The (St Minver) Link Magazine, Issue 232, Spring 2022 by Morwenna Vernon

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Contents

First published in 1981, St Minver Link is an independent community magazine produced by volunteers with all profits donated to local good causes.

Editor & Chair Morwenna Vernon morwenna@stminverlink.org 01208 880714

Editorial Barbara Le Main barbara@stminverlink.org Distribution George Morris george@stminverlink.org 01208 862827 Editorial Nici Couch nici@stminverlink.org Photography Martin Broadfoot martin@stminverlink.org 01208 863705 Treasurer Jo Broadfoot Jo@stminverlink.org 01208 863705 Advertising & Editorial Ann Jones stminverlink@gmail.com 01208 869312 Website Helena Arnold stminverlink@gmail.com Art Editor Jacqueline Fleming jacqueline@stminverlink.org 07970319798 Secretary Nicki Reader Nicki@stminverlink.org Adviser Ann Jeal

We welcome your stories and photographs

Message from the Editor

Local News and information

Link Awards

Cobb Cottage

Images from the past

A beekeeper’s Year

Obituaries

Events in the area

Hospital Car Service

Local Organisations

Fashion

Business Spotlight

Wildlife in Spring

Rosie’s Recipes

We Will Remember Them

News from the schools

Featured Artist

Gardening

Chris Treglown Foundation

Book Review

Scott Mann

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Hello everyone and welcome to the spring issue of the Link. I hope you like the few changes we’ve made to the look of the magazine. I must admit this has come about as a result of a new resident to the area who has kindly offered to help with the graphic design of the magazine. Volunteering in your community is something which is so beneficial both to the volunteer and the organisation they help. By coming forward and offering to get involved in the Link, this person now has met new people and has swiftly begun to feel invested in the community. In this issue, as always, there are requests for volunteers, particularly with the guides and beavers so 2022 might be the time to consider what you can offer your local area; it will make it a better place to live for us all. This issue is always a challenge to produce because of the large number of new advertisements which have to be placed in the template. We have come a long way since the early days of Link, with black and white adverts containing only text; have a good look at the adverts in this issue, they are veritable works of art! With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June, take a look at our competition on page 57. We are hoping this will give an opportunity for all readers of any age to share their memories /dreams or wishes with us,under the theme of ‘The Queen and Me ‘.Entries can be in any format, but must arrive by Tuesday, 3rd May. I hope you enjoy this issue, and don’t forget, we are always delighted to receive your letters, stories or photographs. Morwenna

Local Events St. Minver Local Committee Cancer Research UK

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Pre-Loved Clothing, Shoes, Bags, Books,Bric-A-Brac And Lots More

Saturday 5th March at 2pm The Rock Institute, Rock Refreshments available All Welcome

Endelienta Events at St Endellion

Saturday 5th March,7.30pm St Endellion Church

St Mary’s Singers £10 | Accompanied under 16s free Founded in 1985 by David Cheetham and now directed by Andrew Wyatt, St Mary’s Singers exist primarily to sing at Truro Cathedral services. The forty-strong chamber choir sing a range of music, both secular and sacred, and from all centuries, medieval to present-day.

Saturday 12th March, 10am-12pm St Endellion Parish Hall (next to the church)

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£5 per family Each month we have new creative ideas to keep the whole family busy. The Make Club is a fun space to explore, create and get messy. Each workshop is led by inspirational artists and makers.

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Cancer Research UK

St Endellion Church

Big Cruk Jubilee Breakfast

Joyful Company of Singers £10 | Accompanied under 16s free The Joyful Company of Singers has had successes in national and international competitions, have performed at several leading UK festivals and have been broadcast by both the BBC and Classic FM.

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Rock Sailing and Water Ski Club Thursday, 2 June 2022 9am - 12 midday £12 adults £10 Children Everyone Welcome 11

World Cancer Day 2022 Street Collection raises £414.65p

St. Minver Committee of Cancer Research UK was more than delighted to learn that our street collection for World Cancer Day 2022 on 28th January resulted in the brilliant sum of £414.65p being raised. Thank you so much to our local supporters for your generosity. Thank yous must also go to Newslines and Barnecutts for allowing us to collect outside their shops. This year, Cancer Research UK will be celebrating twenty years since it was founded. World Cancer Day 2022 is led by UICC (Union for International Cancer Control). CRUK is one of its thousand members across 172 countries and CRUK also sits on its Board. The entire world can unite together in the fight against the global cancer epidemic. In the UK, two in four people will survive cancer for ten years or more, thanks to research . CRUK’s research benefits people not only in the UK but also around the world. Major advances are being made. Maggie Day

Easter Festival 9th - 17th April

After a gap of two years, the Easter Festival returns to live musicmaking in St Endellion. We are thrilled to present two performances of a brand-new Jeremy Sams’ translation of Bach’s St Matthew Passion (commissioned by the Easter Festival), conducted by our inimitable Artistic Director, David Watkin, on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 April - the perfect way to celebrate fifty years of the Easter Festival (and counting!) Sir James MacMillan returns to the Easter Festival to conduct his hauntingly beautiful Stabat Mater alongside Finzi’s Farewell to Arms on Wednesday 13 April. He will also talk about his autobiography Scots Song at a literary lunchtime “concert” in St Kew. We are collaborating with Endelienta on a book talk, to celebrate the launch of their monthly book talk series: join Patrick Gale as he introduces his most recent novel, Mother’s Boy. None other than our own star, Adam Hickox, will conduct the final concert, a magnificent programme that includes Mozart’s Jupiter

Symphony, Errollyn Wallen’s Cello Concerto and the world premiere live performance of the Rhiannon Randle piece commissioned for the 2021 Digital Festival, Thy Presence, My Light. We are also delighted that Andrew Watkinson and Shuna Wilson will join us for the opening chamber concert, featuring our very own Co-Chair Katy Thomson, performing music by Elgar and Shostakovich. With a host of other delicious chamber music, meditative candle-lit moments, as well as choral Evensong and Eucharist, our 2022 Festival Programme is packed with Endellion magic. Public booking opens on Monday 28 February. The full programme will be available on our website www.endellionfestivals.co.uk from 14 February, together with details of how to book your tickets. Katy Thomson and Suzanne Doyle, co-chairs, St Endellion Music Festival

Pause for Thought Hello All! Valentine’s Day! Let’s celebrate! Or not… Some of you may be grieving the death of your Valentine since you celebrated it last year. Some of you may be grieving because the one you thought was your Valentine simply chose to leave. Some of you may never have had a Valentine. And yet, we continue to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Why?! Who was he anyway?! Well, it seems there were two! The first, a Roman Christian priest martyred on the Flaminian Way under Emperor Claudius around 269AD and, the other, a Bishop of Terni (Interamna) taken to Rome to be martyred, and whose remains were later taken back to Terni. Clearly, these men had been touched by the love of Jesus and were not prepared to deny Him to save their skin. They preferred Him over their own life. Now THAT is love. Total, selfless, sacrificial, love. The kind of love we are called to give even if there appears to be no love expressed to us in return. Thankfully, expressing such love does not

always lead to martyrdom, or there would not be many of us left! So where else can such love be expressed? In the relationship we have with our beloved. Women expressing their love to their husbands. Men expressing their love to their wives. Those who have chosen lifelong love for each other. Faithful, love. Love exclusively for one’s beloved. Now, doesn’t that remind you of Another One’s love for you? He is like the leopard: He never changes His spots. He never changes, full stop. He IS Love and He will never stop BEING Love. It is IMPOSSIBLE for Him to stop loving you! And His love is most extraordinary: He loves you so much that He is able to love you just as you are, and He loves you so much that will stretch you to change you into the perfect person He created you to be! His name is not Valentine. It is Jesus. All His blessings and love be with each of you reading this today. Reverend Corinne Tournay, retired in the North Cornwall Cluster of Churches.

We Will Remember Them

BURGESS STANLEY WILLIAM EWART, ST MINVER

COOKE JOSEPH, WADEBRIDGE COPE RITA BEATRICE, ROCK CURR PETER JAMES EVAN, WADEBRIDGE DEARDEN JENNIFER VIOLET, WADEBRIDGE HAMM DAPHNE NAOMI KATHLEEN, WADEBRIDGE

HUGHES GWYNFA CATHERINE, WADEBRIDGE KESTELL EMILY JANE, WADEBRIDGE LANE LEONARD KENNETH, ROCK LEAVOLD SYLVIA DORA, WADEBRIDGE MACFARLANE SUSAN, ST MINVER MILLER ROBIN, WADEBRIDGE

OLD JOHN CHARLES PERCIVAL, ST MINVER PARNELL JOYCE HYACINTH, ST MINVER REEVES VERA, WADEBRIDGE ROBERTS BERYL MARGUERITE, ST MINVER ROOSE CLIFFORD, ST MINVER RUSSELL JOHN, TREGELLIST STEPHENS THOMAS ROBERT, WADEBRIDGE SYLVESTER SYLVIA DYMOND, WADEBRIDGE TAMBLYN SUSAN MURIEL, ST MINVER TAYLOR BRIDGET LOUISA LANGFORD, ST MINVER

