#Redruth

[s38s73r]

Station hill, Redruth /Rysrudh, Cornwall /Kernow

[modernistdelights]

Hell yeah I would!! I think that’s utterly charming.

Every town and every village in the country should have a herd (?) of concrete hippos, I think.

[cornwalltravels]

A quick walk around Redruth

[buyandlove-studiopottery]

Vintage Foster's Pottery Cornish Pixie & wood log design cart with hand applied coloured drip glazes, handmade at there original factory at West Tolgus in Redruth Cornwall UK.

[greenycrimson]

gdi. I want to see a film at the cinema - it doesn't even get a showing at the arts cinema - or it gets two showings before they pull it - or it's not even shown in county - and there's nowhere letting me stream it until it's out of cinemas - bitch the problem is you won't even put it in cinemas

but I can torrent every boring blockbuster sequel that's currently out so yay

[thinkanamelater]

*if you're a man you can still choose an option with Emma but uh she'll most likely pretend you aren't there

[lindastylesartpottery]

Interview with Katie

[maypoleman1]

12th October

Stratford Mop Fair

All the Fun of the Runaway Mop. Source: Mark Williamson/ Stratford-upon-Avon Herald

Today Stratford-upon-Avon holds its annual Mop Fair. Dating back to 1216, the fair retains elements of the medieval feast it once was in that a whole ox is roasted in giant open air brick oven and slices of the meat are sold to the public. The “mop” refers to its traditional hiring function which dates from the fourteenth century when farm workers and domestic help were in short supply following the devastation of the Black Death. Today the event has become a large funfair, taking over the centre of Stratford for a week. The “Runaway Mop” is a smaller fair that takes place after the Mop and has its origins in disgruntled employees having second thoughts about their new employers and checking out opportunities at this second, smaller, event, bearing the implements of their trades to show they were on the market. These days, the Runaway is also a funfair.

Also today Redruth Goose Fair takes place. Like its better known Nottingham equivalent, its history is as a game trading event. In medieval times the poor of the town were served a hot meal of goose. This act of charity was somewhat undermined by the simultaneous Old Michaelmas tradition of labourers presenting their masters with a whole goose at this time of year. A typical ruling class scam of giving with one hand and taking twice as much with the other.

[youtubelovesummertimetv]

#Redruth_Pride_Cornwall 2022 Thanks to #Pride_in_Cornwall and everyone involved. Join us in 2023 with Plenty to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuRhkWcAmbM

[cornwallgaypride]

Redruth_Pride_Cornwall 2022 Thanks to #Pride_in_Cornwall and everyone involved. Join us in 2023 with Plenty to see.

[lovesummertimetvmagazine]

#Redruth_Pride_Cornwall 2022 Thanks to #Pride_in_Cornwall and everyone involved. Join us in 2023 with Plenty to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuRhkWcAmbM

[rosvl]

uni projects from earlier this yr, last drawing was made for a new local newspaper in Redruth!!

[kurayami-no-ko]

My WIPs

I got tagged by @study-in--scarlett to share my wips and I assume that this means stuffs I am actually working upon instead of random ideas I keep meaning to write but never actually get around to writing so here is a list.

[Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell] The Lady with the Shawl: This started as a discussion in a Discord server but I ended up actually writing it. It is a story about the affair between Mrs Redruth and John Uskglass. I am not sure how it will end but I am just making it up as I go along.

[The Second Reproduction] Half Demon or Half Human?: This is a love story between Jin and my OP, Melissa. The first chapter was published in 2022 and I took a long time between some chapters (it only has 7 chapters) but I still mean to work on it despite not having written a single word for this fanfic for quite some time now. (I swear I will work on it tomorrow, next week or something!). However, Jin is my trashy husbando and Melissa is one of my most detailed OPs and they both live rentfree in my head so I will try to get this finished one day.

