Nov 05 - Whitstone

The Whitstone
Issue 4 - Nov 2005
The community magazine of Whitstone
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compared with 331mm for the same time last year. (The Boscastle Floods day
being in August 2004 with 73mm of rain in one day)
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fishes, and pupils in Class 2 the story
of Zacchaeus. These were followed by
readings from the Bible. Next, Year 6
made a Christian Aid presentation.
One quarter of the world’s
population lives in severe poverty.
Many work long hours under poor
conditions to earn just enough to stay
alive, often surviving on less than
£1.30 a day. For many workers there
may be no employer or regular wage.
Instead they work as street vendors,
shoe-shiners, newspaper sellers or
perhaps recycling waste materials.
The presentation focussed on people
in Calcutta who use old newspapers
to make paper bags and then sell
them to shopkeepers and stallholders
in the city’s markets. For every ten
bags they make they receive one
rupee. For their basic needs, they
each have to earn around 260 rupees
per day. In advance of the service,
pupils in Year 6 found out how many
bags they could make in an hour and
discover if they would have earned
enough money from a day’s work (10
hours) to survive. It was a thoughtprovoking presentation. Then we
heard about the benefits that people
in the developing world derive from
the Fair Trade organisation. This year,
we had the pleasure of welcoming
Reverend Rob Dickenson as our guest
speaker. Rev Rob’s an old friend of
ours, regularly joining us in our
assemblies. With Nature’s bounty on
display, Rob said that the most
important things at our celebration
were us - people. Rob swooped on a
head of celery. We think with our
heads – it’s important to think about
other people, to do things
thoughtfully, and to be grateful. Then
he chose a potato. Potatoes have eyes
that look outwards - it’s important to
see what the needs of other people
are; often we look but don’t see. Then
Rob spotted a corn dolly. Corn has
ears. Ears to hear with, but we don’t
always listen to what others are
saying - it’s important to listen to
what other people are saying. Then
Rob selected an excellent specimen
of the Brassica family, a cabbage with
a big heart – it’s important to be
caring, compassionate and
empathetic, to have a heart full of
love. Then a bunch, a hand, of
bananas was chosen. Hands not just
to do things for ourselves but also to
do things for others - it’s important to
look after other people. And finally,
Rob lifted a box of polished,
unblemished fruits – the fruits of our
spirits, what grows within us from
what we do and how it affects others.
With his usual ingenuity, Rev Rob had
succeeded in reminding us of an
important point in a humorous and
entertaining way, and left some
memorable images in our heads. Rev
Rob’s talk ended the service, which
was followed by refreshments. After a
short interval, the produce that had
been generously donated was sold.
The proceeds from the sale of
produce, cake stall, and teas and
coffees were divided between
Christian Aid and McMillan Cancer
Care. The staff and pupils would like
to say a big thank-you to everyone
who helped to make the event a
success. We raised an amount of over
£132
Contents
Welcome !
To the fourth issue of the “Whitstone
Whistler”
In this issue, whilst the Autumn once again
takes away our lush green landscapes and
light summer evenings, we take a look at the
events and news from our village during the
summer months which now seem such a long
time ago. I am sure you will agree with me
that we enjoyed a relatively long and
pleasant summer, although Carnival day
and evening does spring to mind as one of
the few days on which we did have some rain!
However, this was not enough to put you all
off supporting a great day, and infact week
of events. I was reminded by many people over
the week, that whilst the carnival plays an
important role in fundraising for our village,
perhaps more importantly it is an
opportunity for us all to come together as
friends and neighbours, something which
serves to remind us of how fortunate we are to
live in a “community” especially when we
consider some of the unfortunate occurrences
in other parts of the world during the
summer. And indeed the Autumn I would
like to extend my thanks again to you all for
your help and support during carnival week,
and I hope you enjoy this edition of the
Whistler. Thanks also for the positive
feedback on the last issue and for your
articles for this edition—keep them coming,
its your magazine, please
use it!
Kind Regards
Daniel Cock—Editor
The Whistler
Contacts
2
Welcome !
3
News
5
Postbag
14
Church News
22
Chapel News
28
WI
13
SMILE
27
Brian’s
37
School News
44
Diary
31
Stories
Messages
Competitions
Parish Council
Whitstonian People
Rainfall
38 42
33
20 21
32
24 25
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Front Cover:
This Months front cover
picture is by Shannon Bluett.
