July & August 2012 - The Old School
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> and<br />
Stoke Climsland News<br />
JULY - AUGUST<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
ISSUE 150<br />
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD<br />
JUBILEE PRINCESS<br />
FLOWERS IN THE CHURCH<br />
EGG AND SPOON CONCENTRATION<br />
LIVING IT UP IN DOWNGATE<br />
KIT HILL BEACON<br />
Stoke Climsland Community Project Limited,<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Stoke Climsland, Callington, Cornwall, PL17 8NY<br />
Company Registered in England & Wales No. 03430472<br />
Registered Charity No. 1069240<br />
JUBILEE POSTER COMPETITION<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> office hours are 9.30 am - 1 pm<br />
Telephone: 01579 370493<br />
Website: www.theoldschoolweb.org.uk<br />
Email: theoldschool@ruralinternet.co.uk
<strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
and Stoke<br />
Climsland News<br />
COMMUNITY DIARIES<br />
Sun 1 Messy Church 3.00 pm<br />
Mon 2 Pilates (Sessions from)<br />
Acupuncturist ( by appointment)<br />
9.00 am<br />
1.00 pm<br />
Tues 3 CWT Coffee<br />
Musical Farmhouse<br />
Art Taster Session<br />
Flower Arranging<br />
W.I. Cooking Class (Kitchen Area)<br />
10.00 am<br />
1.00 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
6.30 pm<br />
7.30 pm<br />
Wed<br />
4 Tea Party<br />
French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
2.00 pm<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
Fri 6 Friday Lunch 12 Noon<br />
Sat 7 Village Market 9.00 am<br />
Sun 8 Dante’ Rehearsal 4.30 pm<br />
Mon<br />
Tues<br />
Wed<br />
Thu<br />
Fri<br />
9 Pilates Classes (sessions from)<br />
Acupuncturist (by appointment)<br />
Dante’ Rehearsal<br />
10 Book Club<br />
Musical Farmhouse<br />
Art Taster Session<br />
Flower Arranging<br />
11 French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
12 Chiropodist<br />
Trustees Meeting<br />
13 Archive Volunteers<br />
Friday Lunch<br />
Film Club<br />
9.00 am<br />
1.00 pm<br />
4.30 pm<br />
10.00 am<br />
1.00 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
6.30 pm<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
10.00 am<br />
7.30 pm<br />
10.00 am<br />
12 Noon<br />
7.30 pm<br />
Sat 14 Dante Final Concert - Cream Tea 4.30 pm<br />
Mon 16 Pilates Classes (sessions from)<br />
Acupuncturist (by appointment)<br />
9.00 am<br />
1.00 pm<br />
Tues 17 Musical Farm House<br />
Art Taster Session<br />
Flower Arranging<br />
1.00 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
6.30 pm<br />
Wed<br />
18 Community Lunch<br />
French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
12.30 pm<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7 00 pm<br />
Thu 19 Investment Club 7.30 pm<br />
Fri 20 Friday Lunch 12 Noon<br />
Sat 21 Light Breakfast 9.00 am<br />
Mon 23 Pilates Classes (sessions from)<br />
Acupuncturist (by appointment)<br />
9.00 am<br />
1.00 pm<br />
Tues 24 Art Taster Session<br />
Flower Arranging<br />
7.00 pm<br />
6.30 pm<br />
Wed 25 French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
Thu 26 Chiropodist 10.00 am<br />
Fri 27 Friday Lunch 12 Noon<br />
Mon 30 Acupuncturist (by appointment) 1.00 pm<br />
Tues 31 Jive and Swing Session 7.00 pm<br />
Check out Ann’s Tea Party First Wednesday<br />
of the Month. Good fun and delicious food.<br />
Everyone is welcome!<br />
Wed<br />
1 Tea Party<br />
French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
2.00 pm<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
Fri 3 Friday Lunch 12 Noon<br />
Sat 4 VILLAGE MARKET 9.00 am<br />
Mon 6 Acupuncturist (by appointment) 1.00 pm<br />
Tues<br />
Wed<br />
Thu<br />
Fri<br />
7 CWT coffee<br />
Jive & Swing Session<br />
8 French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
9 Chiropodist<br />
Trustees Meeting<br />
10 Friday Lunch<br />
Film Club<br />
10.00 am<br />
7.00 pm<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
10.00 am<br />
7.30 pm<br />
12 Noon<br />
7.30 pm<br />
Sat 11 Jazz & Blues night 7.30 pm<br />
Mon 13 Acupuncturist (by appointment) 1.00 pm<br />
Tues<br />
Wed<br />
14 Book Club<br />
Jive & Swing Session<br />
15 Hairdresser<br />
Community Lunch<br />
French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
10.00 am<br />
7.00 pm<br />
10.00 am<br />
12.30 pm<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7.30 am<br />
Fri 17 Friday Lunch 12 Noon<br />
Sat 18 Light Breakfast 9.00 am<br />
Mon 20 Acupuncturist (by appointment) 1.00 pm<br />
Tues 21 Jive & Swing Session 7.00 pm<br />
Wed<br />
Thu<br />
22 French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
23 Chiropodist<br />
Investment Club<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
10.00 am<br />
7.30 pm<br />
Fri 24 Friday Lunch 12 Noon<br />
Mon 27 Acupuncturist (by appointment) 1.00 pm<br />
Tues 28 Jive & Swing Session 7.00 pm<br />
Wed 29 French Conversation<br />
Tae-Kwon-Do<br />
3.30 pm<br />
7.00 pm<br />
Fri 31 Friday Lunch 12 Noon<br />
200 CLUB WINNERS<br />
May 18th P Bullimore<br />
May 25th<br />
June 1st<br />
June 8th<br />
C Vulliamy<br />
S Stipling<br />
S Stipling<br />
You have to be in<br />
THE 200 Club to WIN IT.<br />
Why not join now<br />
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OLD SCHOOL AND STOKE CLIMSLAND NEWS. JULY - AUGUST <strong>2012</strong><br />
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PARISH CHURCH<br />
<strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
and Stoke<br />
Climsland News<br />
COMMUNITY DIARIES<br />
In the Parish Church listing, TL is Traditional Language<br />
and ML Modern Language<br />
<strong>July</strong> 1st<br />
<strong>July</strong> 7th<br />
(Saturday)<br />
<strong>July</strong> 8th<br />
<strong>July</strong> 15th<br />
<strong>July</strong> 22nd<br />
<strong>July</strong> 29th<br />
<strong>August</strong> 5th<br />
<strong>August</strong> 12th<br />
<strong>August</strong> 19th<br />
<strong>August</strong> 26th<br />
8.00am Holy Communion (ML)<br />
11.15am Holy Communion (TL)<br />
Messy Church in the <strong>Old</strong><br />
3.00pm<br />
<strong>School</strong><br />
8.00am Holy Communion (TL)<br />
11.15am All Age Worship<br />
8.00am Holy Communion (TL)<br />
11.15am Family Communion (ML)<br />
6.30pm Café Church<br />
8.00am Holy Communion (TL)<br />
11.15am Morning Worship<br />
6.30pm Informal Holy Communion (ML)<br />
8.00am Holy Communion (TL)<br />
Cluster Service at St Melors<br />
11.00am<br />
(Linkinhorne)<br />
8.00am Holy Communion (ML)<br />
11.15am<br />
Songs of Praise Service on the<br />
Village Green<br />
8.00am Holy Communion (TL)<br />
11.15am All Age Worship<br />
8.00am Holy Communion (TL)<br />
11.15am Family Communion (ML)<br />
8.00am Holy Communion (TL)<br />
11.15am Morning Worship<br />
Activities for children are held in the Church Tower<br />
every Sunday<br />
Weekly events. Please check with organisers to<br />
confirm timings the holiday period<br />
Monday Ballet 3 pm - 7 pm<br />
Wednesday Ballet<br />
3 pm - 10 pm<br />
Thursday<br />
Keep Fit<br />
Ballet<br />
Short Mat Bowls<br />
10 am<br />
3 pm - 7 pm<br />
7.30 pm<br />
Friday Bridge Club 7.30 pm<br />
Sunday Short Mat Bowls 5.30 pm<br />
<strong>July</strong><br />
Tuesday 10 Ballet Examinations All day<br />
Tuesday 10 Women’s Institute 7. 30 pm<br />
Wednesday 11 Ballet Examinations All day<br />
Saturday 14 Private Party 3 - 7 pm<br />
Monday 16 Parish Council 7.30 pm<br />
Thursday 19 Art 11 am - 3 pm<br />
Thursday 26 Art 11 am - 3 pm<br />
Monday 30 Flower Show Meeting 7 pm - 9.30 pm<br />
<strong>August</strong><br />
Saturday 4 Flower Show All day<br />
Tuesday 7 Women’s Institute 7.30 pm<br />
Monday 20 Parish Council 7.30 pm<br />
Thursday 23 Art 11 am - 3 pm<br />
Thursday 28 Art 11 am - 3 pm<br />
For further details about events and how to book the<br />
Parish Hall, contact Brigitte Cox on 01579 370373.<br />
<strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
and Stoke Climsland News<br />
NOTICEBOARD<br />
LISKEARD SHOW<br />
SATURDAY 14th JULY<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
at Merrymeet from 8.00 am<br />
· Dingle Fingle Clown Show<br />
· Horses · Cattle · Sheep · Donkeys<br />
· Dog Show · Shopping Arcades<br />
· Pet’s Corner · Live Music<br />
A GREAT FAMILY DAY OUT<br />
Adults £9 Children £4 Under 5 Free<br />
Family Ticket £20<br />
More details: 01579 342955<br />
www.liskeardshow.org<br />
Registered Charity No. 287130<br />
Carers Get<br />
Together<br />
3.00 pm on the third Friday<br />
each month, in the café<br />
at <strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong>. Join us<br />
for a chat and a cup of tea<br />
and cake! It’s been a great<br />
opportunity to share really useful information too –<br />
maybe just what you’re looking for. Do join us.<br />
Please tell us if we can help you to come to this, eg<br />
with transport. Phone <strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> on<br />
01579 370319.<br />
Make a note of these dates for<br />
the rest of the year:<br />
20th <strong>July</strong>, 17th <strong>August</strong>, 21st<br />
September, 19th October, 16th<br />
November, 21st December<br />
Edah says she has<br />
5 Sundae glasses<br />
missing!<br />
Please could you return any you<br />
have taken home with your desserts<br />
Many Thanks<br />
<strong>July</strong> 1st 11.00am Mr Mark Pellow<br />
<strong>July</strong> 8th 11.00am<br />
Rev Malcolm Richards (with <strong>The</strong><br />
Lord’s Supper)<br />
METHODIST CHURCH<br />
<strong>July</strong> 15th 11.00am Miss Jean Ryall<br />
<strong>July</strong> 22nd 11.00am<br />
Rev Martyn Smith (Flower<br />
Festival)<br />
<strong>July</strong> 29th 11.00am Rev Martyn Smith<br />
<strong>August</strong> 5th 11.00am Mr Cliff Caldwell<br />
<strong>August</strong><br />
12th<br />
<strong>August</strong><br />
19th<br />
<strong>August</strong><br />
26th<br />
11.00am<br />
11.00am<br />
11.00am<br />
Mr Gordon Rowe<br />
Mrs Brenda Grundy<br />
Rev Chris Tomlinson<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> Friday Lunches<br />
Hot, delicious home-cooked meals on a Friday in convivial surroundings<br />
Lunch is served at <strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> every Friday from 12 noon. Two courses for £5.50, including tea or coffee.<br />
Community Lunch on<br />
Wednesday, 18th <strong>July</strong><br />
Community Lunch on<br />
Wednesday, 15th <strong>August</strong><br />
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<strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
and Stoke Climsland News<br />
NOTICEBOARD<br />
For your Summer entertainment<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> Film Club presents...<br />
On Friday 13th <strong>July</strong><br />
7.00pm for a 7.30pm start<br />
<strong>The</strong> Best Exotic Marigold<br />
Hotel<br />
A drama/comedy that follows a group of British<br />
retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement<br />
to less expensive<br />
and seemingly<br />
exotic India. Enticed<br />
by advertisements<br />
for the newly<br />
restored Marigold<br />
Hotel and bolstered<br />
with visions of a<br />
life of leisure, they<br />
arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self.<br />
One review says “Though the new environment<br />
is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever<br />
transformed by their shared experiences,<br />
discovering that life and love can begin again when<br />
you let go of the past”. Ah well, any film with Judy<br />
Dench in it has got to be worth a viewing.<br />
And on Friday 10th <strong>August</strong><br />
7.00pm for a 7.30pm start<br />
<strong>The</strong> Descendants<br />
For some, the fact that this<br />
film stars George Clooney is<br />
enough. For those who want<br />
to know a little more, it traces<br />
the humorous and sometimes<br />
tragic journey of Matt King<br />
(Clooney) an indifferent husband<br />
and father of two girls. Matt<br />
is forced to re-examine his<br />
past and embrace his future when his wife suffers<br />
a boating accident off of Waikiki. <strong>The</strong> event leads<br />
to a rapprochement with his young daughters while<br />
Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s<br />
land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and<br />
missionaries. Mmmm, sounds fun!<br />
Come along and enjoy some top quality films in a<br />
very amicable environment. At a bargain price as<br />
well!<br />
PLEASE support our advertisers,<br />
and tell them you saw the<br />
advertisement in the OSNews<br />
<strong>July</strong> and <strong>August</strong> will see a special exhibition in<br />
the Museum dedicated to shops and shopping in<br />
Launceston between 1902 and <strong>2012</strong> and how these<br />
have changed. Even as recently as last month,<br />
evidence of the changes that have taken place over<br />
the years came to light when the re-furbishment of<br />
the former betting shop in Broad Street led to the<br />
discovery of a shop sign dating from the early 20th<br />
century which has now found its way to the museum.<br />
Those of you who were thrilled by the “War Horse”<br />
puppet which galloped across the roof of the Royal<br />
Festival Hall during the<br />
Queen’s Jubilee Pageant<br />
should not forget that the<br />
Museum has its own “War<br />
Horse” bridle which also<br />
found its way back to the<br />
Museum by virtue of the brass<br />
bosses on the blinkers reading<br />
“Gillbard Launceston”. It is<br />
on display in the Museum’s<br />
Agricultural Room with a photo of Gillbard’s Saddlers<br />
and staff taken perhaps at the time the bridle was<br />
made. So come and see the exhibition and show your<br />
children and grandchildren how shops - and shop<br />
workers – used to look in Launceston in the past.<br />
NEWS FROM THE<br />
STOKE CLIMSLAND<br />
PARISH ARCHIVE<br />
Our willing band of volunteers meet from 10.00 – 12.00am<br />
on the second Friday of each month at <strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong>;<br />
we’re sorting and tidying files at the moment, and adding<br />
documents as they arrive. Our schedule for the rest of the<br />
year is: <strong>July</strong> 13th, <strong>August</strong> 10th, September 14th, October<br />
12th, November 9th and December 14th. Just turn up if<br />
you are interested in helping in any way.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Jubilee Weekend saw Dawn Veal putting together a<br />
display of photographs from the past 60 years, focusing on<br />
royal visits to Stoke Climsland and other associations. This<br />
was shown in the Church. Now we’ll be welcoming photos<br />
from Jubilee weekend arriving for the archive – so if you<br />
have photos or memories of village or private events to<br />
share. Please let us have them in writing or if you would<br />
prefer, we could arrange to come along and make a<br />
recording for our Oral Archive at your home.<br />
At <strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Stoke<br />
Climsland Third Saturday<br />
