150 years ago, the people of Camborne took part in the biggest anti-police riot in Cornish history…
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Camborne~Redruth: The Oldest Continual Rugby Fixture in the World? Part Two
Cornwall’s greatest sporting rivalry? The world’s oldest sporting rivalry? Continuing the warts-and-all account of a great Cornish rugby tradition, up to the present day…
Camborne~Redruth: The Oldest Continual Rugby Fixture in the World? Part One
Cornwall’s greatest sporting rivalry? The world’s oldest sporting rivalry? Here is the warts-and-all account of a great Cornish rugby tradition…
Camborne’s Feast Day Rugby
The story of how Camborne Feast led to the birth of its rugby club, and how the ‘Feast Monday’ fixture became one of the biggest games of the season!
Bodyline at North Roskear
One for all cricket lovers…what do a bandleader, a mine captain, and the world’s fastest bowler have in common?
The Cornish Butter Boycott of 1920
A cost of living crisis, low wages, high unemployment, militant Trades’ Unions, strikes, a county-wide boycott, protests in Penzance, and a riot in Redruth…
The Wheal Agar Disaster of 1883
The harrowing true story of one of the worst disasters in Cornish mining history…
Rugby Special ~ Part Twelve
It’s the day of the CRFU Cup Final…all Camborne have to do to achieve a Cup and Merit Table ‘double’ in their 1977-78 Centenary Season is beat lowly St Austell…
Rugby Special ~ Final Part
There’s one big game to play in Camborne RFC’s 1977-78 Centenary Season: a John Player National Knockout match against little-known Matson…
Rugby Special ~ Part Eleven
Can Camborne RFC add more fame and prestige to their 1977-78 Centenary Season by beating the likes of Saracens and Cardiff? Find out here…
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 