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Open Country: The 'Man Engine' in Cornwall's mining landscape

The 'Man Engine' in Cornwall's mining landscape

11/08/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, The 'Man Engine' in Cornwall's mining landscape

Helen Mark meets the UK's largest puppet, Man Engine, in Cornwall's mining landscape.

The UK's largest puppet, Man Engine, is celebrating ten years since Cornwall's mining landscapes were awarded Unesco heritage status. Helen Mark meets him and his creators.

The largest mechanical puppet ever made in the UK "The Man Engine" has been striding out across Cornwall to celebrate 10 years since Cornwall's mining landscapes were awarded the status of UNESCO world heritage sites. 

Standing 10 metres high this 'Man Engine' will visit each of the 10 heritage areas across Cornwall and Helen Mark meets him and his creator Will Coleman in Liskeard and Minions on Bodmin moor. Helen speaks to some of the people who live here about what tin mining means to them today and to their sense of history. Former miner Mark Kaczmarek tell us about life in the mines today at Camborne School of Mines and we hear songs from Nick Hart from 'The Story of Cornwall' that make up the soundtrack to this incredible landscape and the industry which began here.

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