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Travels with Barney
Whitstone Carnival in pictures: pictured above left is the Waddlers “Ugly Bug Ball” and pictured above
right, “Pirates of Whitstone” by the Pierce and the Ranger Families.
“Jamies School Dinners” by the Orchards & Adamsons (left) and (right) Trevor Tucker with “Wedding
Day”
Chapel
Makeover
Whitstone Chapel recently
received a “makeover”.
Under the foremanship of
Godfrey Cole, most
evenings in June were spent
by a dedicated band of
helpers painting. (See the
full story on page 29)
Work in progress - Some of the helpers
pictured in Whitstone Chapel
We (Class 1) have a furry friend who has been lucky enough to visit many places in
the world. His name is Barney Bear. He travels on his own but sometimes goes with
classmates when they go on holiday. He most often goes with Mrs Towe’s Dad.
Barney sends us postcards from the places he’s been to. Barney tells us about the
weather, what he has had to eat and what he has done. He tells us about the animals
he has seen. We have been marking the
countries he’s been to on a map of the
world. He has been to Australia, which
is a country on the other side of the
world. He has seen the pyramids in
Egypt. He as been to Singapore and
Thailand, where he met some people
that had been affected by the tsunami.
One of the most exciting things he has
done is snorkelling in the Pacific
Ocean around Hawaii. He swam with
turtles and a manta ray. He has made
many trips to countries in Europe. He
has been in an old submarine in Germany and to the top of the Eiffel Tower in
Paris. He likes France a lot. He says the food there is delicious. He’s been with Mrs
Bishton to Italy. This summer he went walking in the Alps and ate lots and lots of
ice cream. He said the views were fantastic. The coldest place he has been to was
Scandinavia in the winter time. Barney had the honour to go to London and see Mrs
Towe’s Dad given the MBE at Buckingham Palace. Barney also likes to travel to
different parts of Britain. He’s been to North Yorkshire and Northumberland. Most
recently, he went to see his relative McBeany. He lives in Tobermory in Scotland.
Tobermory is where Balamory is filmed. We think Barney must have been to almost
as many places in the world as Michael Palin. What a lucky bear.
Celebrating Harvest at
Whitstone Primary
School
On the last Friday in September, we invited
family and friends to join us in the school hall
for our Harvest Celebration. The twin themes
of the service this year were justice and
fairness – caring and sharing. Pupils in Class 1
dramatised the biblical story of the loaves and
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The
I’m delighted that the reason for my
first contribution to the Whitstone
Whistler is a pleasurable one. It’s always
a pleasure to pass on good news, especially when it’s about something of
which the community can be proud. As
many of you who have connections
with the primary school will know already, at the end of the summer term
the school underwent an inspection by
OFSTED - an ordeal guaranteed to induce a flutter or two in the stomach of
even the most self-possessed of head
teachers. Whitstone was one of the last
schools to be inspected under the recently superseded inspection regime
and I am pleased to be able to say that
the school emerged from the scrutiny
of the inspection team with flying colours. As we entered the inspection
process (which involves more than the
two days of on-site inspection), my staff
and I were confident that Whitstone
would be judged to be a good school. It
was a pleasant surprise, nevertheless, to
discover that the outcome of the inspection exceeded our expectations;
perhaps that’s how it should be. We
have striven in the years since the inspection that took place in 1999 not
only to raise academic standards but
also to provide a broad, balanced and
enriching curriculum that achieves
spiritual, social, moral and cultural development. Good quality education is
something that parents and children
have a right to expect. Good quality
teaching and learning require hard
work; it is not fortuitous that the in-
Whitstone
spectors were able to deliver the verdict that the quality of education at
Whitstone is of a high standard. I am
fortunate to have, and privileged to
lead, a committed and dedicated staff of
teachers and non-teachers. I am fortunate to have a governing body that provides strong support. I am also fortunate to have the active involvement of
parents in many aspects of school life,
with the overwhelming majority of the
parents holding the school and the
work of the staff in high regard, and
jealous for the good reputation the
school enjoys in the local community
and in County Hall. This is a formidable
partnership whose unity of purpose
produces great benefits for the pupils
of Whitstone and which the community
should not be embarrassed to celebrate.
One of the comments that I was particularly pleased to see in the report acknowledged that the school has a caring
and family ethos. One of the many virtues of a small school is that we can
think of ourselves as members of an
extended family, and that such an idea
does not appear to be either a specious
pretence or a ridiculous self-delusion.
