Cornwall's Poorest Town In THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS

[@WendallExplores]

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[@paulmcquaid2940]

Fair enough brother. 👍

[@andydudley1775]

show any type of decent to tory and this person will take it down i think the plan here is to blame labour .

[@KarlKarsnark]

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!

[@johnclarke2997]

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.

[@njoyingtube1]

@@johnclarke2997 They certainly will !

[@TheClacky100]

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.

[@fatdaddy1996]

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?

[@philipmear8680]

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!

[@TheClacky100]

@@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.

[@TheClacky100]

@@fatdaddy1996 systematically destroyed.

[@johncleary3385]

@@fatdaddy1996 someone needs to get an education 🤣🤣🤣

[@yesamster]

Grew up in Penzance and moved out of Cornwall after university due to lack of job prospects, poor wages and housing crisis. Thank you for bringing to light the side of Cornwall that people don't see / know about. Hoping for a brighter future down there.

[@MatthewChapmanYT]

Yet Penzance is supposed to be a hub for this this and that. My mums street a small terraced one in the heart of the town has 7 holiday let’s….. All empty

[@jasonmadelin3633]

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.

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks for watching

[@mrsb3650]

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.

[@truthfinder350]

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.

[@dollydiddums7889]

👍 So so true

[@captaincornishadventures]

Yes we do we need a march of the cornish

[@mountainman9380]

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.

[@andydudley1775]

if you mention the tory are still in power and you get removed .

[@kevinwilde]

thatchers diabolical privatisation legacy and today's brexit is profoundly immoral along with arrogant corrupt tories.

[@janetgrangerdollhouseneedl4856]

I live in Camborne (moved here in the summer of 2021). It's a town of huge contrasts - there are some large, quite wealthy types of house, and lots of the terraced streets that you showed as well. But the people here make the difference - there is a good sense of community, and the people here are really friendly - much friendlier than in the Peak District village that I moved from! Such a pity that people are struggling through no fault of their own.

[@WendallExplores]

I agree Camborne has a wonderful sense of community

[@888ssss]

over priced crap hole.

[@jimmyobrien8738]

@@888ssss couldn't tell you, never been to Camborne.

[@888ssss]

@@jimmyobrien8738 its probably not a crap hole, but it will be over priced.

[@jimmyobrien8738]

@@888ssss like most places

[@richardcarr7557]

Lived in Launston in Cornwall while doing an access course at Camborne college. Found out it was quite a depressing area for some people. Not much work out of the Tourist season and what jobs there are , low wages. This was 2003 so it has got loads worse, with the Elite Government following the WEF narrative. Good people the Cornish hope things get better for you all.

[@ruthking5994]

My hometown and yeah it's crap

[@johnboy4067]

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

[@WendallExplores]

It is a beautiful place with lovely people

[@philipmear8680]

I used to live in Bodmin Cornwall. It’s not just poverty in former industrial areas, but widespread rural deprivation. The scenery is for fortunate folk because it’s mostly inaccessible by public transport. ‘One size fits all’ solutions from governments make thing worse, not better. Net Zero based government polices are returning most of Cornwall to the world of Thomas Hardy who described the reality of rural poverty in the 19th century.

[@cornishhh]

Bodmin, St Austell, Liskeard, and the surrounding rural areas are every bit as poor as Redruth/Camborne.

[@juliette2439]

It's planned to make it worse ..Always.You really think that those entitled a holes ever cared for any of us?? You have been lied to for many ,many years

[@royjacques5650]

We are having the same problem here in the cotswolds with the likes of Clarkson and all his cronies including the Royal family and all their hangers on turning the cotswolds into a rich man's private world good video best wishes roy.

[@liambyrne5285]

Love to go to Cornwall, can you speak cornish

[@minkgin3370]

I can think of worse places to be poor in. Imagine having little money but having to live in Grimsby, Bradford, Birmingham or South Shields.

[@Madonnalitta1]

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.

[@oneoflokis]

No. But: #DontVoteTory (Why has Cornwall got five sodding useless Tory MPs then?? 😡)

[@claudialunden3691]

This is exactly what they want.

[@keithmoan]

Yes. With the added concern that some Wetherspoons are being closed as well.

[@rogercarins]

dont buy a beer then, buy the milk

[@jimtheudb]

Did you not get government help with fuel bills, I thought this went to everyone?

[@ianlee487]

It's good to see that there is still good people in this world

[@ap5194]

I'm from Hampshire and I lived in Cornwall for 2 years back in 2017. The wages down in Cornwall are frighteningly low. If you get a rate of £10 an hour in Cornwall you're doing pretty well. How the locals are surviving is beyond me.

