Probus News Magazine - June 2019 Edition

Probus News MAGAZINE June 2019 Issue No. 236

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I remember when....

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Comrades Open

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All the nice girls love a sailor

riggers in the world will be in the harbour over the weekend. Alongside this, the Falmouth Classics 2019 yacht races and the classic sail parade will take place. It promises to be another memorable weekend.

For those that like a nautical environment (or even hanging around with sailors!), be sure to visit Falmouth during the weekend of 14-16th June.

Local shanty group Du Hag Owr will be performing at the festival along with 65 other groups from all over the UK and beyond.

The Sea Shanty Festival is a free event with venues all over the town. It kicks off on the Friday evening, running through until Sunday. Tall ships, including Kaskelot, one of the largest wooden square

For more info visit: www.falmouthseashanty.co.uk www.falmouthclassics.org.uk

The Feast of St Probus and St Grace A Summer Celebration at The Sanctuary, a Revel to Repair the Roof

Saturday 13th July 2019 7 for 7.30 – 9.30pm Music by The Saxotonics and support Bring folding chairs, rugs, a main course picnic and drinks. Scrummy home-made desserts, welcome drink, tea/coffee included in ticket price. £9.50 Tickets in advance/info from Pam Dodd 01726 883408 and Ann Staten 01726 883699 In our specially decorated church if unsuitable weather.

Private garden - no dogs please.

Drop off at Sanctuary - Parking at Playing Field.

Please support us - Raising funds to repair our church roof

Submissions deadline:

Front Cover: Sam Hadfield from Probus FC First team gets the better of a player from RNAS Culdrose.

The submissions deadline for articles, adverts, alterations and other items for the magazine is 5pm on the 10th of every month. Items submitted after the deadline are unlikely to be considered for publication.

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A-Z of Probus Clubs, Societies, Organisations and some useful contacts Acoustics Night (upstairs at the Comrades) Badminton Club Bowling Club Church Bell Ringers Church Floodlighting Fund Churchwarden Comrades Club Cornwall Councillor Cycling – Probus Pedallers Dance Classes Children (4Real Dance) Football Club - Juniors Football Club - Saturday Club Football Club - Seniors Friends of Probus Church Friends of Probus Surgery Knit & Natter Group Ladies Group Little Lights Martial Arts Group Memory Cafe Mid Cornwall Wood Turners Mothers Union Motion Fitness (Circuit training in PVH) Old Cornwall Society Over 60s Luncheon Club Parish Players (Pantomime) Playing Field Management Committee Little Acorns Probus PreSchool Probus Club of Probus Probus Kids Club Probus Primary School Probus Primary School PTA Probus Parish Church Probus Parish Council

The Roseland Academy U3A Roseland & District Village Hall Letting Secretary Wednesday Walking Group Probus Young Farmers

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Church tower open

How to contact the magazine...

By hand: Articles for Probus News can be left at Trudgian Farm Shop in Probus Square, or at Treviglas Cottage, Treviglas Lane, TR2 4LH.

Probus Church Tower will be open to the public on Saturday 1st June 10 am -3 pm

By e-mail: editorprobusnews@gmail.com

Climb the tallest church tower in Cornwall and see wonderful views of Probus and beyond. Children must be supervised, no charge but EDITORIAL TEAM donations are requested. Refreshments available.

EDITOR: John Denyer

Probus Exhibition Fund Probus Exhibition Fund is the Probus-based charity that awards small grants to assist with the costs of education, training or starting a job for young people living in the parish who are in need of financial assistance.

The current funding round is now open and closes on 30th June.

Full details are on the website below where the application form can also be downloaded. www.probusexhibitionfund.org.uk

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Editorial

giving two minutes of their time to pick up litter within the local vicinity.

Special ‘A-frame’ signboards along with bags and pick up sticks are provided to make it very easy.

The request was ‘why can’t we do something similar here in Probus?’ Well, we can do it here. It just needs a few people to take the initiative, and perhaps the Parish Council will support.

Firstly, thanks to all contributors to this edition. We are pleased to print the first of the Probus Memories articles taken from a small handbook produced by the Probus Old Cornwall Society in 1982. These are fascinating and many thanks to Jill Moore for loaning it. See page 12 for the first memories by Mr and Mrs Bates.

