Historic Departures from Redruth Station

The weekly exodus of miners from Redruth to South Africa 1904

From the collections at Kresen Kernow reference number corn 01151

There are some wonderful photographs in the Kresen Kernow archive of people leaving Redruth Station on historic and momentous occasions but also on day's out.

Watching Navel Reserves leave 1914

From the Kresen Kernow Collection reference number FS/8/24

Kitchener's recruits departing 1914

From Kresen Kernow Collections reference number corn02738

Bible Class from Wesleyan Chapel annual trip1930s

From the Kresen Kernow Collections reference number MRR/7001/21

Thank you to Kresen Kernow for permission to use these images. Look out for their exhibition from August 2024 about the mining diaspora and the people who then came to Cornwall from those countries for specialised training.