Once in a lifetime - The last place in England

The first in a series of six documentaries about the people and places of West Cornwall. Made in 1982 my Yorkshire TV. Directed by Barry Cockcroft. Transferred from VHS to digital tape January 2017.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Old documentaries have a feel that can’t be replicated today

[@paulbutterworthbillericay]

There so excellent to watch, have you seen Hannah Roxwell such a different time

[@aidy6000]

a time when people's intelligence wasnt insulted.

[@RichieRees77]

Back when Sennen was a village and not a collection of holiday homes.

[@Mounhas]

Two names used to dominate: Tregear and Pendray (I think).

[@seeingimages]

Where are the other 5 parts of the documentary series? This one is excellent. I teach high school here in Los Angeles. I use documentaries made in and about Britain to show my students how real English sounds. This video is a great tool for teaching. Please share the other 5 documentaries. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 By the way, my students invariably complain that they can't comprehend what is being spoken, to which I reply, laughing, "Imagine how you would sound to them!"

[@dgibbrd]

I was mistaken, there were only three films in this series. One can be found on my vimeo page althought I will upload it to KZbin soon. One is about a local West Cornwall surfer who surfs the tidal Severn bore, I dont have this film or any reference to it. The other is about Rolands Morris "the last Bucaneer" and his treasure hunting antics, featuring my father (mustached diver, without gloves) called Once in a lifetime, The sea always wins. vimeo.com/25522395

[@shirleydrury5565]

Much enjoyed thank you for this upload😊👍😊👍

[@lizickles]

Everything I love about Cornwall and the Cornish. Very well captured, and unfortunately a historical document now. I remember old Cornish boys like this when I was younger, but you don’t see many now. It’s the particularly Cornish humour that I love the most, which fortunately is still going strong and I hope will never be lost.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

The low doors indicate they were a bunch of little people.

[@fellspoint9364]

Maybe they just enjoyed limbo

[@nigelbarrett3602]

Love this remember watching it when it came on to the t.v.back in late 1982 was working at land's end at the time doing building work happy days.👍

[@garveyspoint]

Great doc, thanks for sharing. There's still some of the same lifeboating families serving on the lifeboat today!

[@Gubbinsville]

One 'ell of a good documentary! Thanks for uploading & sharing this incredible film. Some legendary characters in here!

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

Fabulous. Thanks

[@elizabethsmith8454]

Fabulous Cornwall , ❤️👍

[@carolwhite2818]

I've still got this series on VHS. Shame I've got nothing to watch them on now.Thank you for sharing.

[@dgibbrd]

Carol White if you send me the tape I’ll digitise it and put it on DVD for you if I allow me to share them here. This one came from VHS tape but I only had two episodes recorded on VHS.

[@carolwhite2818]

Hi Daryl. Contact me on [e-mail]

[@adamwalker9046]

Daryl GIbbard did you manage to ever digitise them all? I would be very interested in obtaining them

[@tompoynton]

@@adamwalker9046would love to see them too

[@christopherhale8116]

I may be a foreigner myself in their minds but what an amazing image of how life was down cove, especially when i have lived and socialised amongst them for many years. Many thanks for uploading.

[@Grateley22]

Brilliant Film, makes me feel really homesick x

[@leematthews1600]

My grandfather was one of the par men des Matthews and my misses grandfather eddy clemo

[@ronin472100]

Great Stuff! Thank you for the Upload...

[@Finbharra]

Great documentary. Really hope you will add the others in the series.

[@Jippard]

Such a good documentary about sennen cove. A time in Cornwall which is pretty much lost now

[@Ladygaga4047]

If I had to complete a test and felt like giving in.. This powerful kind of music would help me see it through till the end!

[@johnlawrence2757]

What does that mean, exactly “The last place in England” is it a reference to the space time continuum? Has everywhere else disappeared ? Us with it? Only TV still exists? Lands End I can understand: Been there. Keep walking and you fall in the sea. Got expensive tea shops. Known for them, Cornwall. Get back on the bus (every two hours) and go somewhere they have decent station buffet.

[@marcusbrunus8768]

Thank you for uploading this great documentary. It's really an historical document. A real gem.

[@dgibbrd]

Thanks Marcus. I have another in the series which can be found on Vimeo... vimeo.com/25522395

[@marcusbrunus8768]

Daryl GIbbard thanks - will look it up. Thanks again.

[@cvsdigital]

Hi there Daryl. This is superb. Do you have anymore of Barry Cockcroft's films? I'm particularly thinking of the films he made featuring St Ives, Cornwall. I was a friend of Barry's when he lived there.

[@dgibbrd]

I do have one other film from this series regarding Rolland Morris of Penzance and his dive team. I currently have it posted on Vimeo but I will upload it here in coming days for you.

[@chasleask8533]

I can hear the Irish accent in their speech .

[@JemBowdenWatercolour]

Love this, thank you for uploading. Do you have any idea where we can obtain other Barry Cockroft documentaries, such as the others in this series please? No doubt, as well as the Hannah Hauxwell ones there are other treasures.

[@AdeKeast]

Really enjoyed watching this. Are you going to upload the other documentaries?

[@logtothebase2]

Nails.

[@lukeoverthere1364]

Cecil’s accent doesn’t sound Cornish. He may have worked away.

[@Firebrand55]

The narrator is Alan Dobie

[@spike2000ification]

It's Alan Dobie

[@Firebrand55]

@@spike2000ification Well spotted!

[@barbarafreshwater6002]

How fantastic! Any chance you have access to another of the episodes called The Longest Wave?

[@dgibbrd]

Sadly I only have this one and "The Sea Always Wins" (see the link below to my Vimeo account) which was recorded on VHS at the time of airing. I did some research and Yorkshire TV have an archive department which includes some of these films. If I come across anything I'll post here.

[@timg3796]

did they make one of these about pot holing?

[@tarewaste]

It is Cornwall not England, which starts on the Eastern bank of the Tamar.

[@thenewcamelot8873]

Dumonia

[@justso1823]

It's a shame tourist's have ruined this place

[@grumbla61]

Sennen Cove - furthest flung...

[@TheKyleodgers]

Take it you never uploaded the rest.

[@morvil73]

Except it's not "England" .... Cornwall was never formally annexed... there is no Act of Union... in fact there are a number of constitutional issues that show Cornwall is not England.

[@UFOSIG]

Absolutely right.

[@thenewcamelot8873]

Dumonia was never formally annaxed either, was it?

[@dgibbrd]

Glad you like it. I only have the one about Rolland Morris which you can view here... vimeo.com/25522395

[@Finbharra]

Thanks. That looks good too. My fore-fathers (surnamed Basher) came from around Helston and the Lizard so that's not too far off - although in Sennen Cove terms it would make them 'foreigners'! :-)