TUNE RITA MARY, WADEBRIDGE WILLIAMS DOROTHY EVELYN, ST MINVER WISEMAN IAN MICHAEL, WADEBRIDGE 13

40 Years at St Enodoc Golf Club Nick Williams was appointed regularly but no juniors at all. Club Professional at St Enodoc Golf Club back in 1981 where he remains to this day. In his forty years at the home of one of the finest championship links in England, Nick has experienced a veritable sea change in the role of club professional. He puts his longevity at St Enodoc to quite simply ‘loving my job’ You joined St Enodoc Golf Club as the pro back in 1991. Do you remember the actual date and any early impressions on your few first days? Absolutely, it was the 16th March 1981! I came from St Mellion Golf Club which at the time was a very modern country club and then arrived here at St Enodoc, an antiquated members’ club run by brigadiers and generals in a completely different way to St Mellion – quite simply, it was a life changing event! The bulk of the membership was mostly retired gentlemen who played foursomes once or twice a week before disappearing into the clubhouse to play bridge in the afternoon. There were only a few keen golfers who were a good deal younger (in their mid 40s), a small number of enthusiastic youngsters – which they referred to as ‘tigers’ – and a handful of ladies who played

So you had just forty or fifty members playing serious golf as opposed to now when there are around 150 playing three or four times a week. How has your day-to-day role changed in forty years? Quite dramatically it has to be said! When I first came, I was in charge of how the golf course was set up properly every day for members and visitors. I used to go out with the greenkeepers and do the pin positions depending on the weather conditions, time of year etc. and also to set the standard scratch for the day. Since then ,of course, we have many more professional greenkeepers as opposed to the retired farmers who knew a bit about looking after grass that I was working with! At the start, it was only me in the Pro Shop, doing all the teaching, running the shop and helping out on the greenkeeping side. It was quite a tough juggle, although in fact there wasn’t much business in the pro shop and limited teaching opportunities. It was so quiet at times that I nearly left after two years! But then the golf club had a change of direction and more golfers joined the membership, so it gave me the chance to develop the

coaching side of things and I also got involved in some county teaching. I was also the instigator of a junior section and developed the practice range into a full driving range. Which is your all-time favourite golf hole at St Enodoc that you could play over and over again? Now that is a really difficult question. The par 4, 4th hole is perhaps my favourite if pushed. Any thoughts of retiring any time soon? Not at the moment as I enjoy the job so much and what’s the point in giving it up if that is the case? I'll definitely try and get out on the course once a day. I have shot 64 twice around St Enodoc and shot 29 on both nines but not at the same time so I’m still aiming to shoot a magical 58 one day!

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Ayla’s Arts

10 year old, Ayla, who attends St Minver School, creates artwork which she sells to raise money for the Ocean and Starlight play teams at Bristol Children's Hospital. The teams provide children with fun activities to do whilst undergoing aggressive treatment. Ayla set up her business in 2021 through the

was the proud winner of the age 9-11 inspiring individual award category. Pictures are £6 each, with all profits going to the Ocean and Starlight play teams. Please support her in raising as much money as

Young Enterprise Fiver Challenge. This was part of her home schooling whilst recovering from treatment. In 2021 the YE Fiver Challenge had over twenty six thousand applicants and Ayla

possible by going to her Justgiving page: Ayla’ s Arts or you can buy her brilliant, bright and cheerful framed artworks at: Kernow Fires, St Minver Post Office, Spar Polzeath, Spar Delabole, Dolphin Backpackers, Tintagel. At the time of writing, Ayla had managed to raise £2,140 and considering her target was £2,000, it looks like Ayla has entrepreneurial skills as well as artistic ones.

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St Minver Community Hub As we move into a new year, on behalf of the Trustees I would like to thank all of you who support and follow the progress of the Community Hub Project.

Health Hub

My name is Lynn Bagnall and I wanted to say hello as I am the Dispensary Manager for Wadebridge and Camel Estuary Practice and have Despite Covid restrictions, we been in post for fourteen months. However, all of that have made steady progress time has been within covid over the last year and are times so I have not been delighted to announce that able to meet with any of our we have reached a total of patients apart from those funds raised as £274,447.69, few who have come into the which is 37% of the way to surgery. the £750,000 we need to If you have any concerns deliver the Hub. about your medication, The clinical hub continues delivery or prescription to thrive and delivers a vital request then please contact nurse-led service to our me on 01208 812222. It is my community. role to make sure we have a smooth running dispensary. We are looking forward to more active fundraising now My priority is a happy patient, that restrictions are lifted and and that can only be achieved through communication. I we would love to hear from may not be able to answer anyone who feels they can your query immediately, but help with ideas for events or I will strive to get back to fundraising initiatives. When you as soon as I do have the we reach the 300k milestone, answer. we will be in a prime position It is very important to both to seek match funding to get myself and my team that us to our target. At this point we provide the best service we can be confident enough possible, so we will be more to begin the build. than happy to hear your Please keep checking our web page for updates and information about upcoming events.

thoughts on how we can improve the service we provide. We currently deliver

medication twice weekly to the hub and four times weekly to households within our area. Prescriptions can be requested in person; at the hub; requests given to the delivery driver; online or through e-mail. They can also be requested through the local pharmacies if you are not a dispensing patient. Lynn Bagnall, Dispensary Manager for Wadebridge and Camel Estuary Practice

Race Night Saturday 11 March 2022 Come and join us for our Race Night and evening of fun at the Rock Social Club on Saturday 12 March 2022. Admission is free and the evening begins at 7.30pm so everyone can join in. The tote betting for each race is £2, but if you would like to sponsor a race or would like further information, please visit our website or contact. All proceeds will go to St Minver Community Hub. For further Information on St Minver Community Hub please visit our website www.stminvercommunityhub. org.uk/ Carol Mould, Chair St Minver Community Hub

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1st St Minver Scout Group It’s been an incredibly busy and productive time during the winter for 1st St. Minver Scout Group. In the Scout section, we have almost thirty boys and girls aged 10 to 14. Our young people have been working incredibly hard to earn badges, based on their own hobbies and interests. We have seen weekly presentations to the Troop from Scouts who have had to demonstrate their skills and experiences of working towards the badges. The presentations have all been to a very high standard, enjoyed by the Scouts and Leaders. We have all learnt so much about new subjects based on the presentations given (well, I have, certainly. I knew little about ‘Street Sports’!) In my many years as a Scout Leader, I have not before seen such a huge uptake in effort to earn Proficiency Badges. The range of badges available is huge, interesting and the

requirements present real challenge. Since we returned from Summer Camp, we have awarded a total of 129 badges! Subjects include: •Artist •Camper •Chef •Cyclist •Entertainer •Equestrian •Farming •Fundraising •Hobbies •Martial Arts •Model maker •Physical Recreation •Street Sports •Smallholder •Emergency Aid As well as activities based indoors, Scouts have remembered to ‘Be Prepared’ each week and wear suitable kit to carry on Scouting through the winter outside around the Parishes of St. Minver. As the nights become lighter, we look forward to spending even more of our

sessions outdoors, and with even more opportunity to earn badges! Our Cub pack, for boys and girls ages 8 to 10 have enjoyed their programme of activities both indoors and outdoors. Most recently, they have been experimenting with craftwork using marbling inks, with some beautiful work being produced. Unfortunately, our Beaver Scout colony for boys and girls aged 6 to 8 has been closed for some time now, only because we need some Leaders to take on that section. We’d love to hear from you if you feel you might be able to help. Stuart Robertson Group Scout Leader, 1St St. Minver Scout Group.

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st 1 St sayMinver Brownies During the summer and they all completeld their We are now busy planning autumn we have had a great time completing different challenge badges and having as much fun as possible outside. Activities we enjoyed: a walk along the camel trail, making and flying our own kites,an assault course, learning to strike a match (in a safe way), trip to Padstow for our Local History badge, picking blackberries and making apple and blackberry crumble. Once the colder

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dark evenings arrived we held more meetings inside and the highlight of our programme was completing our first aid badge with our very own local paramedic Rachel. Rachel was absolutely brilliant and gave up two evenings of her time to come along to Brownies and teach the girls about first response first aid. All the girls really enjoyed the evenings and I am pleased to

first aid badge. Remembrance day this year for us was very different! In all the 30 years I have been a Guider, and in fact ever since I was a Brownie myself at St Minver, I have not missed a Remembrance Day. However, this year due to Covid the Church decided that not all the units could go into the church. Therefore, along with the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts we carried on and paraded from the Institute down to the Church and formed a very smart guard of honour along the pathway towards the church entrance. Once the church service was over, we joined the few at the memorial for the laying of wreaths. Although we had some superb feedback regarding the guard of honour, it felt very strange not being in the church with all the children for the whole service and I very much hope that Remembrance Sunday this year be ‘back to normal’. Sadly, Omicron then hit and our Christmas carol service with the local guiding packs in Wadebridge was cancelled. The girls had all worked so hard on the performance and made props especially, so we held a very short performance outside in the field on our last evening of term for all the mums and dads to come and see us sing around the camp fire.

the new term and of course spring cleaning our hut. Unfortunately, we have had to invest in some new heating.; the hut is now over 40 years old and we are very much looking forward to the future and the St Minver Community Hub. If you would like to donate or would like further information please visit the website. This term we have got lots of fun things planned including working towards our Zero Waste badge, celebrating Chinese New Year, our annual Art and Craft show in the spring in Wadebridge and we will ,of course, finish the spring term with our Annual Easter Egg roll. Remember, we offer Rainbows, Brownies and Guides for girls and if you have a daughter who would be interested or you would like more information please visit www.girlguiding.org. uk/information-for-parents/ register-your-daughter/ Katrina Bacon

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St Minver Guides After a rocky start to the new academic year, St Minver Guides are meeting again and currently recruiting for new girls aged between 10 and 14, and meeting on Wednesday evenings, alongside Brownies, from 6pm to 7.30pm at the Guide Hut, Trewint Lane. This term we will be working on a number of fun activites, chosen by the girls. We are also looking for a guider or helper to join us . Please contact Alice Watts 07971588969 or alicewatts82@outlook.com for more information.