[@7366-HSGG]

£10 is unheard of

[@cameronleehorace]

It's not though, there are plenty that pay that or more in Cornwall@@7366-HSGG

[@Lovels07]

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 😊

[@barrywhite5899]

Fantastic video. I’m in Bristol and spend a fair bit of time in Cornwall/Devon, only takes a few hours to get there. As a tourist you do feel sort of immune from exactly what’s going on In these counties. I turn up, spend a few £ , use the free beaches and walks and then go home. I’ve always liked the idea of moving to Cornwall when I retire, I long for a sea view each day. I could sell up In Bristol and buy something bigger and better in Cornwall but I know deep down that would be wrong. I would be adding to the local problem. It’s such a shame, but with seasonal holiday locations you often find that during the off season jobs and income shrinks for the local communities, you get no massive businesses invest because they are miles away from the rest of the uk and with everything increasing in price these communities are the hardest hit. It’s an horrendous situation. But it’s not just Cornwall, even inBristol I’d argue that the split between those with and those without is even worse. Rents for a small flat are now towards. £1400 a month, bills on top and you find many people in a small home. We are rapidly heading towards massive civil unrest I think

[@personalcheeses8073]

I thought you were dead?

[@barrywhite5899]

@@personalcheeses8073 Nah… living in a bed sit paid for by my royalties 👍🏿

[@LabRat6619]

@@barrywhite5899 just don't eat as much!

[@arthurrsaker8893]

Fortunately, we as a society are not as you apparently gleefully forecast, "rapidly heading toward massive civil unrest". People are having a grumble, the dramatically inclined more so than everyone else as usual, but most folk are getting on with their lives and finding ways to cope which do not lead to the violent destruction of their communities, and would want nothing to do with the immature student debating society politics in which such views are propagated and embraced with infantile enthusiasm. If the left throws one of it's periodic temper tantrums, they will likely get the middle finger from the rest who know that rioting doesn't pay the bills. It just creates an expensive mess that they will have to help to pay for.

[@cornishalps9870]

As a region we rely on tourists like you, the problem is big businesses and multinational companies taking all the business and reaping all the profits

[@stevostevoz1976]

Wendall I have recently discovered your channel. I have watched many videos today. Thankyou for bringing these videos to the fore. For the greater good your content is far reaching.

[@andyinnes2178]

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.

[@missmerrily4830]

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.

[@thomaschristopher1513]

TBF Redruth was a shithole 20 years ago and is looking slightly better these days.

[@jimdavis8391]

Globalisation.

[@macman975]

You loved 'your' Cornwall so much that you left over 20 years ago!.

[@debbiehenri345]

@@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.

[@ballisticdan9135]

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.

[@WendallExplores]

It is blessed but if your stuffing financially it’s hard to see that beauty

[@ballisticdan9135]

@@WendallExplores That's true.

[@louisebarnett7591]

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.

[@KernowFay]

Not everyone has a car nor can walk 3 to 4 miles o the beach. Some youngsters virtually never see the beach.

[@ballisticdan9135]

@@KernowFay That's a real shame.

[@liztoth4324]

Cornwall is a wonderful place. The Community support, glorious nature - honestly a better place to get through these troubling times than the heartless big cities.

[@WendallExplores]

It’s a good place to get away from the big city problems for sure

[@noelwallace5257]

Agreed…. Porthleven for me.

[@Rebelconformist82]

there's no nice place for this situation

[@trentsteele1986]

This problem isn't just isolated to Cornwall most industrial towns are suffering the effects of this hopeless government. I think you'll find in the Hay Day of the mining boom the only people making the real were the hierarchy at the top. Most mining families were pretty poor do not forget whole families were going down the pit including kids to work air pumps to keep the family alive. The miners certainly didn't go to there million-pound properties in London. So they could play a being cockney and eating jellied eels

[@liztoth4324]

@@trentsteele1986 I agree. Every town has it’s rich and poor. Cornwall has been dependent on mining, agriculture and tourism for a long time now. Virtually everyone is struggling now due to high costs and interest rates. I would rather struggle in Cornwall that an inner city region anytime! I believe Cornwall lost EU funding after Brexit. But these hard times are right across Europe now. The U.K. isn’t the only place going through this!!

[@robsimmonds7685]

Thank you for making this video. 🙏 Without your excellent and insightful work the world wouldn't know the half of what's really going on. Rarely does the internet provide anything truly useful but channels like yours buck that trend. Hoping for better times for everyone in Cornwall. 🙏

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you 🙏 Free media is a blessing. Let’s hope for better times

[@beachcomber1able]

Don't hold your breath. 😏

[@nickwalters5380]

The housing stock in the Cam/Pool/Red area is fantastic. Fortunately mainly owned by locals. I so hope the mining comes back, we're stuffed with rare earth metals that are now becoming incredibly valuable. My dad was a miner and I grew up in St Agnes in the 70's, top of stippy stappy, the local economy was driven by the miners and fishermen back then. The holiday makers were the icing on the cake. Fucking sad these days to see those wonderful communities filled with holiday homes

