Autumn 2008 - Gwennap Parish

Gwennap Parish Newsletter
An Blu Lann-Wennap Derivadow
Autumn 2008
Issue 5
Serving Gwennap Parish
In this issue…
• Chairman's News
• Parish News
• Footpaths
• Local News
• Environment
• Harvest Festivals
• Lots of other
exciting stuff !!!
Six Bells Public House to the right of the photo, at Gwennap Churchtown,
probably around 1900.The horse & gig is thought to be that of Charlie
Bailey of Cusgarne. The Six Bells is now a private dwelling."photo
courtesy of Terry Dundon".
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Harvest Time !!
Here we are with Issue 5, bringing you a variety of news and
articles from the Parish, plus some notice of events taking place
over the next few months. Thanks for your continued
suggestions and offerings – please keep them coming as we are
only as good as our content and we need YOU to give us
information on events and local issues.
Newsletter delivery volunteers wanted!
If you have received this Newsletter by post it is because the Parish
Council has no one available to hand deliver it each quarter.
If you feel you could help with just a dozen or so in your immediate
neighbourhood, please give me a call, or e-mail me at
gewennapcouncil@btinternet.com
Alan Blamey, Clerk 01872 864601
Next Car Boot
21st Sept !!!!!!
The website address is www.gwennap-parish.net
You will find there the minutes of Parish Council Meetings and
lots of information on how your parish is managed.
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Parish Council News
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Chairman’s Overview
The end of not a very good summer but hopefully the Autumn will bring us some sunshine!
Our Summer Fete, which was held at Cusgarne School in June ,was very well attended and raised £1600 to be shared
between the Precious Lives Appeal and the school. Many, many thanks to the team, headed by Helen Rowe, who worked
so hard to make this a successful day which was enjoyed by every one. We shall soon be looking to organising the Fete
for next year so please watch this space and see how you can help out. We are grateful to Julie (and Jack) for allowing
the team to use the Cornish Arms at Frogpool for their meetings. The beer and the food are excellent!
We were all very sad to hear of the death of Paul Millett. Paul was a past Chairman of Gwennap Parish Council as well as
a very active member of the Council and our Tree Man. He will be very greatly missed. April Millett very kindly agreed
that the Plant Stall for the Fete which Paul had put together, could go ahead.
As a Council, we are hoping to keep the Parish Alliance of Gwennap, St Day, Lanner and Carharrack, within the new
Unitary Council in 2009.
Fly tipping is becoming a problem in the Parish again. Please remember that the number to call to report fly tipping is
01872-224379. Leaving garden waste by the roadside is also considered to be fly tipping. Please use the garden waste
blue bags whenever possible.
Use it or lose it – Frogpool and Cusgarne are lucky enough to have an excellent T7 service between Truro and Camborne,
via Redruth and Portreath together with the Corlink Service which is a great help to people living off the bus route. I am
given to understand that there are also free buses running within the Parish to take shoppers to local supermarkets, and I
am endeavouring to find out more about this. Please use these services or there is no doubt that we could lose them,
which would be a great shame.
Regarding the lack of post office facilities in the Parish, the Council is in touch with Outreach Post Office, which is a
mobile service and we are using our Carrick Council representative to put the case for us at the next relevant meeting.
The 40mph limit at present at Little Beside is being investigated due to the Mineral Tramways crossing on this stretch of
road. This problem was brought to the attention of the Council by the residents in the form of a petition. This is just the
driving force which is needed with any local problems such as this.
You will recall that we asked for your opinion concerning the United Downs tip remaining open beyond 2010. The result
of this survey was that the majority of Gwennap Parishioners wanted the tip to close in 2010 as already agreed. SITA
have been informed of the results of this survey and Gwennap Parish Council was pleased to support your views. There is
a full report by the Clerk to the Parish Council in this Newsletter.
Thank you all for your continuing support. Irvin Herbert
01872 863366
Parish Council News
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Parish Councillor wanted !!!
The Parish Council have a vacancy for a Councillor.
Do you want to make a contribution to your local Community?
Have you an interest or skill that could add to the way in which the Council operates?
TThe Parish is geographically spread. Could you discuss problems from different
areas with equal consideration?
Meetings are monthly, in the evenings with the occasional day event.
