Trevithick Day News Today

Trevithick Day takes place in Camborne this Saturday

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This Saturday the people of Camborne will taking to the streets to celebrate the life of one of its most beloved sons – Richard Trevithick.

Large crowds gathered in Camborne today for the return of Trevithick Day after a three-year absence.

With no possibility of a Trevithick Day again this year, the Camborne Trevithick Day Committee is planning some pandemic-busting events to celebrate the inventors 250th Anniversary. The committee it felt that it was important that the 250th Anniversary of Trevithicks birth should not pass without some sort of celebration. Consequently they are hoping to bring Camborne’s and Cornwall’s community together with some pandemic-busting events. They have commissioned an animated film of Rich...

Trevithick Day has become one of the first victims of the new lockdown after it was announced that this years event was cancelled over safety concerns due to the coronavirus epidemic. The Trevithick Committee says it did not take the decision lightly when it met on Friday evening but had decided to cancel this year’s Trevithick Day. Having held a restricted event at the last minute in 2019 due to the weather, and cancelling the event last year they said they wanted to provide certainty as...