A fabulous parade today – full of energy and delight. Click on any photo for more detail.
The Redruth Lamb is at the head of the Parade. The Lamb and Flag emblem is used by Redruth Town Council as the emblem for the town. It was originally a mark used by Cornish tin smelting works to stamp the ingots of tin. The symbol seems to have been used first in the woollen trade during the Middle Ages. By the 19th century, it was suggested that the lamb represented purity, obviously a good selling point for the local tin smelters.
Cornish music making
Nursery hands making the black and white St Piran’s flag
Please can anyone tell me the names of these characters?
Daffodil hats
Daffodils
Lovely to see our town so full and so lively
The Miner
Grannymar
March 5, 2016 at 9:58 pm
Sounds like a great day with some blue sky to boot!
mybeautfulthings
March 8, 2016 at 9:34 am
It was the best it has been for years, cold but at least dry and, yes, some blue sky! 🙂
john zande
March 5, 2016 at 6:26 pm
Sally, the artisan who grows chairs (and other things, I see) is Gavin Munro, and he’s in the UK.
http://fullgrown.co.uk/
mybeautfulthings
March 5, 2016 at 7:02 pm
I’ve just been looking at the website, quite inspirational. I cannot see a price but am sure that you will be right about them being priceless! I found it very interesting that as a little boy he too was framed and shaped to correct his spine.
I , too, would love a piece of his magic – maybe a mirror or a lampshade…… Thank you very much for the link. 🙂
john zande
March 5, 2016 at 7:09 pm
Send him an email asking for the price. I can’t remember exactly how much a chair was, expensive I recall, but i’d be interested to hear what the figure is.