Four Lanes Male Choir - Cornwall My Home (Harry 'Safari' Glasson)

On Saturday 28th September (2024), Four Lanes Male Choir sung to Taylor's Pump House. This event, curated by the National Trust, was to commemorate 70 years since the last stroke of the engine.
Since 1945, the underground workings had been taken over by South Crofty Mine. Taylor's Pump House continued to operate via steam until Saturday 28th September, 1954, with the last stroke took place shortly after 11am. Thereafter, South Crofty used electrical pumps until its closure on the 6th March 1998. This was the end of the last working Tin Mine in Europe.
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East Pool Mine & Agar History:
East Pool Mine operated from the early 18th century until 1945, initially extracting copper and later tin, achieving considerable profitability. The site, part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, features two preserved beam engines managed by the National Trust.
Originally a copper mine named "Pool Old Bal," its key outputs included copper, tin, arsenic, and wolframite, with minor quantities of bismuth, cobalt, and uranium. In 1921, a rockfall damaged the winding shafts, causing flooding, which led to the establishment of Taylor's Shaft in 1922. In 1924, Harvey's Engine, a 90-inch pumping engine from Carn Brea Mine, was installed there. The site features a distinctive chimney with "EPAL" in white bricks.
The mine was taken over by South Crofty in 1945, but Harvey's Engine pumped water until 1954, when it was replaced by electric pumps. Rescued from scrapping by Mr. Greville Bathe, it was donated to the Cornish Engines Preservation Committee and transferred to the National Trust in 1967.
Now, East Pool Mine features two preserved beam engines, including Michell's Shaft Engine House, which houses Cornwall's last beam whim engine from 1887. This engine has been under National Trust care since 1967. Both engine houses are now open to the public to visit.
Lyrics:
I’ve stood on Cape Cornwall in the sun’s evening glow,
On Chywoone Hill at Newlyn to watch the fishing fleets go,
Watched the sheave wheels at Geevor as they spun around,
And heard the men singing as they go underground,
And no one will ever move me from this land,
Until the Lord calls me to sit at his hand,
For this is my Eden, and I’m not alone,
For this is my Cornwall and this is my home,
I’ve left childish footsteps in the soft Sennen sand,
I’ve chased the maids there, all giggly and tanned,
I’ve stood on the cliff top in a westerly blow,
And heard the wave thunder on the rocks far below,
First thing in the morning, on Chapel Carn Brea,
To gaze at the Scillies in the blue far away,
For this is my Cornwall, and I’ll tell you why,
Because I was born here and here I shall die.
And no one will ever move me from this land,
Until the Lord calls me to sit at his hand,
For this is my Eden, and I’m not alone,
For this is my Cornwall and this is my home,
I’ve left childish footsteps in the soft Sennen sand,
I’ve chased the maids there, all giggly and tanned,
I’ve stood on the cliff top in a westerly blow,
And heard the wave thunder on the rocks far below,