[@debbiehollis5711]

Mining can't come back .Pumps turned off at Wellington and Jane .Mines totally flooded and addits blocked with silt.All heads capped .Now up through Police a cycle track. All railways gone that transported the tin and to Bissoe and Devoran to be processed.Tin didn't realize enough on the market to make it worth digging it out of the ground .All gone fishing farming oyster dredging boat building nearly all gone .Hospitality only thing left and the Cornish hate holiday makers known as emmets. They hate them buying up all the properties and only using them for a couple of weeks a year .They hate the fact they can't afford to buy these houses. Camborne and Redruth is cheaper because they are shit holes .The people who live in the rather grand detached houses inherited most of them from their Grandparents .Most of high street outlets closed now and replaced by charity shops .So sad and so bloody expensive .

[@KoDeMondo]

The problem is not when they come but when they are left as those metal down the ground are not infinite but only a limited resource. When they arrive they definitely bring wealth and benefits... But then after few years you will see rising exploitation, inequality, social unrest, competitions, corruption, rising housing prices and cost of living. No thanks!!

[@debbiehollis5711]

@@KoDeMondo There was plenty of tin that wasn't the problem.The tin wasn't reaching enough money on the open market to make it viable enough to mine it .The tin miners were poor the mine owners got rich on the proceeds of all the miners hard graft,in the days when all the mines were up and running .

[@Propercornishmaid]

Apparently we have a huge lithium supply they were on about mining for. We were famously and are famously known as a tin mining county. I personally know people, family etc that were miners back then. Cornwall is full of mines, if the reopen the mines, dredge them of water Cornwall would not be stable anymore which is why they haven't done it. My aunt, thank god was out one day with my cousins.... She came home to the front half of her house gone down a mine that collapsed and opened up under the house.

[@debbiehollis5711]

@@Propercornishmaid They didn't chart all the mine shafts back in the day .I remember a huge hole opening up in St Day and swallowing quite a few new houses. Unfortunately it would be impossible now to drain the mines of water .Because Cornwall is such a wet County the pumps had to be on continuously. That's why they took so long to turn the pump off at Wheal Jane which pumped out Wellington too .They knew their decision would be irreversible. No more mining for good .All the additts are now blocked with silt .All the props rotten .The gas you're talking about they hope could be pumped up to the surface where it could be contained and harvested .So much has gone from Cornwall .Billington minerals kept going into the late seventies but eventually they too were forced to close .I lived in Twelveheads now its tourism and cycle hire up through Poldice Valley..

[@mushy111]

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! 🖤🤍

[@joknuckey5088]

Thank you for sharing the fantastic work done at the Baby Den by Louise and Ross. They have such vision and commitment to helping their local community.

[@cebusapella9125]

Hi Wendall, great video showing the other side of Cornwall, the poverty which you see in some of the inland towns, Camborne and Redruth being one of the poorest areas in Europe. It's an area I'm actually extremely fond of, it's a fantastic area to explore; Heartlands is a great place to visit, and it's free, the Great Flat Lode trail is a wonderful walk around Carn Brea, showing some of the most impressive mining sites in Britain. Carn Brea itself is well worth exploring, the mines at Pool, which are National Trust-owned museums of mining. There's also the wonderful Moseley Museum, just outside Redruth - free entry, run by dedicated volunteers, but not often open. The towns themselves are fascinating too, Redruth in particular has some amazing buildings. I wish more tourists would discover its treasures. Great to hear about the sense of community there and how people are coping and helping others. Many thanks.

[@WendallExplores]

I’ve always felt more at home in Camborne and Redruth I think because of my Midlands roots. The people are down to earth, warm and full of banter. I’m also fascinated by the mining history.

[@cebusapella9125]

@@WendallExplores Hi Wendall, if you're into mining history, and as you like exploring, you should try and get hold of Ken Brown and Bob Acton's Exploring Cornish Mines books, I find them fascinating, also Bob Acton's two Tramway Trails books (the Great Flat Lode Trail and the Coast-to-Coast Trail, Devoran to Portreath). Bob Acton has a series of walk books too, which are my favourite walk books as they're packed with historical information.

[@Hedgehogsinthemist123]

Unfortunately, Heartlands has closed down.

[@TESTA-CC]

What genuinely nice people, not one person had attitude or an agenda open and honest about there life. this is a credit to the area, in my eyes. What a great video of the life of normal working people in the UK.

[@hughjasse3375]

If visitors want a day away from the coast, there's loads around Camborne, especially if you want to learn about history that changed Britain and the world. The Richard Trevithick statue and cottage starts you off learning about Camborne's most famous son, who invented amongst other things the first steam engine. Then died penniless, despite all his inventions. The King Edward Mine and Tuckingham Valley Park are a good day out, to learn about the mining past and how it worked. Great stuff for kids to learn about our industrial history, as a lot of it started here. There's been large lithium deposits surveyed under most of west cornwall. Basically, anywhere around the old copper and Tin mines will contain lithium. There's apparently a few working mines now between St Dennis and St Austell - but it's gone pretty quiet since they started. If they pull as much lithium out as they think it contains, it'll be interesting to see who is profiting, and if any of the money ever goes back into the local areas and people.