Thanks to Richard Ludlow for submitting one of his poems (see page 19). We generally try to keep clear of politics in this magazine but I’m sure his words will resonate with a lot of our readers.

Finally, see page 24 for an appeal to raise funds for urgent church roof repairs. Whatever your views on religion, I hope many in the village will appreciate how important the building is to our village and at a minimum buy a ticket for the fundraising evening on 13th July.

There is a fair amount of local sport in this edition.

That’s something we’d like to do more often. Keep us updated with your individual or team sporting endeavours, and we’ll try hard to print them.

Just as we were going to print several people emailed Probus News about a litter picking initiative Enjoy June Probus - the birds are nesting, flowers

by Pentewen Parish Council that involves people are in bloom - this is probably as good as it gets!

Do you have a problem?

Why not contact one of your local Parish Councillors for advice or visit www.probusparishcouncil.gov.uk Kevin Blayney Nik Budden Mark Champion Steve Dalton Liza Deards James Faull Nick Gillard (chair) Ross Goldworthy Jon Hull Malcolm Maskill Bill Sutherland

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Remember, if you are not able to contact a particular councillor, then you may contact the Parish Council Clerk Amanda Kendall on 01726 883614 (email probuspc@gmail.com). Cornwall Councillor Bob Egerton on 01726 884451 or 07785 748844 can also be contacted for advice.

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Community Event at CHAOS Farm 5th - 8th June.

Four days of activities and adventure with CHAOS and Wild Tipi Live music, Cornish day, street food, country games, storytelling and CHAOS Online radio broadcasting LIVE on the Saturday with loads of fun and a licenced bar.

Come along and enjoy the atmosphere, sip a glass of wine and soak up the uninterrupted sea views or warm your soul with traditional food. Fireworks on the Saturday night and fun family dog show.

More Info: www.chaosgroupcornwall.co.uk/chaos-into-the-wild/ Tickets: www.chaos-community-event-with-wild-tipi.eventbrite.co.uk 10

Diamond wedding

Over the years, two cousins and about a dozen others also married RAF lads.

Congratulations to Ken and Rosalyn Worsley who celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on 4th April 2019.

Ken and I were married in 1959 in St Mary’s Parish Church and left to set up home in Wealdstone. National Service completed, Ken started working for Currys, and after six months we went to Brighton for three years.

We had two young children Lyn and Colin, and Ken decided to rejoin the RAF for a further nine years. We spent three years at Locking, WestonSuper-Mare which was very nice. Ken got posted to Singapore for two and a half years and back to St Mawgan. After all this travelling, we decided it was time to buy a place to live and moved to College Close, Probus in 1968.

Rosalyn writes: We started by having a party for most of the family on Mothering Sunday. There were a lot of presents and cards, including one from HM Queen Elizabeth II. The next day we left for a holiday in the Cotswolds.

Before we could settle, the four of us spent another 18 months in Shetland, before returning to Probus.

Alan was born in 1971 at home.

Ken came from Middlesex and had to do his National Service in the RAF. After training at Yatesbury, he was then sent to Gosport, and then in 1955 over to the Isles of Scilly, where the RAF had been coming for several years to do special radio and communications work on the islands.

The RAF lads stayed on St Mary’s which was very good for the Island girls, me being one of them.

Ken did another six months in Saudi Arabia, but I stayed home with the children - that was enough travelling for me. Having seen a good part of the world, I can honestly say there is no better place to call home than Cornwall.

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I remember when

Probus FC seniors

Mr and Mrs Bates

For such a young side, Probus first team have had a very good season winning 14 of their 26 games and finishing fifth in the Trelawny League Div. 1 with 46 points. The April and May run-in period resulted in three losses and two wins. Notable amongst these was a tough-to-take 8-0 thumping by a strong Rosudgeon side in early April before a good win against St Kerne that clearly built confidence for a 9-0 thrashing of the bottom of the table Navy side from Culdrose. Probus first team certainly have plenty to build on for the next season.

