St Piran’s day is tomorrow and there have been parades all over Cornwall today. In Redruth, the rain held off just for the duration of the parade. The theme is both St Piran represented by his flag, black with a white cross, and daffodils. Every local school takes part and the whole event is one of joy.
The start of the Parade with Redruth’s mascot, Tolgus the Lamb leading.
As part of the celebrations, my choir had been asked to sing Cornish songs and though the audience was quite small they were very enthusiastic.
I had to leave the performance early to catch the train to Truro, a train it turned out, which was full of people coming up from Penzance to the Save Our NHS March. There were tens of thousands marching in London and several hundred of us in Truro. This photo was taken at the end as the crowd is beginning to leave.