[@WendallExplores]

Amen, good comment all round

[@andytoms4218]

I live near huge mines and one opened up pulling out expensive ore ! Locals were kicked out of their houses. Land was seized, locals were promised well paid jobs if they cooperated . real world No jobs, no shares in the profits. When it went bust the company left it in a dangerous and horrendous state which the council was obliged by law to pay for clean up and planting trees etc . Lithium mines are open mining very destructive , dirty and dusty in summer time! An eyesore on local beauty spots and not worth the effort if you have to put soil back and plant trees! ( Expensive)

[@alizimoxx]

Some of my family grew up in Cornwall. There were hardly any good jobs, except for seasonal tourism and hospitality, hardly any opportunities. Most of them moved away for better opportunities. A lot of my ancestors came from Cornwall, in the roseland, where there were big farming communities. The people of Cornwall are wonderful people, so generous and such a unique area of the UK. It's so sad how it's become swamped by tourists and second home owners.

[@jacqueline8559]

So, now the Tourists are flashing the V and going elsewhere, because of the antagonism from the Cornish genius'. So, what jobs are you all going to get, now you have free reign and can start earning money from your new businesses. In your dreams 😂😂😂 What difference do the million pound houses make to these people? Full, or empty, they will make no difference to those people's daily lives, or them paying their bills

[@dailaffin9066]

Nice video, you are a great reporter, better than a lot of our so called media👍

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you 🙏 No need for mainstream media with free press on KZbin now

[@gratitude1061]

@@WendallExplores well done 👏

[@rchurch23]

Well done for making this. This is the real "living the Cornish dream"

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks Rob 🙏 I’m just trying to show what I see

[@debrahumphreys9305]

I am Australian. I was living in Camborne when my son was born. Fond memories of the friendliness of the locals. It was a tough time for me but it is sad to see whats happening now. So nice to see the help offered

[@manwithnoname6580]

I’ve lived in Camborne three times now ( work took me away but I keep coming back 😊) . Even if I had a million quid there’s no other town in Cornwall I’d want to live in. It’s a close-knit super-friendly town, with all amenities close by, and fantastic people.

[@WendallExplores]

Well said

[@Dujfjfo]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 well done mate for showing the real Cornwall. This is the side rarely shown by the BBC. Though Simon Reeves did show Camborne on his series. Id love to see and hear more stories from people living in Cornwall, now that you have covered most of the beaches and wildlife spots in past videos.

[@WendallExplores]

I think I remember Simon Reeve visiting the food bank in Camborne

[@robertk1968]

Really great to see the community helping themselves, I always believe charity begins at home, It would be nice to see if the same type of center could be set up to help young men to learn a skills with voluntary help from any older men who have knowledge to pass on. Our young men should be a vital to any community.

[@salnaturile8653]

"Should be" being the operative words. Recently I spoke with an older skilled blacksmith, who told me that he'd had a number of young "apprentices" come and go in his workshop over the past few years. He said without exception they were disinterested , unreliable, and didn't want to work for the money offered. He said the future is looking bleak once his generation is gone, and I have to say I couldn't disagree with him. A lot of entitled wannabe influencers, which is apparently the number 1 career option.

[@clivebaxter6354]

Most of the lazy buggers help themselves to benefits!

[@uco527]

Sad to see the council and government cant do their legal job though.

[@ricky450f]

Can’t afford milk but going to pub for couple beers🙈these times are hard but prioritise!!!

[@elizabethrigby-jones5085]

Great you are highlighting the poverty areas in Cornwall. 🙂

[@janepearson2450]

If it cheers him up ,so what.

[@MsPinkwolf]

Well done for totally ignoring the issue.

[@MsPinkwolf]

@Donna E agree. But he wasn't even buying beer. He was just stood outside a pub 😂

[@jtmmmm27]

£4 pint can get you 6 litres of milk lol. Priorities.

[@mnilsson2704]

I was born in the far north of britain, poverty is life there, this actually shocked me. Cornwell of all places.. Such lovely people, I wish them well and a brighter future

[@junctionfilms6348]

Cornwall has been one of the most deprived areas of the south for a long time I think. the wealthy south, say, from west London to Weymouth or Cheltenham, Sussex, that rectangle, probably the most full of the millionaire classes, you also find massive polarisation say, between council estates in Oxford, or Reading, or deprived towns like Basingstoke, yet surrounded by estates and millionaires and dead villages, with commuter homes. It is sad really. The polarisation is massive in those areas.