each month 9am - noon<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re always different<br />
<strong>The</strong> Car Boot sale in May went well;<br />
the Breakfast extended into lunch with soup etc. while<br />
people went on enjoying the stalls indoors and out.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se events are run directly for the benefit of the <strong>Old</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>’s funds, but table-tops are free and varied and<br />
fun, and all add to a relaxed and enjoyable Saturday<br />
morning.<br />
Dawn and Dominic’s ‘Storybox’ is a great opportunity<br />
for children to get together around stories and play,<br />
while mums and dads get together around coffee and<br />
croissants – come and enjoy yourselves, and arrange to<br />
meet your friends.<br />
REGULAR EVENTS ARE:<br />
Storybox for children, table-top sales of all varieties<br />
from cakes to crafts, delicious breakfasts – coffee and<br />
croissants to bacon butties<br />
ABOUT STORYBOX:<br />
We’ll be delighted if you bring your children and<br />
grandchildren too, since Dawn and Dominic are<br />
fantastic storytellers AND have a library of books<br />
for children of different ages which you can borrow.<br />
Storybox has a different imaginative theme every<br />
time, and you may find your children coming out with<br />
a paper tiger or some other wonderful creation !<br />
ABOUT THE TABLE-TOP SALE:<br />
You may not know so much about the Light Breakfast<br />
table-top sale. It’s open to anyone, and is been a great<br />
opportunity for people who haven’t tried it before, to<br />
showcase their goods, get new ideas about what works<br />
best, and generally enjoy themselves too.<br />
BREAKFAST DATES FOR THE<br />
REST OF <strong>2012</strong><br />
PUT THEM IN YOUR DIARY<br />
21st <strong>July</strong>, 18th <strong>August</strong>,<br />
15th September, 20th October,<br />
17th November, 15th December<br />
CALLING ALL BUDDING YOUNG JOURNALISTS!<br />
We are very keen to include more articles and<br />
information of interest to our younger readers. If you<br />
think this could be something you would like to do, why<br />
not give Deri Parsons a call on 01579 370319 for a chat<br />
SUMMER<br />
THIEF WATCH<br />
Summer is approaching and we are all<br />
looking forward to our holidays and<br />
spending some time away from home.<br />
We also want to come back and find<br />
everything as we left it. Did you know<br />
that four out of five burglaries occur when<br />
a house or flat is unoccupied Here are a few tips<br />
to help reduce the chances of returning home, fully<br />
refreshed, only to find that you have become a victim<br />
of burglary.<br />
* Make sure your home looks occupied. Closed curtains<br />
in the daytime make it look as if no one is at home.<br />
* Cancel deliveries of milk, newspapers etc. discreetly<br />
don’t announce your departure to a shop full of<br />
people.<br />
* Only tell people who need to know you’re going<br />
away.<br />
* Use automatic timer switches on radios as well as<br />
lights. Dusk to dawn low energy bulbs could also be<br />
used around the house, both internally and externally.<br />
* Don’t leave valuable items like TVs, videos or hi-fi<br />
visible through windows.<br />
* Ensure garages and sheds are secured and consider<br />
fitting a shed alarm to the inside of the doors.<br />
* Don’t have your home address showing on your<br />
luggage for the outward journey. Put this only on the<br />
inside.<br />
* Ensure all doors and windows are locked and if<br />
you have a burglar alarm make sure it is set. Don’t<br />
lock internal doors or desks - they may be forced if<br />
someone does break in.<br />
* Ask a relative, friend or neighbour to check that<br />
all post and free papers are fully pushed through the<br />
letterbox and that the rubbish bin is not left out.<br />
* Finally, if applicable, inform your Neighbourhood<br />
Watch Coordinator that you will be away and provide<br />
them with any key holder details.<br />
It’s worth spending a quiet couple of minutes on the<br />
doorstep, prior to leaving, to check that you’ve done<br />
all you had to do and taken everything you need with<br />
you.<br />
Have a good and trouble-free holiday!<br />
<strong>The</strong> organisers of the Jubilee Tea at the Primary<br />
<strong>School</strong> tell us that quite a few plates, blankets and<br />
rugs were left behind when they cleared up. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
have been placed at the back of the church so that<br />
people can get them 7 days a week. So, if you are<br />
missing anything, you know where to go to get it back.<br />
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Ducklings<br />
Spring Fun<br />
This month we, like<br />
everyone else, have<br />
been celebrating the<br />
Queen’s Jubilee. We<br />
wrote invitations to<br />
our parents to join<br />
us for our very own ‘Queen’s<br />
Jubilee Lunch’ to be held in the<br />
Ducklings’ garden. We walked to<br />
the Post Office in the village to buy<br />
stamps and post the invitations.<br />
On the big day, we had a lovely<br />
lunch and showed our mums,<br />
dads, grandparents and brothers<br />
and sisters the wonderful crowns<br />
we had made. We were also able<br />
to show them the the seeds and<br />
seedlings we had planted in the<br />
garden. We water them everyday<br />
from the water butts that have<br />
been collecting rain water in the<br />
garden. This month we have also<br />
been learning about staying healthy<br />
and which foods are healthy. We brought fruit and<br />
JUBILEE PEALS AND MORE<br />
Everyone in the village must have heard the church bells<br />
ringing joyously on two occasions during the Jubilee<br />
celebrations. <strong>The</strong> six ringers (Phil Barriball, Sheila Cox,<br />
Judy Dicks, Lesley Harper, Steve Leonard-Williams and<br />
Sue Wadland) gave us a selection of call changes. This<br />
is the method of altering the order in which the bells<br />
are rung following a series of mathematical patterns<br />
or ‘changes’. Although not a bell ringer myself, I am<br />
reliably informed that the ringing was of the highest<br />
standard and that everyone involved should be<br />
congratulated. Well done, Stoke Climsland Bell Ringers!<br />
Stoke Climsland church has a peal of eight bells,<br />
although only six were run during the Jubilee<br />
celebrations, and was one of the first parishes in<br />
Cornwall to do<br />
so. <strong>The</strong> bells<br />
were originally<br />
cast in 1771<br />
by the local<br />
bell founders,<br />
the Pennington<br />
family, whose<br />
foundry was<br />
located within<br />
yards of the<br />
church tower.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bells, recast in 1953 by Taylors of Loughborough,<br />
range from the 14cwt (711 kg) tenor bell to the 4 cwt<br />
(203 kg) treble. <strong>The</strong>y are acknowledged as being of<br />
very fine quality.<br />
vegetables in from home and we made vegetable soup<br />
and fruit smoothies......yummy!<br />
In other news, in response to feedback from a parental<br />
questionnaire Ducklings have decided to extend the<br />
Preschool opening hours on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s<br />
to 9-3pm from September. If you are interested in your<br />
child attending these sessions or the Summer Holiday<br />
Club, running on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9-5pm<br />
for 4-11year olds, please contact Ducklings on 07813<br />
929171 or<br />
E-mail:<br />
ducklingscallington@<br />
btconnect.<br />
com.<br />
We are very<br />
excited<br />
about our<br />
upcoming<br />
Sport’s Day<br />
and BBQ<br />
on the 8th<br />
<strong>July</strong>, 3-5pm<br />
and our Duck<br />
Race on the<br />
15th <strong>July</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are<br />
still ducks<br />
available if you want to be in the swimming! We look<br />
forward to reporting back on these next month...<br />
<strong>The</strong> English bell ringing tradition dates back hundreds<br />
of years and in our church it is kept alive by a team of<br />
bell ringers<br />
drawn from<br />
all parts<br />
of the<br />
community.<br />
Like many<br />
small<br />
communities<br />
we have<br />
had to work<br />
hard to keep<br />
a team of<br />
ringers so<br />
that the<br />
bells can be heard calling people to Sunday services,<br />
weddings, and other special occasions. We are lucky<br />
enough to have about a pool of regular ringers including<br />
several new ‘learners’ and practice nights are a<br />
mixture of practical ringing and friendly chat. Once the<br />
technique of actually ringing the bell is mastered the<br />
more complex art of ‘change ringing’ can be tackled.<br />
All ages are welcome to come along. Some people are<br />
attracted to bell ringing by the challenge of learning<br />
a new skill, some by the opportunity for some healthy<br />
exercise and some by the urge to keep something<br />
alive that is so intrinsically part of English life. Anyone<br />
interested in learning to ring or just having a look is<br />
very welcome to come along to a Thursday practice<br />
night (7.30-9.00pm) or contacting Sheila Cox on 01579<br />
371234.<br />
JULY AT CALSTOCK ARTS<br />
Tickets from mail@calstockarts.org or by calling 01822<br />
833183. More information at www.calstockarts.org<br />
Wednesday 11th <strong>July</strong>: Michael Chapman A<br />
contemporary of UK folk guitar heroes Bert Jansch,<br />
John Martyn and Roy Harper,<br />
Michael blends folk, jazz and<br />
blues with dashes of rock &<br />
roll. A fine guitarist as well as<br />
singer-songwriter, Michael blends<br />
acoustic mastery with matter-offact<br />
lyrics.<br />
Tickets £10 in advance £12 on the<br />
door. Doors open 7.00pm. Start<br />
time 8.00pm<br />
Friday 13th <strong>July</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Dante<br />
Quartet presents Death and <strong>The</strong><br />
Maiden <strong>The</strong> Dante Festival day<br />
includes an open rehearsal, an<br />
orchard walk led by Guardian columnist Virginia Spiers,<br />
Paint the Music workshop and an evening concert. See<br />
www.dantefestival.org for full details of this event.<br />
Friday 20th <strong>July</strong>: A Gallery Bar Special: Unstrung<br />
Heroes<br />
Violinist and<br />
mandolin player<br />
Steve Potter is<br />
accompanied<br />
by guitarist and<br />
banjo player<br />
Peter Acty,<br />
plus Geoff<br />
Lakeman on duet<br />
concertina, vocals and spoons. Gallery Bar opens at<br />
7.30pm. Band from 8.30pm. Free admission, bucket<br />
for the band, chatty atmosphere.<br />
Calstock Arts is having a well deserved break over<br />
<strong>August</strong>. Wishing you all a good summer..and thank<br />
you once again for your continued support.<br />
A THIRSTY<br />
MONTH...............<br />
Was this our<br />
Summer Surely<br />
not!: A notably<br />
dry month with<br />
only just over<br />
40% of average<br />
rainfall and the<br />
driest May since<br />
2001. For the<br />
whole spring<br />
quarter we<br />
got 247·0 mm,<br />
within a couple<br />
of millimetres of the average in a range from 81·1 mm<br />
last year to 344·2 mm in 2008. After a dry winter we<br />
are still well short of the average for the first halfyear.<br />
Apart from one detail the temperatures were<br />
Launceston’s Cafe’<br />
Scientific continues<br />
its programme of<br />
fascinating scientific<br />
talks on Tuesday 17th<br />
<strong>August</strong>. <strong>The</strong> subject<br />
is “Growing diamonds<br />
in the laboratory”<br />
and the talk will be<br />
given by Professor Mike Ashfold, <strong>School</strong> of<br />
Chemistry, University of Bristol.<br />
Diamond is a remarkable material with<br />
many exceptional properties. This<br />
presentation will start by highlighting<br />
selected properties of diamond and some of<br />
its many applications<br />
(real and perceived),<br />
then move on to<br />
discuss how diamond<br />
films can now be grown<br />
in the laboratory from<br />
a carbon containing<br />
gas mixture using<br />
a technique called chemical<br />
vapour deposition (CVD). <strong>The</strong><br />
presentation will conclude by<br />
describing some of the ways<br />
in which careful experimental<br />
measurements, along with<br />
companion modelling, are helping to reveal details<br />
of the chemistry by which a mixture of gases can be<br />
turned into diamond.<br />
As usual the venue will be Jericho’s Brasserie,<br />
starting at 7pm. All with an interest in science are<br />
welcome to attend.<br />
LAUNCESTON Café Scientifique<br />
Full details of the Group can be found at<br />
www.cafescilaunceston.org<br />
very normal. Daily maxima averaged 16·2 ºC, dead on<br />
average and well below the 19·1 ºC of 1998. Night-time<br />
minima averaged 9·8 ºC, the highest since the 11·1 ºC<br />
of 2008 but very near normal. And the 24 hour mean<br />
was within<br />
0·1 ºC of its<br />
average . But<br />
the exceptional<br />
detail: on the<br />
25th of the<br />
month, the<br />
temperature<br />
reached 25·9<br />
ºC, the hottest<br />
May day of all<br />
my readings<br />
by almost a<br />
degree. And my thanks to Pauline Champness who<br />
came and took my measurements on a couple of days<br />
when I was away at a music festival.<br />
Francis Gardner<br />
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OLD SCHOOL AND STOKE CLIMSLAND NEWS . JULY - AUGUST <strong>2012</strong><br />
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Stoke Climsland<br />
EMERGENCY CONTACTS<br />
Emergency services 999<br />
Police (non-emergency) 101<br />
Crimestoppers 0800 555111<br />
Samaritans 0845 7909 090<br />
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com) for advice and<br />
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Stoke Climsland<br />
useful telephone numbers<br />
Adults and Toddlers Jan Parsons 01579 370319<br />
Ballet classes Susanne Saunders 01822 618952<br />
Beavers Stacey Weaver 01579 382216<br />
Bridge Club Peter Lee 01579 350133<br />
Cub Scouts Ian Bartlett 01579 386828<br />
Ducklings Carers & Toddlers Sally Cotton 07813 929171<br />
Ducklings Pre-school Sarah Dawson 07813 929171<br />
Duchy College Reception 01579 372222<br />
Gardening Club Graham Turner 01579 371228<br />
Kit Hill Wardens Chrissie LeMarchant 01579 370030<br />
Local History Club Bill Watson 01579 370715<br />
Luckett Social Club Geoffrey Howlett 01579 370292<br />
<strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> Office 01579 370493<br />
OS News Editorial Derrick Parsons 01579 370319<br />
OS News Advertising Viv Wilmut 01579 370736<br />
OS News Distribution Hilary Davies 01579 371270<br />
Parish Archive Caroline Vulliamy 01579 370411<br />
Parish Church Revd Marilyn Elliott 01579 363307<br />
Parish Clerk Louise Power 01579 370819<br />
Parish Hall Bookings Brigitte Cox 01579 370373<br />
Primary <strong>School</strong> Headteacher Vicky Rigby 01579 370457<br />
SCATS Diane Young 01579 370270<br />
Scouts Group Leader Ailsa Weaver 01579 382196<br />
