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Did you work at Holman’s or Climax?
Did your dad or granddad work there?
If so, why not come along to an
evening of music and memories with
Holman-Climax Male Voice
Choir
at
Camborne School
Friday 26th March, 7.30 pm
Free admission,
a pasty
and cup of tea
Choir items, humour, community singing and lots of chat!
Booking essential:
please
contact David Oates on 01209 716559
or e-mail
david.oates21@sky.com
to reserve a seat and order a pasty
For further information on
the choir, please log on to:
www.holmanclimaxmalevoicechoir.co.uk
Previous events
Historic Tavistock
Free Half-term events:
The legacy of monks
and mining in Tavistock
Monday 15th February
from 6.30pm
'Landscapes of
history: the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site'
Pioneering mining technology in
Cornwall and West Devon had a fundamental influence on the
Industrial Revolution in Britain and worldwide. Ainsley Cocks will
discuss the World Heritage Site, including the impact within
Tavistock and on the surrounding landscape.
At the Bedford Hotel,
Tavistock, talk 7.30pm to 8.30pm
Also from 6.30pm to 7.30pm view
some of Devon County Council's Historic Environment Records for
Tavistock (including monastic burials and miner's cottages)
 Friday
19th February at 10.30am
'Tavistock Abbey:
medieval remains in the townscape'
The Benedictine Abbey was in
occupation from AD974 to 1539, when Henry VIII dissolved the
monastery and granted it to Lord John Russell. This guided walk with
archaeologist Stuart Blaylock traces the extent and survival of
medieval buildings in the later town, giving a sense of the original
Abbey layout.
Starting and ending at Tavistock
Library, the walk finishes at midday with a 30 minute question and
answer session with Stuart Blaylock. Refreshments will be available
and there will be medieval artefacts to look at and handle.
*** Booking essential
for both events ***
Free tickets available
from Tavistock Library, The Quay, Plymouth Road PL19 8AB
Please reserve a place
in person, or by post or telephone: 01822 612218
Displays in Tavistock
Library all week
Click
here
to view the event poster
'Rock Drill' sculpture goes on
display
Jacob
Epstein
Rock Drill,
1913–15
(reconstruction
by Ken Cook and Ann Christopher RA, after the dismantled original,
1973–74)
Polyester resin, metal and wood
205 x
141.5 cm
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Photo ©
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
© The
estate of Sir Jacob Epstein
WILD THING: EPSTEIN, GAUDIER-BRZESKA, GILL
The Sackler Wing of Galleries
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House,
Piccadilly, London
24 October 2009– 24 January 2010
The Royal Academy of Arts
presents an exhibition of works celebrating the radical change that
transformed British sculpture at the beginning of the twentieth
century. Over a period of 10 years (1905-1915), three outstanding
young sculptors emerged; Jacob Epstein, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and
Eric Gill. This is the first time that the three artists have been
shown together in this revolutionary context and many of the works
have not been exhibited in London before.
One of these works is the
imposing 'Rock Drill' by the American artist Jacob Epstein
(1880-1959) who became one of the leading British sculptors of the
twentieth century, creating many powerful pieces including the tomb
of Oscar Wilde at the Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, Paris. 'Rock
Drill' was produced just before the First World War and featured a
striking robotic figure astride a pneumatic rock drill, possibly constructed
by Holman Brothers Limited of Camborne. Following the cessation of
hostilities Epstein reconsidered this work, however, removing the
drill and legs, and casting the torso in bronze with re-formed arms.
This is understood to have been, in part, due to the artist
reflecting on the horrors of modern warfare, and the desire to
reappraise a piece which formerly celebrated the machine age.
In the early 1970s the piece was to be reconstructed by
the artists Ken Cook and Ann
Christopher using a Holman's 'Drifter' machine which, in doing so, recreated the impact and
power of the original. The Royal Academy 'Wild Thing' exhibition
presents a
rare opportunity to view this and the bronze torso version of 'Rock Drill', as one of over 90 works reflecting this important period of
British sculpture.
The exhibition is open to
the public from Saturday 24 October 2009 – Friday 24 January 2010,
10am – 6pm daily (last admission 5.30pm) Late night opening: Fridays
until 10pm (last admission 9.30pm)
Tickets for Wild Thing:
Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gill are available daily at the RA. To
book tickets in advance please tel: 0844 209 1919 or visit
www.royalacademy.org.uk.
For further information on Holman Brothers rock drills, please log
on to the Rock Drill Collection website:
www.holmanbros.info
90
Years - 90 Artists
A Community Art Project organised by
the St Just & District Trust, and the National Trust Levant, to
commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Levant Disaster. On 20th
October 1919, thirty-one miners lost their lives, and many more were
injured, when the man engine at the mine tragically collapsed.
