The Man Engine

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[Golden Tree Productions @GoldenTreeUK]

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.

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[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

📚 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 https://t.co/qG1yMZAutx #Cornwall #TheManEngine #shopsmall

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

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

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

Ober da / Proper job!

[Go Cornish @gocornish]

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

[John Tanner @HistoryJT]

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.

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

War ewn! / Right on!

[Golden Tree Productions @GoldenTreeUK]

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

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

'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

[Golden Tree Productions @GoldenTreeUK]

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

[RMBCEvents @RMBCEvents]

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

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

@RMBCEvents @Wentworth_House @GoldenTreeUK Ober da! / Proper job!

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

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!

[Golden Tree Productions @GoldenTreeUK]

'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➡️https://t.co/HVmcwvpFA5

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

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

[Cornwall2025 @cornwall2025]

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

[Golden Tree Productions @GoldenTreeUK]

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) https://t.co/i8P9VRMKWS

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

'Ere! These Cornwall City of Culture plans to create three epic moments are bringing back some Man Engine memories @CornwallLive @CaplinGlenn #Cornwall2025
https://t.co/bo3EHIdTG2

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

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🎄https://t.co/qG1yMZS5S7

[Golden Tree Productions @GoldenTreeUK]

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: https://t.co/7tT5DEFpnw

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

A BIG #ThanksToYou to #NationalLottery players today. Meur ras / Thank you!

[Golden Tree Productions @GoldenTreeUK]

🤞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!

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

Penn-bloodh Lowen! / Happy Birthday!

[Golden Tree Productions @GoldenTreeUK]

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!

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

🎇Fireworks? Now those were some fireworks! (The Man Engine📷by Mark Hemsworth)

[The Man Engine @TheManEngine]

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.