Robey Trust Visit-October 2012

Trevithick Society members enjoyed an excellent visit to the Robey Trust at Tavistock last Saturday. Lots of live steam, engines in action and a memorable tour around the the town behind a traction engine. Many thanks to the Trust for their hospitality.

To find out more about Robey engines and the Trust

• For those wanting to learn more about the Robey trust then visit their website.
• There is some excellent information about Robey engines on line in the Grace's guide
• For some books about Robey Trust on Amazon click here.

The Society's Robey Trust Live steam event is this weekend at Tavistock,
Meet at the Robey Trust 11am , Sat 27th October, will include stationary engines in operation as well as traction engines in live steam....should be good. Donations will be welcome by the Trust towards the cost of coal for the day. Look forward to seeing you there.

 

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Village People

The East Cornwall Branch will have a display of some of  Derek Parson's map collection at this year's Heritage exhibitions at Liskeard....see below for information about the events. 

Village People

Stuart House, The Liskerrett Centre, Liskeard & District Museum

26th June – 6th July 2012

An exhibition by the village and parish historians who live or
work within the Caradon Hill area about their own
settlements.

There will be exhibits about the past lives, industries and
associated structures of those who lived in and around
Darite, St. Cleer, Linkinhorne, Moorswater, North Hill, Pensilva
and St. Neot

There will also be an exhibition by those who live and work in
the area now about how they interpret these locations
today.

Survey Training Update-a great opportunity

Good news...! Thanks to Support from the Caradon Hill area Heritage project  we have Kim Moreton  an Associate Teaching Fellow at University of Exeter  running the survey workshop on the 12th of June at Liskeard public hall.

Kim is a chartered surveyor who is working for the school of Mines training underground surveyors. So this is an excellent chance for beginners and experts alike to learn about how to survey industrial remains, above and below ground. And have a play with the kit :-)

At the workshop Kim will also be arranging a possible underground training session at the Holman's test mine, a brilliant opportunity. For the none undergrounders then there will be a chance to arrange a Wheal Victoria session ( using our kit). Something for everyone who wants to get involved in active industrial archaeology

East Cornwall Branch Programme April 2012

Here's the lastest update, Now into the new year.

Tuesday 17th April: 7.30pm Liskeard Public Hall- The Oblivion of Trevithick- Why are Trevithick’s achievements not fully recognised by history? An illustrated talk by Phil Hosken, author of “The Oblivion of Trevithick”.

11-13^th May: AGM Weekend-St Just Area.

Includes field trips to Cot Valley, Bottallack, Kenidjack Valley, St Just Methodist Chapel and Rosevale Mine. The Annual dinner will be at the Commercial Hotel St. Just.

Tuesday 12th June: 7.30pm Liskeard Public Hall- Field Survey training by Andy Robinson of CHAHP. A follow on survey exercise may be arranged at the meeting.

Tuesday 17^th July: 7.30pm Liskeard Public Hall-Geology of the South West.-How Cornwall’s mineral wealth was formed. An illustrated talk by the geologist. Calum Beeson.

Tuesday 28^th August: 7.30pm Liskeard Public Hall-Devon Great Consols: A talk about this massively rich copper mine by Rick Stewart. A perfect introduction to the walk on the 2^nd.

Sunday 2^nd September- Exploring the western mines of Devon Great Consols, a walk by Rick Stewart. Meet 1100 at the Wheal Anna Maria Chimney. The walk will be about 3- 4 hours long and include Wheal Maria and Wheal Fanny with an optional extension to look at pre 19^th Century tin workings at Blanchdown and Frementor.

Saturday 13^th October: Visit to the Robey Trust at Tavistock.-Meet 1100 at the Robey Trust, Parade Business Park, Pixon Lane Tavistock, PL19 9RQ. This will be a live steam day for Trevithick Society members, donations will be welcome by the trust towards fuel costs.

Tuesday 13^th November: 7.30pm Liskeard Public Hall- Cornish China clay, past and present. A presentation by Imerys Minerals about the company’s history and its operations today.

Tuesday 4th December: 7.30pm Liskeard Public Hall (main hall)South Crofty -

The present and future of Cornish mining. A presentation by South Crofty. An chance to learn more about this exciting project to bring life back to Cornish mining.

Tuesday 15th January 2013 :7.30pm Liskeard Public Hall 'Quarry Memories: an oral history of granite and limestone quarries in Cornwall and Devon.'- an illustrated talk by Dr Kayleigh Milden Project Officer of  Peninsula Quarry Industry Social History Trust.