EACH DAY Each day presents itself As an empty page There to be written upon Or pictures to be drawn. There we may record Poems of rhythmic beauty Prose of tragic thoughts, Paintings of coloured shapes, Drawings of harsh realities. Take courage, Take love, Take kindliness And thus holding the brush of existence, Paint and write for yourself A day of beauty framed With love and kindliness. Hang it in the gallery of your life Barbara Le Main

Time to get walking again! At this time of year we start to think about the mud drying up and getting out to walk in the beautiful English countryside again, but where to find new and interesting walks? Walking in Cornwall https://www.walkinginengland.co.uk/cornwall has hundreds of walks to download and print, free; it also has books of walks, details of all the walking groups in the county and much more. Whether you want to walk on your own or with a group all the information is there in one place. John Harris (the custodian of the website) said, ‘There is so much walking information on the web but it is difficult to find. Walking in Cornwall (part of the Walking in England website – one for each county in England) has brought it together in one place, so whether you are walking from home, or away on holiday, you will be able to find a walk suitable for you’. With walks from half a mile to twelve miles plus long, and a note of suitability for pushchairs and wheelchairs, everyone can find a walk to enjoy. So home or away, check out the websites and get walking! John Harris

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News from St Minver School

Christmas seems like an age ago now, but definitely worthy of a mention as we reflect on recent highlights here at St Minver School. For the first time ever – and as a one-off special event – our Christmas plays this year were al fresco affairs! We prepared to welcome parents back on site for a Christmas play for the first in two years, with much worry about what the weather would throw at us. We couldn’t have been more blessed! We were treated to a little afternoon sun, followed by the most still and twinkly evening, when Key Stage One wowed us with their beautiful nativity and Key Stage Two treated us to some nostalgic music and festive facts with ‘Christmas through the decades’. What a magical day it was! Looking into 2022, learning is taking many forms during this Spring term, and it has

been especially good to see classes going off site for day trips linked to their topic, or using our fantastic grounds to extend their learning. This January already, St Minver Teams have taken part in

cluster sporting events, Year 3 became geologists at Carnglaze Caverns, Year 2 found out more about rainforests at the Eden Project and our Reception children took their ‘Little Feet’ on a ‘Big Adventure’ across the fields to beautiful Porthilly Church. More trips and residential visits are also planned for coming weeks. Year 1 are very happy to be enjoying their new outside area, a project which would not have been possible without the support of many. We extend grateful thanks to our own PTA, to a generous community donation, to the Link Magazine and to both the Highlands and Lowlands

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Councils. This new space, adjacent to the classroom, is in use every day and allows these children to extend their own learning, to practise and reinforce the new vocabulary they have learnt and to develop their manipulative skills, emotional literacy and social skills. We are delighted to have it! We are making enquiries as to the viability of a nursery class here at St Minver School. Many other Aspire academies now have nursery provision onsite, and we believe if St Minver had this too it would prepare children for life at St Minver School in the best possible way, enhance our offer to parents, and strengthen our community. Of course, any such provision would have to be sustainable, and we would have to prove there is a need. We will soon open a six-week period of public consultation and we ask you to support us in ensuring that everyone who needs to see the consultation

does have access to it. Look out for the link on our Facebook page, Twitter account and on the school’s

website too. Thank you! As you can see, Team St Minver are having a great 2022 so far! We invite you to follow our Facebook page and to check out the class pages on the school’s website where you can see more about learning in context here at St Minver School. We currently have limited spaces across the school and would welcome applications from families new to the area too! Please give us a ring to make enquiries. Mrs J Rodwell Head of School

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News from Wadebridge Primary Academy

In this article, you will read about some of the awesome learning that has been taking place in each year group over the past few weeks.

Reception Before Christmas, our Reception children were exploring Hinduism and learning about Diwali. They learnt the story of Rama and Sita, discussed the beliefs of others and talked about the importance of light during the Festival. They enjoyed many activities such as making diva lamps, creating Rangoli patterns and even creating their own Mehndi patterns on paper hands.

Year 1 In the Autumn Term, our Year 1 children were answering the question ‘Why didn't Paddington come to Wadebridge?’ They started by learning about bears, along with different animal groups, and the food they eat. They then created bear caves and a bear menu! They learnt all about London and

what makes it different from Wadebridge. The pupils even wrote a letter to Paddington Bear telling him about all the wonderful features of our local town.

went to the cinema for their Christmas trip, the audience In the Autumn term, our were treated to see some of Year 2 pupils enjoyed weekly the Year 3 animations on the ‘Wild Tribe’ sessions with Mrs big screen! Safe to say that Blackbird. As well as carrying Year 3 were very pleased to out a camouflaged moth hunt see their short animations on and decorating the fire pit the huge screen at The Regal. Thank you to The Regal for helping us make this happen!

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with group sculptures, many of their Wild Tribe activities linked with their Victorian topic. They also learnt about the famous Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and they discovered that he designed many of the bridges and railways that can be found around Britain today.

Year 3 Before Chistmas, our Year 3 pupils were working hard as film makers. They created some wonderful stop-go animations using iAnimate on the iPads. They created their own backdrops and characters, and when KS2

In the Autumn term, Year 4 were finding out ‘Does travel make you richer?’ With their own passports, they took a virtual trip around the world, stopping to find out about a number of contrasting countries: Australia, Kenya, Afghanistan, India, Italy and finally France. The pupils learnt about both the physical and human geography of these places, delving into the culture of the people who live there and making comparisons. The pupils concluded that seeing the world can certainly make you rich in experience, but being open-minded about diversity doesn’t have to come through physical travel.

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Year 5 The pupils in Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed finding out about China in the Autumn term. Whilst talking to the pupils, it became apparent that their favourite activity was “exploring poo”. The pupils wanted to find out what the Chinese people of the Shang Dynasty would have eaten, so they used their investigative skills to pick

apart the ancient Chinese 'poo' to find bones, beans and pulses. From what they found, they then made inferences and discussed the types of meals they would have eaten and what they grew.

Year 6 In the Autumn term, Year 6 looked into the topic of Evolution and Inheritance. Researching significant

people who have made a key contribution to this subject, they found out about Charles Darwin’s voyage in the HMS Beagle and discovered amazing facts about Alfred Wallace and the famous fossil hunter, Mary Anning. Armed with this knowledge, the pupils dived into the wonderful world of ‘Dinology’ and produced some amazing double-page spreads, which oozed with interesting facts, dinosaur comparisons and detailed drawings . Year 6 have also been getting outdoors and have been creating some masterpieces in the style of the artist Andy Goldsworthy. Rebecca Whitlock Headteacher

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News from St Breock School

Happy 2022! At St Breock we were delighted to have had such a magical build up to Christmas and involved the children in as many of the traditional Christmas experiences which had been lost to restrictions the previous year. We watched super performances from Beacons, FS2, Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4, made extra special as we were able to invite parents and family members to join us. The term culminated with an emotional return to St Breock Church after two years away, for our revamped Y5 and Y6 led Nine Lessons and Carols Service. The children were absolutely superb and there were lots of ‘goose bump’ moments. We were so proud of all the children’s performances proving ,once more, how brimming with courage, determination, excellence, friendship, equality, respect and inspiration they ALL are. All the children also had a special treat from The Friends of St Breock, who arranged for Explorer Dome to visit us. The children experienced a live show inside the dome, telling the story of Christmas around the World and a view of the constellations projected onto the ceiling. 2022 has started as we mean to go on with much activity and enthusiasm. We were excited to welcome a new cohort of children to our Beacons Nursery who

celebrated their 3rd birthdays in the Autumn Term. They have settled with us beautifully and we look forward to watching them progress over the next academic year. New topics for Spring have been launched in all classes and the rooms have been buzzing with explorations of a beanstalk, the zoo, an ancient Egyptian Tomb, Pompeii, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin and Harry Potter. We have been delighted to relaunch our Sport For All programme this term. The programme was borne out of a desire to find a sport for every child as part of the London 2012 legacy. Since then it has evolved to include all forms of physical activity and it was a joy to see the groups of children engaging in it on a Friday afternoon once more. The children are split into groups and rotated around various physical activity. We are always looking to introduce new

activities, through our staff, parents and community and offer the children routes into Community Clubs to ensure they benefit from the power of active lifestyle. If you feel you may have something you can offer our Sports For All programme on a Friday afternoon, please get in touch. Preparations for this year's Wadebridge Music Festival have begun. Individual poems have been given out to learn and public speaking speeches are being written. We are really looking forward to sharing the children’s hard work and seeing entries from all the other schools in March. If you are interested in a place in our Beacons Nursery or at the school, then please get in touch via hello@stbreock.org. uk. We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to our school of learning, love and laughter. Sian Hall Head of School

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Link Awards St Breock School - improvement to mountain bike track £500

St Breock School were delighted with the donation of £500 from Link towards the extension and improvement to their mountain bike track.