Interested? Then write to the Clerk at the address below before 25th September.
Alan Blamey, 1, St Aubyns Terrace, Pulla Cross, Truro TR4 8RZ e-mail to gwennapcouncil@btinternet.com
or
What next ???
The Parish Council own the Playing Field and the
buildings on it. The Portakabin is reaching the end
of its useful life, and the Council are currently
debating what to replace it with.
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Should we go for another portakabin-type
building?
•
Should we extend the current
toilet/changing block modestly to provide basic
needs.
•
Should we aim to extend it to provide a
multi-purpose room that would be available to the
community?
Your ideas and comments are invited. Are you a
potential user if it were a larger room? Are you a
current user who would like to see some changes?
Do you think the whole idea is a waste of time?
Comments to the Clerk at 1 St Aubyns Terrace,
Pulla Cross, Truro TR4 8RZ or e-mail
gwennapcouncil@btinternet.com
Parish Police Report for 28th August 2008
Number of crimes in August 2008 was 3. Number of crimes for same month last year was 11.
These were:
• A burglary at Mount Wellington
• A theft of equipment at Little Beside
• Off road bikers with no helmets at Goon Gumpas.
Number of reported incidents Aug 2008 was 25 compared to 35 for the same month in 2007.
Footpath Matters – Footpaths Matter
Dog exercising in the Playing Field, Pulla Cross
DON’T DO IT!
Despite polite requests, there are still people who take their dogs into the
Playing Field.
Dogs and children do not mix. There are plenty of alternatives, please use
them.
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General
The Parish of Gwennap
in 1843. Mining was at
its peak, and the
Gwennap boundaries
extended almost into
Redruth
General Interest – Crofthandy Area
Sunny Day’s Nursery
St Day
We are a small nursery and pre-school in St Day, open from 8am to 6
pm, all year around. Based at St Day and Carharrack Community
School we welcome all children aged 0-4. Although many of our
children do go to the local school, many others do not. Please come
and look around if you are thinking about child care for your under
5’s. We have a parent run committee and are linked to the Teyluva
children centre.
What we are up to at the moment:In nursery we are looking at colours and exploring our senses. We
borrowed some great sensory equipment in March and blacked out the
‘messy room’. We had optic lights, a fish tube and textured toys –
even the parents joined in, it was great.
Everyone enjoyed doing the weeding and playing with the soil and the
herbs have been fully investigated, although not all the smells were
popular. We have been playing music from around the world and
learning to ‘feel the beat’ as we dance, great fun.
As well as going to Toddlers on Tuesday at Teyluva our youngest
children have been going to the Baby Drop In on Wednesday
afternoons. It is a great place to meet other new mums and babies.
Every other week Kim comes along to do baby massage. Do join us
with your baby. If you need your older children looking after whilst
you have one to one with your baby then please ask.
In pre-school this term our theme is ‘water’– always a popular one
with the children and now that we have our outside tap children are
experimenting with ease. Already we have done a lot of planting,
although we do need a few more plants. We have planted hedging to
help act as a wind break and herbs for touching and smelling.
Pumpkins, runner beans, potatoes and cress are all in the ground,
along with some sunflowers and lettuces. We have played with jelly
and mashed potatoes and looked at the life cycle of a frog. After half
term we will be exploring rivers, lakes and the sea. The favourite
rhyme this term seems to be ‘Popeye the Sailor Man’ because of the
actions.
The Mills trust kindly gave us a donation to replace our old playhouse
(the door blew off the last one) and we now have a wooden one which
the children are really using a lot. Thank you very much for this.
St Day General Store have a jar on their counter collecting ‘pennies’
for some indoor climbing equipment for our children. They are half
way there, thank you to everyone who has put some money in.
Sunny Day’s Dabblers coming soon - a fun group where adults can
have a cup of tea and explore materials to create pictures, cards, salt
dough items etc. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. These are just fun
sessions, although more experienced artists are welcome. Please look
out for notices
CROFTHANDY METHODIST CHURCH
Service every Sunday at 3 p.m.
Everyone welcome.