Probus was a place where you could buy nearly everything you needed. There was a creamery down near the Halt at one time, and later there was a garage there. We had a cobbler, a carpenter and two blacksmiths.

There was a saddler and two butcher’s shops as well as the monument tab mason. There were several grocery shops, including Mrs Renowden’s, Mrs Bennett’s and Miss Fugler’s you could buy anything there! There was Pentecost’s Tuck Shop - that was a great draw to the boys at Probus School - but there were other sweet shops as well as Mrs Pentecost’s. There was Prime’s the Bakers - the shop as well as the bakery - and of course, there were the pubs. 'Cornish Mount’ and ‘Letter B’ had stabling for horses. Visitors and people coming to church or chapel had to have somewhere to leave their horses. Sometimes we’d see Mr Gill breaking in colts in the square. They used to go round and round the Jubilee lamp.

Meanwhile in Div. 4, the even younger Probus Reserves team have had a much tougher time, finishing ninth with seven wins against 14 losses with 22 points. The mid-March to April run-in was four games with a 6-1 win against Marazion, a 3-2 win against Threemilestone Reserves before two losses against Chacewater and New Inn Titans.

And do you remember Probus Feast Services? On the Sunday afternoon, children used to take a bunch of flowers, or an egg perhaps, or a toy to take up to the collection. And we loved the stalls in the street - handsome it was, with Tregony band playing all the way up. Oh! We had lots of fun then!

As reported last month, the club is strong with training regularly attracting over 20 players. The teams mainly consist of 17 to 20-year-olds and it looks good for the future of the club, with some current U16s also making their debuts this season for the reserves.

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Tony Penrose will be standing down as First-team Manager and Club Secretary at the end of the season, so the club is looking for someone to take on the First Team Manager role and someone to become the Secretary to support the club.

Anyone interested in either role can email Tony at tonypenrose@btinternet.com.

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A symphony of sound and steam

‘rationalisation of the railway’. Where, in many areas, tracks were ripped up with land and buildings sold off, the Bodmin to Wenfordbridge branch line continued to be used for the transportation of China Clay until 1983. This was fortuitous as it allowed the future development of a steam preserved railway, enjoyed by thousands today as an important part of Cornwall’s tourism offering, particularly on rainy days!

Following a presentation to The Probus Club of Probus by Jimmy James, Publicity Officer for the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in October 2018, 16 members of Probus, with partners and friends, took up Jimmy’s offer of a special ‘beyond the platform’ tour of Bodmin General Station, the sheds and workshops associated with an active preserved steam railway.

On a cold and wet Wednesday in April, the kind of weather steam railways look forward to apparently, the group was able to experience for themselves the sounds and smells of a steam railway at close quarters.

With a team of 150 working volunteers, passenger services on what had been two separate branch lines, now operate from February to October on the 3.5-mile line to Bodmin Parkway, linking to National Rail, and in the opposite direction 3 miles to Boscarne Junction, part of the original Wadebridge and Padstow Branch line.

The Probus group were taken off the platform into the ‘steam shed' to see a couple of engines. We saw ‘Alfred’, one of a pair of Par Docks Twin Tank Engines (and the inspiration for the Rev W V Awdry’s Thomas & Friends, Bill & Ben two young and cheeky engines working for the Sodor China Clay Company) looking resplendent after a recent excursion to Penzance.

On the day there was much shunting and movement of engines and coaches between the engineering and storage buildings and in adding a coach and diesel engine for a busy day of journeys.

Bodmin & Wenford Railway began in 1986 with its first open day to show off a single engine and coach operating from what had been a furniture warehouse following the closure of Bodmin General Station, as a casualty of the Dr Beeching

In the engineering shed, there was much coming and going of engines around a couple of strippeddown bodies undergoing their rigorous ten-year 14

maintenance and safety inspection where the whole boiler unit has to be lifted off, overhauled and tested.

Roseland Area U3A June events: Monday 3rd June British Dramatists at Probus Village Hall 10 am.

Having experienced ‘behind the scenes’, and some warming refreshment, the group boarded the 12.30 train for a sedate (25mph is the max speed allowed on preservation railways) journey along the scenic Glynn Valley to Bodmin Parkway and back. Unusually, it was a ‘top & tail' formation with a diesel engine pulling to Bodmin and on the return journey we experienced the inimitable sounds of a hard working steam engine pulling up a 1 in 40 incline to return to Bodmin General.