Sports & Social Club Louise Power 01579 370819<br />
Stoke Climsland Post Office 01579 370201<br />
Women’s Institute Louise Power 01579 370819<br />
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CALLINGTON SINGERS VISIT<br />
VIENNA AND BUDAPEST<br />
<strong>The</strong> Callington Singers have recently returned from a<br />
hugely successful annual trip to Europe. <strong>The</strong> choir goes<br />
on tour every year during the May Bank Holiday and are<br />
proud to act as ambassadors for Cornwall at some of<br />
the most prestigious venues in Europe. <strong>The</strong> destinations<br />
on this occasion where Vienna and Budapest. <strong>The</strong> choir<br />
performed in three different venues under the direction<br />
of Graham Williams, with accompaniment by renowned<br />
organist, Simon Brett.<br />
<strong>The</strong> choir provided the music for an evensong service<br />
at the Anglican Church in Vienna, after which the<br />
congregation invited the singers to a reception in honour<br />
of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Later in the week, the<br />
choir performed to an audience of approximately 750<br />
people in Vienna Cathedral to rapturous applause. In<br />
the final concert of the trip the choir performed at the<br />
Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart in Budapest in a charity<br />
concert which helped the Budapest branch of the Rotary<br />
Club raise money for a local orphanage.<br />
<strong>The</strong> singers also found time to relax and explore the<br />
beautiful cities of Vienna and Budapest. All choir<br />
members agree that it has been one of the most<br />
PRIMARY SCHOOL<br />
CHILDREN ENJOY<br />
COUNTRYSIDE DAY<br />
Over 200 primary<br />
school children<br />
visited the Duchy College on its annual Countryside Day to<br />
learn about the environment and to take part in a varied<br />
range of activities laid on by the College’s students<br />
<strong>The</strong> event was organised by second<br />
year students studying the Foundation<br />
Degree in Rural Environmental<br />
Management. For this year’s<br />
Countryside Day they chose the<br />
theme ‘sustainable environment’ to<br />
tie in with the current ‘buzzwords’<br />
that will be familiar to the children.<br />
<strong>The</strong> aim of the day was to give the<br />
pupils of five local primary schools a<br />
better understanding of some of the<br />
environmental challenges that we<br />
face. <strong>The</strong> schools that attended the<br />
day were Burraton Community Primary,<br />
Tavistock Community Primary, Delaware Community<br />
Primary, Sir Robert Geffery’s <strong>School</strong> and Stoke Climsland<br />
Primary <strong>School</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> college campus was divided into fourteen different<br />
zones, and activities for the day were set up by<br />
Duchy students and external agencies that had been<br />
invited. Interactive story-telling was run by childcare<br />
students, a composting and wormery demonstration<br />
was put on by the countryside students and a hay bale<br />
maze was organized by the Steve Avenell and TST.<br />
Guest organisations included the Westcountry Rivers<br />
enjoyable and<br />
rewarding<br />
trips to date.<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
Callington<br />
Singers<br />
would like to<br />
extend an<br />
invitation<br />
to anyone<br />
who would<br />
like to become a member.<br />
<strong>The</strong> choir meets on Thursday nights at 7:15 p.m. at<br />
Callington Primary <strong>School</strong>. <strong>The</strong>re are no auditions and<br />
the ability to read music is not essential. Contact details<br />
are available at the website: www.callingtonsingers.org.<br />
uk<br />
<strong>The</strong> Callington Singers next concert will be at St. Anne’s<br />
Church in Gunnislake on the evening of the 3rd <strong>August</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong> as part of the Gunnislake Festival.<br />
wHY NOT COME TO OUR OPEN<br />
REHEARSALS ON sEPTEMBER 6TH AND<br />
13TH AND FIND OUT WHAT WE DO nO<br />
COMMITMENT ON YOUR PART.<br />
Trust, Plymouth Museum, Southwest Lakes Trust,<br />
National Trust and Natural England who all ran their<br />
own activities. <strong>The</strong> day was filled with fun and<br />
excitement. <strong>The</strong> school children met the College’s<br />
newest resident Lucy the Barn Owl who was rescued<br />
two months ago.<br />
Three local organisations (Ginsters, Tescos and Co-op)<br />
kindly sponsored the event, donating food and snacks<br />
for the volunteers.<br />
Matt, a year five pupil<br />
from Burraton Primary<br />
<strong>School</strong> said: “Thank you for<br />
everything that we did on<br />
our countryside day. It was<br />
extremely interesting and I<br />
learnt a lot, like polystyrene<br />
can keep for millions of<br />
years without decomposing.”<br />
Pupils Clare and Freyja from<br />
Burraton Primary <strong>School</strong><br />
wrote to thank the organisers<br />
saying: “We are thanking you<br />
for letting us come to your<br />
college and experience the entertaining things that<br />
you do at this amazing college. We all wish to come<br />
back and do it all over again, it was so fun. We miss<br />
it already!”<br />
[<strong>The</strong> photograph shows the organising committee (lr)<br />
Sam Renfree, Tom Gardner, Guy Lovejoy, Teagen<br />
Hill and Elaine Marjoram in front of the Natural<br />
England’s activity in the College woodlands, where<br />
the children wrote pledges on sustainability for the<br />
‘promise tree’].<br />
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Tel : 01579 371074 (Stoke Climsland)<br />
Property Improvement & Maintenance Service<br />
Planning & Design<br />
Extensions & Alterations<br />
Kitchens & Bathrooms<br />
All aspects of Maintenance<br />
Call Phil Barnes for<br />
friendly professional service based upon<br />
over 40 years experience<br />
Phone: 01566 880131 or 07968 735198<br />
Stuart Burton property maintenance<br />
Interior and exterior decorator<br />
General handiwork<br />
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Carpenter or Stone Mason<br />
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Internal and external doors hung<br />
Stone walls, paving and patios<br />
Tiling, coving and painting<br />
Roof repairs, facia board and guttering<br />
For a fast, friendly reply please call David on<br />
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STOKE CLIMSLAND VILLAGE MARKET<br />
Viv Berry - Handmade greetings cards for all<br />
occasions (01579 370924)<br />
Sue Cook - Stained glass and plants (in season)<br />
(01579 383885)<br />
Sheila Cox - Chocolate for Chocoholics and<br />
Usborne Children’s books (01579 371234)<br />
Shane Curnow - Dog food (07921 818678)<br />
Tamara Dumbreck (Kessenyans) - Reflexologist,<br />
aromotherapist and essential oil products (01566<br />
779002)<br />
Jane Fitzmaurice - Cup Cakes (01579 371161)<br />
Kevin Hamilton - Fresh Fish (07906 380026)<br />
Lucy Hard - Fresh breads and baked goods (01579<br />
371281)<br />
Christine Haywood - Cornish Creams cosmetics<br />
(01822 834644)<br />
Sandra Jane - Leather goods (01579 370966)<br />
Sarah Kidman - Individual hand-made jewellery<br />
(01579 370297)<br />
Val Kidman - Home-made preserves, jams and<br />
freshly-baked cakes (01579 370297)<br />
Linda Losty - Handmade Aprons (01579 342790 or<br />
07733 298969)<br />
Ian Macdonald - Framing of cross stitch, tapestry,<br />
pictures and memorabilia framed (01579 351221)<br />
Karen Olver (Kraftwork) - Handmade children’s<br />
clothes and other crafts (01579 347016)<br />
Chris Rounsevell - Farm-fresh, locally produced<br />
meats (01579 363598)<br />
Derek & Mary Scofield - Home-produced apple and<br />
other juices, vinegars, cordials (01579 350594)<br />
Felicity Sylvester (Brilliant Fish) - Various smoked<br />
fish products ()1579 343341 or 07918 779060<br />
Latest news: We would like to welcome another<br />
new stallholder to our market. Her name is Karen Olver<br />
and she will be supplying handmade children’s clothes<br />
and other crafts. Note that Chris the Butcher will be<br />
supplying eggs as well this month from his meat counter.<br />
And we are hoping that a supplier of seasonal vegetables<br />
and soft fruit will be arriving soon. Watch this space for<br />
what’s going on!<br />
Introducing Kraftwork: Kraftwork is a teamwork of<br />
family and friends selling hand-made fabric and knitted<br />
children’s clothes, quilts, cushions and other household<br />
items at affordable prices. We are all based in South-East<br />
Cornwall (Liskeard, Callington and Torpoint) and love<br />
making beautiful things and sharing our skills. <strong>The</strong> range<br />
is ever changing as we learn new skills and varies with<br />
the seasons. Items on the stall are mostly unique one-offs<br />
that you won’t find anywhere else, and we are also happy<br />
to take special orders to meet your requirements. We<br />
look forward to meeting you over the coming months!<br />
Assuming she has recovered<br />
fully from the excitement<br />
of the Duck Day at Luckett,<br />
Lucy Hard should be back<br />
at the next market. Her<br />
speciality bread is likely to<br />
be Oat and Linseed.<br />
THE NEXT MARKETS ARE ON<br />
7TH JULY<br />
4TH AUGUST<br />
1ST SEPTEMBER<br />
Come along for a delicious home-cooked<br />
breakfast and support local suppliers and<br />
producers<br />
By far the best place to be on a Saturday<br />
morning!<br />
9am - noon<br />
SEE YOU THERE<br />
Wallpapering, Coving, Tiling, Paving, Gardening,<br />
Doors hung/adjusted, Kitchens and bathrooms fitted<br />
Phone: 01579 371067 Mobile: 07722 840399<br />
PLEASE support John Wilmut’s<br />
Charity walk see page 21<br />
USE IT OR LOSE IT<br />
<strong>The</strong> Village Market in the <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> has been<br />
going for some 14 years now and the stallholders<br />
value the support they get from those who come.<br />
Let’s keep this support so that they can continue<br />
to provide us with a good variety of produce and<br />
products. Without support, why should they bother<br />
to come We know that it’s a difficult time for traders<br />
but our stallholders all have something unique<br />
to offer and you’ll be surprised at how reasonable<br />
the costings can be. You can’t always buy cheaper<br />
or better at a supermarket!<br />
Letter to the Editor: pink veal<br />
I frequently buy meat from Chris Rounsevell and it’s<br />
always fresh and flavoursome - he will deliver an order if<br />
required. Last month I bought some ‘pink’ veal and, with<br />
my onion sauce, bacon, broccoli and new potatoes, it was<br />
delicious.<br />
Farmers are actively campaigning to encourage us to buy<br />
‘pink’ veal. Bull calves in the past have been slaughtered<br />
at birth but not now: they are being brought on to sell as<br />
‘pink’ veal.<br />
Dee Eason<br />
Lower Downgate<br />
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Kelly Bray Residents Association (KBRA) pulled out all<br />
the stops for its day of celebrations to mark the 60th<br />
anniversary of the reign of HM the Queen. Starting with<br />
a children’s tea party in the afternoon, there were<br />
plenty of good old-fashioned games before and after<br />
tea, a fancy dress competition and the presentation of<br />
party bags and commemorative<br />
certificates. A huge vote<br />
of thanks to everyone who<br />
supported the event.<br />
It really was lovely to see so<br />
many new faces and lots of<br />
young families taking time out<br />
to come and join in the fun.<br />
<strong>The</strong> party proved not to be<br />
just for the children though,<br />
with guests from different<br />
generations all rubbing shoulders<br />
at the tea table and hovering<br />
over the buffet table, enjoying<br />
the amazing spread. <strong>The</strong> event<br />
was generously sponsored by<br />
Brian Richardson and Ernie Marshall of the Downderry<br />
Group and indeed Brian and his charming wife had the<br />
unenviable task of judging the fancy dress competition!<br />
We were also honored with the presence of our new<br />
portreeve, Jeremy Gist, who pointed out in his speech<br />
that with all the bejewelled royal costumes on parade<br />
he was for once completely ‘out-blinged’!<br />
Following the prize giving and speeches of thanks, we<br />
had a rare moment of hush where chairman of KBRA<br />
Gerald Pridham posed to cut, with great ceremony, the<br />
most amazing Jubilee cake, which had been lovingly and<br />
skilfully decorated by village resident, Sarah Crayton.<br />
After that, it was outside to enjoy the last bit of decent<br />
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weather and a game of ‘Queenly Quoits’. I handed<br />
out party bags to crowds of the most polite children<br />
it has ever been my pleasure to meet! <strong>The</strong>n it was<br />
time to race back indoors to receive their personalised<br />
ceremonial certificates, marking their attendance at<br />
such an historical event (beautiful quality paper was<br />
provided by Mr Gist and the certificate was expertly<br />
produced by Michael Iannantuoni).<br />
Events moved on to a splendid BBQ at the Swingle Tree,<br />
for yet more youthful racing around and a much-needed<br />
cold beverage and a sit down for the grown-ups. Thanks<br />
to Simon Crayton for his tireless efforts with the BBQ<br />
and the provision of partyware. Bob Sherriff and John<br />
Malyon (KBRA) worked the fiery coals like pros, cooking<br />
up a storm to feed the hungry hordes. No small thanks<br />
must also go to the ever-supportive<br />
Dee and her hard-working staff<br />
at the Swingle Tree. We are also<br />
incredibly grateful to Richard and<br />
Linda Bromley of Inject Plastics<br />
for the star prize for the evening’s<br />
raffle: a special, limited edition<br />
Trunkie ride-on children’s suitcase<br />
(as featured on Dragon’s Den). As<br />
the winning ticket was drawn by<br />
one of the raffle organisers, the<br />
Trunkie was put up for auction,<br />
where it raised a very commendable<br />
£25<br />
Keep your eyes peeled for details<br />
of forthcoming events: another quiz night is planned<br />
for the middle of <strong>July</strong> (date to be confirmed), but<br />
before that there is to be an exhibition of the stunning<br />
photographs taken throughout the jubilee day by<br />
Michael Iannantuoni. This will be held on a Saturday to<br />
enable more people to come and have a look (again,<br />
date to be confirmed) and copies of pictures will be<br />
available to purchase at a very reasonable cost. <strong>The</strong><br />
next meeting of the KBRA is to be held at 7.15pm on<br />
Wednesday 4th <strong>July</strong> in the W.I. Hall on Stoke Road. All<br />
residents are warmly invited to attend. Until next time,<br />
warmest best wishes to you all.<br />
Susie Iannantuoni<br />
Vice Chairman, KBRA<br />
Telephone: 01822 833669<br />
R & M Garden<br />
Services<br />
Traditional and Dry<br />
Stonewalling.<br />
Alltypes of fencing.<br />
Gateways.<br />
Hedges cut. Tree felling.<br />
Paddock maintenance.<br />
Hard standing areas.<br />
PLEASE shop locally use it or lose it<br />
You may have noticed some students on the Village Green taking a particular interest<br />
in crisp packets and other discarded rubbish. For two weeks in a row as part of their volunteering, students from<br />
Vocational Options have been on a Litter Pick from the college to Stoke Climsland. Students expressed surprise at<br />
how much rubbish they collected when there were so many bins available.<br />
Many thanks to the students for their hard work. Litter bugs: take note of<br />
their comments. Take your litter home!<br />
Tree Surgery<br />
Felling<br />
Dismantling<br />
Dangerous Trees<br />
Crown Reductions<br />
Pruning<br />
Hedge Work<br />
Seasoned Firewood Deliveries<br />
Fully Certified & Insured<br />
Local Authority Contractor<br />
Call: Tom McMahon: 07813797299<br />
<strong>The</strong> Primary <strong>School</strong> have been provided with a number of complete litter<br />
picking kits and we know that they will be put to good use. <strong>The</strong>y will be doing<br />
their bit to keep the Parish clean and tidy. Will you<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are still a few kits available if anyone would like them. If you do, why<br />
not contact Deri Parsons on 01579 370319<br />
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MICROSOFT SECURITY<br />
ESSENTIALS<br />
Functioning as an anti-virus and an antimalware<br />
product, Microsoft Security<br />
Essentials’ detection and removal capacity is more<br />
substantial than previously discussed applications and<br />
is suitable for small businesses of up to ten computers.<br />
It offers the usual array of scanning facilities: real-time<br />
detection and removal of virus and malware, options<br />
for quick and full scans, and custom scans for selecting<br />
which folders or drives to scan.<br />
However, compared to other anti-virus products, MSE<br />
lacks options to scan for a particular type of virus. It<br />
also drops firewall, back up, restore and performance<br />
alteration options in favour of a focus on security<br />
functionality.<br />
Unlike other products, MSE collaborates with other<br />
Microsoft security applications to increase overall<br />
security of a Windows-based system: it scans files<br />
downloaded from<br />
Internet Explorer,<br />
links with Windows<br />
Firewall for added<br />
protection, gives<br />
Windows Filtering<br />
Platform (a feature<br />
of the Vista<br />
and 7 operating<br />
systems) an added layer of security<br />
functionality, and replaces Windows Defender. While<br />
compatibility exists with Windows applications from<br />
Windows XP Service Pack 3 onwards, professional<br />
comparisons and user reviews have shown that MSE<br />
works best with Windows 7: those running Windows XP<br />
and Vista are best using alternative options.<br />
MSE is easy to set up and use and runs in the<br />
background without the need for regular tweaking,<br />
due to the focus on security. It is only suitable for<br />
Windows-based systems, particularly Windows 7 as this<br />
has been built to take advantage of its collaborative<br />
features. Users who do not have Windows 7 and who<br />
require more functionality from their applications<br />
might be better using alternative applications.<br />
Alex Darracott<br />
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A REQUEST FROM<br />
THE COLLEGE<br />
We have invested a good deal of money recently upgrading<br />
our horse paddocks and fencing, yet unfortunately we<br />
are experiencing an ongoing problem with children<br />
straying from the public footpath and not just chasing<br />
our horses around the fields, there are also instances<br />
of stones being thrown at the animals. This action is<br />
potentially very dangerous to both children and horses<br />
and we would hate to see young members of the public<br />
get injured. <strong>The</strong> College asks for the Parish’s support<br />
in preventing this from happening, and cannot be held<br />
liable for any accident or injury resulting from individuals<br />
trespassing onto our land. We would also like to take this<br />
opportunity to politely request that dog walkers using<br />
the Public Right of Way through the College land stick to<br />
the marked footpath and do not use the main driveway<br />
or other fields around the campus to exercise their dogs.<br />
Horse riders frequent all these areas throughout the day<br />
and experience difficulties with dogs on occasion. Once<br />
again, many thanks for your support with these ongoing<br />
issues.<br />
Joe JonesCampus Manager<br />
joe.jones@duchy.ac.uk<br />
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NOTES FROM A ROOM WITH A VIEW<br />
We are looking forward to our second annual<br />
Smallholders Weekend on Saturday and Sunday,<br />
28th and 29th <strong>July</strong>. No matter how small or big your<br />
patch, this weekend will include stalls, displays,<br />
information and much more to help you grown your<br />
own. <strong>The</strong>re will be a falconry display on Saturday,<br />
Morris dancing on Sunday, BBQs and plants and lots,<br />
lots more…<br />
Behind the Scenes is an event<br />
that is extremely popular,<br />
especially to our regular<br />
visitors who are looking for<br />
something extra. We have<br />
our second one of the year on<br />
31st <strong>July</strong>. Why not come along<br />
to peek behind those private<br />
doors and meet the team of<br />
staff and volunteers who help<br />
run your local National Trust<br />
property<br />
Look Sharp! in <strong>August</strong> (every day except Fridays) is<br />
back, when you will be able to take a closer look at<br />
some of the bladed weapons in the house.<br />
CSI Fridays is also returning in <strong>August</strong>, when you<br />
can look around the house in the dark, learn about<br />
conservation and meet the housekeeping team who<br />
look after the House.<br />
Every weekday in <strong>August</strong> we will be running our<br />
Family Fun afternoons when you can join in to make<br />
swords, monsters, bat boxes, pot men and so on.<br />
From 1.30- 3.30 pm every afternoon, this is a must<br />
for children at home wanting something different<br />
to do. <strong>The</strong> events are free: just pay for entry into<br />
Stoke Climsland & District<br />
GARDENING CLUB<br />
Having spent an hour and a half walking round Cutlinwith<br />
garden, we were all gathered<br />
in the large farmhouse kitchen<br />
supping a warming drink and<br />
eating delicious homemade<br />
cakes. I think that most of us<br />
have looked out of the kitchen<br />
window and thought ‘I wouldn’t<br />
mind doing the washing-up with<br />
that perfect view to look at.’<br />
From the house the view rolls gently down a grassy slope<br />
and then slightly more steeply up the other side of the<br />
shallow valley. Some areas of the grass have not been<br />
cut to allow the wild flowers to flourish and a stream<br />
flows into a delightful large pond that is surrounded<br />
by water-loving plants. <strong>The</strong>re are colourful beds with<br />
shrubs and flowering plants on the down slope of the<br />
valley and along the stream that feeds the pond. Young<br />
specimen trees are spaciously placed throughout the<br />
valley. Yes, you can see all of this with your hands in the<br />
soapy water! However, it all demands closer inspection<br />
in order to appreciate the quality of the planting and the<br />
range of interesting plants.<br />
the garden if you are not a member of the National<br />
Trust.<br />
Despite the rain, the gardens are looking wonderful.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is so much colour and of course the flowers<br />
are growing nicely for our Christmas Garland. Do<br />
come over and have a look and chat to one of the<br />
gardening team.<br />
I am pleased to report that <strong>The</strong> Shamrock is back<br />
in the water where she belongs.<br />
It has been a huge undertaking<br />
this winter to ensure that she is<br />
waterproof and there has been<br />
a massive amount of work, new<br />
planks and maintenance before she<br />
slipped back into her mooring mid-<br />
June. She is off down to Plymouth<br />
in a couple of weeks to visit the<br />
Royal William Yard but will be back<br />
again for the summer. You can<br />
climb on board, learn about her<br />
history and talk to the team who look after her. If<br />
you are in Plymouth, why not pop in and see her<br />
Today I am loading all the events on the website for<br />
the rest of the year, up to and including Christmas.<br />
We have masses going on, including almost two<br />
weeks of workshops in November, so do remember<br />
to keep checking the website to see what we are up<br />
to. Have a great summer and come and see us when<br />
you have a spare day.<br />
Charmian Saunders<br />
Visitor Services & Volunteer Manager, Cotehele<br />
01579 352736 (charmian.saunders@nationaltrust.org.uk)<br />
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cotehele<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is of course more to see. <strong>The</strong> stream that runs<br />
away from the pond is lined with more young trees and<br />
there is a small tea garden with an interesting water<br />
feature. <strong>The</strong> walled garden has apple trees, clematis<br />
and roses trained against the walls. <strong>The</strong> whole garden<br />
has an aura of calm and a beautiful<br />
view from wherever you are in the<br />
garden. All of this is overlooked by<br />
the farmhouse belonging to our hosts,<br />
Peter & Mary Hamilton. <strong>The</strong> house is<br />
part 16th century and part-Georgian.<br />
<strong>The</strong> garden was recently open to the<br />
public under the National Gardens<br />
Scheme. This was another thoroughly<br />
enjoyable evening.<br />
Plant sales: Our final Saturday morning plant sale will<br />
be held on 7th <strong>July</strong> outside the Parish Hall starting at<br />
9.30 am. We will, as usual, have a plant stall at the<br />
Stoke Flower Show on Saturday, 4th <strong>August</strong> <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Keith Lane<br />
NEXT MEETING<br />
<strong>The</strong> next meeting is on Monday 2nd <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong>. This<br />
is our annual visit to a member’s garden. Meet at Ann<br />
Craig’s garden at 7.00 pm.<br />
As for all our meetings, visitors are very<br />
welcome to come along.<br />
Friday 15th June saw the Band<br />
of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines,<br />
fresh from their part in the<br />
national Jubilee celebrations,<br />
wow audiences at the Big Band<br />
Spectacular, supported by the<br />
band ‘Yorkie’. Party goers, many<br />
in fancy dress, danced the night<br />
away to popular music from the<br />
last 60 years.<br />
Pomp & Circumstance was the<br />
order of the day at Saturday’s<br />
Diamond Jubilee Proms featuring<br />
the Radio Light Orchestra, soloist<br />
Helen Sheppard, the Loveny Male<br />
Voice Choir and the Kernow Pipes<br />
& Drums. Following the stunning<br />
firework finale, the lights in the<br />
auditorium gradually went out to leave a lone piper<br />
to signal the end of the final Whiteford Promenade.<br />
Family Fun featured on Sunday with local bands<br />
Just Plain Myrtle & Red Herring supporting the<br />
fabulous Mad Dog Mcrea. <strong>The</strong> afternoon also saw<br />
a performance of the Jubilee song, performed<br />
by children from Stoke Climsland Primary <strong>School</strong>,<br />
augmented by the local church choir<br />
<strong>The</strong> Music Festival, which is run by the charity<br />
‘Friends of Stoke Climsland Parish Church’ has<br />
grown from a small, one off event in<br />
2002 to become the amazing 3 day<br />
spectacle we see today. David Short,<br />
owner of Whiteford said “<strong>The</strong> festival<br />
shows how one idea can grow and<br />
grow if people are enthused and work<br />
together on a single objective, pooling<br />
their experience and working as a<br />
team”. Kathryn Carnegie, Chair of the<br />
Trustees added “We are indebted to<br />
the local community for the way they<br />
have supported us, both by coming<br />
along to the festival and for the very<br />
many who volunteer their time and<br />
talent to make the festival a success.”<br />
Why end the Festival<br />
“Of course we are all sad to see the<br />
end of the Festival. But it has achieved everything we<br />
ever hope for and more besides, and in these difficult<br />
economic times it is important not to outstay our<br />
welcome” said Kathryn.<br />
Whilst this is the last Music Festival, the ‘Friends’ charity<br />
will continue to present other events to benefit the<br />
church and bring enjoyment to the wider community.<br />
Thanks to David Crawley, Steve Leonard-Williams and Diana<br />
Bujold for their photographs<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trustees of the Friends of Stoke Climsland<br />
Parish Church would like to acknowledge the huge<br />
debt of gratitude they owe to their Chairman, Kathryn<br />
Carnegie, for all her hard work and dedication to the<br />
success of the Whiteford Festival. She singlehandedly<br />
prepared and published the souvenir programme<br />
which is a fitting reminder of what was a wonderful<br />
weekend despite the weather! Kathryn thanked us<br />
all at the end of the Festival but she deserves a huge<br />
round of applause and our thanks too.<br />
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News about the<br />
Arts Programme<br />
at the <strong>Old</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>.<br />
Why not try<br />
something<br />
new<br />
Tuesday 10th <strong>July</strong> 7 – 9pm. Creative<br />
photography with Hannah Guy. Grasp the<br />
basics of digital photography using the manual<br />
mode and explore easy techniques to compose<br />
stunning photographs. It’s a practical and dynamic<br />
workshop in a friendly environment that<br />
concentrates on improving your camera<br />
skills, with an emphasis on less jargon<br />
and more fun!<br />
16<br />
yrs.+<br />
We have now completed the Drawing and Sketching and Feltmaking<br />
taster sessions and the feedback has been very positive. Those<br />
attending have asked for further sessions and we intend to put<br />
these on in September. <strong>The</strong>re was a real sense of enjoyment and<br />
enthusiasm within the sessions and the outcomes that resulted<br />
showed creativity and individuality.<br />
We mentioned last time that we would be building on the success<br />
of the Jive and Swing class run by Adrian and Louise. We are<br />
delighted to be able to tell you that the next set of sessions are<br />