In accepting the privileged position we
hold as educators, my staff and I place
great emphasis on taking a holistic approach to the education of each child in
our care. He or she is not just a soulless
statistic in a government league table
but an individual child whose future is
as important to us as it is to his or her
parents.
Paul Woolner, - Headteacher,
C o m m u n i t y
Whitstone Carnival 2005
Whitstone’s Carnival week began on
Friday 15th July with the crowning of
the Carnival Queen and Whitstone's'
version of the ‘Weakest Link’. This
year’s Queen is Stacey Bluett and her
attendants are Katrina Bluett, Anna
Edgcombe and page boy Joshua
Ravencroft.
Stacey wore a dress of gold raw silk
and carried a bouquet of red roses.
The hall was beautifully decorated
for the occasion by Mr and Mrs
Bluett and family.
Rebecca Chubb, who was Queen for
2004, thanked everyone who helped
her and wished Stacey good luck for
the forthcoming year.
A very entertaining sketch of the
Weakest Link was enjoyed by all and
performed by Angela Edgcombe as
Ann Robinson with some amusing
contestants, Daniel Cock, Andrew
Adamson, Maggie Stanbury, Pat
Nasmyth, Ean Lawrence, Louise
Bishton, and Debbie Bishton.
Skittles were played on Saturday 16th
July and cup winners were Jack
Regan, Matthew Peters, Jason Collins,
Louise Adamson, Richard Medland
and Christian Davies.
On Sunday 17th July a united service
was held at St. Anne’s hall led by
Richard Herd.
The whist drive on Monday 18th July
was well attended with 19 tables and
enjoyed by all.
The flower and produce show held
on Tuesday 19th July had a high level
of entries for the 42 classes.
The Flower and Produce Show Cup
Winners for 2005
The Ladies Cup - Linda Cole
The Mens Cup - John Stanbury
The WI Rosebowl - Andrew Cowling
Many thanks go to the judges, Mrs
Brooks, Mrs J Orchard, Mrs P
Nasmyth and Mr P Tribble.
On Thursday 21st July the weather
was kind for the children's sports
with many children from all ages
joining in the fun.
On Friday 22nd July over 20 cars met
at St. Anne’s Hall for a challenging
local treasure hunt. Daniel Cock
very kindly prepared the treasure
hunt and the overall winners were
Richard and Clare Horn.
A well supported Carnival on
Saturday 23rd July was led by Bude
Town Band. The Queens were
served a Queens tea in the village
hall and this was followed by a disco
and karaoke evening. The bar was
kindly run by Andrew Adamson.
The Carnival Chairman Daniel Cock
expressed his sincere thanks to
everyone involved for all their help
during the week.
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Carnival Results (Continued)
The Results from the children’s fancy
dress were:
Class 1 – age 4 and under
Whitstone Waddlers- The Ugly bug ball
Acorns Playgroup -Emergency services
Class 2 Local boys and girls 5-9 years
Ben Medland – Dalek
Daniel Woodard – Crazy frog
Zak Heale – Convict
Class 3 local boys and girls 10-15 years
French, Edgcombe and Stanbury –
Little Britain
Class 4 local pairs of children
Casey and Kolby Lymer –
Thunderbirds
Class 5 open class
Claire Parnell and Danielle Christie –
Bill and Ben
Jessica Jakeman - Esmerelda
Tableaux Results
Artistic Tableaux
Wedding Day
Humorous Tableaux
Washday Distraction
Children artistic tableaux
Funky Friends
Children humorous tableaux
Olympic catering
Most original tableaux
Pirates of Whitstone
There were two visiting Carnival
Queens from Bude and Delabole.
The winners of the Queen of Queens’s
competition were:
Queen and Group – Delabole
Sam Lewis Delabole’s Carnival Queen
wore a full length white dress with a
sash of silk roses and burgandy cape.
Her attendants Andrew Lewis wore a
black suit with burgundy cravat and
cream waistcoat and Laura Paul wore a
full length burgundy dress with
embroidered bodice.
Fairy Queen – Delabole
Stephanie Trewin was the Fairy Queen
and her attendant was Rebecca Trewin
and page boy Joshua Trewin.