Monday 17th June ‘Some Like It Hot’ at Bible Christian Chapel Tregony at 10 am, Scott Hall will bring samples and tell us about his Chilli Farm.

Monday 15th July ‘Young Victoria’ at Probus Village Hall at 10 am, Susan Symons will give the first of three talks on Queen Victoria.

Nick Hibbett

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The Probus Book Club

She is banished to London where she soon discovers how shallow her husband is and how illequipped she is to deal with the world about her.

After her adventures she finally ends up back home and her story takes a different twist. Some of us were not happy about the book’s ending. It seemed unsatisfactory, and in places, some of the storyline in this book did seem a bit weak.

The club is now established with ten members meeting monthly. The weather was warm enough on the first two meetings for us to sit in the garden talking about the books we would like to read. On the second meeting, we discussed our first book The Alchemist's Daughter by Katherine McMahon.

Our book choice for April was The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck. The book had been read by a couple of our members a long time ago, and they were looking forward to rereading it.

This book was thought of very differently by the members of the group. It was interesting to hear all the different comments about the characters in the story. It is about a girl being brought up in isolation in the 18th century by her father. He teaches her to be a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist, but nothing about the world outside. Therefore, when she comes into contact with a dashing young man, she is swept off her feet and marries him.

I, and a few others, were a bit wary, thinking that it might be too depressing. The book is about the Joad family. They are sharecroppers and forced off their land in the depression-era Oklahoma Dust Bowl. They set out for California, along with thousands of others, in search of jobs and a hope for a brighter future.

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Stroke Befriending Service

Some of our group did find the book depressing, but others found it uplifting to think that humankind can go through such terrible hardships and still have faith and compassion. The theme of the rich landowners and the banks not caring about the poorest amongst their society is something that has always been with us throughout history and is still with us in the world today.

Volunteer Cornwall are urgently looking for volunteers to help recent stroke patients in their recovery journey. Stroke Befriending Volunteers meet with other stroke patients once a week for six weeks and offer support and encouragement. This can really help mental wellbeing and make people feel less isolated and more connected to their community.

We support volunteers every step of the way.

The Californians were frightened by the massive number of migrants arriving in their state (although it was also due to landowners over advertising for workers that so many people were arriving) and did not want to help them, or be involved, with these "dirty, illiterate" people.

As a volunteer, you can use your experience to help others, receive valuable training and gain skills in befriending. We asked Margaret, one of Volunteer Cornwall’s volunteers, what it’s like being a Stroke Befriender: ‘I always feel that if you can help someone else it’s all worthwhile and you can pass on your knowledge and information to them and hopefully they will gain from it too. I really enjoy it’.

Migrants were hated and ill-treated, they had no means of defence, no money, nowhere to bury their dead, nowhere to wash, no toilets and hardly any food or money. Ma Joad carried on with her daily chores as best as she could as well as trying to keep up the morale in her family. Pa Joad had nothing to do but try to find work, and he missed being tied to the land. He felt that he had let his family down and gradually let Ma Joad take over the running of the family as he became more and more depressed. Everything they owned was stacked into an old car or wagon of some sort.

After living on their land for generations, they were cut loose in a world where they had no status at all.

There are many parallels with the current migrant situation faced by many across the world today.

For more info visit www.volunteercornwall.org.uk/ stroke email VCProjects@volunteercornwall.org.uk or call 01872 266997.

Grampound Players The Grampound Players are an amateur dramatics group founded in 2007. We are a small friendly group and have performed comedy usually plays once a year at Grampound Village Hall, where we also hold our rehearsals.

Steinbeck is a brilliant writer, and this is a book that is as relevant today as it was when written in 1939.

It is certainly worth putting it on your reading list if you haven't yet read it.

Liz Horder 17

We are currently seeking more people to join us, whether you are interested in acting on stage or maybe directing. We also need people to help backstage occasionally too. It’s great fun and gratifying. If you are interested in joining us or would like more information, please contact Kevin Blayney on 882877 or 07817 466073

Plant snapshot: Geranium

they are very forgiving and won’t perish easily if you forget to water now and again and with regular deadheading, they will reward you with flowers until the first frosts.