booked! <strong>The</strong>y will be on Tuesdays 7 - 9pm starting on <strong>July</strong> 31st<br />
and then on <strong>August</strong> 7th,14th and 21st, and September 11th. <strong>The</strong><br />
cost will be £25 for all 5 sessions and this is payable in advance.<br />
And don’t worry if you have not got someone to come along with -<br />
getting a dance partner will not be a problem!<br />
To remind you of the schedule for <strong>July</strong>...........<br />
While we’ve been enjoying the Jubilee Celebrations<br />
locally, John Wilmut has been continuing on his walk<br />
from Lands End to John O’Groats. At the time of writing<br />
this article (18th June) he has just reached the last<br />
English county - Northumberland - he has to cross<br />
before entering Scotland just south of Byrness. He’s<br />
already covered 650 miles and, by the time this copy of<br />
the OSN reaches you, he should be in Perth with some<br />
800 miles under his boots. At that point there’s only (!!)<br />
300 miles to go before he reaches John O’Groats on or<br />
about 20th <strong>July</strong>.<br />
We’ve mentioned his blog before and this is a<br />
fascinating way of following both his travels and his<br />
travails. His walk is not without adventures, unexpected<br />
happenings or mishaps but it’s also not without strange<br />
sights, joyful encounters and a true flavour of the<br />
English countryside. As before we can commend it to<br />
you and, if you do take a look, leave John a message.<br />
We know he gets encouragement from these. You can<br />
find get into John’s blog through his website - www.<br />
wilmut.net/lejog<br />
We won’t apologise for reminding you once more that<br />
John’s walk is not just<br />
for pleasure or personal<br />
achievement. It’s in<br />
support of Christian<br />
Aid’s work in education<br />
in Sierra Leone. This is<br />
one the world’s poorest countries and the provision of<br />
schools, teachers, books and equipment is essential<br />
if poverty is to be rolled back and people are to have<br />
hope for the future. <strong>The</strong> money John raises will be<br />
used to build and equip new schools so as to enrich<br />
childrens lives and extend their opportunities. John<br />
is hoping to reach £10000 and he has just over 50% of<br />
that amount pledged so far. We are totally unashamed<br />
in asking you to support him and make a contribution<br />
to his goal. How can you do this All bases are covered!<br />
You can donate via his website through the direct link<br />
to the Justgiving site. You can use the form which is<br />
widely available in the village or you can contact Viv<br />
Wilmut at Skyber<br />
an Gwennyly,<br />
Stoke Climsland,<br />
Callington PL17 8NB<br />
(Tel: 01579 370736;<br />
e-mail: vivwilmut@<br />
btinternet.com)<br />
We’ll have a full<br />
report of John’s<br />
exploits in the September issue of the OSN.<br />
Tuesday 24th <strong>July</strong> 7 – 9pm. Creative Writing<br />
with Suzanne Fearnside. Many people know<br />
that they have a book, poem, play or lyric<br />
inside them waiting for release. This session<br />
will introduce you to strategies and<br />
techniques that will help you build<br />
your creativity into good writing,<br />
whatever your choice of genre.<br />
Tuesday 17th <strong>July</strong> 7 – 9pm. Willow Basketry<br />
with Carol Horsington. You will learn how to<br />
prepare the rush, explore some simple weaving<br />
techniques and plait and twine rush<br />
cordage, resulting a simple rush mat<br />
which, with the addition of some rush<br />
cord, can then be moulded into a small<br />
basket.<br />
11<br />
yrs.+<br />
11<br />
yrs.+<br />
Just to remind you that all the Arts sessions<br />
have limited spaces so don’t miss out<br />
on these creative fun sessions. Most are<br />
available from the ages of 11 upwards (11<br />
- 16 accompanied by an adult). Some will<br />
involve a small additional cost for specialist<br />
materials. For more details and to book a<br />
space please call <strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
on 01579 370493 or<br />
email theoldschool@ruralinternet.co.uk<br />
OUR<br />
NEXT<br />
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EVENING<br />
<strong>August</strong> 11th <strong>2012</strong><br />
AT<br />
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This month our Young<br />
Reporter, Rosie Neville,<br />
tells us about the Jubilee Celebrations<br />
at Higherland:<br />
On Tuesday 5th June everyone in<br />
Higherland was making their final preparations for the<br />
best street party in<br />
Higherland history!<br />
It was raining<br />
and it was cold<br />
but nothing could<br />
dampen our spirits.<br />
Everyone was<br />
excited about the<br />
first community<br />
party in Higherland<br />
that we could<br />
remember. Everyone was busy with the final touches<br />
of their contributions for the party. <strong>The</strong>re was so much<br />
food and drink donated by the people of Higherland<br />
CALLING ALL BUDDING YOUNG JOURNALISTS!<br />
We are very keen to include more articles and<br />
information of interest to our younger readers. If<br />
you think this could be something you would like<br />
to do, why not give Deri Parsons a call on 01579<br />
370319 for a chat<br />
that we could not finish it (even though it was delicious).<br />
Donald McIntosh made great games for the children<br />
including<br />
swing ball, where you have to<br />
swing the<br />
ball and<br />
try to hit<br />
as many<br />
logs as<br />
you can.<br />
Bottles on<br />
a wall,<br />
which<br />
includes<br />
trying<br />
to hit<br />
bottles<br />
made of wood. He<br />
also made a picture of the<br />
Queen<br />
and<br />
Prince Philip<br />
on a<br />
giant canvas<br />
for<br />
people to<br />
put<br />
their heads<br />
in for<br />
photographs<br />
but the<br />
children<br />
decided<br />
it was much<br />
more fun<br />
throwing<br />
wet<br />
sponges<br />
at the<br />
canvas<br />
and trying<br />
to hit the<br />
people<br />
with their heads in the<br />
holes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Queen would have been proud of us, we had a<br />
wonderful day.<br />
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On Sunday 9th June, we joined<br />
Butterfly Conservation and Launceston Area Wildlife<br />
members for the Heath Fritillary butterfly walk in<br />
Greenscombe Woods, between Luckett and Latchley.<br />
Success in seeing the fritillaries was intermittent as<br />
rain showers drifted over and the sun came in and<br />
out warming the butterflies enough to fly ! <strong>The</strong>re<br />
are good numbers this year at Greenscombe of this<br />
very endangered butterfly, and we were looking at<br />
one of only a handful of sites in GB. Several would be<br />
seen at a time, their rich orange and black suddenly<br />
lighting up as the skies opened and they rose up all<br />
around us from the low woody scrub - flying up and<br />
then disappearing again as they settled onto the low<br />
vegetation and completely blended in while waiting<br />
for the sun to warm them up again, and allowing us<br />
the chance for some good photos.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cow wheat which is one of their food plants is now<br />
good, especially on the hill fort, after a slow start - so<br />
there are plenty of sites for the butterflies to lay their<br />
eggs. Other plants including Heath Spotted, Southern<br />
Marsh and Greater and Lesser Butterfly orchids were<br />
enjoyed on the central ridge amongst a riot of dog<br />
daisies, other flowers and grasses.<br />
On Tuesday <strong>July</strong> 3rd and<br />
<strong>August</strong> 7th you are invited to<br />
join us for short local walks<br />
on Tuesday mornings starting<br />
from the <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> at 10.00.<br />
And here are details of a couple<br />
of special events!<br />
Friday <strong>July</strong> 13th: Mothing<br />
evening at Tutwell (provisional<br />
location) with Bill Burkett.<br />
Meet at the <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> car<br />
park at 9 pm to arrange car<br />
sharing.<br />
Sunday <strong>August</strong> 5th: 2 - 5 pm<br />
CWT 50th Anniversary Party and Picnic. Come and take<br />
a heathy (and healthy) walk on KIt Hill. <strong>The</strong>re’ll be a<br />
children’s kite flying competition with prizes for the<br />
best home-made animal kites. We’ll have spare kites if<br />
you don’t have one! This is our own local celebration of<br />
CWT’s 50 years and all the neighbouring wildlife organisations<br />
are being invited. Meet at the Kit Hill Summit car<br />
park. Please bring a picnic, or a plateful of food to share.<br />
All are welcome to all events; you don’t have to be<br />
a member. If you’d like more information or a full<br />
list of the year’s local events please<br />
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OLD SCHOOL AND STOKE CLIMSLAND NEWS. JULY - AUGUST <strong>2012</strong><br />
PEREDUR TRUST is<br />
celebrating 60 years of<br />
providing a very special<br />
environment for those<br />
in need of support and<br />
accommodation.<br />
FOR A FREE QUOTATION FOR SOLAR PANELS<br />
Peredur began in 1952 with a school in East Grinstead<br />
for children unable to cope with the mainstream or<br />
excluded because of one of the disability categories<br />
established<br />
under<br />
the 1944<br />
Education<br />
Act. With the<br />
Education<br />
(Handicapped<br />
Children) Act<br />
1970 which<br />
required the<br />
state schools<br />
to provide<br />
education<br />
for such<br />
children and<br />
with numbers<br />
diminishing,<br />
the trust<br />
made the<br />
transition towards providing for the over 16 age group.<br />
In 1976 the Trust moved to Cornwall. Basill Manor in St<br />
Clether is situated in beautiful grounds with extensive<br />
outbuildings which have been used for dairy farming<br />
and for craft activities<br />
including woodwork,<br />
pottery and weaving.<br />
Trebullom, Altarnun, was<br />
the school for younger<br />
people, and is now let to<br />
Kernow Positive Response.<br />
This is a lovely setting with extensive outbuildings and<br />
land, and currently houses a wood-fired industrial oven<br />
for baking bread and pizza. Tregillis Farms in South<br />
Petherwin are now one farm, which has been farmed<br />
biodynamically for 30 years. It has good community<br />
links, including with the local primary school. A lot<br />
of the buildings are listed and some of the land has<br />
SSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) status. All of it<br />
qualifies for Higher Level Stewardship (a scheme run by<br />
DEFRA to maintain landscape quality and character) and<br />
it is all beautiful.<br />
This is a charitable trust with great prospects for the<br />
future: there are dedicated staff groups and committed<br />
and enthusiastic tenants. I have been a volunteer and<br />
friend of the trust since 1976 and I am currently an<br />
associate member: tomorrow I am helping to clear<br />
out the dairy at Trebullom to make space for a dye<br />
workshop [the workshop commenced on Saturday, 12th<br />
May]. But the volunteers, friends and families are not so<br />
young as we were, and there is a constant need to reach<br />
out to people who may well have some time, skills or<br />
donations that they want to give. For more information,<br />
please email peredurnews@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Mike Field<br />
Editor, Peredur News<br />
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DANTE SUMMER FESTIVAL<br />
“Oh to be in Cornwall, now that<br />
Dante’s there” wrote Robert Browning.<br />
(Well, nearly). Yes, the Dante Summer Festival 10-<br />
14 <strong>July</strong> is nearly upon us again, for the 7th summer<br />
running. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> and indeed Stoke Climsland<br />
play an important part in this annual feast of music<br />
and fun with one of its major concerts in our local<br />
Church, Festival Tea at the OS, private <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
concert here a month before. Both the Classical<br />
Club and Festival<br />
are organised by the<br />
redoubtable David and<br />
Margaret Seward.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Festival begins with<br />
a glorious outreach<br />
to St Paul’s Church in<br />
Yelverton on Tuesday<br />
evening, 10th <strong>July</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dante Festival<br />
Orchestra, formed<br />
of talented children<br />
and students from the<br />
Tamar Valley will play<br />
a sparkling sequence of<br />
concerto movements<br />
led by the Dante<br />
Quartet, with lots of<br />
proud parents, family<br />
and friends in the<br />
audience. It is always<br />
inspiring to see and hear all that local young talent<br />
scooped up expertly each year by Quartet leader<br />
Krysia Osostowizc. And there’s more: two French horn<br />
players will join them playing music by both Mozart<br />
and Telemann. It is no secret that one of the players,<br />
Jacob Rowe of the National Youth Orchestra, is son<br />
of the Dante Quartet’s leader. (We usually see him<br />
organising the lighting).<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is more glorious French horn from Stephen<br />
Stirling at Callington Church on the Wednesday<br />
evening, with Michael Dussek on piano and the Dante<br />
Quartet in full flow. This lovely festive week includes<br />
legendary fiddle player Peter Knight with radiant<br />
music from Gigspanner, a barbecue, an orchard walk,<br />
Paint the Music for children, Death and the Maiden<br />
in Calstock. On Saturday the great Bernard Gregor-<br />
Smith joins the Quartet in Stoke Climsland Church for,<br />
amongst other delights, Schubert’s Quintet in C Major.<br />
Amongst the several joys and amusements in the<br />
Dante Festival programme are some hidden gems.<br />
One is the session at lovely Trebullett Chapel,<br />
where we not only hear tremendous music but see<br />
it debated among the musicians, and discussed with<br />
us – the audience. At first sight the evening appears a<br />
little daunting, “…follow the musical journey of the<br />
Chaconny and the Passacaglia through the ages from<br />
Purcel to Britten”. Daunting Not at all! <strong>The</strong> Chaconne<br />
(or Chaconny in <strong>Old</strong> English) started as a jolly dance<br />
in 16th century South America, home of the slightly<br />
naughty tango and salsa. Not surprisingly it became<br />
popular in Spain and Italy a century later, then France,<br />
where it became more stately as the ‘sarabande’ – a<br />
slower dance suitable for pensioners with knee and<br />
hip problems. Despite this, the Church wanted no part<br />
of such lascivious entertainment, with the Inquisition<br />
merrily sentencing dancers to flogging, or serving time<br />
as an oarsman on galleys. <strong>The</strong> livelier<br />
Chaconny took off in Germany<br />
(Brahms) and England (Purcel).<br />