Bell Ringing At St Anne’s Church
We practice most Monday evenings
during the winter months from
7.30pm to 9.00pm. Everyone is
welcome to have a go. Individual
sessions can be arranged for a
learner or those wishing to ‘have a
go’! For information contact Mervyn
Collins on 341598. Qualifications
necessary - NONE. Ringers need not
be big, strong, musical,
mathematical, but sense of humour is
essential! There are over 5000
churches with bells, they all need
ringers, you need not be a church
member but many are. There are a
large number of ringers who do not
regularly attend church
services. Many ringers belong to
churches and denominations other
than where they ring. So what is in it
for you? Exercise of body and mind,
excellent social activity, travel to
others towers and places, sense of
achievement. WARNING it can be
addictive!
tinued and the remaining evacuee children accommodated (somehow) in the classes at the primary school.
War-time is a time of disruption and upheaval and uncertainty. In the period from the start of
the war until its end, ten teachers were recorded as being Teacher-in-Charge at the school. Many
members of the staff, including those teachers that had accompanied the children from London
and Plymouth, were sent to other schools in the area as emergency cover for, for example, colleagues’ absences. Peculiar concerns and activities arising out of the war-time situation brought
an awareness of the concept of total war to a small village in Cornwall: dispersal practice in case
of an attack by enemy aircraft – conducted under the supervision of an Air Raid Precautions
Warden; a police officer from Launceston addressed the school on the dangers of ‘butterfly’
bombs; a visit from one of the Home Office’s gas vans – a mobile gas chamber used to test the
effectiveness of respirators; and at precisely 1410hrs on 30th March 1943, the school was
“theoretically” closed owing to a message received of a military exercise entitled “Emrex”. On a
happier note, the Red Cross Commandant from Truro visited the school to distribute gifts from
the American Red Cross, and the District Clerk brought £2.10s.0d from the Lord Mayor of London’s Fund for Evacuated Children. As well as these extraordinary visitors, the school continued to receive the regular visits of the library van, the school nurse, the school dentist and a photographer. Although there were concessions made to the circumstances of the war, the staff
strove to maintain the routine and curriculum of the school.
Although there is no mention of food rationing, there is reference to permits for sugar for
lunchtime drinks and for the supply of milk for the Milk-in-Schools Scheme. There is mention
of clothing coupons – it became necessary for the children to be measured for extra clothing
coupons – and the attention of Mr Zoeftig, an LCC Welfare Officer, was drawn to the condition
of the children’s footwear and that wellingtons were required for the children using muddy
lanes. The school also ‘did its bit’ for the war effort: a card was received from a waste paper
merchant in Plymouth that informed the head teacher that the value of a consignment of waste
paper from the school was £5.11s.6d; as the result of a whist drive held in St Anne’s Hall, the
school’s contribution to the Bude-Stratton District Warship Week was £7.6s.0d; and the
school’s War Savings efforts for the ‘Wings for Victory Week’ in 1943 raised £61.11s.9d – an
amount today equivalent to nearly £2,000.
On the 8th of May 1945, the relieved inhabitants of the village, like the rest of the nation,
heard the BBC’s Victory Day Announcement of a National Holiday, and the school closed for
two days of celebration. The evacuation of hundreds of thousands of children from cities to the
country (an event unique in British history) was an emotional experience for many of them; and
from the accounts of their experiences many are still haunted by the psychological effects of a
traumatic parting: many of the children thought that they were being abandoned; and sometimes
on arrival at the place to which they were being evacuated further distress was caused when
siblings were separated. Although the authorities sincerely believed that they were acting in the
best interests of the children, perhaps the aftermath of nightly bombing raids had desensitised
the authorities to the feelings of children. Some of the children did fare better than others: some
of them reminisce about fresh country air, fresh food, chubby eiderdowns, and lifelong friendships; they had been fortunate in exchanging loving parents for loving foster-parents. Like the
airmen, sailors, infantrymen, and adult civilians, the children of the war also have a story to tell
– and perhaps this is an appropriate time also to remember that many children in many parts of
the world today are the innocent victims of conflict, oppression and persecution.
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Operation Pied Piper
By Ean Lawrence
At the end of the summer term, the village primary school underwent an OFSTED inspection from which it emerged successfully; its reputation for being a good school was not only
maintained but in many respects enhanced. In an idle moment, I browsed through the school’s
log-books to see if I could find any references to previous inspections.