‘90 Years~90 Artists’ will enable 90 members of the
community to create a piece of artwork based on their own
interpretation of the title ‘Levant 1919’.
An 8in x 8in canvas will be given free of charge to
all participants. Young and old, first-time painters and established
artists are all invited to apply. The finished pieces will comprise
an exhibition at Botallack Counthouse in
October 2009.
A grand draw will be held at the close of the
exhibition, with the 90 canvases as individual prizes. All monies
raised will be split equally between the St Just & District Trust
Miners Statue Appeal, and The National Trust Levant.
Draw tickets will available from August onwards. For
further details, or to apply to take part in this project, please
contact Delia Webb, Community Development Officer at Cornwall
Council.
Tel: (01736) 336736 Email:
delia.webb@cornwall.gov.uk
Mineral Tramways Mining Trails Celebration
Saturday 26th September
from 10.00 am, on the Mineral Tramways Trails network near
Camborne, Pool and Redruth
Why
not come and join in the celebrations for the official opening of
the extended trails network?
- Wendy Houvenaghel
(Olympic Silver Medallist and Double Team World Champion in 3000m
track cycling) to perform the official opening
-
Guided
cycle and horse rides plus walks
-
Children's mountain bike assault course
-
Mini 'Smokin'
Chimneys' event
-
Treasure hunt and quiz
- Activities to take place rain
or shine at King Edward Mine, Elm Farm Coast to Coast Cycle
Hire Centre, and at Bike Chain Bissoe Bike Hire
Full details of the event can be
found on the following websites and please click the link below to
view the full programme.
www.cornwall.gov.uk/mineral-tramways and
www.cornwallcycletrails.com
Programme of events
You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this
document. Download a free copy by clicking the logo.
Redruth Miners' Day - Wednesday, 2nd
September 2009
A day of celebration and
commemoration for Cornish Mineworkers at home and overseas.
For further information please click
the link here
or contact Mr John Hayward on 07544 765937
Portreath to Poldice Tramway
Bicentenary Celebration
In 1809
Francis Basset, Lord De Dunstanville of Tehidy, laid the first
section of track to the north Cornish port of Portreath which, in
doing so, created the first above ground tramway route in Cornwall
to use iron rails, linking
the inland copper mines of North Downs and Poldice with the harbour
and major copper smelters of south Wales.
Coal from the Welsh valleys was also to be imported
in great quantity to power Cornish mine engines by return
establishing an important reciprocal trade. The opening of the
tramroad, or plateway as originally built, enabled massive growth in
the volume of both copper ore and coal moving between the two areas,
and the expansion of both the mining and smelting industries as a
result.
To mark the 200th anniversary of this important event, the village
is holding a weekend of exciting activities that kicks off with a free
public performance by the renowned Cornish Songwriters Collective
performing their hugely popular “Cornish Lads” musical drama on Friday
night (31 July). On Saturday afternoon, the
whole village will be invited to appear in historic dress for a
procession led by Cornish fiddlers and complete with pack-horses, a
horse-drawn carriage with Mr Williams of Scorrier House, a descendant of
one of the principal mine owners of the area, onboard, and a traditional
‘serpent dance’ by local children. Visitors are also welcome to
participate and to dress up in nineteenth century style if possible!
Friday 31 July
7.30pm - Waterfront Inn, Portreath - Cornish Songwriters Collective
perform their acclaimed musical drama "Cornish Lads"
(Free event sponsored by the
Cornish Mining World Heritage Site )
Saturday 1 August
1.30pm - Assemble at Portreath Primary
School, Penberthy Road
2.00pm - Procession to Portreath Harbour
2.30pm - Arrival of the historic lugger Barnabas into the harbour and a
ceremonial exchange of Cornish copper ore for Welsh coal
3.00pm - Procession from harbour to Greenfield Gardens for unveiling of
the Portreath Tramway Wagon memorial
3.30pm - Entertainments and Cornish tea treats
7.30pm - Ceilidh at the Millennium Hall (tickets £5)
Free parking at Gwel-an-Mor off the top of Tregea
Hill, Portreath, and Lighthouse Hill Playing Field, Lighthouse Hill,
Portreath with shuttle bus service available.
For
more information please follow this
link for the
official press release, and
the Portreath Parish Tram website at:
www.parishtram.co.uk
**** CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR NEWS PAGE
COVERAGE OF THE EVENT ****
The event is also being marked by a
week-long Portreath exhibition and please
click here to
view the programme for this.
