- See: Clive Carter and Peter Joseph, From Holman Brothers to CompAir: The Story of Camborne’s Engineering History, second edition, Trevithick Society, 2012.
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 