Harvest Festival Sunday 21st September, 3.00
p.m.with the Reverend Danny Reed
Steward (and contact), Richard Snell 01209
820556
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Crofthandy Village Hall
Despite the somewhat inclement weather we
managed to find a small break in the clouds for our
summer barbecue, and a very good time was had
by all. The ground was firm for the tug of war and
the football, the welly throwing was hotly
contested. The final was between two gentlemen,
one of whom resembled a character called Shrek
and the other reportedly of sea going background.
In the end it was the Navy lad who won by a toe.
With hot dogs, burgers, barbecued fish by “Sid the
Sausage” and the odd beverage available it was a
very enjoyable evening. The funds raised will help
us with our new hall project. Speaking of which, I
would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the
committee to thank all those who attended the
barbecue for their support. To see the village come
to life even for a short time has to be worth the
effort.
The battle for funding for our new hall goes on,
with much of the initial work at this stage being
done by Mr Roger Gazzard, our man in charge of
finances, whose hard work we are very grateful
for. It was also very pleasing to see some new
faces at the function, I look forward to seeing
some more at the next one which will be at
Christmas, once again many thanks.
Steve Trelease
Mine Shafts in Gwennap
Two miners, named George Saunders and Thomas
Hichens, who worked at the United Mines, in Gwennap,
were drinking at the Miners Arms inn, near these mines,
on Saturday evening; they were rather tipsy, but not what
is termed drunk, and left the inn to go to St Day, on their
way home, about half past seven-o-clock. They were
walking arm in arm when they left, but as they did not
reach home an inquiry was made for them. After a search
their bodies were found at the bottom of an open shaft,
about 25 fathoms in depth, and which is about 11 fathoms
from the road and quite level with the surface of the
ground around it. As the night was very dark, there is no
doubt that they missed their way and fell in. Saunders has
left a widow and eight children; Hitchens, who was about
23 years of age, was also married but had no child. The
dangerous state of the old mine shafts, which abound in
the parish of Gwennap demands the attention of those
whose duty it is to see that such dangerous nuisances are
rendered secure, especially in a densely populated
neighbourhood.
West Briton 18 January 1833.
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General Interest - Frogpool and Cusgarne Area
FROGPOOL METHODIST CHURCH
Minister Rev Peter Facer Telephone 01326 317427
Sunday Services 10.45 each Sunday morning
Sunday School 10.45 each Sunday morning
Weekly Prayer Meeting on Mondays at 3.00 p.m.
Coffee Mornings at Chalford, Frogpool as follows:
25th September 10.30 - 11.30 proceeds to Macmillan
30th October 10.30 - 11.30 proceeds for Church
funds
27th November 10.00 - 12.00 proceeds for Church
funds
18th December 10.30 - 11.30 proceeds for Church
funds
Harvest Festival on Sunday 28th September. Services at
10.45 a.m. (Reverend Peter Facer), and 6.00 p.m. (Mrs
R Carbis from the Roseland).
Monday 29th September at 7.00 p.m. a Harvest
Supper, followed by the Auction of Harvest produce.
Further details from Mrs Richards on 01872 863143.
Frogpool Women on Wednesdays’ Group will be
holding a Beetle Drive on 17th September at 7.30 p.m..
Refreshments. £1. All welcome for a fun evening.
Provisional notice:
Christmas Carol Service at 4.00 p.m. on Sunday 21st
December.
Christmas Morning Service at 10.30 a.m. to be
confirmed.
The Chapel Rooms, including a kitchen, are available
for hire. 01872 863143 (Mrs Richards).
Frogpool & Cusgarne Football Club.
The Club play at the Playing Field, Pulla Cross, mostly on
Saturday afternoons at 2.30 p.m. There are two teams
playing in the Falmouth-Helston League Division 2 and 3.
The home fixtures for the first few months of the season are
listed below.
Nick Mallaber is the contact on 01209 216734
September
Opponents
Competition
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Hayle
Division 2
15(Mon)
Wendron
Division 3
6.15
p.m.
20
Stithians
Division 3
27
Helston
Division 3
October
04
Junior Cup weekend, no details yet.
