the beneath the beacon automaton alphabet and trail
The trail brought an alphabet of characters to venues across Penrith in summer 2018.
The Summer 2018 BENEATH THE BEACON trail leaflet and map is shown below. The trail ended on 2 September.
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The Beneath the Beacon Trail Map is available from the EVAN Gallery on Corney Place, Penrith.




the AUTOMATON ALPHABET characters
A is for Architect
B is for Bridegroom
C is for Colonel
D is for Defendant
E is for Earl
F is for Formidable Female
G is for Giver
H is for Huckster
I is for Improver
J is for Jovialist
K is for King
L is for Lady
M is for Miser
N is for Nomad
O is for Opportunist
P is for Peeler
Q is for Quack
R is for Romantic
S is for Suffragist
T is for Trickster
U is for Unfortunate
V is for Visionary
W is for Wrestler
X is for eXploder
Y is for Yam Boy
Z is for Zapata man
Colonel Rutherford, battlefield medic
William Graham, poacher of Longdales
Samuel Plimsoll, coffin-ship campaigner
Susanna Blamire, poet and songwriter
Charlotte Deans, travelling player
Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick cartographer
John Kent, Britain's first black policeman
Young William Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson
Catherine Marshall, suffragist
Percy Topliss, the Monocled Mutineer
William Jameson, Cumberland wrestler
EVAN Gallery, Corney Place
EVAN Gallery
Penrith Library
N Arnison and Sons
J&J Graham
Beckside Books
Penrith OpShop
EVAN Gallery
EVAN Gallery
EVAN Gallery
EVAN Gallery
Foundry 34
EVAN Gallery
EVAN Gallery
Brunswick Yard
Penrith Railway Station
EVAN Gallery
Penrith and Eden Museum
C&W Herald
EVAN Gallery
Devonshire Arcade
EVAN Gallery
EVAN Gallery
EVAN Gallery
EVAN Gallery
Sidney Bakewell
Video of the automaton based on Colonel Rutherford, a battlefield medic and Longtown's surgeon-doctor.