Port Isaac Chorale- purchase of new music £200

Port Isaac Chorale applied for an award to buy some new music to mark the restarting of rehearsals after a nineteen month Covid break. Musical director Janet Townsend MBE said ‘Thanks to the £200 award from Link, we were able to welcome members back with a new repertoir of songs which will be ready to perform at concerts anytime from May onwards.’ If you are interested in booking the Chorale for a concert, or would like to find out about joining, please contact Morwenna Vernon, Chorale Chairman on 07731552904 morwennavernon@gmail.com or Janet Townsend, Musical Director janet.portisaac@gmail. com

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Christmas photos These pictures were all taken by local photgrapher David Mably and illustrate how St Minver celebrated a community Christmas. Left: the magic of Christingle at St Minver Church Below: The SeaGirls Christmas Fayre Right: Father Christmas and his ‘mini-me’

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Santa Breakfast

The first Pityme Inn Santa breakfast back in 2020 was a little ray of light for many local families. 2020 had been a very challenging year, with very little going on for families during what would usually have been a fun filled festive season. Following the success of the previous year, Santa breakfast 2021 took place over two mornings instead of one to accommodate all the families wishing to join in the fun. The elves were kept busy making sure that all the tables had crackers and activities to keep the children entertained and Santa himself was promoted to his very own ‘Santa pod’, where he was well hidden until it was time for the children to visit him. He seemed quite at home in his pod and even found time in his busy schedule to enjoy a bacon sandwich. After enjoying a delicious full English breakfast, children were able to visit Santa. He made each one feel special, taking time to listen and talk about their Christmas lists (and many other things as children do like to talk). One little boy in particular was quite surprised to find that Santa had left him a sugar cube on Christmas morning as he had jokingly requested one! Each child received a small gift and an orange from Santa. The Santa breakfast team would like to say

At the Pityme Inn Santa Breakfast, Father Christmas was visited by someone who bore a striking resemblance to the great man - minus the whiskers of course!

a huge thank you to the Link magazine for their donation of gifts and crackers and also to Santa for making the event so special for so many children. The smiles on the children’s faces said it all. Clare Owen

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On Saturday the 4th of December 2021 we held our Christmas themed tractor road run in aid of Children's Hospice South West, Little Harbour. Although we were not blessed with the best of weather, some sixteen tractors braved the elements. Before we set off there was the job of judging the tractors to see whose vehicle was most original. This year, our judge was Mr Paul Harris, and after looking around the tractors he decided that the trophy should go to Mr Stewart Godden whose David Brown tractor really deserved to win as it is a credit to him, thank you Paul for turning out on a cold and windy night. After the judging was finished we all set off; the route this year was slightly further

Polzeath, Port Isaac, St Teath, St Kew, and Chapel Amble where the run ended. The event raised £635 for Little Harbour so thank you to everyone who supported the event especially those whose tractors looked so wonderful with the fairy lights. We are considering a summer run sometime in either June or early July, this run will be a charity event in aid of either Cornwall Air Ambulance, or Cornwall Prostate Care, details of which will hopefully be in the next edition of Link. Gilbert Dingle

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Polzeath Coastguard Update by Matt Sutherland As you are probably aware, at the end of last year, after a short illness our much loved and respected Station Officer and friend Rob Harris, passed away. He started volunteering for the Coastguard as a 21 year old surfer wanting to put something back and help his community. In the early years, he was a Coastguard Rescue Officer for the Trebetherick team and then the Port Isaac team and, finally, Station Officer for Polzeath. Rob’s commitment went above and beyond what was asked of him and on many occasions, came before his family. He completed over fifty years of selfless dedication to search and rescue within the HM Coastguard in North Cornwall. This achievement was recognised at the highest level last year when he was awarded an MBE for his service to the Coastguard, marking his lifelong commitment to coastal safety; he will be sorely missed by our team and all at HM Coastguard. January 15th saw the 200th Anniversary of Her Majesty’s Coastguard Service which has grown enormously in its capability and now consists of 3500 personnel and some of the latest and most advanced equipment available to any rescue service today; needless to say we are all very proud to be part of such an organisation. Regarding call outs, we have been fairly quiet recently with the most recent shout being for windsurfers in distress in very rough conditions near Daymer –the team acted as the eyes for the RNLI lifeboats from Rock and Padstow. All ended well. Previous to that, almost two months ago a lady fell and badly injured her leg right on Pentire Point just as darkness was falling. While it’s a tricky access point, we reached her in good time, stabilised

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the wound and transported her very carefully to an ambulance waiting at Pentire Farm. We’ve also been able to step up the training recently as restrictions from Covid have been eased and it feels like we are fully back up to speed with various techniques and rescue methods. And a little thank you to coast path users with dogs; I often walk and run the coast paths around here and it seems that the majority of dogs are on leads as they should be; even the best trained dog can bolt for a seagull or a rabbit with tragic results. Last year we also said thank you to Ian Tatam. Retiring from the Coastguard after an impressive 24 years service. You could always rely on Ian to bring a smile or sense of humour to long training sessions. The team would like to thank Ian for his dedication and commitment he has shown for the past 24 years. He would always be the first to turn up for training and definitely the last to leave. Don’t forget that if you see an emergency situation on or near the coast, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard who will choose the appropriate resources to send out immediately.

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Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club It was great to be back on the beach for the summer for the members of Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club Here we are writing this mid-way through our winter pool season with the fantastic news that our members will once again have competitions happening first in the pool throughout April and May, then on to the beaches with different competitions throughout June, July and August. It was a busy summer for the members, with Nippers, Juniors and Masters training two or three times a week. Attendance was big for each session which shows the outstanding sessions our volunteer coaches give. So to thank everyone, the club arranged a fun camping

weekend further down the coast at Gwenver. It wasn’t the best of weather on the journey down west; rain, wind, mist and the occasional hail shower from memory, but we arrived at the campsite , the rain subsided, the BBQs were lit and the fun started! On Saturday morning we

made our way to Sennen and the children were split into teams and a round robin competition was organised by the coaches. We had sprint relays, tug of war, board relay, swim relays and taplin relays. Everyone had smiles on their faces throughout, even the coaches during the tug of war! It was fantastic to see the Nippers and Juniors adapting their knowledge of sea conditions on another beach, as well as respecting other people in the sea during the events. Free time in the afternoon consisted of surfing, body surfing and having a super time in the shore dump! We all headed back to camp early evening for a quiz, bbq and to find out which team took the title! The competition was won by Libby Evans’ team, and they will hold the trophy until next

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time! The weekend was a total success, and we can’t wait to book the next camping adventure! So as the season came to its

conclusion, all our lifeguards and coaches did their yearly update along with their proficiencies, so they can hit the ground running next summer. Our IRB section did the water safety cover for the Jess Memorial Surf Competition.Thank you for IRB team lead Alex Roads for coordinating the team of members from the club, As a committee and club we

would like to thank the Link magazine for their support with a donation to help service and repair our IRB equipment as without their support we wouldn’t be able to support the community events; they help make it happen. It was great to see this year we had eleven members from the club employed by the RNLI as lifeguards on our local beaches. Not only is this a fabulous experience for those involved, it also inspires our younger members to keep involved and to train and work hard. We have a group of fifteen doing their lifeguard course through the club now. The high quality of training our members receive from our

volunteer coaches and the commitment of our members to do their very best makes this community club what it is today. Due to the pandemic, we have not been able to do our normal fundraising, so we are grateful for donations we have received from groups like the Link and a couple of grants we have received from different organisations to help the club keep running in these weird times. Every little helps us as a club, so If you or your business would like information on Our Community Partners of Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club please contact the club at info@polzeathslsc.co.uk There is a level to suit everyone to get involved. Please help Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club to keep up the high standards it delivers, to expand and allow more people to come and join this very special community club. We’ll see you on the beach in the summer, come and take a look at what we do.

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St Minver Silver Band

Spring 2022 Covid restrictions on group performing at inside venues were still in place at the end of 2021. As a result many of our usual Christmas engagements were cancelled and we only managed to play at a limited number of venues, mostly outside. However, with the promised substantial easing of Covid rules at the time of writing it is hoped that we will be able to resume a nearly normal schedule over the next few months and into the summer. We look forward keenly to our round of fetes, shows and beach concerts. The most significant recent development with the band is that we have parted company with Kevin Ackford, our musical director of the last six years. As a result we are unable for the time being to run a Training Band alongside the Senior Band. However, we have a very talented temporary conductor in Allison Allen, and will be looking for a new MD in due course. We welcome new players. Any player who would like to join us should contact Garry Gauss on 01208 814170, or Peter Allen on 07980 302193. Our normal rehearsal nights are every Tuesday from 7 until 9 pm and the first Thursday of each month from 7 till 8.30 pm. Garry Gauss

Link Award Scheme

In this issue, you may have noticed several references to financial awards that Link have made in support of local organisations. In the past year, the award scheme has supported St Breock School, St Minver School, the Wadebridge Festival of Music and Speech, the Port Isaac Chorale, Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club, Polzeath Together and the Perceval Institute Roof Appeal. To find out more, visit the Link website www.stminverlink.org. We welcome applications from all local organisations and the application process couldn’t be simpler.