The bicentenary celebrations are
part of the Mining Villages Festival,
a nine-day programme of events organised
by villages linked by the Mineral Tramways trails. For more information
please see: www.miningvillagesfestival.org.uk
The reproduction Dolcoath Penny of 1812 which has
been specially minted to commemorate the bicentenary event
Phoenix 100
Caradon’s Mining
Heritage, Past and Present
Family events:
2nd - 27th June
Exhibitions:
Stuart House and The Liskeard & District
Museum, Liskeard
Wednesday 10th June
Phoenix 100 Celebration:
Minions Village, near Liskeard
Please click
here
for further details
Exhibitions
In November 2006 the newly inscribed
Cornish Mining World Heritage Site staged an installation of giant
promotional hoardings on Platform 8 of Paddington Station, London.
Follow this link
to the dedicated website for this major display.
Cornish Mining Cultural
Events
Please check here regularly for upcoming events
 'Gonamena'
- now available on DVD!
Following the very successful run of performances at the Sterts Theatre
in the summer Gonamena is now being made available to the public on a
specially produced DVD filmed at one of the sellout shows.
Gonamena is the story of a Cornish family
and community living through an extreme time of irreversible change. Set
in the stunning Gonamena Valley and the mining landscape of the Caradon
Hill area, the story focuses on ‘Gonamena’, the home of one family
as they face up to the epic challenge of rapid transformation, and the
accompanying loss and hope, during the mining boom and bust of the late
1800s.
Written by local writer, Simon Parker, the play is based
on real events and evokes the emotional turmoil and extremes of opinion
amongst the frontier-like existence of the many thousands of people that
descended on the valley during the high of the copper ore mining period.
The majority of the actors, creative team and technical
crew are from the immediate Caradon Hill area and have worked alongside
professionals from Cornwall to bring this moving and captivating tale to
life.
Gonamena was presented as part of the Darke Visions Festival, running from spring 2009 to
summer 2010, which celebrates the life and legacy of Nick Darke -
Cornwall’s foremost playwright and was directed by Simon Harvey with original music
composed and conducted by Simon Dobson.
If you would like to
order one or more copies of Gonamena please send a cheque / cash or
postal order for £10 per copy (£8.50 + £1.50 postage and packaging) to:
Ian Bucknole
32 Treffry Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3WL
PayPal can also be accepted and
please email
ian_tinfish@hotmail.com if you would like to use this.
o-region -
Superstition
Mountain
A brand new play by Carl Grose
This is a bold and innovative story about 3 Cornish brothers
who set out for Arizona in search of a lost gold mine, blending
film, theatre and music into an explosive and incendiary performance
- think Ken Loach meets Indiana Jones!
The Gunwallow brothers are in trouble.
Slim's scrapyard has gone belly-up. Dwayne owes money to some bad
people. Mark's in love with dodgy Tina from down the pub. And their
dad's just popped his clogs and left them on the brink of
bankruptcy.
But there's one last glimmer of hope... a legendary gold mine lost
somewhere in the depths of the Arizona desert. Only trouble is, no
one who's ever found Superstition Mountain has lived to tell the
tale...
Blending the spirit of a Hollywood blockbuster with epic music,
innovative film and powerful performances from three real Cornish
brothers, Superstition Mountain is a dark comedy adventure exploring
the intimate bonds and savage divides of brotherly love. Three brothers... One last chance... No hope in hell!
The show also
stars three real-life brothers to give it that extra edge of
authenticity - Simon Harvey (artistic director of o-region), Brett
Harvey (Humphry Davy in Laughing Gas) and Dan Harvey (Midnight
Drives).
This play uses
o-region's skills of cinematic storytelling and theatrical
performance and has drawn rave reviews:
'Earthy,
muscular, irreverent, fiercely Cornish and very, very funny,
o-region’s latest production is proof that theatre from west of the
Tamar has a unique voice.’
- Simon Parker, The Western Morning
News
‘A ‘must see’
show if ever there was one. If you haven’t already seen o-region’s
super Superstition Mountain, then I urge you to do so.’
- Frank
Ruhrmund, The Cornishman
‘Superstition Mountain is a must-see, and will appeal to those who
may think the theatre’s not for them. To borrow an oft-used word
from the play, you’d be a t*** to miss it!’