<strong>The</strong> baroque composers Corelli and<br />
Pachelbel also wrote Chaconnes.<br />
A modern critic recently wrote:<br />
“if you’re among the unfortunate<br />
addictees to that dreadful yet<br />
obscenely popular Pachelbel piece<br />
(you know the one), you may find<br />
a happy source of withdrawal in<br />
Finger’s Chaconny… which does all<br />
the same things but in a merciful<br />
two minutes and 15 seconds!” So<br />
there we are – hopeless addicts of<br />
Pachelbel’s Canon should come to<br />
Trebullett Chapel on Thursday 12<br />
<strong>July</strong>, to be cured by some jolly 17th<br />
century dance music. You will also<br />
see how the English composer Sir<br />
Benjamin Britten used it brilliantly<br />
in his String Quartet ‘Chacony’. (Only one ‘n’ Simon<br />
Heffer has argued that Britten was either dyslexic,<br />
or simply couldn’t spell). As an added bonus, the<br />
Dante Quartet also cover the ‘passacaglia’, a slightly<br />
slower minor-key cousin to the Chaconne, but pretty<br />
nevertheless. Do book now before it is sold out. <strong>The</strong><br />
Chapel is blessed with excellent acoustics, but its<br />
warm intimacy arises from the building’s modest<br />
proportions; hence fewer tickets.<br />
Brian Champness<br />
British is Best this Summer!<br />
<strong>The</strong> weather may be lousy yet again, our economy<br />
remains in the doldrums and the days are already<br />
getting shorter - but hey, the London Olympics are<br />
here! Yes, its summer <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
After all the great excitement in the grand arrival<br />
of the famous flame at Lands End back in May, the<br />
torch relay through our towns and villages, followed<br />
by a week of glorious celebrations and events to<br />
commemorate HM the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in early<br />
June, we look forward to the main event: the Olympic<br />
Games. Held every four years and not hosted in the UK<br />
since 1948, we wish all our elite sportsmen and women<br />
the best of British in their quest<br />
for a gold medal. But when it is<br />
all over and the flags and bunting<br />
have been packed away, what<br />
of the much championed legacy<br />
that so many enthused about No<br />
doubt the cynics will point to the<br />
multi-million pound bill incurred<br />
at a time of austerity. Others will<br />
highlight the vast areas of East<br />
London redeveloped amongst the now empty stadiums.<br />
For us in farming we hope and trust in a legacy<br />
of support for British and local food, be it for<br />
continued domestic consumption or for further export<br />
opportunities. LOCOG (the organising committee of<br />
the Olympics) in its ‘food vision’ for the Games has<br />
awarded full catering contracts that specify Red Tractor<br />
certification, the British food quality assurance mark.<br />
This is in no small way due to the persistence of the<br />
National Farmers’ Union, together with the British<br />
Food and Drink Consortium and many others, and is a<br />
massive win for British food and farming. It is projected<br />
that up to 14 million meals across the Olympics and<br />
Paralympics venues will be provided and served to<br />
athletes, visitors, press and staff. In line with the vision,<br />
all meats, traditional cheeses, other dairy products and<br />
where (seasonally available) fruit, vegetables, salads and<br />
cereal-based products must be UK Red Tractor assured.<br />
Additionally, all eggs must be British Lion and Free Range<br />
marked.<br />
However, it is hoped the true legacy will come with the<br />
official 16 catering companies contracted and leading<br />
the way with Red Tractor standard when sourcing future<br />
procurement. Building on the success of existing Red<br />
Tractor recognition (currently running at 64%), it is<br />
vital that the food industry increase<br />
beyond its 2011 record net sales value<br />
of £11 billion. Likewise, consumers<br />
continue to insist on Red Tractor<br />
foods from the supermarkets when<br />
shopping. Ironically, the most recent<br />
survey by Assured Food Standards<br />
(the licensing body) found that the<br />
best supporter of British Red Tractor<br />
Foods was in fact Lidl, a Germanbased<br />
supermarket, with 80% product<br />
inclusion.<br />
Coupled with the Olympics food boost comes the recent<br />
launch of the NFU campaign Farming Delivers. This is a<br />
further recognition of how and why British agriculture<br />
is successfully leading both business and industry out of<br />
recession, and follows the five year long Why Farming<br />
Matters initiative.<br />
So we trust we will all be able to look back on this<br />
summer with pride and honour in celebration of our<br />
royal family, our sporting stars and our Great British<br />
food. Let’s ‘Make it Local, Make it British, Make it<br />
Happen!’<br />
Wishing everyone the very best of British<br />
this summer – from us all Down on the Farm.<br />
GOING GOING GONE......<br />
Last month’s photograph<br />
was of the letter box in Lidwell. Noone<br />
‘phoned in with the correct answer, so how do we interpret<br />
that It was either too difficult to place or this particular OSN<br />
feature has run its course. <strong>The</strong> former is hard to believe and we<br />
are left with the latter. Everything has its natural life span and<br />
probably ‘Where is it’ has reached the end of its.<br />
It just remains to say thank you to Jill Long who provided most of<br />
the images we’ve used and also to those of you who have entered.<br />
If any past winners have not received their magnificent prize, please<br />
give Deri Parsons a call on 01579 370319. You can also call this number<br />
if you’ve got any ideas for competitions we could run in future - we are<br />
always open to (polite) suggestions!<br />
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THE BOOK<br />
WORM<br />
When Vikram Seth wrote<br />
‘An Equal Music’ thirteen<br />
years ago, he did so<br />
with the help of, and<br />
a tribute to, his friend<br />
the French violinist<br />
Philippe Honoré. Seth<br />
himself is a great music<br />
lover has been praised in<br />
many musical quarters<br />
for his knowledge of<br />
European classical music<br />
and the accuracy of his<br />
descriptions of quartet<br />
playing. He even says that<br />
‘music to me is dearer<br />
even than speech’ – an<br />
interesting admission<br />
from a renowned<br />
novelist!<br />
<strong>The</strong> descriptions of<br />
quartet playing are juxtaposed with<br />
the love story of one of the players.<br />
<strong>The</strong> latter is about a love that was<br />
lost and is found again and, without<br />
succumbing to sentimentalism,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dante Quartet will be bringing their wonderful music to us in <strong>July</strong> in various<br />
locations around Stoke Climsland. We accept the music at face value, probably<br />
unaware of all that goes in to the rehearsals and logistics and challenges to each<br />
player. <strong>The</strong> following novel in no way reflects the personal lives of Dante but it<br />
may reflect some of the intricacies of musicians playing together in a small group.<br />
about the loss of a musician’s most<br />
precious asset, that of being able<br />
to hear. <strong>The</strong> novel is set in London,<br />
Vienna and Venice and all the music<br />
mentioned<br />
in the book<br />
as played<br />
by the<br />
Quartet<br />
has been<br />
recorded<br />
on a CD<br />
(Vikram<br />
Seth,<br />
Verwandte<br />
Stimmen,<br />
Music from<br />
the Novel).<br />
Some<br />
readers may<br />
find the<br />
love story<br />
sufficiently<br />
moving in<br />
itself. For me, acquiring a deeper<br />
understanding of what constitutes<br />
playing in a Quartet, was far more<br />
rewarding.<br />
“Every rehearsal of the Maggiore<br />
Quartet begins with a vary plain,<br />
very slow three-octave scale on<br />
all four instruments in unison:<br />
sometimes major, as in our name,<br />
sometimes minor, depending on<br />
the key of the first piece we are<br />
to play. No matter how fraught<br />
our lives have been over the last<br />
couple of days, no matter how<br />
abrasive our disputes about people<br />
or politics, or how visceral our<br />
differences about what we are to<br />
play and how we are to play it, it<br />
reminds us that we are, when it<br />
comes to it, one.”<br />
This novel is easy to read and I<br />
believe that it would be enjoyable<br />
even without a particular interest<br />
in classical music; however, if you<br />
do love Schubert, Brahms, Haydn<br />
and company, it may enhance your<br />
understanding of some beloved<br />
pieces of music.<br />
An Equal Music by Vikram Seth,<br />
publ. 1999, ISBN 1-55278-146-1<br />
Diana Bujold<br />
NEWS<br />
FROM STOKE<br />
CLIMSLAND<br />
SCOUTS GROUP<br />
Several of our Group attended the District St George’s<br />
Day parade at Torpoint, when three of our new leaders<br />
- Clare Bain, Kaff Bain and Zoei Winchester - were<br />
awarded their wood beads on completion of their Adult<br />
Leader training by District Commissioner, Carol Smith.<br />
Service certificates were presented to Adam Harman (5<br />
years), Stacey Weaver (10 years) and Sandy Palmer (15<br />
years).<br />
Our AGM was well attended and we welcomed new<br />
parents to our Committee. Further presentations<br />
by our guest, DC Carol Smith, were made to Henry<br />
Samuels of his wood beads and service certificates<br />
to Annette Williams (10 years) and Ailsa Weaver (30<br />
years).<br />
We enjoyed an exciting afternoon and evening<br />
celebrating the Jubilee on Kit Hill on Monday 4th<br />
June when we lit our Jubilee beacon at around 10 pm.<br />
Thank you to all who came to join us and to the<br />
Callington<br />
Town Band,<br />
St John<br />
Ambulance<br />
and<br />
Callington<br />
Fire<br />
Brigade<br />
for their<br />
support.<br />
Meanwhile,<br />
two of our former Explorer Scouts (now leaders) took<br />
part in the presentation for their Scouting Explorer Belt<br />
(completed in Corfu at Easter). <strong>The</strong>y helped to build and<br />
light the beacon at <strong>The</strong> Eden Project, just viewing Kit<br />
Hill lit up in a chain of beacons in the far distance.<br />
Ailsa Weaver (Group Scout Leader)<br />
01579 382196<br />
(Thanks to Steve Oke for the photograph)<br />
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It was Wednesday morning in Stoke Climsland, and a<br />
church full of mums and excited toddlers erupted in<br />
applause as a surprise bouquet was presented to the<br />
organizer of the popular local playgroup.<br />
“It was a complete surprise!” said a stunned Jan Parsons,<br />
who runs Whizzkids on Wednesdays (WoW).<br />
Grace Myerscough-Tournoff, who helped arrange the<br />
surprise, said: “Jan is the lynchpin of WoW and is an<br />
inspiration to us all in her commitment to this thriving<br />
mother and toddler group.”<br />
Alan Woollcombe, who presented the bouquet from<br />
Tesco’s Callington store, said: “So many people nominated<br />
Jan for this bouquet and it is obvious to see why. She really<br />
puts a lot of heart into the community, and people wanted<br />
to say thanks.”<br />
WoW was set up in 2006 as one of several local community<br />
initiatives run by Stoke Climsland church for young families,<br />
and Jan took over soon after.<br />
“We have a very open group and everybody is welcome,”<br />
said Jan. “It is completely free, and the age range is from<br />
nought to school age. If everybody came, there would be<br />
113 regulars.”<br />
Activities include an activity table supplied by Duchy College<br />
students, music, games, the hokey-kokey and a prayer.<br />
“”It is not just mums who attend,” said curate Rev. Marilyn<br />
Elliott. “It is more an ‘adult and baby/toddler’ group - all<br />
are made to feel very welcome. Where else can busy child<br />
minders go and have a cuppa and a home made biscuit<br />
given them. What happens on a Wednesday morning<br />
WOW!! That was a Big Surprise ..<br />
is only the tip of the iceberg. Jan and her husband Deri<br />
spend Tuesday afternoons setting up for WoW, then Jan<br />
makes the biscuits ready for the refreshment break. <strong>The</strong>n of<br />
course time has to be spent clearing up after all the adults<br />
and children leave. So my heartfelt thanks to Jan too - she<br />
is one in a million.”<br />
“Jan is possibly the most selfless person I know and<br />
incredibly proactive,” said Nicky Alder, a mother of two. “I<br />
moved to Kelly Bray a couple of years ago and was quite<br />
lost. Jan contacted me because she heard I was struggling.<br />
Coming here was the difference between surviving and not<br />
surviving - the community spirit is fantastic. Both Harry and<br />
Anna love it. Jan is amazing!”<br />
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<strong>The</strong> whole school enjoyed a day of<br />
celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and we’d<br />
like to tell you a<br />
little about what<br />
we did.<br />
Congratulations<br />
to everyone<br />
who entered the<br />
Queen’s Diamond<br />
Jubilee Portrait<br />
competition<br />
and special<br />
congratulations<br />
to the winners,<br />
seen on the left<br />
holding their entries and Angie and Marion served us<br />
traditional “fish<br />
& chips” for<br />
lunch. A right<br />
Royal feast<br />
enjoyed by all.<br />
We planted<br />
an oak to<br />
commemorate<br />
the Diamond<br />
Jubilee and Mr<br />
Dick Harnett of<br />
Many thanks to all who<br />
helped to make and<br />
plant it. It looks really<br />
great.<br />
<strong>The</strong> whole school<br />
attended a special<br />
ceremony at Stoke<br />
Climsland Parish<br />
Church and we all got<br />
a copy of a special<br />
Jubilee Edition of<br />
the New Testament.<br />
Everyone enjoyed<br />
our celebrations and<br />
we will remember<br />
them for a long<br />
time to come.<br />
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us to do this. <strong>The</strong> oak<br />
sapling we planted<br />
came from the Queen’s<br />
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red, white and blue<br />
flowers in a special<br />
‘Jubilee Plot, in our<br />
garden.<br />
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STOKE CLIMSLAND WOMEN’S INSTITUTE<br />
Stoke Climsland<br />
Women’s<br />
Institute<br />
Jill Williams came to our June meeting to tell us all<br />
about Pennies for Friendship: we have a tin which we<br />
all put pennies<br />
in but no one<br />
really knew<br />
what the<br />
money was for<br />
and where it<br />
went – now we<br />
do! Pennies<br />
for Friendship<br />
is a scheme<br />
run by ACWW<br />
(Associated<br />
Country<br />
Women of the<br />
World) which aims to raise the standard of living of<br />
rural women and families through education, training<br />
and community development programmes. It focuses<br />
