When South Crofty Mine the last working mine in Cornwall closed down
someone daubed "Cornish lads are fishermen and Cornish lads are miners too. But when the fish and tin are gone, what are the Cornish boys to do?" on the wall outside.

The town I live in used to be one of the richest tin mining areas in the world. Now the place is full of people who left school at 16 expecting a job for live and now have bugger all to fall back on.

Its the only bit of graffiti that's stayed with me forever

www.cornwallcam.co.uk/bestofinland/scrofty2.jpg
( Peej, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 13:54, 9 replies)

i used that in my city & guilds photography final
i loved that, so glad there's a print of it somewhere! thanks bro.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 14:06, closed)

Ae you still down Pool way?
I drive past that once a fortnight on the way through to Helston
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 7 Oct 2010, 16:14, closed)

Make pasties?

(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 16:51, closed)

retrain and stop going on about an industry that isn't there any more.
and if there is an industry to be had, make a business plan and get it done.
(waxdart hello., Thu 7 Oct 2010, 18:02, closed)

Well the mine has been re-opened since 2004 if that helps
www.westernunitedmines.com/south_crofty/quick_facts
(HarvsPenzance was tired and confused at, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 22:31, closed)

It's a huge part of our heritage and we're insanely proud of it. Tin and fish. I wish I'd lived in those days. A hard hard life, but a life to be proud of. I love listening to stories from my elder relatives.

Edit: A lot of the Crofty boys moved to Ontario, to a town called Timmins (where Shania Twain came from incedentally), to work in the Gold Mine, including my uncle and his family. Which has meant a nice few summers in Canada for me yippee!
( user_names_suck, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 0:13, closed)

They tried this in south Yorkshire, with call centres.
Problem is, the firms who run call centres and other office-based operations don't want to hire people with obvious accents and dialects.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 9 Oct 2010, 2:23, closed)

and you didn't write "cornish girls" underneath?

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 18:43, closed)

There are very good reasons why he didn't.

(FirstBendBunching All four back please..., Mon 11 Oct 2010, 16:59, closed)