tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post4723447312568792518..comments2024-03-29T07:54:12.874+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: The Levant Man-Engine Disaster of 1919: a contemporary accountMEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-56325185475124999002023-08-10T19:32:19.099+01:002023-08-10T19:32:19.099+01:00Just seen this via a Google search. Fascinating an...Just seen this via a Google search. Fascinating and fabulous article. Many Thanks<br />David Rigby, Salcombe, UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-63050127212025763512021-03-02T12:27:00.906+00:002021-03-02T12:27:00.906+00:00Documentary made in 1970 where witnesses to the Le...Documentary made in 1970 where witnesses to the Levant Mine disaster talk about what they saw. https://youtu.be/c_x5LMmXe5sMEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-34694538821281672342021-01-08T10:57:41.165+00:002021-01-08T10:57:41.165+00:00Barry, Re: Tours - it will all be different at the...Barry, Re: Tours - it will all be different at the moment because of Covid, but the National Trust did tours of their own site, and of course there are guides at Geevor Museum - many of them are former miners. I can't remember any details but I think there were some guided walks available in the wider area. I'd suggest asking Mike Simpson at Geevor. Also the community centre "The Centre of Pendeen" have a lot of local information; and there's the Library/Tourist Information in St Just. I hope this is helpful. Sam Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542027710837922686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-6059850907780611632020-11-21T18:17:01.891+00:002020-11-21T18:17:01.891+00:00I don't know of any tours Peter, but I am alwa...I don't know of any tours Peter, but I am always looking for an excuse to go down to the Penwith peninsula, so would be very please to show you around the area. That applies to anyone else who would like to visit my favourite area of Cornwall. It is no small wonder that they decided to film the Poldark series around there.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-68503027410764616342020-11-21T18:14:10.383+00:002020-11-21T18:14:10.383+00:00Hi Barry. I am from Timmins, mentioned in the blog...Hi Barry. I am from Timmins, mentioned in the blog, and worked for several years in the Bell Creek Mill. I am an avid follower of your truly wonderful blogs, and Cornwall is on my list of places to visit after the awful pandemic is over.<br /><br />Do you know of any guided tours of the 'submarine mine' area, as I would definitely like to do this.<br /><br />Peter Spooner, Timmins, Ontario, CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-67553575005431746492020-10-27T16:10:57.931+00:002020-10-27T16:10:57.931+00:00Thanks Donna. Next time you are in Falmouth for a ...Thanks Donna. Next time you are in Falmouth for a Physical Separation conference, an outing to Levant and Botallack will be on the agenda. It's my favourite area of Cornwall.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-65327809016410622772020-10-27T16:09:03.139+00:002020-10-27T16:09:03.139+00:00What a fascinating read!! I am attempting to orde...What a fascinating read!! I am attempting to order ‘The Mine Under the Sea’. Your descriptions of the scenes were so real. I read your account twice and it is amazing. Next time we are in Penzance, it will be a must to visit. To think we were so close. So glad it is a Heritage site now and the steam engine has been restored. Thank you, Barry.<br />Donna Starkey, Oakville, CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-23104489053764253212020-10-20T05:41:02.662+01:002020-10-20T05:41:02.662+01:00Barry,
Let me salute you for gathering such detail...Barry,<br />Let me salute you for gathering such detailed history, the way you narrate and make strong impression with those photos--how you gather--you are a wonder.<br />So much to note how people worked so hard in such difficult times and conditions with safety and security not guaranteed which kept the wheels of mining going which led to all the progress of Society over the years.<br />The Moral--with all the scientific and technological tools, our profession is getting a bad image--<br />Hope we take a hard look at the past and make the future of our profession more safe, environmentally acceptable to Society with practices which are energy efficient and economical--we have to make it more attractive and exciting and earn the respect we deserve from the Society.<br /><br />Rao,T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11160713677908165404noreply@blogger.com