In Their Own Words

Free Online Talk - In Their Own Words

Join us for ‘In Their Own Words’, a free online talk exploring Cornwall’s international mining and telecommunication connections, through the lives and words of the people employed in those industries. Focusing particularly on Andrew Angwin, a mining engineer from Pendeen, and Peter Tait, a telegrapher who trained at Porthcurno, whose diaries both feature in our current exhibition.

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Cornwall was at the centre of mining and telecommunications and these links are explored in ‘Cornish Connections’, displaying items from the archives of PK Porthcurno and Kresen Kernow.

But who were the miners and the telegraph workers who left Cornwall to work overseas? What can we find out about their lives and how did working overseas in these industries affect them?

Looking at the diaries of Andrew Angwin and Peter Tait, we will explore the lives, work and times of individuals working in mining and telecommunications, using their own words to tell their stories.

This fascinating online talk will take place via Zoom on Tuesday 3 December, 3-4pm, and will last approximately one hour, with a Q&A session at the end.

Please book your free space now on our Ticket Tailor event page!