Another group worth mentioning is the scented-

By Will van Zyl Everybody knows the ubiquitous geranium, used in window boxes, tubs and nearly every garden planting scheme during the summer. There are two groups of plants commonly known as geranium, the one I am focusing on today is scientifically known as Pelargonium, the other actually has the scientific name Geranium and refers to the hardy garden perennial.

leaved geraniums with about 30 different scents including coconut, pineapple and ‘Old Spice’ (no more aftershave for me, I’ll simply rub a few of these leaves on my face in the morning!). The most popular of this group is rose geranium (of which there are a few) used in the production of essential oil for the aromatherapy and perfume trade. My favourite is P. graveolens (pictured above), it has small pink flowers and when the leaves are rubbed the fragrance is scent-sational and nose-tastic. The leaves and essential oil can even be used in recipes as well as a tick repellent for dogs.

There are over 200 species of Pelargoniums, and most of them are indigenous to South Africa. The common garden variety or zonal geranium is a cross of two species P. zonale and P. inquinance, both native to the Western Cape in South Africa.

The first Pelargonium to arrive in Europe in the late 1680s was P. zonale, and over the years many new cultivars have been created.

The roots of P. sidoides have long been used by traditional healers, like sangomas or inyangas, in South Africa to cure respiratory conditions, although research is still ongoing to study it’s effectiveness.

We now have a vast variety with colours ranging between white, pink, salmon and red in various flower styles and some even have fancy leaves with amazing colour zones in bronze, red, cream, yellow and white.

We sometimes tend to take plants for granted so perhaps this little Cinderella deserves a new bulb (LED of course!) in her spotlight as she takes a twirl in her designer Geranium Armani macramé.

Will is a Probus-based garden consultant www.the-garden-route.uk

They are drought and heat tolerant so would be ideal as a plant in garden sun traps. It also means 18

Images top left: Pelargonium x hortorum (white flowers), bottom left Pelargonium (yellow/orange/brown leaves).

A general (dis)affection

The bookie needs the time you see to rearrange the facts, to build a web of lies to hide their devious acts.

One time offer not to be missed, don’t live to regret it the politician hissed.

This time offer let the tables turn, spend our money wisely it’s hard enough to earn.

Party colours of varied hue decorate every suit and vest back stabbing, badmouthing and petty, all claim to serve you best.

Use your power wisely place your cross and walk away, You’ve had your chance, You’ve made your mark, Now others have your say.

Politicians stand, deliver, don’t hide in that crumbling tower.

Don’t lurk in vaulted corridors spinning jargon, trading power.

Stand among the voting public be accountable, accessible, be true be consistent, show moral fortitude.

Worth a vote for you

One time offer things will never be the same.

Do you know the tune I’m playing?

I bet you’re glad you came?

Your effort will be rewarded the benefits are clear, they'll feed you doom and tragedy Then tax you on your fear

Richard Ludlow

The wind of change blows stronger immigration, education and the rest watch your stake grow weaker as the richest take the best

This poem was written in March 2015 and sadly, is just as relevant today. For more of Richard’s poems visit: www.rtludlow.com

Money lenders stash offshore private interest runs amok.

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One time offer, this you ought’a know… whichever horse you bet on the fastest one is slow.

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Probus Bowling Club

Comrades Open

We are now well into the Men’s league and the Ladies’ Date Cup, Rippon and Evening leagues.

The fifth Probus Comrades Club Open Golf Competition was held at St Austell Golf Club on 12th April.

Organised by Colin Richards and Ian Boyce, this year’s entry was a record 40 players which reflects the growing interest in the sport.

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The winner was Martin Bishop with an impressive score of 39 points playing off a handicap of 15.

Second on countback with 37 points was Andy Stott, with Terry Ward third also with 37. Nearest the pin was new golfer Ian Poore, and the longest drive was by Ben Ridgwell. Everyone seemed to enjoy the day and are already talking about next year. We enjoyed bacon rolls and coffee at the golf club before a superb buffet at the Comrades Club, helped down with a moderate amount of liquid refreshment!

