Talk:Penwithick

A tag has been placed on Penwithick, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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I am Starting a new page titled "Penwithick" and ask for its deletion to be delayed as new material is added and hopefully attracts local and interested parties to contribute.

I am a new resident of this village and hope this page will spur local pride and interest. Also act as a place of local focus to record fact that may be lost in living history.

Mcgazzer 18:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

May I add that Penwithick is also a VERY old place worthy of an article for it's rich history. It has had a strong community for a long time. In the height of employment in the clay industry Penwithick was a very prosperous place, but has declined with the introduction of less labor intensive processing methods, and more recently with the closure of Baal (Great Carclaze) and Bodelva pit (the latter is now the eden project). Although I've not really had the chance to have a proper look around, from what I've seen I think it's probably safe to say that many of the detached cottages there predate clay mining, and that a settlement has existed there for some considerable time. I also understand that the newer "housing estate" displaced a number of quite old miner's smallholdings. The processing site of the Great Hallaze China Clay Works, which was one of the larger works in the area, is now occupied by Bodmin Blocks, the engine house for the 22 inch winding engine remains in tact with it's roof and boiler house, albeit with a truncated stack. It is believed that this engine house wound waste skips as well as pumping by flat rods. At the bottom of Penwithick is a smaller, flooded clay pit - although I can remember it being polluted by a strange liquid issuing from a pipe beside the "lake", there were several people who attempted to stock and fish the pit. A pair of swans also lived there on the lake, and were renowned for walking up into the housing estate, where they made quite a nuisance of themselves in people's gardens! I can also remember the fish and chip shop and spar being the only source of food inside the village, but hearing stories about a bakery, general store, and various other small businesses there. I for one would love to see an article about this village written by someone who really knows the history of the place. ▫Bad▫harlick♠ 01:46, 13 November 2007 (UTC)