[@dougie1968]

Grew up in Doublestiles, Newquay. Nearest beach was Porth Beach. My dad was a tin miner. Worked in Wheal Jane mine. Mum, Newquay girl born and bred, worked in Trevelgue caravan site as a cleaner. It was a struggle for people back then. Nothings changed. Cornwall will always be a poor county full of poor people.

[@WendallExplores]

Shame people with a story like this have to stare at the mansions of the rich as they pass by these days

[@miss.l.1563]

I love porth beach! Would holiday in Newquay & stay in trencreek as a child. Then my mum moved to Holywell bay when I was early 20's. She passed away in 2012. I love Cornwall & it's a shock to see this , although in a way I'm not surprised as everywhere has ptoblems. 😞.

[@alttokenomics]

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.

[@WendallExplores]

Good comment, it’s a good place to be skint!

[@TravellingTorunn]

Great video about a big issue these days, and I am glad there are this kind of people in the world.

[@WendallExplores]

They’re doing a great job at the baby den

[@chelseybowen]

A great representation of what it’s actually like here. Unfortunately, in the past year it has gotten even worse. The cost of living has shut so many businesses and support systems down. The Baby Den mentioned has since closed down, even more shops are boarded up, such a shame. Great video Wendall. Keep up the good work 🎉👏

[@borderlinebetty8180]

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 ❤❤❤❤

[@margotwenty6436]

Used to be a wonderful market town farmers huge engineering works highly trained engineers. It all started with the council pulling down the School of Mines to put up a supermarket and it's just got worse ever since nearly 40 years of absolute misery and the people being sold down the drain

[@annescarlett5463]

Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire is in the same state. Gateway to Norfolk yet forgotten by our district and county council. One of, if not the poorest villages in the county. So frustrating. Good on you for highlighting this problem.

[@TimmiTification]

Seeing this makes me so grateful for what I have. It's really refreshing to see the community helping eachother so much. I really want the best for them. 🙏

[@kevinjking7026]

Thank-you so much for posting this. As a Camborne man born and bred, and still here after 42 years, it is refreshing to see Cornwall portrayed honestly and not just as a playground for the rich. For those who are visiting Portreath/Hayle or St Ives etc in the summer, come over to Camborne, look in the town, spend some money, support some local businesses. We also have an excellent selection of mines and engine houses all around the edge of the town, towards Carn Brea and Redruth. This is proper Poldark country. Many thanks for the upload!

[@WendallExplores]

I’m happy you felt it was a balanced and honest portrayal

[@mariapierce2707]

I'm glad this was reccomended . Very informative. Thanks for showing Camborne.

[@tyronehale4017]

I've lived in Camborne just over 4years and you do get a vibe that things are hard but many out there making changes, slowly but surely. Nice video mate💯😁

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

As sad as this video is in highlighting poverty, it is wonderful to see the nucleus of community spirit to help those in need. A very different view of Cornwall than the Doc Marten series - I think they could use the services of a good doctor around there.

[@cheshirehomebrew]

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.👍

[@WendallExplores]

Yeah I agree it’s complex and the problems stem from years of poor decisions. Welcome to the pack ✊

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

We have open borders. Cornwall has a LOT of change coming as the English move further away from cities.

[@arthurrsaker8893]

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.

[@markwalker2627]

@@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.

[@SparkleandPop]

This is so sad. I haven't been lucky enough to visit Cornwall since I was about 12 (I'm 33 now) as it's very far away and quite expensive to visit, but it really breaks my heart to see the locals struggling so much. Especially with Cornwall being considered to be a very affluent place, but it's just clear that it has become a playground for the rich while the local communities are forgotten. Hoping for more prosperous times for the locals in Cornwall. Something really needs to be done about the second homes issue. The Baby Den looks fantastic - we could really do with something like that around my way (East Midlands) too.

[@przemyslaw1235]

Amazing video🤝 I am from coal mining town in Poland.Was great in 90s, after they shut down every coal mine in my town.The economy and residents suffered after the sudden closure of mines. Stay strong and i wish you all the best🤝you have good heart

[@PUNK26045]

what a heart-warming , yet still sad , video. its great to see there are still people out there who care about their communities and try to help others. very inspiring. and great work in high-lighting these people too. salute.

[@tonyrobinson362]

Welldone to that man and their helpers, Same up here in the midlands its every where except in parliament, Try and carry on and keep safe.

[@uco527]

Brilliant video, I live on the outskirts of Camborne and will make sure to visit this community driven organisation with a donation. These videos do much more for locals than the mainstream media could ever imagine doing. They wants hits, you want to help, it's obvious.

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you for watching 🙏

[@DJ-vh2uh]

Very good video. You were very honest and down to earth. You understand how hard things are. You come across as a very good dude who understands. .. Maybe do one about all the different ways people can help. I would like to get involved

[@toms3898]

Nice work, highlighting the plight of people living in the forgotten regions of Britain. I'll definitely donate few quid. Inspired, keep doing this work.