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Troon
Division 2
18
Perranwell
1st team P.Stephens Cup
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Falmouth Ath. Division 3
November
01
Camborne Park Division 2
08
Mullion
Division 3
15
Lanner
1st team B.Bowl Cup
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Stithians
2nd team W.Cobb Cup
29
Wendron
1st team League Cup
December
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Penryn
Division 3
13
Perranporth
Division 2
HICKS MILL METHODIST CHURCH
Morning Service 10.30 a.m. each Sunday
Harvest Festival Services 14th September 10.30
a.m. and 6.00 pm. With the Preacher Reverend
Ian Haile.
Coffee Mornings held on the first Wednesday of
each month 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon, proceeds for
Charity and Church Funds.
All enquiries to Derrick & Freda Richards 01872
870996
The 187th Chapel Anniversary weekend was a
great success with the Glendower Singers on the
Saturday evening. Mr & Mrs John Richards,
home from the Phillipines, took the two Sunday
Services, and Nicholas Richards was the
organist.
Cusgarne Primary School
The school has been decorated throughout this summer and
looks light, bright and fresh!
A new year begins with the arrival of Mr Tim Barnard to
teach Class 3. At the end of last term, the school sadly said
goodbye to Mrs Beverley Dalton. She had taught Class 3 for
13 years as well as promoting and encouraging a wide range
of sporting and drama activities throughout the school. The
end of term was celebrated with a superb production of
“Jonah-Man-Jazz”, directed by Mrs. Dalton. It involved the
whole school, was supported by the musical help of Mrs
Jacqueline Kurzefield and the combined skills of all the staff
and many parents. The school wishes to extend its gratitude to
anyone who made props and costumes.
Year 6 pupils worked extremely hard throughout the
year and achieved very good standards in their SATs tests.
They celebrated the end of their Primary schooling with an
afternoon of bowling at Falmouth, a day adventuring at
Goody Grange Bishops Forum and a final afternoon tea party.
The final leavers’ assembly was written and produced by
Year 6 pupils with the help of Mrs Lou Ireson, after which,
they were presented with an autograph book containing
messages and photographs.
The Friends of Cusgarne School hosted a most
successful Cusgarne Community Fete, raising a fantastic
£1600 to be shared with the Precious Lives appeal fund.
We continue to celebrate the achievements in all areas
of the curriculum and school life, and look forward to a new
school year and all it will bring.
General Interest - Frogpool and Cusgarne Area
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CUSGARNE-FROGPOOL W.I
Meetings held the first Tuesday of the month in Frogpool Methodist Chapel Schoolroom. Everyone is most welcome at any meeting.
In May our WI voted unanimously to appeal to HM Government to oppose the imprisonment of the mentally ill. This resolution was
carried with a big majority at the national AGM.
We met in June to hear a talk entitled “Valley of Dreams” about a family’s ambition to flee the rat race and set up a caravan site on
disused land in Hayle.
In July we took part in a Music Workshop, singing action songs and playing Boom Whackers as accompaniments to well known
songs. For the uninitiated these are tuned polystyrene tubes of varying lengths which are whacked to produce a note. Schoolchildren,
understandably love them, and so did we!! The evening ended with two musical quizzes.
September’s meeting will be our annual Harvest Auction.
On October 7th St John’s Ambulance will teach us First Aid in the Home and on November 4th one of our members will relate her
holiday of a life time experiences. December is our Christmas party time.
February3rd will be a craft evening of stencilling, buttonhole making and card making.
March 3rd is the Annual Meeting.
Sally Richards a founder member came third in the Blaikely Salver County Poetry competition (see below): Congratulations to her!
WI at local, county and national levels offers all women opportunities to learn, participate in all manner of activities, develop
friendships and forge links with the local community. YOU HAVE A VOICE---- JOIN US AND USE IT.
Highways & Byways, by Sally Richards.
Look! Look! The May is out! In March? It is too soon to “cast a clout!”
For, that May! Is Blackthorn – don’t you see? The flowers are on a naked tree!
All the same, it’s lovely travelling through, tunnels like drifts of snow. But, whatever
do you do.
In Autumn, DON’T SAMPLE THE FRUIT oh grief!
Your mouth will screw up like an old crone who’s lost her teef!
Now, on we go, through golden tunnels of gorgeous gorse,
Filling nostrils with perfume like coconut sauce.
Hedgerows lined with bluebells, and Queen Anne’s lace, with garlic and celandine
fighting for space.
