This is one of a series of pages
which I have uploaded to illustrate facets of steam rallies we have
attended in the UK. Such events occur all over the country in the
summer months, they are easily found by using your favourite search
engine and may have anything between a handful of steam engines and
hundreds (as at the Great Dorset Steam Fair which could probably be
fairly described as having an excess of riches). Click here for the overall
index for 2019.
On the last Saturday of April each year, the good people of
Camborne come together to have a giant street party to celebrate the town's most
famous son, Richard Trevithick. Naturally steam engines are the centre piece and
after being on show during the day, they parade round the town in the afternoon. It
was the least memorable of our three visits, not because of
deficiencies in organisation but because the strong, cold winds
severely curtailed the street entertainment and reduced the crowds
to a fraction of normal. It was a shame because a huge amount of work
goes into the preparation. For the photographer, the sun made only the
briefest of appearances until around the time of the steam engine
parade, not that I was over concerned as a core of engines appear each
year and I had done very well in 2017 and 2018. It could have been
worse because both the Friday and the Sunday were overcast with
some rain. This year's programme listed some 29 engines, of these 6 were not
present, but there were 3 'extras'. Fortunately, I believe
none of the photographs of the 'repeat' attendees below duplicate those used
before and amazingly all bar the 'Puffing Devil' brought their own portable sun
to shine at just the right time. It will be a hard act to follow next time we go
as photographic locations are very limited. Steam Rollers
General Engines
Showman's Engine
Ploughing Engines
Wagon Portable Engine
Steam Car
Replica Trevithick Engine
If you like this sort of thing
then try David Collidge's Steam Scenes http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/
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