The Man Engine
@TheManEngine
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On 20th October 1919, 31 men tragically lost their lives, and many more were injured, when the man engine (the transportation device that carried miners to and from the surface) failed at Levant Mine in one of Cornwall's worst mining disasters. 1/3
📚 A deep and dark adventure story stocking-filler?! Tybyans da yw / Good idea! Billy & The Man Engine is aimed at 8-12-year-olds but can be enjoyed by older readers too...🎁@GoldenTreeUK goldentree.org.uk/product/billy-… #Cornwall #TheManEngine #shopsmall
A wodhes ta? / Did you know? On this day in 1919, 31 men lost their lives at Levant Mine in one of Cornwall’s worst mining disasters. @TheManEngine paid tribute to all those who powered the #Cornish mining story, and today we remember them. #Cornwall #MiningHeritage
On this day in 2016, around 15,000 people gathered to see the @GoldenTreeUK 'Man Engine', a giant mechanical puppet of a Cornish miner, in Truro. The puppet toured Cornwall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cornish mining World Heritage Site status ⚒🤖⚒〓〓
Ober da / Proper job!
Re Varia! / Wow! Look at these lovely letters we received from Trewirgie Infants & Nursery School (and spot the illustration of our Will!) They've been reading '@TheManEngine Remembers' and learning some Cornish💛Splann! / Splendid! #CornishLanguage #Kernewek #TheManEngine
Thank you to Will and the @GoldenTreeUK team who created this special tribute on their own initiative, as part of a remarkable weekend back in 2018 that is still often talked about. Meant a great deal to everyone here. Thank you.
On this day in 1838, 26 children were killed by an inrush of water at Huskar Pit near Silkstone. They were aged between 7 and 17. At our Man Engine event in 2018, the year of the 180th anniversary, friends from Cornish mining communities paid this beautiful tribute.
War ewn! / Right on!
Nowodhow splann / Splendid news 🎉Today we're feeling grateful, that we get to continue making great things happen and doing 'stuff that moves people' - Meurastahwi / Many thanks to the #CultureRecoveryFund @ace_national @DCMS @hmtreasury We are #HereForCulture
'Ere! Hemm yw nebes aswonys / This looks familiar...A deep and dark adventure story and tales of #Cornish Mining Heritage to celebrate @WorldBookDayUK #WorldBookDay Who's been enjoying my stories?! #Cornwall #CornishMiningHeritage
Geddon! It's #WorldBookDay 📚Any Cornish adventure stories being told in classrooms today? @WorldBookDayUK are celebrating 25 years of changing lives through a love of reading 💛 Ni a'n kar! / We love it! #IAmAReader #booklover
How is it Thursday again? This week's #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to 2018 when @Wentworth_House hosted the Man Engine. We absolutely LOVED it! @GoldenTreeUK
War ewn! / Right on! Here's our Will talking on @BBCCornwall about the big cultural moments that @cornwall2025 will create. Even bigger and better than @TheManEngine ? Ober da! / Proper job!
'Ere, did you catch our Artistic Director Will chatting to @dundonradio on Saturday about all things City of Culture @Cornwall2025? 'It's time to show off #Cornwall, once again, leading from the edge' @BBCCornwall on @BBCSounds #cornwall2025 📻 1hr:50mins➡️bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
Some crackin' memories of The Man Engine being brought back tonight! Who heard our Will @GoldenTreeUK on @BBCSpotlight talking about the important work the #Cornwall2025 bid could achieve @cornwall2025 Gwren ni y wul! / Let’s do it! 📷 Luke Brown
Today is the day our bid for #UKCityofCulture2025 gets submitted! It's time to discover what's possible when people, place and planet take centre stage. Together we can leave a legacy of creative brilliance, shared humanity and collective change. Dewgh a-ji! #Cornwall2025 @DCMS
Pandra hwer?! / Wasson?!Catch up with our Artistic Director Will Coleman chatting to @SheilaVanloo on @SoundartRadio 📻 There's tunes, celebrations of Cornish culture, #Kerdroya updates & discussions of how @TheManEngine came to be (& a bit of rugby chat) mixcloud.com/Soundart_Radio…
'Ere! These Cornwall City of Culture plans to create three epic moments are bringing back some Man Engine memories @CornwallLive @CaplinGlenn #Cornwall2025 cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-…
Wasson?! Today is the last day for book orders from our @GoldenTreeUK shop before Christmas, so it's the last chance to get 'ee a copy of Billy and @TheManEngine in time to put under yer tree🎄goldentree.org.uk/product/billy-…
Looking for a #Christmas present from #Cornwall ? How about a stretch of #CornishHedge in a labyrinth on Bodmin Moor, tales with #Cornish catchphrases or an adventure with @TheManEngine ? Purchases support our work; masterminding projects that move people: goldentree.org.uk/shop/
A BIG #ThanksToYou to #NationalLottery players today. Meur ras / Thank you!
🤞Sending a big #ThanksToYou to #NationalLottery players today, who generate investment for creative projects and cultural organisations like @GoldenTreeUK Their support has helped us to mastermind projects such as #Kerdroya and @TheManEngine 💛Meur ras / Thank you!
Penn-bloodh Lowen! / Happy Birthday!
Wishing a very Penn-bloodh Lowen / Happy Birthday to @GoldenTreeUK founder and artistic director, Will Coleman. An den, an myth, an henhwedhel / The man, the myth, the legend! 'E's done it all in his 60 years!
🎇Fireworks? Now those were some fireworks! (The Man Engine📷by Mark Hemsworth)
On this day, in 1919, 31 men tragically lost their lives at Levant Mine in one of Cornwall’s worst mining disasters. @TheManEngine paid tribute to those whose endeavour & enterprise, as well as triumph & tragedy, powered the #Cornish #mining story and today we remember them.
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