The entries in the log-books begin with the opening of the school in 1879, and in the ensuing years record events at, and visitors to, the school. The log-books generally don’t make
reference to anything not directly related to the school and what takes place there. Reading
entries at random, there are references that strike a chord with those who work at the school
today: the weather is often mentioned – particularly the adverse effect it had on attendance;
eagerly awaited deliveries – a boot scraper, cocoanut mats and a new drinking pail; the school
concert – the first held in 1921; and an almost neurotic obsession with attendance itself.
While looking for entries related to inspections, I came across mention of the children who
had been evacuated to the village during World War II. Contained in the entries made during
the period of the war are glimpses of how the war impinged on the work of the school and its
pupils. As this year is the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the war, I thought I would allow
my curiosity to follow this narrow historical trail further.
The first mention of evacuation is the first entry after the end of the summer holidays of
1939, which had been extended because of the Government Scheme of Evacuation – Operation Pied Piper. At the start of the autumn term, the admission of one unofficial evacuee is
noted and takes its mundane place with entries for the receipt of fuel, a new needlework cupboard and the tuning of the school’s piano.
At the beginning of 1940, the school received circulars dealing with (in a somewhat surreal
juxtaposition) the Employment of School Children in War-time and Community Singing. In
June of that year, thirty-four evacuees, accompanied by two of their teachers, arrived from
Croydon. During the period of the war, the names of nearly 200 evacuated children were recorded in the school’s admissions register: children from London (Harwell, Chiswick, Brixton, Wimbledon, Croydon, Greenwich, Clapham), Bristol and Plymouth. Following the common practice, the evacuees were billeted with families in the parish, but there are references to
a hostel at Whitstone Head (by the end of 1941 there were thirty-one children - of around ten
years of age - recorded as having been inmates of the hostel).
It was impracticable for all the evacuee children and the local children to be taught at the
same time at the primary school, so, until the Methodist School Room could be requisitioned,
a double shift system was worked: the village children attended the school in the morning and
the evacuee children in the afternoon. Within a few days, however, the evacuee children were
being taught in the Methodist School Room, although ten of them continued to be taught with
the local children at the primary school. Over time, the class at the Methodist School Room,
which came to be known as the ‘evacuee school’, came under the control of the primary
school, and by December 1941 all the equipment (some of which was on loan from London
and Plymouth schools) had been removed from the evacuee school, the classes there discon-
Carnival Sports Day Report
Brian Martyn
Finally a tug of war, just 2 teams of
25-30 children on each side, this
The Thursday sports evening was
does require a very strong rope!.
well supported. All the age groups
After about 20 minutes of pulling, it
from 4 to 14 seemed enthusiastic for does not seem to matter who wins, it
any event we can devise. Every year is just the taking part, Could I take
the highlight of the evening is apple this opportunity to thank Arthur M
bobbing. Some children coming
for controlling & starting each race
back for a third try and getting
and Jayne Adamson for handing out
completely soaked for their efforts.
the prize money at such short notice,
Every other year we have a dizzy
as always thanks to all the helpers
race, everyone gets over the finish
who once again made the sports day
line eventually, even though some
a fun evening.
slant off the course at odd angles!
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Whitstone Head - An Introduction
Where are we?
Whitstone Head School is situated in six
acres of grounds on the edge of
Whitstone village. It comprises the large
country house, originally owned by
Squire Mucklow, with an adjacent
modern education building and sports
hall. The original outbuildings and
stables have been converted for
boarding purposes and the majority of
our pupils board. The boarding facilities
provide spacious accommodation and
the grounds offer extensive play and
recreational areas.
What do we do?
The school is a Department for
Education and Skills (DFES) approved
non-maintained special school providing
support and education for children aged
between 10 and 16 years who are
emotionally fragile or vulnerable and
have behavioural, emotional and social
difficulties. Children come from all
parts of England and Wales, though the
majority are from Cornwall and Devon.
The school is run as a specialist centre
providing education to national
examination level allowing access to
further education and employment for
the children once they leave. The school
also has a large programme of outdoor
education and outdoor pursuit activities
allowing the children to take full
advantage of the coast and surrounding
countryside.
Who does what?