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SeaGirls to Suspend

2019 saw the formation of the SeaGirls WI, and though it is very disappointing to announce that in 2022 the SeaGirls will be suspending, we do not wish to think of this in a negative way, as we have had three very fulfilling years, at a time when we were needed the most. The SeaGirls wholeheartedly got involved in all things WI. Above and beyond the usual expectations of the WI, the main emphasis has been that the formation of such a cross section of ladies has created an opportunity for lasting friendships that would never have occurred without the SeaGirls coming together. We have a wonderful group of ladies ranging in age across the decades and we have all benefitted from learning from each other, whether it be a specific skill or a supportive chat over a glass of wine. Our main emphasis has been to have fun whilst helping the community by raising much needed funds for local charities and offering a vital support network during the lockdowns. Due to covid we, unfortunately, had quite a bit of disruption to WI life, however, the joys of modern technology ensured we were able to keep in contact via zoom, and for a time we held a zoom meeting every two weeks, to provide support for each other and to take part in a selection of fun quizzes and activities. SeaGirls really came into their own during the first lockdown. With so much uncertainty in the World, within twenty four hours of lockdown being declared, our past member Morwenna Vernon jumped into action to create the St Minver Community Group. The SeaGirls alongside an army of volunteers provided vital support for all the vulnerable members of the community, whether going food shopping, collecting prescriptions, delivering newspapers, working with local restaurants to deliver meals, offering mental support, it really was a tremendous effort in

the community, whilst other members of the SeaGirls worked tirelessly to produce scrubs and face masks for the NHS and other key workers. To keep morale high during lockdowns, we carried out a couple of doorstop drops with gifts and treats for our members. It was a joy to receive WhatsApp messages from members who had received their gifts as we were on our delivery rounds!! Throughout the period of the SeaGirls, we have had a multitude of interesting speakers including: Hall for Cornwall, Cornwall Air Ambulance, Rock Lifeboat, Porthilly Shellfish, Jane Lawrence Flowers, Fast Fashion with Kato, cocktail making, as well as a selection of our own members who provided in house talks and activities. To bring 2021 to a close, we held a Christmas meal for our members at the Pityme Inn. This was a fantastic evening, and a lovely way to finish the year following all the hard work the ladies put into our Christmas Fayre at the end of November. Over the three year period we have been very fortunate to receive raffle prize donations and other donations and gifts from many local businesses and individuals, which has helped our fundraising tremendously. We are very humbled that the community has supported us consistently along the way, and it has been a joy to hold events for our community. We wish to thank everybody who has been involved with SeaGirls over the last three years, but first and foremost, our wonderful ladies. Each and every member has provided a wealth of knowledge and experience in a multitude of professions and skills. If starting a WI in the local area is something that would be of interest, contact CFWI on 01872 272 843. Nici Couch

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Featured Artist Valerie Chandler by Jacqueline Fleming, Art Editor Valerie Chandler is a figurative artist based in St Minver. She moved here, after a period of time in France, to be nearer her children and grandchildren. Originally from Guernsey, where she was born and bred, as a young woman Valerie wanted to study illustration. Having been awarded a place at London’s St Martins/ Central School of Art to study fashion illustration, Valerie changed courses to textile design with etching. A successful career followed which included freelance illustration, teaching, creating art for interior designers and weaving, as did family life and children. One of Valerie’s most significant projects is the Bailiwick of Guernsey Millennium Tapestry. She researched and designed a series of hand stitched tapestries which covered 1,000 years of history of local history. The project took three years, created ten panels each illustrating one hundred years of history and involved the whole community. ‘Everyone on the island put in a stitch’, she tells me when we meet in St Minver. If you ever visit Guernsey, you can see the project in its dedicated

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museum The Guernsey Tapestry Gallery. It was a rather dull grey winter day when I visited Valerie at her house, which is alongside the studio where she paints. However, despite the gloom of the weather outside, inside her home was suffused with light which filled its spaces and glimpses of colour were all around. The colour is not everywhere, so as to be overwhelming, but

subtly found as one glances about. The colour yellow features strongly as do lemons. A pile of bright yellow rustic studio-made ceramic plates on a shelf, a wonderful floor to ceiling yellow curtain featuring large blue mackerel, paintings of lemons, a huge Kilner jar of pickled lemons. These lemons are particularly poignant – they are squished together as they fill the preserving space and what one notices as much as the

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curve of the flesh is the way the areas where they are pressed against each other disappear out of sight. To my layperson’s eye, these lemons embody, in three dimensions, what Valerie illustrates in two dimensions with paint or pencil on canvas or paper. Discussing her art, Valerie refers to the close familial bonds that brought her here – three of her children live in Cornwall. These personal relationships are the focus of her current body of work, the ‘intensity’ of links between family, bonds ‘that can be a tie’ are phrases which come up in conversation and describe in words the emotional depth of Valerie’s art. Art which illustrates the relationship between forms. Valerie uses a variety of drawing and painting materials. Derwent and FaberCastell pencils on Bristol card. Biro on Tomoe River Paper. She tells me that Illustration looks different on different

types of paper – ‘darker darks can be achieved on different papers whilst using exactly the same pencils’. She also uses charcoal and pastel. Rough paper and smooth. Her paintings are in acrylic using many subtle layers of colour to build up depth. Valerie describes creating an energetic line by employing acrylic paint combined with a gloss medium applied using a piece of card over which as an Below: confinement series study 2

artist she has less control. Working from photographs, which were taken either spontaneously or posed, of her children and grandchildren – and indeed her own mother – Valerie produces finished pieces of various sizes and scales. To see her work, the physical manifestation of the abstract ties that bind each of us to those around us, you are welcome to visit Valerie at her studio in Keiro Lane. Please phone to arrange: 07858221715. Valerie’s latest work is part of an exhibition at Tremenheere Sculpture Park, Nr Gulval, Penzance, TR20 8YL, the weekend of Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June from 10:00-17:00. There is a private view to which all are welcome on Friday 10th June from 18:00.Instagram @ valeriechandleraertist www.valeriechandlerartist.com

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Country Diary from Cobb Cottage Written and Illustrated by Joan Cockett

A Christmas Memory

to our house so she could phone a breakdown garage, It was a welcome break an offer she gladly took. My from too much Covid news, mother and father made her to listen to the serialisation welcome, and she was able of Just William; The Great Performer. William’s Midnight to arrange a pickup later. They sat and chatted for a Adventure made me laugh and brought back memories while, and my father rang for a taxi for her; she left, leaving From Christmas 1938; I was her card. The next morning nine, my brother eight and my sister six. It was the week at breakfast we asked our mother who the visitor the before Christmas and the night before was as we had excitement was growing, all been in bed but had heard as we put up the tree and voices. My mother showed decorations. My father, driving home down our road us the card ; the lady was Richmal Crompton, author one evening saw a woman standing by her car, looking a of the William books! We all bit lost. He stopped to ask if loved William and I still have she was alright; she was, but some of the old copies with her car had broken down and the illustrations ‘coloured in’ with wax crayons! she didn’t know what to do It was almost Christmas Eve (no mobile phones in 1938!) My father offered to take her when an enormous parcel arrived, sporting a large label, Hamleys and addressed To the children. The delight when we unwrapped it knew no bounds – it was a perfect model sweet shop of the Victorian period, with tiny glass jars of sweets, miniature Huntley and Palmers biscuit tins, scales and two Victorian dolls in striped aprons behind the counter. It was full of edible delights and was quite magical. It was several weeks before we decided to eat the contents… and the card that

came with it? ‘From Richmal Crompton, with many thanks and love to the children’. Well, we never lost our love for William after that! Christmas 2021 was an adventure; last year’s fire pit in the garden was put to use again, but the weather was damp, and very windy, which resulted in everyone getting smoked out, fortunately this was in the morning, so that plan was abandoned. A gazebo was erected, only to be engulfed by torrential rain which soaked everyone. Mild hysteria ensued but by the afternoon, between the gazebo and one garden building, we enjoyed once again a lovely Christmas dinner, whilst the fairy lights

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twinkled and lit up the raindrops on the bamboo leaves. A day we will all remember; memories of laughter and (almost) tears, that came right in the end. It is still January as I write my Country Diary, a spell of very

mild weather and spring-like sunshine. Bare trees against the sky, and some incredible sunsets. Periwinkle, seed heads, mahonia, hellebores and heather all enhance the winter garden; I love this as much as the summer garden;

the bones of the garden. Once we are into February, spring is on the way, and daffodils and snowdrops are with us again. Another year, hopefully Covid free. Happy New Year everybody! The days are lengthening.

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Fashion- Spring Trends

If the past two years have taught us anything at all then its that comfort is the new black and never to stray too far from that elasticated waistband or a gorgeous boyfriend sweater or, with spring on the horizon, a fabulous loose linen top and pants. However that doesn’t mean that style standards should slip so now is the perfect time to update your wardrobe and as the rule goes ,anything you haven’t worn for twelve months pass on and get ready to take on 2022. This is the year to be vibrant, wear feel good outfits that pack a punch and get your style noticed. The sheer joy of having fun and trying something new, stepping out of your comfort zone is a great way to give ourselves a brand new look and its possible to be comfortable whilst doing so. Consider wearing colours that traditionally were thought to clash such as cobalt blue with hot pink, orange with fuchsia and turquoise with lime green all of which look stunning, especially with a tan. In the summer

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months opt for natural fabrics such as linen, cotton, silk and so on as they keep you cool and look fabulous. Team a long tunic with tight fitting crop trousers or ankle grazers; there are amazingly comfortable pull ups, which will see you through spring and summer and are very affordable. If a loose trouser is your preference then again choose a linen ankle grazer which is a flattering stylish length and team them with a shorter boxy shape top which looks smart and comfortable. Accessorise with some good costume jewellery. If you have a petite figure plain fabrics and simple shapes work best and if you’re lucky enough to have some height then anything goes, just have fun. Whatever your shape, there’s a style to suit

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everyone, its just a matter of discovering your own unique individual style and putting into practice. The same goes for choosing colours that lift you up and make you blossom. Larger ladies should avoid fabrics that cling and busy overly fussy patterns, opting instead for shapes that conceal those bits that we don’t want to show off. A V neck is almost always better for the larger bust and if a large tummy is the problem then a dress or top possibly with an A shape can be flattering. We all have something we want to disguise. Confidence is the key to carrying off a stylish image no matter what age, its all about how you wear it. So 2022 promises to be a year of revival, renewed confidence and positive energy, so lets embrace it with fabulous colours, great style and a huge smile…

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Gardening Made Easy by Nick Bacon

Trees and their Repairs slow growing tree and is suitable for a small Take expert advice; Most trees will live and grow for many years. Make use of the garden. expertise of the staff at a specialist tree nursery or garden centre, they should be able to advise on suitable varieties to grow in your area and the type of soil needed. They should also be able to advise on growth rate and eventually height of trees.