Take the coast road from Portreath to Hayle,
For sure you will see cowslips, orchids, wild red poppies without fail!
We, ….love “the old coach road” from St Ives to Penzance, There we find that
wherever we glance,
Are statuesque foxgloves, like a sea of pink, rivalling the ocean. ……I sometimes
think!
That we might, one day, scarily meet; a coach and horses galloping by on ghostly feet.
So wherever you go in this lovely County, the lanes are filled with a glorious bounty!
Wild flowers everywhere tossed down like colourful Turkish rugs.
But! Don’t lie down, you’ll crush them! And there might be bugs!
Let’s just stop a moment to drink in the perfume and the sight, before gentle evening
turns to night.
But!….there could be trouble please, beware! You must drive around with care!
Some of our lanes are narrow and twisty, and sometimes it can turn suddenly misty.
If you explore, you’ll find on every hand, that Cornwall is much, much, more than sea
and sand.
General Interest – Gwennap Churchtown
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM GWENNAP CHURCHTOWN
FETES.
After our visit to the very successful Parish fete at Cusgarne School, we wondered how many people would come to our church fete,
which is always held on the last Saturday in July. It took place at Trevince, and we need not have worried, the weather was fine and the
crowds came. Our thanks go to Richard and Trish Stone for lending their garden, and to the stall holders for their work.
MUSIC FOR A SUMMER’S EVENING
These Wednesday concerts take place in Gwennap Church during June, July and August. Keith Hosking organises the programme and
books the choirs and performers. He and his helpers work very hard to make these evenings the success which they have become, and
they have been rewarded by the audiences this year being greater than ever. £3,400 nett profit was made for the maintenance of our
church. Keith has agreed to arrange another series of concerts next year.
IS GWENNAP CHURCH IMPORTANT IN OUR PARISH?
The church has been a good venue for fundraising this year, the Flower Festival was held for the Precious Lives and Hospice Southwest
appeals, and in July the Treverva Male Voice Choir raised £391 for the Lonely Pawz charity.
This brings me to an appeal to the whole parish: Bishop Bill began an initiative to bring the people of each parish together to work for
our common good. “With God we can” is the title of his last booklet and on SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th from 10 – 4 we shall be
meeting in Gwennap Church Hall to discuss the role of our church in this parish. We all recognise that in every parish there are people
who need help or companionship. The carers, the sick, the elderly, and without being do-gooders, we hope to find how we can help. If
you would like to come to add your ideas or send us information, please get in touch with Vanessa Stone (o1209 820355) or Tony
Hitchens (01209 820476).
GWENNAP LUNCH CLUB
The club was started to bring people from our scattered parish together once a month during Autumn and Winter. We serve a hot two
course meal with tea or coffee in Gwennap Church Hall, price £3.00.
The dates for 2008-09 are Tuesdays 12.30 – 2 p.m. October 21st, November 18th, December 16th (Xmas lunch-bookings for this are
essential), January 20th and February 17th.
Everyone is welcome, but we do like to know how many to cater for – normally between 30-45, so if you would like to come, please
phone Sue Martyn 01872 862670 a few days beforehand.
Finally, a thank you from Ian Facey-Macleod to everyone that contributed and helped at the Flower Festival back in May. The total
raised for Children’s Hospice Southwest was £665.11. Several ladies expressed an interest in the displays, and to that end we would
like to start a Floral Art Club in Gwennap, anyone interested please contact Anthony or Ian on 01209 820199.
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General Interest – Gwennap Area
Gwennap Church
Services Sundays at 11.00am
1st & 3rd Sunday Holy Communion BCP
2nd Sunday All Age Worship
4th Sunday Matins BCP
5th Sunday Holy Communion CW
BCP: Book of Common Prayer CW: Common Worship.
For occasional changes of service see Notice Board outside the Church.
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Our Harvest Festival Service of Thanksgiving will be at 11.00 a.m. on Sunday 5th October.On Monday 6th
October we will hold our annual Harvest Supper and Auction of Produce in the Church Hall at 6.30 p.m.with
Pasties and Pudding. Proceeds to Cornwall Hospices.Bookings essential on 01872 862670.The Auctioneer will
again be Richard Eddy, so an entertaining evening is guaranteed!