[@king77703]

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 👍

[@WendallExplores]

Glad you enjoyed the video

[@jamesonc.v8433]

This video is a credit too you, and in a good way, a pleasure to see community empathy something we all need 👍👍👍

[@watchesfromedges]

My children were born in rural Cornwall in the 1980's and the differences between rich and poor were stark then, but it was at least easier to find housing. Now there is just nowhere to rent. I live in mid Wales now and the contrast is no better, Tories have destroyed the housing market and renters live in constant fear of having to find somewhere else. I still have family in Cambourne, the town looks sadder everytime I visit.

[@mikewendland4982]

It's the same thing here in the States - disgusted at the blatant greed!

[@nancyharwood9205]

As an American it is getting worse here also. God bless us all.

[@saxglend9439]

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

[@musitecture.vienna]

My family live on the Devon/Cornish border in an old mining village. They’re fighting the local council to improve basic infrastructure, especially public transport. Government investment in the basics is essential to help those without their own cars get around for work. The government could easily fund such much needed upgrades by taxing the crap out of holiday home owners.

[@adrianharrison5208]

Holiday home owners would just sell up and take the money elsewhere

[@musitecture.vienna]

@@adrianharrison5208 yep, and in doing so would free up much needed properties for the local population.

[@susanmaecowell-federbusch9367]

My Grandfather grew up in one of those miners' houses. He worked in them since a young lad with his Da. He wanted to be a surveyor but no money for school, beyond the usual at the time, when he could go that is , Thanks to his Mam she made sure he got education. Thanks for showing us around. I found it especially interesting. Cheers from Australia.

[@samanthawatson6233]

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 😂

[@happycook6737]

Yes, he has tremendous spirit to crack a joke like everything is ok and normal.

[@B-26354]

My biggest piece of advice for people struggling in the cost of living crisis is to learn to cook - your bills will be slashed if you prep your own meals and freeze them without relying on the convenience of take aways or ready meals. Buy frozen veg and fruit aswell to use as ingredients, it works out cheaper than fresh but fresh is always less expensive then a processed ready meal. I have friends who are complaining they cannot afford their bills yet spend in excess of £100 per week on evening takeaway meals - it's utter madness.

[@colinsmith1288]

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.

[@WendallExplores]

We need reform for the working class ✊

[@pyewackett5]

Stand strong Cornwall. Your power is stronger than you think .

[@channelbree]

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.

[@notso3031]

Such an amazing video, what beautiful people looking after their community this is what the news should be reporting on! Great journalism 👏

[@soniafinch7922]

Amazing work! Well done!

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks Sonia

[@markhemp7719]

Really educational videos, good work well done, and excellent editorial. Thankyou, really enjoyed that, felt like a genuine depiction. It's not all about money, it's about community, and one love. Also excellent work by baby den, pulling that together, they should roll it out as a programme and get more willing communities together, the source is there, just need to tap in to it, and that's done through pure love.😊 😊😊

[@johnmason9655]

Great watch. Certainly opens your eyes to what's going on

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks for watching John

[@mikebrennan6165]

Thanks for this video, only just found it 3 months after you posted it. I was lucky enough to be a student in the early 1990s and lived in Camborne and Pool. It was very poor then with just one Tin mine still operating but it was an amazing community to be a part of, even if only for three years. Thanks for sharing the link to suport Baby Den, one of a number of really important projects down there that we should support and i will be donating today. There is a glimmer of hope in that there are plans to re-open the tin mine at South Crofty, the way in which mining ceased in Cornwall means that there are still large reserves of tin and some lithium under the ground, both of which are key elements of electronics.

[@WendallExplores]

Yes, it will surely be helpful for the local area if the mine successfully resumes operation. I find these areas fascinating. Thanks for watching.

[@spiritranger9202]

Interesting to see this. We are seeing many similar issues in the US. Every week new price increases at the grocery store. Now layoffs starting. It seems those of us in the western world are getting hit harder and harder.

[@Auriel117]

Just returned from a mini-break in Cornwall, had no idea about any of this, thanks for bringing this to light!

[@WendallExplores]

Glad to enlighten 🙏

[@sidwilliams1529]

I grew up in Camborne and after living in London and further afield for 20 years, returned and now live in Redruth. There are communities like this all over the world, towns left to fend for themselves after industry left long ago. But please look further than an interview outside your local Wetherspoons, there are great changes in Redruth and I can tell you it's a better place than is was 35 years ago. Education and looking forward are important, we have huge advantages over certain cities and towns in the UK, let's not forget that. I was forced to leave Cornwall in the 80's because there was almost literally no work, Cornwall has changed and for the better, yes house prices and wages still don't match, but we have a community spirit and work opportunities are out there.