Tree Choice When buying a young tree choose one that only has a single main stem, if the tree has two main stems, they will compete as the tree grows. Overall quality of the tree can be reduced. Small and Young: I would always suggest you buy a small immature tree, they are less expensive, easier to carry and more likely to re-establish themselves and will always grow quickly when planted. Root Health: Avoid buying a container grown tree with roots that have developed strongly outside the pot or one in a pot full of weeds either of these conditions indicate that the tree has been in the pot for too long also reject any tree whose compost has dried out. Light Before Foliage: If you plan to install outdoor lights in your garden at some time in the future lay cables before planting this avoids disturbing roots of mature trees.

Planting Loosen the root ball; roots that have become compacted in its container need to be teased away carefully before planting. Tolerant of bogs; if your garden has a boggy but well-drained area create a sense of drama by planting the moisture tolerant (acer palmatum) Japanese Maple. This specimen is attractive in Autumn when its foliage turns crimson. The Japanese Maple is a

Shade Considerations Do not plant evergreen trees or tall conifers on west or south boundaries because they will cast shade over your garden.

Safe Planting Distances. Type of Tree Minimum Distance from Property •

Apple

10m / 32 ft

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Beech

20m / 65ft

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Birch

10m / 32ft

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Cherry

11m / 36 ft

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Holly

6m / 21ft

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Laurel

6m / 21ft

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Magnolia

5m / 17ft

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Maple

20m / 65ft

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Oak

30m / 100ft

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Pear

10m / 32ft

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Poplar

36m / 120ft

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Rowan

11m / 36ft

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Willow

40m / 130ft

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Protection for a Young Tree

broken and a ragged snag is left on the trunk A sleeve protector made of perforated plastic the snag should be removed as it can become a point of entry for bacteria and fungal around the base of a young tree will protect diseases. the tree’s bark from being eaten by rabbits Split Trunks: There are two main causes of and accidental damage from a strimmer. split tree trunks. Sudden severe late frosts Watering Direct route: insert a length of pipe with one this usually happens in spring after a mild spell has encouraged vigorous growth. Splits end close to the roots the other just above can also occur when a long period of hot dry ground water into the pipe to give roots summer weather is followed by prolonged instant moisture Feeding a tree; young trees will benefit from a heavy rain; in many cases the split runs slow-release fertiliser such a bonemeal in late deeper than the bark and such damage can lead to rotting of the heartwood. It is far winter. better to do nothing and leave the tree to Tree Repairs heal naturally. Although, a tree with a split Rot prevention: Trees that have narrow trunk may survive for many years, its life crotches / point where lateral branches expectance is usually reduced. join the main branch structure are prone to Happy Gardening Folks. a build-up of debris in this region should Remember don’t tell secrets in the garden. be removed each autumn to prevent rot setting in which can result in the loss of large The potatoes have eyes, the corn has ears and the beanstalk. branches. Torn Branches: If a branch of a tree had been Coming in the next issue – Silhouettes and Styles

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Images from the Past Link reader, Maurice Atterbury-Thomas has been in touch and has sent the Link several fascinating images. On this postcard of Polzeath, Maurice has managed to decipher the wording on the sign as shown here: MALE’S He believes the trap was used to collect visitors from Wadebridge Station and also to deliver and collect M O post. But would love to hear from any reader who O Refreshment Rooms LI may have more information or who could help him T S O put a date to the postcard. It was never posted, so Minerals R there’s no mark to help solve the mystery.

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He has also sent this image of the Polzeath, Rock & District official guide. ‘Price one shilling’! Maurice is currently writing a children’s novel, the catalyst for which was In The Roar of the Sea by Baring Gould. He is very keen to hear from any Link readers who have read the book as part of a reading group or who have any information about the author, and his fascination with this area. Maurice can be contacted through the editor: morwenna@stminverlink.org 50

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Link reader, Sarah Seddon contacted Link after finding these old postcards in the family home. Martin Broadfoot and I were intrigued by the caption on the top one The Rumps and Gulland Rock, from Pennywylgie, Epp Haven, nr Polzeath; where the first Enemy Submarine was sunk, November 1939. We did some research and discovered there were no enemy submarines sunk off the Cornish coast in 1939! If anyone has any information about this, please contact the editor.

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Business Spotlight

a strong new identity which reflected his services and location. Tom chose Shoreline Electrical Services as his new company name, along with a new logo, website and social media platforms. Tom continues to offer a variety of services, he says, ‘We have in the past carried out electrical installations to many new build properties on the North Cornwall coastline and as such are very familiar with the systems installed. As a result we can offer maintenance services unrivalled by others Tom Jones has been working as an electrician due to the experience we have gained for over 25 years and as such has picked up a wealth of knowledge within the industry. He started as an apprentice for an established local electrician, firstly working Saturdays then after finishing school, went on to train professionally and forge his own career as a qualified electrician. Growing up in Wadebridge, Tom is a familiar face within the area and therefore has built up a creditable reputation in his industry. This year Tom took the opportunity to rebrand, he knew that as his company matures, he needed to position himself with

through the years. Recently we have moved into electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and solar PV systems. We can offer a range of systems to suit the customer’s needs’. Shoreline Electrical Services are a local North Cornwall based electricians,offering services from time critical call outs, new build installations, EV charging and solar PV installations. Mobile: 07896 989167 Email: info@shorelineelectricalservices.co.uk www.shorelineelectricalservices.co.

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The Chris Treglown Foundation Fund 2022helped Memorial Year School Chapel, St. Endellion This is a very special year for tremendously with the foundation fund as it marks the 10th anniversary of when it was first set up in memory of Chris Treglown. A young man who meant so much to so many and had an incredible talent and passion for singing. The fund has achieved what it was set up to do and given help to many young people who have and still are pursuing a musical journey. Over thirty monetary awards, including award winners and runner-up awards, have been given to young singers from the world of classical and musical theatre genres. These awards have

Our 2021 Cornish winners Cordelia Wood ( runner up) who is studying at The Royal Academy of Music and Esmee Loughlin Dickenson ( winner ) who is studying at The Royal College of Music .

auditions, musical tuition and other needs connected with their studies. Over the past couple of years it has been difficult to hold workshops for the youngsters in the community, but the past success with these has been amazing. So many local children have benefitted by being able to perform with others, learn new skills with a professional team and have immense fun in the process. Hopefully we will continue with these again in the future.

Church and the Waterfront Restaurant in Polzeath. The concerts will feature some of the most talented and upand-coming young singers in the country, who always delight the audiences with their performances. Over the past years many local people have supported us and for this we are so hugely grateful to you all and could not do what we are doing without your help. We hope to see you this summer . We endeavour to continue to 2022 Awards raise money for the Fund and We are now looking for giving out awards, putting applicants aged between 16- on performances to give 26 years for this year’s award. opportunities for the young Details and information can people to display their talents be found on the website and and importantly keeping the this year we are delighted memory alive. to announce that we will be Dates and more information presenting two awards- one regarding the concerts will to a musical theatre singer follow in the next issue of Link . and one to a classical singer. You can visit the website www. If you know of anyone who christreglown.co.uk and also may be interested please make The Chris Treglown Foundation contact. The auditions will take Fund Facebook page where place in July at St . Endellion Church in the form of a concert latest info will become called ‘Reach for the Stars’ and available when all dates have the public are invited to come been confirmed . If you would like to know along and watch the event . more or even be a part of our Concerts team and help in some way Maria Jagusz and her please contact me at Julia professional team will be down in August 2022 and will Treglown - 07815987172 or juliatreglown@hotmail.com be performing at a variety of Thank you everyone venues including Pencarrow House, Sterts Theatre, Truro Julia and John Treglown

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Jane Wethered is apiary manager for the Wadebridge Beekeeping Association which is part of Cornwall Beekeepers. The apirary is situated at Ball and provides a training site for beekeepers of any age and experience. If you are interested in finding out more, email apiary.wbka@gmail.com What actually does a beekeeper do through winter? Good question! Beekeepers are interested in only one of the approximately 250 species of bee in the UK – the honeybee; one of the few species which overwinters as a colony of bees. To understand what a beekeeper needs to do to manage bees during winter we need to look at what happens within the colony over the winter months. Strictly honeybees don’t hibernate, their body temperature varies with their surroundings and if it drops too low bees will die. In a winter hive bees need to survive for six months – summer bees have a much

shorter lifespan. As the weather gets colder bees will cluster together to control the temperature in the hive. To do this they need a source of energy – sugar - which is why they store honey. As the beekeeper removes honey it has to be replaced, and a hive will only survive through winter if there are sufficient sugar stores. During the winter, hives need to be checked regularly to

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Winter is also the time that the beekeeper uses to check over all the equipment that has been used in the previous season, repair and repaint boxes where the bees live and where the honey is stored, clean up queen excluders and floors ready to be replaced in the spring and make up new frames on which bees live and store honey. Jane Wethered

make sure that the bees don’t starve. The beekeeper does not want to open up the hive as heat generated by the bees will escape. Testing the level of stores is done quite simply by lifting the hive and assessing its weight. If the beekeeper thinks there are insufficient stores, sugar is added in the form of fondant – very like the fondant icing that bakers use to decorate cakes. A block of fondant placed under the roof of a hive and a nearby supply of water gives additional sugar for bees to feed on, replacing it if necessary through the winter. A decent pair of wellies is a must for those muddy fields.

Previous page top: Jane lifts the hives to assess the amount of ‘stores’ left in the hive. Botttom : The Wadebridge apriary with hives strapped down for winter This page top: a honeybee with pollen on its legs Bottom: Even in the winter, a sunny day will bring the bees out for a spot of foraging!