- Lee
Trewhela, The West Briton
(Contains
strong language)
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Show Date |
Venue Name |
Start Time |
Box Office
Number |
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16th
September 2009 |
Perranporth
Memorial Hall |
7.30pm |
01872 572121 |
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17th
September 2009 |
St Eval Parish
Hall |
7.30pm |
01841 521616 |
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18th
September 2009 |
Warleggan
Jubilee Hall |
7.30pm |
01208 821494 |
|
3rd
October 2009 |
Carleen
Village Hall |
8pm |
01736 763457
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6th
November 2009 |
Mullion School |
7.30pm |
01326 240098 |
|
7th
November 2009 |
Praa Sands
Community Centre |
8pm |
01736 763339 |
|
12th
November 2009 |
Mounts Bay
School |
7.30pm |
07877 253462 |
|
21st
November 2009 |
Helland
Village Hall |
7.30pm |
01208 72603 |
|
27th
November 2009 |
Mawnan
Memorial Hall |
7.30pm |
01326 250772 |
For further
information on o-region and Superstition Mountain, please see:
http://www.o-region.co.uk
To view the promotional flier, click
here
You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file. Download
a free copy by clicking the logo.
Previous Cultural Events
Gonamena
A
timeless story of family and change
Gonamena presents the timeless story of a Cornish family
and community living through an extreme time of irreversible change. Set
in the stunning Gonamena Valley and the mining landscape of the Caradon
Hill area, the story centres around ‘Gonamena’, the home of one family
as they face up to the epic challenge of rapid transformation, and the
accompanying loss and hope, during the mining boom and bust of the late
1800s.
Written by local writer, Simon Parker, the play is based
on real events and evokes the emotional turmoil and extremes of opinion
amongst the frontier-like existence of the many thousands of people that
descended on the valley during the high of the copper ore mining period.
The majority of the actors, creative team and technical
crew are from the immediate Caradon Hill area and have worked alongside
professionals from Cornwall to bring this moving and captivating tale to
life.
Gonamena is directed by Simon Harvey with original music
composed and conducted by Simon Dobson.
It is part of the Darke Visions Festival, running from spring 2009 to
summer 2010, which celebrates the life and legacy of Nick Darke -
Cornwall’s foremost playwright.
www.nickdarke.net/darkevisions
Dates
Saturday 6th June (7.30pm)
Wednesday 10th June (7.30pm)
Thursday
11th June (7.30pm)
Friday 12th
June (7.30pm)
Monday 29th
June (10.00am and 12.30pm)
Tuesday 30th June (10.00am)
Wednesday
1st July (7.30pm)
Monday 20th July (7.30pm)
Tuesday
21st July (7.30pm)
Wednesday
22nd July (7.30pm)
£8.50 (£7 concession) adults, £5.00 children.
Venue
Sterts Theatre, Upton Cross, near Liskeard, Cornwall PL14
5AZ
Box Office: 01579 362382 / 362962
Web:
http://www.sterts.co.uk/
Sterts is an all-weather covered amphitheatre – bring a cushion,
a jumper and a picnic! Or book a 2 course supper and coffee for
just £10 from 6pm. Booking essential 07974 812541
Sterts is located in Upton Cross, near Liskeard, with its
entrance directly off the B3254, Launceston to Liskeard road.
Please click
here to view the
promotional flier.
You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file. Download
a free copy by clicking the logo.
(Image copyright: Rob Frost)
Additional date confirmed at the Tiverton Festival,
Devon for the 24 May 2009
Surfing Tommies
Set during the First
World War, this poignant drama by Alan Kent follows the lives of three
members of the Devon and Cornwall Light Infantry, on an incredible
journey from the mines of Cornwall to the fields of Flanders. We meet
mazed beauties, mad male voice choirs and the first surfers. This darkly
mischievous play comments on life in the trenches and current conflicts
around the world. Rich in Cornish dialect and decadence, this new drama
will make you want to get up, hit the waves and hang ten…
To view the complete list of the latest tour dates, please click
here.
You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file. Download
a free copy by clicking the logo.
Some of our earlier Cultural Events
performances. Please follow the links below to view the promotional fliers.
You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these
documents. Download a free copy by clicking the logo.
The Cornish Mining WHS cultural events programme seeks to increase
awareness and appreciation of the distinctiveness of Cornish Mining
culture.
It has been designed to both
contribute to the evolution of this culture, through encouraging
contemporary activity that responds to its cultural inheritance, and to
find new ways of telling its fascinating stories. Through it we
celebrate our ancestors’ contribution to the foundations of the modern
industrial world and the cultural inheritance that they have bequeathed
to us.
World Heritage status means that where we live has
meaning and significance for all humanity - places and peoples that
should be cherished by us all.
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NEW!
Mine & Yours - activity
guide and website
The Mine & Yours
activity guide is designed to introduce you to the Cornish Mining
World Heritage Site. It suggests places to see and things to do –
from museums to cycle trails to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
– along with details about getting there, eating and drinking and
even dog friendliness.
The new World Heritage Site Activity
Guide and the 'Mine Traveller' interactive display
The guide (priced
at £6.99) can be ordered
by post or
purchased from all good bookshops across Cornwall and west Devon.
Find out more @
www.cornishmining.com/mineandyours
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