Gwennap Ladies Guild
The Guild meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm. Venue is usually the Church Hall unless an outing
takes place instead.
No meetings in December.
Further information from Sue Martyn - 01872 862670.
“ONE CORNWALL” - from the Parish perspective.
Each week the local newspapers carry something new, ‘explaining’ what is happening in the process to merge
the County Council and six District Councils into one new Unitary Council that will come into being from 1st
April 2009.
What’s it all about? How will it affect you, me, or the local Parish Council?
The short answer is that it is still evolving, but what exactly do we know? Well, we hear
• 1. That services to the public will continue as normal
• 2. That around £17m will be saved by the merger
• Progress is being made to resolve high-level matters such as Governance Arrangements, the setting up of
committees, a Localism Charter…….all things that need to be put in place, but that don’t really grab the local
imagination.
What we do know is that Cornwall will be divided into 20 new districts, or “Community Networks” and there
will be a total of 123 Councillors spread across the Networks in Cornwall. The current thinking is that Gwennap
Parish will be part of the Camborne & Redruth Network. The 123 Councillors may not be in place immediately
on 1st April 2009, meaning the current number of 82 may have to limp on. Not ideal.
This Network will comprise 10 existing Parish/Town Councils sub-divided into “Wards”. The make-up of these
Wards has been ever changing, but the most recent information puts Gwennap with Carharrack and Stithians,
and our combined population of 3,960 will be represented by one Councillor.
The Community Networks should bring together the main organisations operating in the area, so they can work
with the new council on matters of importance to local people.
This is quite a change of direction for Gwennap Parish. Currently we are in Carrick District, in a ward with
Mylor and Perranarworthal, and look towards Truro for most of our support services. We are served by a
County Councillor and three District Councillors.
In the new set up, we will sit within the old Kerrier District with just the one Councillor, who may find it quite a
task to look after the interests of so many. It is possible that support services will not change, but that has yet to
be ironed out.
An advantage, from a Parish Council perspective, is that we will sit alongside fellow mining parishes, several of
which we currently link with on other groups but find the District Boundary differences a hindrance.
Instead of taking your queries/complaints to Carrick, in future you can visit a “One Stop Shop”, the appropriate
one for Gwennap being situated in Alma Place, Redruth (although depending on the nature of the enquiry, it
may be possible to visit any Shop).
These “Shops” will offer information, advice and guidance.
Eventually, in some rural areas, there may be Outreach services, bringing the council to the people.
We will hopefully learn more as we approach the changeover date, and will, of course, keep you informed
through our Newsletter, but their website at www.onecornwall.gov.uk can also keep you abreast of
developments.
Environmental News
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Resource Furniture Recycling
www.myresource.org.uk
0800 321 3356
United Mines Landfill Site.
If you have an environmental problem with the Landfill Site the number to ring is :
0800 807060 (Environment Agency)
If the problem is more to do with the regulatory conditions that SITA should be following, then the number to ring is:
01872 322624 (County Council)
Or, you can ring:
SITA Helpdesk on 08456 300300.
United Mines Landfill Site.
Many thanks to all those who took the time to reply to the
separate letter in the last Newsletter regarding the offer of money
by SITA in exchange for an extension to the life of the landfill
site beyond October 2010.
Of the 75 replies, 50 were against the proposal, 25 in favour.
The Parish Council informed the County Council that it did not
want the proposed extension, a decision echoed by both our
neighbouring Parish Councils at Carharrack and St Day.
Since then, we have received the following letter back from the
Planning Department of the County Council:
“Further to my letter of 21st May, I have now received responses
from all five Parish Councils written to. All of the responses
indicate an opposition to the proposal put forward and therefore,
Cornwall County Council will not pursue this proposal any
further and SITA will continue their closure preparations.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the
time to consider this suggestion and would reassure you that the
site will now close in October 2010 as originally planned”.
UNITED DOWNS LANDFILL SITE - HOUSEHOLD AMENITY BAYS
Please remember that the Landfill Site will revert to winter opening hours from 1st
October – it will close at 4 p.m. not 6 p.m.
This is the time of year that fly-tipping increases, people travel to the site and find it
closed early, so they dump their rubbish in the nearest lay-by. If you see this
happening, take the vehicle number and phone Carrick on 01872 224379.
