Mining Villages Festival
Celebrating the heritage and spirit of the Cornish mining communities

2009 Gallery  |  2008 Gallery


Bagas Crowd and friends lead the procession at Portreath

Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Portreath Plate Tramway

Dancing around Portreath

Dressed in style for the Portreath Bicentenary
 

Hitting the right notes at Portreath

Musket fire kicks off the celebrations at Portreath

Richard Williams explaining his family's connection with the Portreath Tramway

The working model of the Portreath Incline in action
 

Gathering for Songs of Praise at Gwennap Pit

Stalls and refreshments in St Day

'Following the Footpaths' from St Day

Guided walk from Lanner
 

Mark Kaczmarek explaining the mining landscape around Lanner

Opening of Lanner garden party

Tatters Border Morris team performing in Lanner

In the amphitheatre on Carn Marth
 

Carharrack Summer Fair

Carharrack's cake-selling pirate

Demonstration at Carharrack Summer Fair

Rusty the Pack Horse
 

Echo: Exhibition in St Day Old Church - Work by Clare Summerson

Echo: Exhibition in St Day Old Church - Work by Clare Summerson

Echo: Exhibition in St Day Old Church - Work by Kim Pilgrim

Echo: Exhibition in St Day Old Church - Work by Kim Pilgrim
 

Echo: Exhibition in St Day Old Church - Work by Jane Atkinson