A team of residential care staff supports
boarding, and a healthy lifestyle is
encouraged by access to a large range of
extra curricular activities. The school
provides for up to 35 children and the
selection process is very carefully
managed. All children are assessed on a
trial basis to ensure that the school is
able to meet their education and care
needs. Special educational needs
teachers and learning support staff
provide the revised national educational
curriculum, and a small administrative
staff provides catering, cleaning,
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cure pooch. Her head, with its varnished helmet of jet-black hair, was slightly, reverentially,
bowed. Her unblinking gaze remained fixed on a point in the pattern of the floor a few feet
in front of her (she was so still it was as if she had been petrified by anticipation into a
painted marble statue – sorry, Mike), the epitome of oriental serenity.
For the duration of each piece of music, she didn’t move a muscle; you would have
sworn with complete conviction that she had ceased to breathe. But after the few moments
of silence that marked the end of each piece of music, she would be miraculously reanimated
and express appreciation and approval of the musicians’ execution with enthusiasm. She
would be the first to start clapping and, unabashed, be the last one to finish clapping; it was
as if she was both the agent of the applause and, at its end, its echo. JJ was fascinated by this
contrast between stillness and movement, serenity and exuberance. (Though it’s something
that I prefer to be an observer of rather than a participant in.)
The hour or so that JJ had spent in the cathedral had restored her equanimity. (And as a
Christmas shopper, I felt a little less loathing for myself.) Being in the calm of the cathedral
had been a relief from the hurly-burly of a large commercial city at one of the most frenetic
and sanity-testing times of the year and had engendered in JJ a mood of reflection. (It had –
no, really, it had.)
The constant movement and unrelenting agitation of the mind to which you are subject in
a city is, some would have it, what living is all about. It is an aspect of life, but not the whole
of life. It is in such moments of contemplation that we distil for ourselves a perspective and
context for our lives and how we choose to live them, wherever we choose to live them.
(Well, of course, that wasn’t all I was thinking about…) Let’s be grateful that we have some
measure of freedom to choose, even if some of us, like JJ, find making choices difficult.
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health Issues
By Bob Booker: County Councillor
A public meeting was held in Bude on
the 9th of September by the N & E
Cornwall Patient and Public
Involvement Forum. This meeting was
so well attended that we had to move to
the main hall in the Parkhouse Centre.
Many issues were discussed including
concerns over the inadequate and
overcrowded Stratton Surgery,
inadequate GP provision in the rural
parishes and lack of NHS dental
provision; but top of the list was the
proposal by the PCT to close Stratton’s
Minor Injury Unit at night. The Primary
Care Trust is putting their proposals out
to public consultation from the 1st of
October to the 31st of December. This
consultation is expected to propose
reducing Minor Injury Unit provision to
the hours of 8am to 10pm. Expand the
services provided during daytime and to
provide X-ray facilities on Saturday and
Sunday afternoons. Details of this
consultation can be obtained from: Ms
Sarah Fisher Communications Manager
N & E Cornwall PCT Headquarters St
Ingunger County Offices Lanivet
Bodmin PL30 5HS Tel: 01208 252505.
Cornwall County Council will be
consulted on these and any other
proposals which will be discussed by the
Health and Adult Social Care Overview
and Scrutiny Committee.
Also at this meeting was a brief input
from PALS Patient Advice and Liaison
Service. An independent advice and
support service on all NHS services.
Their aim is to:
Advise and support patients their
families and carers.
Provide information on NHS services.
Listen to your concerns, suggestions or
queries.
Help sort out problems quickly on your
behalf.
If anyone decides to respond to the PCT
consultation I would appreciate copies
of any letters so that when these issues
are discussed at County Council I am
fully aware of your concerns.
The Whitstone Hilton
For those of you who were wondering
what was happening to Keywood Park,
we thought we’d write a few lines and
enlighten you.
Firstly let us introduce ourselves. We
are Tony and Louise Hall and we are
living onsite in the park bungalow.
Tony is managing the park, Louise takes
care of the sales and administration.