Feel free to come along and watch if you like or if you would like to try bowling, telephone Roger Dunbar 01726 882771 or John Cobbold 882495.

Colin and Ian thank St Austell Golf Club for their hospitality, Suzie Trebilcock for the buffet and the Comrades Club for the ongoing support. Thanks also to all the players for their participation and enthusiasm.

Image: Club President Brian Greaves captured doing what appears to be a yoga warm up prior to the green opening on 13th April.

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Images: Martin receiving the winner’s trophy from Colin Richards. Over page top left Jason Bullen, right Curtis Newberry and bottom Guy Wignall pictured in this magazine for the first time this year not wearing a dame’s outfit.

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Church roof appeal Last year, during the WW1 Exhibition, many visitors came into Probus church for the first time. They all expressed amazement at the size of the building.

Seen from the higher ground of The Square, our parish church doesn't appear very big but walk down the path, through the north door, and the size becomes clear. The church of St Probus and St Grace is one of the largest village churches in Cornwall and has the tallest tower. Why does an ordinary village like Probus, once much smaller than it is today, have such a large church?

Records show that Anglo-Saxon King Athelstan founded a monastery here in 930 A.D. and the church is in the Domesday Survey of 1086. The circular shape of the site indicates an even older Christian site. The church had a college and was an important place of learning for centuries. There was a right of sanctuary here, one of only four places in Cornwall. Our present building dates from the 1400s, with a tower completed by 1530 but we have the names of vicars dating back to the 13th century. It is not only a village church but the church of a large parish, where in the past large numbers of people worked on the many farms and in associated trades.

What does this mean for us in the village today? It means we have a place to worship God with over 1000 years of prayer behind it, a building where the people of Probus have been married, had their children baptised and been buried for generation after generation and still do. It means a quiet place, where a constant stream of people come to write prayers on our Prayer Tree. It means a building full of history, not only of the church but of Cornwall itself, an architecturally significant building which is 24

Grade 1 listed. Most people have no idea that Probus church, like all parish churches, receives no money whatsoever from outside sources to maintain the building, the congregation must somehow find the money themselves. You know how much you spend on the maintenance and repair of your own home and it’s unlikely to be over 600 years old.

We’ve struggled on for a long time but have reached a crunch point: the church roof is in a precarious state. Once water gets in unchecked, we will have a church on the At Risk Register and could suffer the fate of St Paul’s in Tregolls Road, Truro. It’s a vicious circle: we apply for grants because we don’t have the money, to be told we can’t have a grant because we don't have money for matched funding. We are raising funds to build a toilet to support our regular worship services plus weekly Little Lights and Tower Tots and our popular Messy Church. We don't like asking for money, and we have the story of Jesus overturning the tables of the money changers in the Temple always in our minds. But His disciples relied on the generosity of those around them, and now we are asking, please, for your help.

On Saturday 13th July, in Feast Week, we are holding an evening of picnic and music in the garden of The Sanctuary – see the separate advertisement. Please buy tickets, which will be sold in advance, and bring family and friends to help us raise funds to repair the roof. Look out for other fund raising events, and perhaps you could organise one for us? Please, will you consider a donation? We need £88,000 for essential repairs.

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Quizymphony Thank you to everyone who took part and supported the first Quizymphony in the Comrades Club on Sunday 5th May.

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GR Ladies v Paul Ladies 2 pm Saturday 22nd 1st XI v Falmouth 1 pm

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A great turnout, meant 11 teams had the chance to test themselves in this Question of Sport inspired musical quiz, with interactive musical hit intro and video rounds, traditional questions and puzzles to test music knowledge and ‘Spot questions’ on features around the village we largely ignore. It was a closely fought battle that cumulated in a fun Pictionary/Charades round. Congratulations to the winning team.

Thanks especially to prize donors: Grove Digital, Peter Russell, Rock Gin and the Comrades Club.

A total of £200 was raised and divided between The Invictus Trust and Contingent Kernow to The World Scout Jamboree.

Karen and Jon Arnold. year’s local charities to benefit will be Penhaligon’s Friends and the Merlin Centre.