Idea that I probably will work on (maybe if you hit me with a stick?):

[Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories & Homicipher crossover] Tentative title: Segundus, Simonelli and the sojourn in the house of monster. I already drew a rough outline in my mind but the crossover fanfic will be basically Segundus and Simonelli getting stuck in the house from Homicipher and having to decipher monster speech while trying to stay alive (it will be mainly Segundus trying to stay alive because I am pretty sure Simonelli has mad luck and survival skills). Mr Crawling, my beloved, will obviously show up in this and aid Segundus in not getting murdered.

Tagging: @liliththunder if you want to talk about your WIPs.

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

june 24

1947

Mick Fleetwood (drummer for Fleetwood Mac) is born in Redruth, Cornwall, England, though he'll grow up in locales around the world due to his father's career as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot.

[thethirdromana]

Here's a fun thing that my husband and I spotted while driving to a friend's house a little while back: single-word English place names almost always have the emphasis on the first syllable. (Exceptions are generally 4+ syllables and/or have a cardinal direction as the first syllable, e.g. Southampton).

We spent most of the journey saying place names aloud and trying to find other exceptions. We couldn't think of any in the car, but the friend we were visiting thought of plenty: Portreath, Redruth, Polperro, Mevagissey, Illogan, Lamorna...

Cornwall might have been annexed by Anglo-Saxon kings in the 9th century, but its place names remain unconquered.

[scotianostra]

On August 21st 1754 William Murdock, the Scottish engineer, was born.

Murdock invented coal-gas lighting, the first new form of lighting in the Industrial Age, and which remained the principal form of illumination until Edison’s invention of electric lighting 100-years later.

He was a close friend and associate of James Watt, who he met when he moved south to join Boulton & Watt, a partnership that was selling James Watt ’s new steam engines. During the job interview, Matthew Boulton noticed that Murdock was nervously handling a fine piece of woodwork that he had brought with him. Boulton recognized Murdock’s talent and hired him on the spot.

Soon Murdock began the experiments in gas lighting for which he is famous today. Murdock was the first to realize that gas was a more convenient energy source than coal, primarily because it could be piped and controlled more easily. Despite ridicule from his peers and the danger of gas explosions, Murdock Installed gaslighting in his house, using gas made from coal in his backyard and piped in through a hole in a window frame. Murdock went on to develop methods for manufacturing, storing, and purifying coal-g

Murdock’s employers were unenthusiastic about this sideline until they heard that a similar gaslighting system, made by Philippe Lebon, was being used in France. Boulton and Watt then asked Murdock to install gaslighting at their main factory in Birmingham in 1802, as part of England’s celebration of a temporary peace treaty with France. Soon the firm received its first commercial order to install gaslights at a cotton spinning factory. By 1806, Murdock had improved the odour of the coal-gas.

Meanwhile, Murdock had continued to apply his ingenuity to steam engine improvements, many of which were patented in 1799. He invented a new machine for boring cylinders and a better method for casting jacketed cylinders. Today, he is still known for inventing the slide valve, which injects and removes steam alternately from each end of the cylinder. Murdock also built the first model of an oscillating engine and the first free-standing steam engine.

Although Murdock eventually became a limited partner in Boulton & Watt, he remained essentially a hired hand throughout his career, rather than an independent businessman. Nevertheless, he earned great respect from many rivals who were wealthier and better educated.

In September 1830, in declining health at age 76, Murdoch's partnership with Boulton & Watt which began in 1810 came to an end, at which point he was receiving £1,000 per year. The reasons for this appear to be both the increasing unprofitability of Boulton and Watt and Murdoch's increasing ill health. Murdoch died on November 15th 1839, aged 85.

Murdock might be a lesser well known name than his boss and contemporary James Watt, but he is just as important figure, and should be recognised as such . In 1892 he celebrated more, a bust was unveiled in The National Wallace Monument of the engineer, there is also a bust in at St. Mary's Church, Handsworth. The town of Redruth has an Annual Murdoch Day in June. The 2007 event included a parade of schoolchildren with banners on the theme "Earth, Wind, Fire and Water" and the first public journey of a full-size, working reproduction of Murdoch's Steam Carriage.

The house he lived at in Redruth has been restored and preserved and is a listed building, there is also a primary school in Birmingham named after him. In 2019, he was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame.