What a fabulous day in our town as everyone came together to celebrate William Murdoch, inventor and mechanical engineer whose home in Redruth was the first in the country to be lit by gas light. The town was thronging for the parade. All the schools had a section with wonderful things they had made. The theme for this year’s parade was Engineering Heroes and the schools did it proud. Make A Mends also recognised many female inventors! I hope the gallery gives you a flavour of the day.
The Storycoat had another outing and this time, my patch had been added. I was so delighted to see Gracie Briney, embroidered by me, on the front of the beautiful coat worn by our young Town Crier.
Max, Redruth Town Crier, leading the parade, stopped to show me my patch!
Badges were being made of all the patches on the coat. We each made a story coat badge and, of course, a Gracie Briney badge.
My badges
Last night was a Georgian party to start off the weekend and our lovely neighbour called in afterwards to show us this year’s outfit.
nrhatch
June 16, 2024 at 6:49 pm
Your neighbor looks like something out of Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes . . . Old Mother Hubbard? Little Bo Peep?
And look at all the coats and jackets. It must be a bit brisker than here. 😀
mybeautfulthings
June 17, 2024 at 7:16 pm
Doesn’t she? That’s a lovely thought.
It IS cold here, so unlike June. We are wondering where our summer has gone.It seems that the jet stream is responsible being below our island rather than above. Brisk is an interesting word to describe the coolth. 🙂
utesmile
June 16, 2024 at 11:00 am
How fantastic!
mybeautfulthings
June 17, 2024 at 7:17 pm
Such a splendid day! You’d have loved it. 🙂