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Higher resolution https://youtu.be/TJ5DUE0FS5A Celebrating Cornwall's rich mining heritage, Britain's tallest mechanical puppet calls at Market Jew Street, Penzance and is greeted by an estimated 20,000 people. The Levant mining disaster (20 October 1919) was referenced in the ceremony held before the transformation. 31 men lost their lives when a man engine collapsed and plunged down the shaft. Thanks to Jess Golding and the Penzance BID team for organising the event and to all involved in brin