CAR BOOT
SALES !!
Playing Field, Pulla Cross
Advanced notice of the
dates that the Car Boot
Sales will be held in 2008.
Last Car Boot
September 21st
(sellers
£3.50 : gates open at
7a.m. : please - NO dogs :
contact 07808 393874)
Last chance to turn
those unwanted things
into money so please
turn out your attics to
give us one final
profit-making Car
Boot
FLY TIPPING
A real problem in our area.
If there is an unsightly mess tipped in an area near you, phone Carrick District Council
on 01872 224379. This is a number specifically for fly tipping.
They will want to know what sort of rubbish it is, and the exact location, so a road
name, post code or distance from a known landmark will help.
General Interest
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www.gweallteagceramics.co.uk
01872 862026
GWENNAP
UNDER 3’s
Come and join other mums, dads, babies and toddlers for a cup of
tea and a chat while the children play with lots of great toys. A
healthy snack is provided in our well equipped hall.
Come to Gwennap Church Hall on Wednesday mornings from
9.30 until 11.30. Call 01209 820818
General Interest – Remembrance Day
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GWENNAP WAR MEMORIAL
‘LEST WE FORGET’
Last year we gave an account of those men mentioned on the Gwennap Parish War Memorial who fell in the First World
War. This year, with Armistice Day not far around the corner, we finish the article with those that gave their lives in the
Second World War, and to give what details are available about them, where they fell and the theatre of war they faced.
PART TWO
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945
Thomas John Stanley Pope – 16th June 1942
Thomas was a Leading Stoker in the Royal Navy and died when his ship, the light cruiser HMS Hermione was torpedoed
and sunk in the Mediterranean by U-205 off Alexandria. He was one of 87 crewmen lost. He was aged 25 and was the son
of George and Annie Pope of Bissoe. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
Edward John Stephens – 17th September 1939
Edward served as a Chief Engineering Room Artificer in the Royal Navy. He was lost when his ship, the Aircraft Carrier
HMS Courageous , was torpedoed and sunk by U-29 in the Southwest Approaches in the early days of the war. He was
aged 49 and both his parents and his wife lived in Carharrack. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. It
is not known whether he was related to Robert Stephens.
Robert Arthur Stephens – 14th April 1941
Robert was a Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) RAF. He died aged 19 presumably as a result of being shot
down over Holland and is buried at Flushing (Vlssingen) Northern Cemetery. His parents are listed as Edgar and Gladys
Stephens of Carharrack.
Ernest Albert Wills
Despite considerable research there is no trace so far of Ernest. He does not appear in the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission database. If anyone has any information or possible leads please let me know.
Thomas John Broad – 13th August 1944
Thomas was a Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator in the RAF (Volunteer Reserve) and was killed age 24 whilst on
operations over Germany. He is buried in the Rheinberg (near Krefeld) Cemetery which was established in 1946 to re-inter
the bodies of aircrew who had been been buried in various locations all over Northern Germany.
Reginald Arthur Clinton – 19th June 1944
Reginald was a Private in the Army Air Corps and died shortly after D Day. He is buried in the Ranville Cemetery near
Caen Normandy and is listed as the son of Mrs W T Burley of Perranwell.
Arthur Ronald Harold – 8 June 1944
Arthur was a Third Engineer Officer in the Merchant Navy and was serving on the SS Rosenborg which was on war
transport service when it was attacked by the German Submarine U-504 in the Caribbean Sea. SS Rosenborg was sunk by
gunfire and Arthur was one of the four crewmen killed. Twenty seven survived the sinking.
Edward Maclaren – 10th October 1941
Malcolm Edward Monteith MacClaren was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps and aged 26. He is listed as the
son of James Malcolm and Charlotte Harriet Maclaren of Feock. He is buried in Helmsley Cemetery North Yorkshire.
Interestingly a Trooper Norman from the RAC is also buried there and died on the same day leading to the likelihood that
there was an accident involving both men.
Eric Lawry – 17th May 1944
Eric was a Lance Corporal in the Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment and died at Cassino in Italy. Strategically
situated, Cassino is a small town to the south of Rome and was the scene of a prolonged battle during the allied advance up
through Italy and the destruction of the monastery which overlooked the town by allied bombing is controversial to this
day. Eric is buried in the Cassino War Cemetery at the foot of the mountain where the Monastery has now been rebuilt.
