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All talks free to Society members;<\/h2>\r\n

non-members welcome, \u00a35 admission<\/h2>\r\n
West Cornwall Branch, King Edward Mine, Troon, Camborne TR14 9HW<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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KING EDWARD MINE, TROON, CAMBORNE, TR14 6BW FRIDAY EVENING TALKS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Subject to alteration if necessary. All talks expected on Zoom where possible, a link will be sent prior to talks to all members where we hold an email address<\/em><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\nJuly 10th\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nHugo Glasier\r\n\r\nHugo\u2019s underground photography over time and his work with South Crofty to document some of their progress. It also takes a look into the origins of underground photography in the 1890s with J. C. Burrow’s work in Cornwall.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSeptember 11th<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTony Langford\r\n\r\n‘Walking with John Harris: Landscape of a Poet.’ Exploring the landscape of John Harris, his childhood inspiration of Treslothan Moors and Woods. The impact of 19th century Cornish mining and the Cornish Miners walks to Dolcoath Mine. Comparisons with the Enclosures poet John Clare and the legacy of John Harris’s Poetry to revive the Cornish Spirit in the face of the new wave of 21st century technology.\r\n\r\n \r\n

ZOOM-ONLY TALKS ON MONDAYS at 19.30, MEMBERS ONLY<\/strong><\/p>\r\nJuly 13th<\/strong>\r\n\r\nDavid Dundas\r\n\r\nAnaerobic digesters which process organic waste to release fossil-free methane that can be burnt to provide heat to drive a power station.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSeptember 7th<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTim Smith\r\n\r\nAn Irish immigrant to USA who was sent to South Wales by his employers in 1828 to learn the secrets of the industry.\u00a0 While there is no direct reference to Cornwall, the tin used in South Wales would have been Cornish Tin and of course there was active trade between Cornwall and S Wales in coal, tin and copper ore.\u00a0 Also, Richard Trevithick ran his first rail locomotive at Penydarrren (near Merthyr Tidfil) in 1804 \u2013 just 24 years before Patterson\u2019s visit who incidentally refers to the switch of waggon wheels from unflanged to flanged as they moved from cast iron plate rails (which Trevithick\u2019s loco broke) to wrought iron bull head rails more typical of today.\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]\r\n

For any other information or any suggestions for speakers contact:<\/p>\r\n

Sheila Saunders<\/p>\r\n

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