[@markpitt5248]

I live in Redruth, I chose to live here and I think its a great place. Sure it needs more work and the shops disappearing from town are a worry but there is a community spirit.

[@Lovels07]

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 😊

[@davidsteward123]

Great research. And your right, community togetherness proves key to our mental health 👍

[@christian-van-e]

Wow man, jus discovered your channel. Really in love with GB, so I also wanted to see the rougher side. Have seen a lot of documentaries about poverty in Blackpool, etc. Will binge your channel from today on. Keep up the good work. All the best, greets from The Netherlands!

[@weirdplanet1082]

I'm Cornish myself born & bred & live very close by. It's getting ridiculous what's happening under this Tory Government!

[@owenparsons2972]

The government don't throw trash on the streets. Its the people who live there make the mess.

[@conwaygittins5804]

Camborne has always been a shithole, long before the tories got involved.

[@ChangesOneTim]

Blimey! When it comes to choosing between buying pints of beer down the Spoons or buying pints of milk down Asda, it really shows a warped sense of priorities in a cost of living crisis!

[@char377]

Yeah that was telling.

[@audreyblack8629]

Same with a lot of people. Rather spend money on latest phone, tablet, having nails done, tattoos, take-aways and coffees in Starbucks, cigarettes, beer etc. than buy and cook food. No wonder they have no money for food on benefits. Never have take-away, nails done and have no tattoos as food and rent is and should be priority. My grandma bought up 8 kids in a 2 up 2 down with no heating, no hot water on tap, no bathroom and no indoor toilet. My grandfather was killed in WW1in Egypt and there was no welfare, benefits or free healthcare or medicines. But no one went hungry, the rent was always paid and the home and children clean and well- turned out. So how come with all the benefit money and extra freebies, they can't buy food? Maybe they shouldn't keep having kids they can't afford and limit their families as we did. And where are all the absent fathers who should be supporting their kids like most fathers do? Seems certain people think it is OK to have numerous children but then leave them for everyone else to pay for as well as paying for their own children. Whatever benefits you give them, some people will never spend it on the things it is given them to buy/ pay for. Many hardworking people have less money at the end of the week for luxuries than those on benefits choose to spent their money on whilst moaning they need more for essentials.

[@lat1419]

You have no idea how long term grinding poverty affects MH. It produces constant worry, and this leads to cognitive dissonance. That leads to occasional "bad choices" - a pint, a scratch card, a coffee from the cafe, the sort of thing most have without it bring a major financial choice. The sort of thing "normal" people can do. These are pressure release mechanisms, that give a short boost, a fleeting temporary relief from constant grinding poverty.

[@ChangesOneTim]

@@lat1419 Fully agree that anyone's mental wellbeing is put at serious risk through long-term poverty, but come on, "occasional bad choices"?! We're talking here about people who virtually wear such "choices" as a badge of honour. They set out to take the pi$$ out of the system, giving all benefits claimants a bad name and playing straight into the hands of (usually Tory) politicians who want to slash public spending. I don't begrudge those who want to keep in touch with mates over one or two pints maybe once a week (I'd likely do the same), but we all see folk who feel no shame in spending whole days and tens of pounds drinking down what should be in the pot for food, heating and other necessary home bills.

[@steveodonoghue2772]

@@lat1419 ok but I bet if you visited that pub everyday you see the same people in there everyday scratching their scratch cards and smoking by the entrance 😏

[@psg8802]

First couple of people interviewed - cut back on streaming services and eating out, talking about the price of milk whilst standing outside of a pub that he's no doubt just been in spending £3 a pint - just sums up the mentality of people these days. No clue about budgeting or personal responsiblity.

[@12235117657598502586]

He can’t afford milk… But he can afford beer???! 😳🤔

[@moosky7344]

, 😹😹😹😹exactly, people want cheap as chips for basic food, but alcohol any price whatsoever that's ok

[@benitopussolini544]

If you lived down there you would spend your money on beer to!

[@claremaidofthewave251]

And a ciggie 😂

[@michaelmccartney8506]

Beers cheaper

[@fredhawkey380]

Milk don't cheer u up shag.

[@galegrazutis964]

OMG l live in Australia. And watched the series Doc Martin on and off. Just to see THE MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY of Cornwall. Had no idea there was poverty there

[@kaycee625]

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!!

[@annabrown3337]

Thank you wendell for highlighting it. God bless the people helping, it's so important 🥰

[@shegoesgaming993]

The poorest town is one of the best and unique looking towns I've ever seen. I wish I lived there. It seems really peaceful

[@manwithnoname6580]

It’s a great town , there’s no other town in Cornwall I’d want to live in.

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

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.

[@michelleward2037]

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 🤣

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@lindabonomi7274]

What a fascinating video...excellent videography...amazing people...thank you so much

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks for the kind words 🙏

[@kingdicer8677]

Well done for telling it like it is in Cornwall at the moment.

