Cornish-Voices Fishing Looe Cornwall 1960s

Stuart Armfield artist and filmaker shot a series of films between 1958 and 1970 in and around the port of Looe in South Cornwall using a Bolex 16mm colour camera. This archive footage from the South West Film and Television Archive was edited by Robert Hocking and converted into a digital format. The project has been part funded by South West Screen and the Heritage Lottery Fund. In this film the footage has been enriched by using music from Rob Congdon.

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[kaydeeinsaudi]

Great video and makes me nostalgic for saner times! This was filmed before the UK joined the EU. Since then, Cornwall and other parts of the UK have lost most of their fishing ports and the EU dictates where and when they can fish, and how much. You're more likely to see Spanish and French trawlers fishing round Cornwall now. Life as seen in this video has almost gone forever. Some people may not care, but I think it's very sad.

[WELLBRAN]

Because the Cornish community now is the minority, each town / village has changed, non Cornish everywhere and a culture dies, but there are still pockets of resistance!

[MrDarudin]

@kaydeeinsaudi Not to mention the T word that gave half of the UK a "coup the grace " in terms of economic viability ....

[kaliause67]

There is nothing permanent, but change...

[madbiker55]

Think my dad worked on "Our Daddy" at some poing over the years, in the 70's i think

[FillionDollarSmile]

So sad this Accent is Dying out... ! ! !

[clairekelly12]

Great video. Lovely to watch/

[SageOfTheSouth]

What is the name of the background track/who is the artist?

[deantallhat]

Great recording of the real Cornish accent, but who plastered it with the terribly played musak?

[xfrangellicax]

I LOVE LOOE! Im going there on friday for like the 10000000 time to celebrate my 21st birthday.

Btw, thanks for putting this shit music on top of a good video. -.-

[Lamashtar]

@be8nice Someone said the Tangiers are mostly East Anglian sounding, with only a bit of Cornwall. It's strange but I hear a faint 'tone' in the Cornish accent--not the words so much--that reminds me of American, even though linguists say the American southern accent owes more to Irish accents somehow. I dunno, maybe American is just what you get when you mix all the accents together and they flatten out.