on Women helping Women in rural areas: last year’s<br />
project was to train midwives in third world countries.<br />
Jill encouraged us to all save just 2p a week and donate<br />
the £1 at the end of the year: if every member of the<br />
WI did this, ACWW would have doubled their donations<br />
and would be able to help even more women. This<br />
seems a very worthwhile cause, and we all had great<br />
fun raising funds at the end of the evening by using<br />
any pennies (and anything we had in our handbags)<br />
to create a logo relevant to the Diamond Jubilee<br />
celebrations. <strong>The</strong>re was one question that kept being<br />
asked: who carries a peg around with them (<strong>The</strong><br />
answer: Nicky Alder!)<br />
June was been a busy time, as we were involved in<br />
supplying the tea at the Big Lunch on the Green for the<br />
Diamond Jubilee. We also had representatives serving<br />
tea at the Royal Cornwall Show: Sue Tudor has worked<br />
out that they were serving 150 cups of tea an hour!<br />
Brigitte and Michael Cox opened up their fabulous<br />
garden to us on the 10th June and hosted the WI<br />
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration which proved very<br />
popular with members and their families. A heartfelt<br />
thank you is sent to Brigitte and Michael for<br />
inviting us into their home.<br />
As I write this, we are all looking forward to<br />
the weekend ahead at Whiteford, and then<br />
preparations will be begin for our entries to the<br />
Launceston Show. Hopefully some of us will win<br />
some certificates.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next meeting, to be held on Tuesday 10th<br />
<strong>July</strong> at the Parish Hall, is an open one. Sandra<br />
Pearson from the Meteorological Office will<br />
talk on forecasting weather, which seems<br />
quite topical at the moment. Everyone is very<br />
welcome and we hope to see you all then. <strong>The</strong> meeting<br />
will start at 7.30pm.<br />
Lucy Hard<br />
Luckett<br />
What a quacking day we<br />
had in Luckett for the Jubilee Duck Day on<br />
Saturday 3rd June, the<br />
weather was wonderful<br />
and we had a record<br />
number of people<br />
attending. As well as<br />
all the usual stalls, bar<br />
and barbecue this year<br />
we had a stall selling<br />
“Naughty jellies” which<br />
proved very popular,<br />
although the Gin and<br />
Tonic one seemed a bit<br />
strong for some!!<br />
<strong>The</strong> Jubilympics proved<br />
popular with the<br />
children and adults<br />
alike with medals being<br />
presented for the egg<br />
and spoon races and<br />
the 3 legged races.<br />
Higher Chapel Farm<br />
Rural, quiet, peaceful; set within the Tamar Valley, close to the<br />
beaches, moors and towns of Cornwall. Comfortable en-suite<br />
bedrooms, families welcome, home-cooked breakfasts.<br />
Three <strong>Old</strong> Men and a Young One (pictured but try<br />
guessing the young one!) were the overall winners of<br />
the Tug of War competition and were presented with<br />
medals and a trophy by Vice Chairman of Luckett<br />
Social Club Ivan Judd. <strong>The</strong> hat competition was won<br />
by Maxine McLeod and Liana.<strong>The</strong> main event being<br />
the Duck Race went off without a hitch and 800 ducks<br />
swam down the river, the winning ducks were 1st<br />
184, 2nd 268, 3rd 634, 4th 718 and 5th 476. We would<br />
like to thank everyone for<br />
coming and supporting us<br />
this year and hope to see<br />
you all again next year.<br />
Our next event is a Skittles<br />
evening to be held at Deer<br />
Park Farm. As this is a very<br />
popular event it would be<br />
wise to arrive by 7.30pm to<br />
organise teams. Don’t worry<br />
if you don’t have a team of<br />
6 there are always people<br />
to make up teams and we<br />
are all a very friendly bunch<br />
and a good night is always<br />
had by all. Again there will<br />
be a bar and barbecue and a<br />
raffle will be held during the<br />
evening.<br />
Lucy Hard<br />
Luckett<br />
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For all aspects of Upholstery and Loose<br />
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As someone who can very rarely<br />
work an entire day and then<br />
muster enough energy to do<br />
exercise in the evening, I have<br />
the utmost respect for people<br />
who can manage to work all day<br />
and then go to the gym or play<br />
sport afterwards.<br />
Olympic athletes, however, take<br />
it to a whole new level. As the<br />
general public around the globe<br />
waits in anticipation to see how<br />
well the athletes are going to<br />
perform in London this summer,<br />
the competitors themselves are<br />
giving it their all in preparation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> dedication and hard work needed to achieve<br />
anything at the highest level is immense. Every spare<br />
moment of every day is spent striving for perfection,<br />
pushing themselves both physically and mentally to<br />
the extreme. <strong>The</strong>y are inspirational because they work<br />
to the best of their ability and never give up. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
show that it doesn’t matter who or what you are, and<br />
as long as you try hard, you can be amazing. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
show people that achieving your dreams is possible<br />
if you work hard and push yourself to be better than<br />
everyone else.<br />
I hope their dreams are not shattered this Summer –<br />
they can’t all win, so many will be disappointed. But<br />
my big hope for them is that their family and friends<br />
can be there for them. A child seeking refuge in their<br />
parents’ arms when they haven’t won is as special to<br />
their parents as them coming first in the race.<br />
Cycle, walk, have fun…<br />
Saturday 8th September <strong>2012</strong><br />
Join in our ‘Sponsored ride or stride’ around<br />
the local area, culminating in a free cream<br />
tea at Stoke Climsland Parish Church! We’d<br />
love you to join in our sponsored cycle or<br />
walk around the local area.<br />
With routes to suit all ages and abilities,<br />
Looking for a sympathetic Dentist<br />
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We offer Preventive and Cosmetic Dentistry<br />
• Crowns, Bridges, Veneers<br />
• Various types of dentures<br />
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Experience dentistry in a relaxed and<br />
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I read an article this month by Carl Beach, who heads<br />
up Christian Vision for Men (DVM). In it he talks about<br />
individuals who do great daring deeds and heroic acts<br />
and of man’s desire to push himself to the limit. But he<br />
goes on to say that families don’t need heroes:<br />
“Heroism to my kids<br />
is about being there,<br />
being involved,<br />
being interested,<br />
making them laugh<br />
and setting the<br />
boundaries so that<br />
they know we love<br />
them. OK, so maybe<br />
the other stuff<br />
does kind of make<br />
them proud, but<br />
it’s not what they’ll<br />
remember me for.”<br />
I am reaching the age when many of my friends are<br />
losing their parents and I too am becoming aware<br />
that my own parents are getting old – their bodies<br />
are beginning to fail them and I know my time too<br />
will come when I need to say goodbye. But my happy<br />
memories of special times spent with them will stay<br />
with me forever.<br />
So this Summer, spend times with those you love and<br />
who love you and make some happy memories, because<br />
that is what is most precious. We can achieve great<br />
things in our lives but the greatest achievement is to<br />
love and be loved.<br />
Kathryn Carnegie<br />
our fun day will raise money for the Cornwall Historic<br />
Churches Trust* and our own church in Stoke Climsland.<br />
For more information and to register, please contact<br />
Grace on 01579 370170. Come along and join in the fun<br />
for a good cause.<br />
*<strong>The</strong> Cornwall Historic Churches Trust was formed in<br />
1955 and is there to assist in the restoration or repair of<br />
Cornish Churches of architectural or historic merit.<br />
Find us, try us and never look back!<br />
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<strong>The</strong> meal evening was a success, if not as well<br />
attended as usual. Thank you, Bonnie, for all your hard<br />
work cooking the pies and curry. As usual Bonnie, Jenny<br />
and Debbie spent some time getting the room ready<br />
for this event. Our thanks also go to the <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> for<br />
providing chairs for the evening. Every one enjoyed the<br />
convivial atmosphere and the Club appreciated their<br />
support.<br />
On May 18th we had the football presentation evening,<br />
attended by Colin Burrel who kindly came to present<br />
the trophies. <strong>The</strong><br />
whole team were<br />
awarded runnersup<br />
trophies. Ian<br />
Cook managed<br />
this year’s team<br />
and a good job<br />
he has done, as<br />
the team were<br />
only just pipped<br />
at the post for<br />
coming top of<br />
their league.<br />
Awards were<br />
given to Adam<br />
Savage (clubman of the year), James Bunghey (top goal<br />
scorer), Grant Mace (most improved player), Michael<br />
Baker (manager’s player), and Tom Savage (players’<br />
player). <strong>The</strong><br />
team went on to<br />
enjoy the rest of<br />
the evening in<br />
the traditional<br />
manner!<br />
As part of<br />
the Jubilee<br />
celebrations, the<br />
Club held a METS<br />
night on the<br />
sports field. What<br />
would we do<br />
without the METS Despite the forecast, it did not rain<br />
so we all enjoyed our burgers and beer, listening and<br />
dancing to our favourite group. It was a good evening<br />
and much enjoyed by all who attended. We would like<br />
to thank master chefs Bernard and Michael for their<br />
BEEN MISSING YOUR JAZZ AT THE<br />
OLD SCHOOL<br />
If you have, you’ll be delighted to hear that THE OLD<br />
GREEN RIVER BAND will be playing on SATURDAY 11TH<br />
AUGUST<br />
Martin Bennett, the man with the big heart, the big<br />
hands and the big voice is back, for one night only, with<br />
his <strong>Old</strong> Green River Band playing New Orleans style<br />
jazz with attitude, at the <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> on Saturday, 11th<br />
work in cooking the burgers and thank you, thank you,<br />
thank you to the METS for the entertainment.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next morning the Committee met to move the<br />
bar down to the school for the afternoon festivities.<br />
What to do In the end it was decided to walk the<br />
gazebo down to the playing field, so it was lift and<br />
walk, squeezing through the gates until we were in<br />
position in the school (Thanks to David Price for the<br />
photographs). It was a shame the weather did not<br />
co-operate, but I think in true British fashion we all<br />
enjoyed the Jubilee Big Lunch.<br />
Here are some details of future events<br />
and dates for your diaries:<br />
12th <strong>July</strong>: Pampering night, especially<br />
for the ladies. Come along for a<br />
delightful evening of beautification.<br />
21st <strong>July</strong>: Pool tournament, held by the<br />
pool team to raise funds.<br />
28th <strong>July</strong>: Skittles evening, by popular<br />
request!<br />
4th <strong>August</strong>: Flower show – enter our<br />
fantastic competitions.<br />
11th <strong>August</strong>: Car boot sale, set up at<br />
11am and sales from noon.<br />
1st September: Car boot sale, set up at 11am and<br />
sales from noon.<br />
Finally, the club would like to thank everyone for<br />
their support in raising money for the repair of the<br />
pavilion. We now have over £4,000 in the account!<br />
Louise Power<br />
<strong>August</strong>.<br />
Always a top favourite with the <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> Jazz Club the<br />
Band’s beautiful, bouncing blend of rolling blues and<br />
heart racing, toe-tapping, old style jazz will once again<br />
lift <strong>The</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> up into place as the top Jazz Venue<br />
of East Cornwall. Ring or call into the <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> Office<br />
to book your place as soon as you can – it’s going to be a<br />
night to remember! And don’t forget that there is a bar<br />
and you can feast on delicious home cooking from the<br />
renowned <strong>Old</strong> <strong>School</strong> Kitchen. Put the date in your diary<br />
and BOOK! We’d hate you to miss it.<br />
PARISH<br />
COUNCIL<br />
NEWS<br />
JULY<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
Planning Application PA12/04501 Poultry Units: This<br />
application featured on the agenda for the June Parish<br />
Council meeting, for which some 80 parishioners were in<br />
attendance. Strong feelings against the application were<br />
expressed in the Public Session and when the formal<br />
agenda item was reached. After due consideration<br />
the Parish Council voted 7 to 1 not to support the<br />
application. <strong>The</strong> reasons for this decision will be<br />
reported in the<br />
formal minutes<br />
of the meeting<br />
and it would be<br />
inappropriate to<br />
paraphrase them<br />
here. However,<br />
in response to<br />
questions raised<br />
by parishioners<br />
it was apparent<br />
that there<br />
was some uncertainty about how comments can be<br />
made on planning applications. <strong>The</strong>y can be made by<br />
representations to Parish and Cornwall councillors,<br />
through the Planning Portal on Cornwall Council’s<br />
website and, should any application go to the full formal<br />
East Cornwall Planning Committee, by requesting to<br />
speak at the appropriate meeting. Full information on<br />
the procedure to be followed in making a request to<br />
speak at the latter meeting can be found at<br />
www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspxpage=18044 This<br />
website makes the following points: about who can<br />
speak at such meetings:<br />
* An objector (whether they have made written<br />
comments or not), a representative of the Parish/Town<br />
Council and the applicant or a supporter (whether they<br />
have made written comments or not) may each speak on<br />
a planning application which is due to be heard at the<br />
Planning Committee.<br />
* Objectors, applicants and supporters must register<br />
to speak but Parish/Town Council representatives will<br />
be entitled to speak, subject to the Clerk of their<br />
Council notifying Democratic Services of the nominated<br />
speaker(s) and the application(s) they will be speaking on.<br />
* In the event of more than one objector or one<br />
applicant/support wishing to speak, a spokesperson<br />
