Series 7 Episode 5 - CAMBORNE (# 950 Visited 15/06/2024)

Cornwall, England : Population 21,985 (Rank # 483)

We take a 1990s nostalgia tour of Camborne and learn a little of its one time Cornish mining pre-eminence.

MUSIC

Floral Dance - Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band

Various - Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival

Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Way On Down - Elvis Presley

Go West - Village People

Victoria - The Kinks

THANKS

Freddie

R J Vipond & C Babbs

The staff of Poundland, Camborne

The Buildings of England (Cornwall) - Pevsner, N. et al

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