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from the previous months when we will be working while sitting down, as Kay Middleditch takes us through a routine of ‘Keeping Fit Sitting Down’.

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All are welcome as visitors or new members. For further information, please telephone Pat on 01726 882978.

The Group continue their travels around the world with a fascinating excursion to China. The photographs accompanying the talk by John Denyer were excellent and the talk was enjoyed by all.

The next meeting is on Wednesday 5th June when Susan Symon will give an illustrated talk entitled German Castles. The 3rd July meeting is a break

Images: China: A country of contrasts. A winter camel train in the Badain Jaran desert in Inner Mongolia and bottom, lush springtime on the Great Wall of China, north of Beijing.

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A message from Rev Joachim Foot

Probus Church diary

June sees three important feasts for the church.

Ascension Day on 2nd June, Pentecost on 9th and Trinity Sunday on 16th. Pentecost is the birthday of the church. We remember the story of the disciples receiving the Holy Spirit as ‘flames of fire’. The disciples are charged to go and proclaim the good news to everyone they meet, and are given the miraculous gift of speaking multiple languages so that everyone could understand them. The story of Pentecost reminds us that the church is a place of welcome for everyone regardless of who you are or where you come from, there is a home for you in the church family.

Please note new timings for June Services Sunday 2nd June 9:30 am Connect 11 am Holy Communion Sunday 9th June 9:30 am Holy Communion with Family Club Sunday 16th June 9:30am Holy Communion

with Family Club Sunday 23rd June 9:30 am Family Service Sunday 30th June Team service at St Erme

Trinity Sunday follows on from Pentecost. We remember the mystery at the centre of our faith, that God is somehow both three and one, and one in three. A divine mystery which helps us to understand the incomprehensibility of God.

Little Lights Thursday 6th June at 1:45 pm Thursday 20th June at 1:45 pm

On 13th July we will be hosting a Summer Celebration in The Sanctuary: A Revel to Raise the Roof – a group of saxophonists, plus support, will play music in the Sanctuary Garden and we invite you to join us with a picnic to raise money for our church roof.

Tower Tots Thursday 13th June at 1:45 pm Thursday 27th June at 1:45 pm Every Tuesday 10 am Said Communion in the Lady Chapel 10:30 -12 noon coffee morning

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The forgotten pollinators

have some spectacular caterpillars too. One that gardeners with fuchsias may be familiar with is the elephant hawk moth, so named because its sometimes three inches long caterpillar resembles an elephant's trunk. The caterpillars' wild food plant is rose-bay willow herb, but they have discovered fuchsias are to their liking as well.

As someone who has had a lifelong passion for nature and its rightful place on this planet, I find it irritating when subjects such as the catastrophic drop in insect numbers suddenly make the BBC News because, well heaven forbid, it might just affect man's ability to grow crops. Now insects matter and the word in the media is 'pollinators'.

Newsreel footage will doubtless show bees, maybe a hoverfly and some butterflies, but never moths.

We have a couple of thousand species of moth in the UK. It’s a total that is always changing as new species arrive from the continent as our climate changes. Because the vast majority of them fly at night, they are nothing like as evident as butterflies but are excellent pollinators of plants.

A hawkmoth that everyone remembers, once seen, is the hummingbird hawkmoth. It is a migrant moth that crosses the Channel from Europe to spend the summer in Britain. Way down here in the far south-west they can manage to hibernate as an adult moth through our winter and can be seen on the wing on any warm day we may get in

Less obvious they may be, but the decline of moths and other night-flying insects can be seen by merely looking at your car windscreen and headlights after a night drive in summer. Thirty years ago they would be splattered in dead moths and bugs, but now there is virtually nothing there.

The car care shops like Halfords don't even sell the insect removing fluid anymore. It is a sad situation caused by excessive use of pesticides in the intensive farming industry.

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the spring. They are beautiful insects and do look like a tiny bird, even having a fluffy black-andwhite 'tail'. Instead of a beak, they have a very long tongue- like structure, the proboscis, which they insert into flowers just like a hummingbird does.

day. Lunches, lunch boxes and drinks were the main areas targeted, with the aim being that one plastic-free day could lead to many more. We held assemblies focusing on plastic in the environment and undertook multiple tasks allowing us to have the most significant impact.

