It has been a pasty lover's paradise today as the Redruth International Mining and Pasty Festival took over the town.

Festivities began on Friday night with a free showing of 'Tin - the movie', a feature based on real life events surrounding a banking scandal in St Just in the 1890s, at St Andrew's Church in Clinton Road.

There has been plenty going on today (Saturday), with the creation of a giant Redruth Pasty at the Miner's Statue in Fore Street. A ceremony in the morning saw it off to be baked before it was due to return at 4pm to be cut up and handed out for free to people in the street.

Other attractions included the chance for children to make their own pasty for free, supported by the Cornish Pasty Association.

Fore Street in the centre of town was lined with stalls selling drink, crafts and, of course, many different varieties of pasty.

There was fun and games in St Rumon's Gardens and train rides at Moseley Toy and Train Museum in Tolgus Mount.

The Tick Tock Bus at Alma Place was kitted out as the Cornish Embassy, where one and all could take a Cornish citizenship test upstairs and sample a beer in the Ticky's Tavern pub downstairs.

There was music throughout the day, including Mariachi el Mexicano, as the day celebrates the mining links between Cornwall and South America.

To that end there was the Mexican Fiesta at the Buttermarket, with food and music from the country.

Denzil Trevethick's was due to hold a pasty crimp-off in the afternoon and The Great Redruth Pasty Pursuit gave people the chance to find clues around town and learn about mining history.

A heritage coach offered the chance to discover hidden treasures of Redruth.

On Sunday there is due to be a fun day at Victoria Park from 10am to 4pm, with stalls, games, music and a dog show, which starts at 12pm.