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Talented Local Photographers

Phil Blake has made the most of our winter sunrises with these two early morning shots, taken from the Camel Trail. Above: Wadebridge Boatyard Below: Cant Hill

Competition We will accept poems, drawings,artwork in any medium, short stories, pieces of writing, photographs, memories, just about anything. Contributions can be based on true events or fictional. We would particularly like to hear from anyone with memories of Coronation Day, 2nd June 1953 There are 4 categories for entries: 5-8 year old | 9-13 year old | 14-18 year old | Open Closing date for entries is Tuesday 3rd May The winners will be announced in the summer issue of Link, which is published on the 1st June. Winners in each category will receive an afternoon tea for two from Wadebridge firm, Spill The Tea Completed entries or any queries about the competition can be sent to the Link editor, Morwenna Vernon ( contact details on page 8)

Wildlife in Spring by Adrian Langdon

We are delighted that local wildlife photographer Adrian Langdon is now one of our regular contributors. Anyone who is unfamiliar with Adrian’s work can take a look at his website:www. adrianlangdon.com, follow him on Facebook or visit his blog: http://www.images-naturally.co.uk/ Adrian has always lived in Wadebridge; there’s not much he doesn’t know about local wildlife.

The well-known saying ‘One swallow doesn’t make a summer’ could be thrown into confusion as the possibilities of global warming and climate change kick in. I write this on the 1st February, the day I just received a report of 3 swallows flying around at Bude! I also know that up to 5 swallows are spending their winter around the Sainsbury’s supermarket at Penzance (other supermarkets are available… just to be PC). In the winter of 2020 a single swallow spent the winter at Chapel Amble and must have found enough insects to sustain it through the usually mild Cornish winter. So to call our visiting swallows birds of the spring and summer is not as accurate these days. However come late March and into April we will hopefully see a massive influx of these hardy migrants.

As these birds fly in over the North Cornish cliffs they will fly over an often overlooked plant with a name that bites deep into our maritime history. Scurvy grass is a white flowered succulent that grows on salt rich

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clifftops and oddly enough alongside roads that have been well treated with winter salting. In the dim and distant past mariners ate this plant to treat the disease that was a major scourge of seafarers due to a lack of vitamin C whilst on long sea voyages. Another favourite plant on sheltered coastal areas that also features in Cornish woodland and local gardens is the humble primrose. One of the commonest of our early spring flowers, the primrose is a true testament to the arrival of spring. As temperatures rise it will be the time to spot common lizards basking in the sunshine and some of the bare places on Cornish stone hedges are great places to look. Coastal dry and sheltered bays hold colonies of these reptiles which are also a good place to watch their aerial predators, the kestrel which can be seen hovering in the wind above these small lizards. Spring is also the time to watch for ‘mad March’ hares as they go about their courtship. Hares are not a common species in the county but they have favoured areas and I regularly see them in my evenings out in the fields.

I’ve found leverets (their young) hiding in the marshes in recent times so always worth checking out whether you’re looking at a rabbit or a hare.

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The Grace Project Since the last edition of The Link the Grace Project has helped a further twenty five families in our local community by providing clothes, coats and shoes for children aged 0-12years. Between Christmas and the New Year there was an influx of requests and the Grace Project was able to respond, thanks to all the generous donations of pre loved children’s clothing that had previously been made. Bundles of clothing were distributed near and far including deliveries made to Bodmin and Launceston for those who could not collect from Wadebridge.

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available in St. Petroc’s Church for families to select from as and when they need them. The Grace Project is now welcoming donations of good quality children’s clothing (0-12years) once again and these can be left in Egloshayle Church, Wadebridge between 10am and 4pm any day of the week.

Thanks must go to all those who continue to give their time in sorting the clothes, bundling them when requests are received and delivering them when needed. Thanks Volunteers recently met with a representative also to everyone that kindly continues to donate good quality pre loved children’s from St. Petroc’s Church, Bodmin who has formed a link and is hoping to set up a sister clothing, it really is appreciated. organisation. They have already distributed If you or anyone you know could use some clothing to families in Bodmin from the Grace children’s clothing then please do not hesitate to contact us @WadebridgeGrace Project and would like to have a selection

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Book Review by John Baxter

Silverview

by John Le Carré

The genesis of this posthumously published book has generated almost as much discussion as its contents. Apparently completed in ‘about 2014’, the reason why it ‘was literally put in a drawer’ remains unclear. The words in quotation marks are those of Nick Cornwell, the only son of David Cornwell, (John le Carre), and his second wife, Jane. In a lengthy interview for The Times, Nick speculates on possible reasons for failure to publish, but concludes that ‘there remains a complete mystery as to why he put it aside’. A few days later an Arts correspondent of The Times referred to Le Carre’s literary agent’s suggestion that he was so ‘disrupted’ by a pending biography that it put him off completing the work. Nick’s interview, and a subsequent letter from the biographer, Adam Sisman, would suggest that there is little merit in this theory.

past, deceit, obfuscation, infidelity, and ‘spook’-speak), is relatively short, and ends disappointingly abruptly. A former trader has fled the City under a cloud and has purchased a bookshop in East Anglia. An enigmatic figure visits the shop and charms the owner into considering turning the basement into a ‘purposely selected shrine to the most challenging minds of our time’, and calling it ‘The Republic of Literature’. The relationship between Julian Lawndsley, the bookseller, and Edward Avon, the ‘customer’, is central to the story. Edward, son of a Polish Nazi-collaborator, turns out to be a former spy who worked for the British in the Cold War, was posted to Bosnia, and became the subject of an MI5 investigation. The pace of the action increases sharply at this point, with characteristic Le Carre leaps from place to place, and from the living to the poignantly dying.

Silverview has a relatively simple plot, (although the relationships of all the principal characters exude the familiar complex chemistry of mysterious

The book gets off to an irritating start with a careless typo on page 2, and never quite achieves the outstanding quality of some of his earlier novels.

Nevertheless, there are familiar subtle twists, and towards the end a delightful piece of almost slapstick humour involving a Post Office van. Le Carre almost always fires his arrows at identifiable targets, often more than one in a book. Here it is easier to locate the absence of predictable targets; Brexit, which he loathed, the Middle East, in turmoil again, and British Foreign Policy, dictated by the US?. The theme of Silverview might initially be related to Nietzsche, ‘the most fearless advocate of individual freedom’ according to Deborah Avon, Edward’s

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dying wife. Nietzsche’s house in Weimar was named Silberblick, hence the Avons’ house had to be Silverview. For Nietzsche and Edward, Deborah averred it’s ‘Do what you think’, not ‘Think what you do’, a most dangerous dictum. There are significant references throughout the book which might indicate Le Carre’s feelings about the Secret Service of which he was briefly a member. ‘We didn’t do much to alter the course of human history, did we’?, says one former British

spy to another. ‘There are people we must never betray whatever the cost. I do not belong to that category’, confesses Edward to his friend, the bookseller. ‘Did Edward see the Service as the problem rather than the solution?’, muses Proctor, the investigator. ‘Did Edward fear that, in the absence of any coherent British foreign policy, the Service was getting too big for its boots?’.

book, might indicate that his father ‘may have concluded that his portrayal of the Secret Intelligence Service as riven by political factions, sometimes ineffective, and not even sure that it can justify itself, was too stark’. It is a thought worth considering after reading this characteristically fluent and provocative gem.

Silverview is published by Viking Books Hardback £20 Nick Cornwell suggests that available from Wadebridge these musings of Proctor, and of others throughout the Bookshop.

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Obituaries Percy Old

Percy was born on July 2nd 1935 to parents Albert and Katie and was later joined by his little sister Drusilla. He lived at Greenclose for his childhood and early adult years, attending St Minver County Primary School at Tredrizzick, cycling there and back every day. The family worked hard together on the farm, but always made time for some fun. Whether it was a picnic down at Lundy beach, or a weekly favourite was a trip in the old Austin 10 car to the Regal Cinema in Wadebridge. On leaving school Percy began working at Greenclose alongside his father and farmed there for well over 70 years. Percy worshipped the sun, and enjoyed sunbathing in the garden in later years and he spent many, many happy hours though his whole life, with friends down at Lundy, Polzeath, Daymer or Rock bathing in the sea. Another lifelong passion for Percy was music. He often played his accordion and his mouth organ at home and latterly listened to his Cornish and Irish folk music. His love of sport ran throughout his life, playing for the St Minver football team when he was younger and becoming a member of St Enodoc golf club. After a courtship lasting some 15 years or so, Percy married Wendy married in 1995 .They thoroughly enjoyed their life together. They worked hard renovating the farmhouse and also enjoyed travelling together. They took two trips to New Zealand to visit relatives and he also went on holidays with the Pendogget Wine Club! Sadly, Wendy passed away in 2014. Percy was very dearly loved and will be greatly missed.

Bridget Taylor

Bridget was born on the 11th May 1936 at Hawkers Cove, first daughter to Jack & Gertrude Pope, elder sister of Jennifer. They lived in Hayle briefly before returning to Tredrizzick during the war and eventually settled in Penmayne. She used to row to Padstow and then walk to Trevone to visit her grandad and wider family. She married John in October 1956 taking over the running of Portkillock Farm. They had 4 children, Anne, Peter, Rosemary and Robin. Throughout all the school years Bridget was a member of the PTA. She ran a B & B at the farm along with letting three caravans near Polzeath and turned her hand to every job on the farm which included working with the livestock, tractor driving, growing potatoes and cauliflowers and helping with harvest. Following the devastating loss of her husband John and her mother in 1996, Bridget became a member of Rock Methodist Chapel where she had attended Sunday School as a child. It was here that she met Bill Mably and they became companions for 15 very happy years, sharing many trips with Senior Circle and the WI, being the President for several terms. She also attended the Nostalgia Club in later years which she thoroughly enjoyed. She passed away peacefully on the 16th January. Bridget will be deeply missed. She always bought a copy of The Link and has every issue since it began.