People seem to be more knowledgeable about them these days, but years ago plenty of people would tell me that they had seen a hummingbird either in their garden or on a foreign holiday in Europe and would take some convincing that they had seen the day flying hummingbird hawkmoth.

It’s easy really because there are no hummingbirds in Europe, they are exclusive to the Americas and Canada.

Year 11 Drama students enjoyed a trip to see Alibi’s falling at the Burrell Theatre at Truro School, following their GCSE performance exams. They all thoroughly enjoyed the show, with the performance inspiring them for their rehearsals moving forward. The experience will help them prepare for their upcoming GCSEs. A dodgeball festival was held for our partner primary schools, as part of ongoing events organised

by The Roseland Primary Sports Network. Students had great fun developing their skills in a friendly, but competitive, tournament with the assistance of our Year 10 BTEC Sports Leaders. The matches were refereed by the Sports Leaders, who are developing their leadership skills as a key part of their BTEC courses. Mr Avery, Learning Leader for Years 9 and 10, said the dodgeball festival was a huge success, and it was rewarding to see so many schools regularly attending our events.

Moths even mimic bees and other insects that carry a sting as a way of avoiding being eaten by predators. The bee hawkmoths have black and yellow banded bodies and transparent wings so that they look like a sizeable bee that would have a fearsome sting but have no such thing.

I genuinely hope that sense will prevail in the agricultural industry so that consideration will be given to the effects of modern arable farming and the decline of insects can be reversed. They are vitally important not just as pollinators for us but for everything above them in the food chain.

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12th and 26th June at PVH Probus Old Cornwall Society: Friday 21st June, trip to Redruth OCS for the midsummer bonfire

EVENTS DIARY 2019

Probus Memory Cafe: We meet at 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm on 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at Probus Village Hall. Homemade cakes and tea provided. Next meetings are 12th and 26th June

Secretaries: Are you planning an event? To avoid clashing with another group on your preferred date, why not publicise your event here in advance?

Circuit training at PVH: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Motion Fitness

For contact details see page 4 (Club Directory)

Children’s Dance classes at PVH: Fridays 4:30 pm to 5:10 pm Mini Divas and Dudes Dance 3 years plus. 5:15 pm to 6 pm Street Dance 7 years plus.

Harvey Smith, 4Real Dance

Key: PVH = Probus Village Hall. PCC = Probus Comrades Club, HA = Hawkins Arms.

Acoustic Sessions: Upstairs at PCC normally on the last Monday of each month

Wednesday Walking Group: Every Wednesday.

Meet in the PVH carpark at 9.30 am (sometimes 9 am). Call Terry or Tim for confirmation of departure time - see page 4

Hawkins Arms: Quiz night every Tuesday 8:30 pm Sunday 9th June Will Keating 5-7 pm Wednesday 12th June Open Mic 8 pm Saturday 29th June Belfast Busker 9 pm

Coffee Mornings - Every Tuesday 10:30 am to 12 noon. Every Friday during term time in the church 9 am to 10:30 am. Every first Saturday in the month refreshments, various stalls and raffle

Probus Knit and Natter Group: Tuesdays, 10 am to 12 noon at PCC

Mobile Library - PVH car park every four weeks on a Friday 11:10 am -12 noon. The next visit is on 21st June

Probus Ladies Group: Next meeting on Wednesday 5th June from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm at PVH when Susan Symon will give an illustrated talk entitled German Castles

New Grand Concert at Truro Methodist Church Saturday 8th June at 7 pm in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support with St Stythians Male Voice Choir, Mabe Ladies Choir and others compered by David George. Call 01726 882051 for details

Probus Club of Probus: 20th June at PVH 10 am for 10:30 am. Speaker Tony Mansell, ‘Brass Bands in Cornwall’ Probus Pedallers: Every Sunday. Meet at Probus Surgery car park at 9 am. Arriving back at approx.

1 pm. Easy Sunday Cycling group: Meet at Probus Surgery car park at 10 am. Return latest 12 noon

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