should be agreed between the objectors or applicant/<br />
supporters, as the case may be, to speak for all persons<br />
in the same category, prior to the meeting. Professional<br />
agents may be used by any party entitled to speak.<br />
* Public speaking is not an adversarial opportunity. It<br />
relates solely to the Committee procedure and decision<br />
making process as a whole. <strong>The</strong> purpose of the speaking<br />
opportunity is not to seek to explain all points expressed<br />
(as the Authority is already aware of these), but to<br />
emphasise material planning related points before a<br />
decision is taken.<br />
Waste Collection Services: Admittedly a lot fewer but<br />
there are still problems in our area with the collection<br />
of waste resulting from the changeover to a new<br />
contractor (Cory Environmental) as from the beginning<br />
of April. If you are one of those without regular<br />
collections or the new reusable coloured bags, please<br />
let someone on the Parish Council know or contact<br />
Neil Burden (01566 782286 or nburden@cornwall.gov.<br />
uk) <strong>The</strong>re is more information on the Council’s website<br />
www.cornwall.gov.uk/recycling or householders can call<br />
0300 1234 141, or email refuseandrecycling@cornwall.<br />
gov.uk Interestingly, there have been reports of the<br />
theft of the new bags so this is something to be aware of.<br />
Potholes, potholes, potholes: A favourite topic of ours<br />
and one that we return to with monotonous regularity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council reviews the condition of our roads<br />
and lanes at every meeting and we invariably have<br />
something to report back to the Highways Department<br />
of Cornwall Council. We try to keep on top of things<br />
but we always welcome comments from parishioners<br />
alerting us to problems. Recently a spokeswoman for<br />
Cornwall Council said the authority repaired 8,354<br />
potholes across the county last year and she encouraged<br />
residents to contact the council directly with requests.<br />
Urgent pothole issues, such as those which could pose a<br />
danger to the public, should be reported to the council<br />
on 0300 1234 222. Other incidences of problem potholes<br />
can be reported using the online form from www.<br />
cornwall.gov.uk<br />
Commemorative Trees for Jubilee: Discussions have<br />
been continuing between the Parish Council, Duchy<br />
College and the<br />
Duchy of Cornwall<br />
about potential sites<br />
for the planting of<br />
commemorative trees.<br />
One such site has been<br />
identified and it is<br />
hoped that the Duchy<br />
Forester, Geraint<br />
Richards, will be able<br />
to visit the area soon<br />
to advise on what species would be most suitable for<br />
that particular location. Keep on eye on Parish Council<br />
News for an update on progress.<br />
Stoke Climsland Charitable Trust: This will be meeting<br />
soon. If you are considering making application, please<br />
contact the Parish Clerk for details.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next two meetings of the Parish Council will take<br />
place on <strong>July</strong> 16th and <strong>August</strong> 20th in the Parish Hall. AS<br />
usual the starting time will be 7.30 pm.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Council meets every month. Whilst it is not<br />
a public meeting, you are welcome to come and listen.<br />
You will be able to raise questions in a public session<br />
before each meeting starts. <strong>The</strong> council members are<br />
working on YOUR behalf to sustain and improve the<br />
quality of life and the environment that we enjoy in<br />
the parish – come and hear what they are doing for you!<br />
Contact Details for Parish Clerk, Louise Power:<br />
01579 370819 and parishclerk@stokeclimslandparish.org<br />
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FROM OUR MP, DAN ROGERSON<br />
We won! Since I last wrote here for<br />
the June edition, there has been<br />
some great news that the campaign<br />
to get the government to think<br />
again on the ‘pasty tax’ has been<br />
successful. I would like to thank<br />
everyone for their hard work locally<br />
and nationally to persuade the<br />
government that any system of VAT on<br />
hot food needed to be simpler, fairer<br />
and enforceable. Thankfully, the<br />
fresh pasty from the bakers we have<br />
all grown up with will stay affordable<br />
and local jobs can be saved.<br />
Since the last edition we have also<br />
had the Queen’s Speech, containing<br />
a mix of Liberal Democrat and<br />
Conservative priorities. I was<br />
pleased to see a host of proposed<br />
legislation reflecting what the Lib<br />
Dems have been fighting for and<br />
campaigning on for many years.<br />
One such priority is the introduction<br />
of a grocery markets adjudicator:<br />
Cornish Liberal Democrats have<br />
long campaigned for a fair deal for<br />
farmers and the introduction of a<br />
supermarket watchdog or adjudicator.<br />
This adjudicator will strengthen<br />
the hand of farmers against large<br />
supermarkets, who can abuse their<br />
power by passing on unexpected costs<br />
and excessive risk to the farmers,<br />
producers and suppliers<br />
Other important reforms<br />
include legislation to<br />
properly regulate the<br />
banks, so that they<br />
will no longer be in a<br />
position to hold the<br />
country to ransom when<br />
their financial gambles<br />
don’t pay off; measures<br />
to improve support for<br />
children with special<br />
educational needs; and to give<br />
parents more flexible maternity and<br />
paternity leave. A green investment<br />
bank has been set up to invest in<br />
green manufacturing and technology<br />
industries. In addition, there will<br />
be measures to look at improving<br />
pensions and social care for the<br />
elderly.<br />
AN EVENING<br />
WALK AT MOUNT<br />
EDGCUMBE FOR<br />
CHARITY<br />
Walk Ten is a 10k walk<br />
starting at 7.00pm and giving walkers after-hours access<br />
as they explore the Grade 1 listed gardens of Mount<br />
Edgcumbe. <strong>The</strong>re will be entertainment for our walkers<br />
throughout the night, with face painters, jugglers and<br />
performers on hand as the route takes them through the<br />
beautiful formal gardens, allowing them to admire the<br />
stunning coastal views across the Plymouth Sound. After<br />
finishing, walkers are invited to enjoy their homemade<br />
Back at home, the Deputy Prime<br />
Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader<br />
Nick Clegg announced a shake-up<br />
for free pre-school education that<br />
will see extra help with childcare<br />
in rural parts of North Cornwall.<br />
Cornwall has been picked as one of<br />
ten areas in the UK where changes to<br />
extend the amount of free childcare<br />
available will come in one year<br />
earlier than planned, so from this<br />
September an extra 1300 two-yearold<br />
children across Cornwall will<br />
receive free early years education.<br />
This is on top of all three and fouryear-old<br />
children who are already<br />
eligible to receive 15 hours of free<br />
early years education each week. Not<br />
only will this help working parents<br />
juggling commitments with having<br />
young children, but early years<br />
education also gives a huge boost to<br />
young children and prepares them<br />
for school. I am extremely pleased<br />
that Liberal Democrat ministers<br />
have listened to my concerns about<br />
childcare issues in rural areas like<br />
ours, and are looking specifically<br />
at ways to extend and improve<br />
childcare in our<br />
communities. Plans<br />
include developing<br />
a rural federation of<br />
childcare providers,<br />
improving childminder<br />
provision and working<br />
with Job Centre Plus<br />
to provide training<br />
for people wanting to<br />
work in childcare.<br />
A few weeks before this<br />
announcement, the Deputy Prime<br />
Minister came to North Cornwall<br />
to see how another education<br />
policy is working in practice. <strong>The</strong><br />
‘pupil premium’ provides extra<br />
cash for schools to help make sure<br />
that children from disadvantaged<br />
backgrounds are given the best<br />
possible educational opportunities. In<br />
2011/12 Cornwall’s schools received<br />
£4,741,000 and the amount increased<br />
to over £9 million this year. We went<br />
to Robartes Junior <strong>School</strong> in Bodmin<br />
to see at first hand the kind of extra<br />
activities the school is putting on,<br />
using their pupil premium money. <strong>The</strong><br />
head teacher, Ewan Murray, explained<br />
to the Deputy Prime Minister how<br />
the extra money is making a real<br />
difference to their budget.<br />
At lunchtime I arranged for a group<br />
of local business people to speak to<br />
Nick about the challenges they are<br />
facing. <strong>The</strong>n, as Nick had launched<br />
the £1 billion ‘Youth Contract’ earlier<br />
in the year to make sure that every<br />
young person has an opportunity of<br />
employment, education or training, it<br />
was off to Padstow in the afternoon<br />
to meet apprentice and trainee chefs<br />
working with Rick Stein as part of the<br />
Youth Contract.<br />
Dan Rogerson Westminster<br />
11th June <strong>2012</strong><br />
picnic or our tasty hog roast as they sit back, rest their<br />
weary legs and soak up the atmosphere with local live<br />
band “deciBelle”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event will conclude at 10.00pm when everyone<br />
will gather together for a spectacular fireworks display<br />
to pay tribute to our Marie Curie Nurses.<br />
Registration for this enchanting event is only £10 per<br />
person (or £20 if you sign up on the night). Children<br />
under 16 go free and dogs are welcome too! Everyone<br />
taking part also receives a Walk Ten T-Shirt to wear on<br />
the walk. You can find out more about the event by<br />
visiting www.mariecurie.org.uk/walkten<br />
A NATURE<br />
DIARY<br />
ABOUT<br />
BATS<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are as many<br />
myths about bats as<br />
there are facts.<br />
Everyone has heard about bats<br />
getting caught in people’s hair. But<br />
have YOU had a bat in YOUR hair<br />
But is it so surprising, all this myth<br />
Bats are creatures of the dark.<br />
Seldom do you get a chance to<br />
handle one. And children can hear<br />
BELATED BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO DOT TWIST<br />
Dot (top<br />
left)<br />
was 95<br />
recently<br />
and celebrated<br />
in style<br />
with her<br />
friends<br />
at the<br />
<strong>Old</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>.<br />
May there be many more such occasions to come<br />
for Dot.<br />
them, but most adults can’t. Bats can<br />
“see” in the dark.<br />
So what is the truth <strong>The</strong>y are in<br />
fact very sophisticated creatures.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have had over 50 million<br />
years to evolve. <strong>The</strong>y are the only<br />
true flying mammals. <strong>The</strong>y are<br />
divided into two main groups; the<br />
Megachiroptera, the Fruit Bats,<br />
and the Microchiroptera<br />
all the insectivorous bats,<br />
of which there are nearly<br />
1,000 different species<br />
worldwide. In Britain we<br />
have about 17 different<br />
species. And that is one<br />
of the problems. We know<br />
so little, relatively, about<br />
them that we are not even<br />
sure how many species we<br />
have.<br />
Bats aren’t blind; they have<br />
good eyesight, but<br />
they have evolved<br />
a system of echolocation<br />
much like<br />
radar, which lets them<br />
navigate in the dark, and<br />
allows them to catch the<br />
smallest of insects on which<br />
all British bats feed.<br />
In winter they hibernate.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y let their body<br />
temperature drop to<br />
the surrounding air<br />
temperature, their<br />
breathing slows to one<br />
respiration every 40 minutes<br />
or an hour, and their heart<br />
rate falls below a beat every<br />
second and is very shallow. (When<br />
they are flying their pulse rate is<br />
up around 400 beats per minute!).<br />
Yet in this state of torpor, they can<br />
sense if they are going to freeze,<br />
and will shiver for half an hour to<br />
get up to 40°C in order to be able<br />
to fly to somewhere warmer.<br />
We usually come into contact with<br />
bats when they want to share<br />
our houses. In summer females<br />
congregate into breeding clusters<br />
in order to create a thermal mass<br />
to keep their naked babies warm.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y don’t make a nest or chew<br />
their way into our houses, but find<br />
a crevice through which to enter.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y like the batten gap between<br />
the slates and the roofing felt, or<br />
behind facia boards or cladding.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y don’t breed until they are at<br />
least a year old, and they only ever<br />
have one baby a year. <strong>The</strong>y can live<br />
for over 30 years, which is rather<br />
surprising for such a small creature.<br />
But then, I find them endlessly<br />
surprising.<br />
Tony Atkinson<br />
Higher Downgate<br />
(<strong>The</strong> photographs show Lesser and<br />
Greater Horseshoe bats hibernating<br />
in a mine and a Brown Long-eared<br />
Bat flying)<br />
WHERE IN THE PARISH HAVE YOU SEEN THIS<br />
Elsewhere in this issue<br />
you will have noticed the<br />
demise of our normal<br />
‘Where is it’ competition.<br />
However, for one final<br />
time we ask you ‘where<br />
have you seen this<br />
milestone’. A generous<br />
prize donated by David<br />
Crawley (you did say that,<br />
didn’t you, David) awaits<br />
the winner.<br />
Call 01579 370319 to be in<br />
with a chance.<br />
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OLD SCHOOL AND STOKE CLIMSLAND NEWS . JULY - AUGUST <strong>2012</strong><br />
OLD SCHOOL AND STOKE CLIMSLAND NEWS . JULY - AUGUST <strong>2012</strong> 39
GETTING THE SACK!<br />
YOU’RE FIRED<br />
CELEBRATIONS IN<br />
STOKE CLIMSLAND<br />
A<br />
GOOD<br />
TIME<br />
WAS<br />
HAD<br />
BY<br />
ALL!<br />
YOUNGSTERS<br />
JUBILEE ROYALTY<br />
WE ARE NOT AMUSED<br />
IT’S TIRING HAVING FUN<br />
BUT FUN I WILL HAVE!<br />
NOT SO YOUNGSTERS<br />
THE ROYAL MARINE BAND<br />
THEY WERE THE BEST<br />
GUITAR HEROES<br />
OR SCARY COUPLE<br />
SARAH AND DAVID WITH FRIENDS<br />
DAWN AND<br />
ALISON<br />
THE BANDS<br />
PIPE DREAMS MAYBE<br />
ORGANISERS and VOLUNTEERS<br />
COMMODORE SHORT<br />
KATHRYN THE GREAT<br />
BARROW SCOUT<br />
AND WHICH BIT DID<br />
YOU LIKE BEST<br />
Thanks for cover photographs to David Price, David Crawley, Chrys Bundy, Viv Berry, Emily Parsons and Diana Bujold<br />
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