[@tentoes2012]

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?

[@jl3062]

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

[@Esotericul]

So sad! I hope the council does something about it. Same thing happening in Scotland, our island communities are being bought out for 2nd, 3rd holiday homes for the rich, house prices are now completely unaffordable for the locals. It’s rare to hear a a Scottish accent in the Highlands these days.

[@wulfsorenson8859]

Don’t worry there’s plenty of room in the highlands for all the poles and Romanians who will be coming when wee Jimmy cranky takes you back in the EU.

[@happycook6737]

Wow 😳. Sad.

[@malcolmwright576]

You've produced a video of how I see Cornwall. It's a beautiful place, but it also has places like Camborne and Redruth - but I'm pleased to see that there's still a community spirit in the old mining areas that you can't find in eutopia by the sea. Great video!

[@lat1419]

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.

[@mindfullymellow2323]

Just returned from visiting Wales, where my son is an international student. Beautiful country; very nice people. 🌸

[@LilyGazou]

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.

[@adamweston4152]

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.❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@adamweston4152]

​@@mindfullymellow2323 Atlantic college by any chance?🙂

[@mindfullymellow2323]

@@adamweston4152 - Hi! No, my son is in his last year at Cardiff University.

[@ingajewell1087]

When I married my late Cornish husband in 1993, our street was a neighbourhood. Now, my house the only residential place amongst holiday lets

[@guitarlover302]

Baby Den such a brilliant idea ! Great people running it - hope they get some support with funding to keep it going !

[@WendallExplores]

Agreed, they are really genuine and kind people

[@guitarlover302]

@@WendallExplores best of the best 👌

[@louisebarnett7591]

Thank you, we love what we do and appreciate all of the support ❤

[@michelepastele5347]

Thank you for the video! I've visited Cornwall and loved it - very beautiful area and great folks too. I am so glad there's a place like the Baby Den to help out. Feels like the rich should be lifting the others who are struggling!

[@jamest1403]

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.

[@jonifarrington8468]

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 ..

[@andyduhamel1925]

Cornwall has been asset stripped for centuries, and the wealth did absolutely nothing to the wider community, its quite disgusting.

[@markc1601]

You'll find this up and down the country where once thriving quaint towns and villages have become shanty towns. The cost of living is just one small symptom of a far wider problem we have in this country now. Every town and village Is cloned with a Shoe Zone. Greggs Bakers and a Costa coffee and addicts selling the Big Issue and the quaint old guest houses that were once adorned with hanging flower baskets are now filled with Immigrants or addicts smoking, drinking and taking drugs on its doorsteps

[@LilyGazou]

Sounds like Seattle/Tacoma.

[@marysmith8876]

I am watching from Durban, South Africa. One thing I notice immediately is how clean and tidy the streets are there. No litter on the streets. Thank you, I found this most interesting.

[@jayyelland8289]

It's a sad fate of affairs that people can't afford food now let alone stock up for the food shortages to come & power cuts 😢

[@WendallExplores]

Let’s have a general election and start to sort this mess out ✊

[@navindhbaburam2612]

I get the feeling that a general strike would have a more beneficial effect on our long term quality of life than a general election.

[@jayyelland8289]

I've been saying ever since the Kung-flu . If everyone in the UK stopped their Council Tax on the same day , a lot will change, but unfortunately there is too many sheep , that ain't got a scooby doo what's going on , NWO

[@bosvigos9165]

I left Cornwall in ‘88 and have not returned since. Watching from afar - now retired in Ireland - it saddens me to see the how things are now, Camborne and Redruth were pretty much the same then. I left because I didn’t like the attitude of so many of those who moved there who seemed to think starting up a business was not only a great way to rip off visitors, but those who lived locally too. Now the gap is even wider between the haves and have nots. Such a shame. Thank goodness for the Baby Den and likes of around the county. Good people do exist!

[@tonyhodgkinson4586]

Many areas of the uk have their own Camborne equivalent

[@WendallExplores]

Indeed many similar areas up country are more deprived. I think that Camborne is a case to be identified because not many out of county are aware of some of the issues within Cornwall

[@cornishhh]

Most inland towns in Cornwall have similar problems to Camborne.

[@cynt1111]

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.

[@Dan-jg7zl]

I lived in Cornwall for a year a while back in Probus, not far from Truro, and it is one thing I really regret doing in my life. In season the place is overrun by tourists and in winter the place is as dead as a graveyard and no job prospects whatsoever. The roads, the weather and the lifeless town centres make life in Cornwall depressing. You may have nice rugged coastline, but that's about it. I live a short drive from the local airport where I live now back in the Midlands, and I can be somewhere hot abroad in a few hours.

[@cynthiastogden7000]

Maybe not for long if the money changes and control steps in.