Joyce Parnell

Joyce Parnell was born Joyce Venton in 1927 near Lawhitton, Launceston. She trained as a hairdresser in Launceston cycling the four miles to and from work each day. She married Stuart Parnell in the late '40s and moved to Pityme where they rented one of what were then 3 cottages where she lived for the rest of her life. Stuart was a train driver. When they had the chance Stuart andJoyce bought their cottage and later the 2 adjoining ones and by 1960 had knocked them together to form a 3 bed cottage for them and a separate 2 bed cottage for Stuart's parents. At around the same time they also bought the hairdressing salon at the Pavilion building, Rock. Their idea was that Joyce would run the salon andStuart would give up his train driver job to start a gardening business. On 7th December 1961 tragedy struck. Stuart was killed when the points seized in icy weather and the train he was driving crashed. He was 35. As a widow with three young children Joyce worked six days a week at the salon, returning two evenings a week to do men's hair. Finding time to be a wonderful Mum to Angie, Mike andJohn. Joyce sold the salon in 2003 but continued to work part time for Nigel - She only retired fully about 7 years ago - aged 87 She is sadly missed by Angie, Mike andJohn, son-in-law Mike, daughter-in-laws Clare and Shen and grandchildren Alex and Rebecca and her many friends.

Eddie Old Eddie was born at Porteath on the 22nd July, 1933. He was the first son of Gordon and Ellen and he had a younger brother Guy and sister Joyce. He went to school at Tredrizzick and left at the age of fifteen to work on the family farm helping his dad. Eddie married Nora Gregory at St Minver church on the 9th October 1954 and were together for 58 years until Nora, sadly, passed away in 2013. Porteath was their family home for most of their lives where their two children, Mary and Anthony were born. It made him very happy when his grandson, Ted, arrived and later his great grandchildren Liam, Kaci and Jasper came along. Eddie was introduced to bees in the early 1980s by Heather Jago who eventually became his business partner. At first there were just a few hives but this began to grow and became a huge part of his life which excited him to the end. He was a great man with a kind heart that would welcome all with a friendly smile. Eddie enjoyed talking to people about a wide variety of things and would offer to help if he could. This is what he will be remembered for. Eddie‘s chair next to the Aga is empty but our memories of him will not be forgotten.

Rosie’s Recipes

Oriental Pancakes with Roasted Vegetable Couscous

Pancake Day can be celebrated with many choices of sweet and savoury pancakes. Oriental Seafood Pancakes can make a delicious lunch or supper dish, different choices of fish can be used or added to the prawns. Pancakes can be made in advance and frozen for quick meals! It’s a great way to make substantial suppers with different fillings, vegetarian , seafood or chicken and meat. Roasted Vegetable Couscous can be served as a warm or cold salad and the vegetables can be used as a vegetable accompaniment at any time, it freezes well, so it can be good to make in quantity and freeze in portions. Couscous is easy and quick to make and a great accompaniment for many dishes. A good tip for vegetables that need using up can be to sauté in a little butter or oil and then cook in water or stock to make soup, flavours can be added such as garlic, herbs and chilli to give flavour as preferred. I hope you like the recipes and find them useful and to give ideas. Do let me know or if I can help with ideas: email m_r_needham@hotmail.com

Oriental Seafood Pancakes Pancake batter: 110g plain flour, pinch salt 2 eggs 200mls milk 75mls water 2 tablespoons oil Filling:

small bunch spring onions 225g prawns or tin pink salmon clove of garlic, crushed freshly grated ginger to taste

Roasted Vegetable Couscous 1 small aubergine 1 small red/orange or yellow pepper 1 medium red onion 3 tblsp olive oil 450g cherry tomatoes 2 medium courgettes 1 head of fennel 2 fat cloves of garlic, crushed small piece of root ginger 2 tablesp torn basil leaves

Method Cut aubergine into 2.5cm dice, leaving the skins on. Put on a plate and sprinkle with salt to allow bitter juices to drain out. After a while

Method Make pancackes and store by putting greaseproof paper between pancakes and wrapping in a cloth. Cooked pancakes freeze perfectly. Prepare the filling: In a pan heat the oil and add the thinly sliced onions, ginger, garlic and seasoning. Cook for a minute and then add the prawns or drained salmon. Put some filling on each pancake and roll up and put in a buttered dish. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs mixed with parmesan cheese and heat in a moderate oven for 5-7 mins. remove from plate and pat dry with kitchen towel. Arrange all vegetables and basil in a roasting tin with the olive oil and stir to ensure all are evenly coated with oil. Season and cook in a hot oven for 30-40 minutes until vegatables are brown at the edges. Cook 275g couscous in 500ml of vegetable stock. Stir in cooked veg and arrange a packet of salad leaves on the top. Make a dressing by mixing together: 100ml extra virgin olive oil, 1 rounded tsp cayenne pepper, 2 heaped tblsp of tomato puree , 4 tblsp lime juice and 1 tbsp ground cumin. Drizzle some of the dressing over the top and serve the rest separately.

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Catholic (Bodmin & Wadebridge) -----------01208 72833 (Tintagel)------------------------- 01840 770663 Methodist (Rock) - Steward J Tilling--------- 01208 862616 (Wadebridge)--------------------- 01208 895157 Multi-denominational (Tubestation Polzeath)------------ 01208 869200 St Minver (Warden Mrs Ruth Varcoe)-------------01208 862954 (Warden Mick Sumra)------------- 01208 862550 Wadebridge Parish Administrator----------------info.wadebridgeparish@gmail.com Doctor / Medical Bridge Medical Centre Wadebridge-01208 812342 Bodmin Hospital------------------ 01208 251300 Frank About Drugs------------------0800 776600 Drinkline-------------------------- 0800 9178282 Port Isaac Surgery----------------- 01208 880222 Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske)------------------------ 01872 250000 Wadebridge Health Centre-------- 01208 812222 Libraries Cornwall Library Renewals-------- 0845 6076119 All Libraries----------------------- 0300 1234111 Reference Library------------------ 0800 0322345 Police Devon & Cornwall Police (non-urgent)---------101 Crimestoppers-----------------------0800 555111 Emergency / Helplines Age UK---------------------------- 0800 1696565 Concern (Wadebridge)------------ 01208 812392 Electricity (Western Power Distribution)------ 08006783105 EDF Energy -------------------------0800 365000 National Domestic Violence Helpline -----------------------------------0808 800 5000 National Gas Emergency Service----0800 111999 NHS Direct HelpLine -------------------------- 111 Parentline Plus (24 hour)--------- 0808 8002222 Samaritans------------------------ 08457 909090 Women’s rape/abuse centre

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(Gillian Thompson)--------------- 01726 884024 St Minver Cricket Club------------- 07950 862506 St Minver Cubs (Nigel)------------ 01208 815102 St Minver Football Club (Roy Birchwood)------------------ 01208 880459 St Minver Post Office-------------- 01208 869426 St Minver Pre-School-------------- 01208 869511 St Minver School------------------ 01208 862496 St Minver Scouts (Robert Watson)------------------01637 889 190 St Minver Senior Circle (Alec Chambers)------------------ 01208 592956 St Minver Short Mat Bowls (Ian Tatum)---------------------- 01208 862522 St Minver Silver Band (Gary Gauss)---------------------- 01208 814170 Tubestation Polzeath-------------- 01208 869200 University of Third Age-------(Joan Proctor) 01208 814416 Wadebridge & District Angling Association (Dave Churcher)------------------ 01208 812748 Wadebridge & District Camera Club (Stewart Privett)------------------ 01208 869435 Wadebridge Bowls Club----------- 07531 175044 Wadebridge Choral Society (Annabelle Woolcott)------------- 01208 815322 Wadebridge Sports Centre--------- 01208 814980 Wadebridge Tennis Club Howard Gunn--------------------- 01208 815975 Wadebridge Male Voice Choir (Mick Stone)---------------------- 01208 812912 Wadebridge Post Office ----------- 01208 812813

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Parliamentary Update from Scott Mann MP Water Quality I am delighted to see the great progress being made on water quality in North Cornwall. Our landmark environment bill will improve this even further going forward and I know how important clean seas are for residents in North Cornwall. We have some of the best beaches in the country and I am proud that we continue to maintain our reputation around the country for leadership on bathing water quality. The Environment Agency recently published new figures on quality, and I was very pleased to see that all but one of North Cornwall’s bathing waters was rated ‘Excellent’, the final one being rated ‘Good’. I appreciate that water quality is a major point of concern for my constituents. North Cornwall’s economy relies, in part, on our excellent beaches and attractiveness as a holiday destination. I will continue to work hard to ensure we maintain our fantastic standards.

‘That’ll Be The Menopause’ I was very pleased to welcome the founders of local support group ‘That’ll be the menopause’ to my office for a discussion about women’s health and the menopause. Last year the Government cut the cost of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) repeat prescriptions, and this is a welcome step, however, there is more support that could be considered. We discussed education and the idea that more about women’s health COULD be taught in schools. I felt like it was an extremely productive meeting, and I will be discussing the issues raised with the Minister for Women’s Health, Maria Caulfield MP, back in Westminster.

Road Safety If you are a regular reader, you will no doubt have noticed I have been talking about road safety quite a bit recently! Last week my team and I took some time out to visit some of the junctions along the A30 in North Cornwall, including Plusha and Polyphant which are both quite concerning to local people and visitors alike. Although I drive through on a regular basis myself, you certainly get more of a feel for the danger when you are on foot. I really do feel that we need to make these junctions safer, and I will be continuing to raise the case for changes on the A30 with National Highways and the Department for Transport during our next meetings. As always if my team or I can do anything to assist you then please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.

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