Many thanks again to Barry Wilkinson for this article and the research put into it.
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Gwennap Parish Community Fete
Gwennap Parish Community Fete - 28th June 2008
Thanks to Helen Rowe, the Secretary of the Friends of Cusgarne School and her band of helpers,
the Community Fete was resurrected and held at the School on what was one of the few dry
Saturdays of the year. There were so many attractions that it would be hard to list them all
without leaving someone out, and the support from the community was fantastic. A sum in excess
of £1,600 was raised to be shared between the Precious Lives Appeal and School Funds. If, like
me, you couldn’t make it, then we have to hope there will be another next year!
(photos courtesy of Phil Roscorla)
A loss to the Parish.
Sadly, since the last Newsletter, Paul Millett has passed
away. He died suddenly on 18th June and will be
remembered and missed by many throughout the Parish.
Paul was a Parish Councillor for many years, and more
latterly the Parish Tree Warden, rarely missing a meeting.
He was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the
Playing Field at Pulla Cross, almost thirty years ago.
Although he was forever busy with his horticulture or
woodland, he always found time to give advice to those of
us that had a problem or lend a hand if asked.
It’s not often you come across someone who drew so much
respect from so many, but Paul was one of those rarities. His
Service of Celebration at Gwennap Church in July certainly
confirmed that.
They say you don’t appreciate what you’ve got until you
lose it. Well, we at the Parish Council did realise how
fortunate we were to be able to draw on his knowledge, but
know we will struggle on certain fronts without him.
The Parish has lost one of its dwindling number of
characters. A great loss.
(At it’s August meeting, the Parish Council resolved to
place a seat in the children’s play area of the Playing Field
in memory of Paul).
General Interest – COFF
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Carrick Over Fifty’
Fifty’s Forum (formerly Older People’
People’s Forum)
The Carrick Forum was launched in April this year and at its meeting in August voted to
change its title to make itself a little less daunting to members aged 50+ who do not consider
themselves “older”! People ask what the Forums are all about (for a does sound pompous). It
is a requirement of national government policy for local authorities to help establish and then
support older people’s forums. Nationally there are now hundreds of these Forums with 5 in
Cornwall. As we move to One Cornwall these Forums will become a major part of the county’s
future,still supported by the new single council, but working together in Partnership with other
organizations who are concerned with the health and welfare of the 50+ age group. We now
know that there are already more people over the age of 65 than young people under 18 which
could be alarming to some but surely we must celebrate that people are living longer than at
any time in history. However, this longevity does raise issues, profound issues, for society and
we must recognize that stereotypical images of older people in the media are almost
universally negative – remember the road crossing signs so recently highlighted in the press –
and the interests of older people are not well represented in public life and politics so – enter
the FORUMS.
The Carrick Over Fifty’s Forum (COFF) whilst linked in to a national network, has adopted its
own Constitution, operates independently of any Council, though now well supported by
Carrick District Council, and is non-Political. It is open to any person over the age of 50 living in
the district of Carrick and to any organizations which are involved in the welfare and care of
older people. COFF is there to challenge, raise awareness of issues affecting elders, help
influence decision making, monitor and review actions taken locally or nationally and generally
try to improve the lives of those living in Carrick.
We meet as a Forum every two months at Carrick Council Offices from 12 noon until about
3.00 pm. A social half-hour where a buffet lunch is on offer starts the proceedings before
launching into the business of the day. Already at least two theme groups are working on
issues which members have raised, such as local transport idiosyncracies – both bus and train
– plus the cost of travel for visitors getting to Derriford hospital; and the plight of those with
depression and dementia. Theme groups meet as and when necessary. All groups are
supported by professional help. We are a fledgling Forum of around 50 people so far but
looking forwardto even more members – more people, more ideas, more power to help the
powerless.
Judith Whiteley 01326 374279
Carrick Champion for the Elderly and Vulnerable
cllr-jwhiteley@carrick.gov.uk
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
To contact your local Police station, or for any
other NON-EMERGENCY issues, please
telephone 08452 777444.
Call 999 in an emergency
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