The park has been renamed Hilton
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woodland. The park owners hope to
develop the park into a high quality
lodge park, with lodges for sale and
next year we hope to have some rental
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your friends and family if you don’t
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JJ leisurely walked along the quayside of the Floating Harbour in the watery winter sunshine looking for a spot in which to eat the chicken salad baguette she had bought by way of
consolation. (Not, please note, a half-pound bar of chocolate – I was, after all, two long
weeks into a new regimen that this time, I was sure, would result in the desired transformation). A little further along from where she had settled was the Arnolfini Arts Centre, one of
Bristol’s cultural landmarks. Full of expectation (and a delicious chicken salad baguette) JJ,
affecting the air of a jaded cognoscente (oh, pl-ea-se), sauntered to the gallery. To her dismay, the gallery was closed owing to the preparations being made there for a forthcoming
exhibition of sculptures by Louise Bourgois. The day was declining into one of despair and
disappointment. JJ resolved, however, that she wouldn’t leave Bristol until she had sampled
some form of spiritual nourishment that would go some way to matching the physical sustenance she had derived from the (excellent) chicken salad baguette, even if this did mean resorting to finding some dishevelled busker with a thin-faced mongrel and a guitar with a
string missing. (I should quickly point out, before Michael blackens my name any further,
that I am not an unkind person - and can never pass any ‘street entertainer’ without dropping some money into the hat, tin or instrument case serving as the receptacle for donations
- and without feeling some measure of personal responsibility for the misfortune of the outcast.)
It was now that JJ remembered seeing an advertisement for musical concerts being held
in the Anglican cathedral at lunchtime on Tuesdays. It had to be more tuneful than someone
playing a third-hand banjo in some twilit underpass. (Now, I admit that I did say this - but I
immediately rebuked myself for such an uncharitable thought and promised my God that I
would give twice my usual amount to the next busker I encountered.) Providence now
seemed to be guiding her fate: today was a Tuesday and, moreover, it was lunchtime. Fortified with a (scrumptious) chicken salad baguette, JJ rushed to the cathedral arriving (just
behind the breath I was trying to catch) just in time for the start of the concert.
By this time, all the highly-polished choir stalls – the prime seats at this consecrated
venue – were already occupied, and the occupants of the padded seats placed along the communion rail turned smiles of unbecoming smugness on the late arrivals. The only seats available to JJ were those plastic chairs that seem designed to cut across the middle of your back.
But JJ, with a superstitious resignation, acknowledged to herself that the delinquent who
shows the fault of tardiness (not to mention the depravity of a poor sitting posture) must be
mortified if his or her character is to stand any chance of correction. This particular Tuesday
lunchtime concert was an offering from the Munday Consort. (Yes, the irony of the name
wasn’t lost on the audience either - and the apology the ensemble made for being a day late
stirred a ripple of polite amusement - fortunately, its musicianship made a bigger splash
than its wit.)
JJ is an inveterate observer of people (I confess I am). She watches inconspicuously from
a dimly lit corner, or discretely from behind a teashop menu, or unobtrusively from a park
bench (you don’t have to make it seem quite so furtive, Michael), taking a particular delight
on a lazy summer’s afternoon when people are at their most relaxed and unguarded. She cast
an expert observer’s eye over the other members of the audience.
As the notes floated up like whispered petitions to be checked by the vaulted ceiling
(he’s off again), a young Japanese woman, seated (with, I have to say, an exemplary posture)
opposite her on the south side of the choir, arrested JJ’s attention. The object of her observation sat quietly, her hands folded in her lap. A small leather bag nuzzled her leg like an inse39
A Country Mouse Goes To
Town
By Michael Henchard.
Although she was a country girl at heart, there were times when my friend JJ would
stiffen as tight as she could her flabby sinews, summon up the blood to deepen the plethoric
blush in the cheeks of a face more Rubensesque than Kate Moss and go to town. (Thanks for
that Michael - it may be an accurate description but it’s still an ungallant thing to have
said.) There had even been times when she had journeyed to London to visit old school
friends who had escaped what they perceived to be the confinement of the places of their
birth. It was more likely, I suspect, that she considered these visits as opportunities to attend
passing exhibitions at the metropolitan museums and galleries. At their longest, these visits
lasted no more than two or three days; usually, it was there and back in a day.
While staying with her younger sister (only two years younger) in Bristol, JJ took the
opportunity to break the habit of a lifetime and do some early shopping for Christmas presents. This would have been around the end of November, so you can see just how radical a
departure from acceptable behaviour this might be considered to be by those communicants
who welcome the approach of Christmas as red letter days in the devout shoppers’ calendar.
(You may also have discerned that I’m not one of those women who think that time not spent
shopping is time wasted - shopping time lost for ever, never to be recovered however hard
you try, however much money you spend, however long the universe might last.)
After her habitual morning coffee (I’ve given up the sugar), JJ set off for the shops that
are full of seasonable warmth and glitter that loom, like halls of mirrors, in the centre of the
city (the heart of darkness). She was hoping that inspiration would join her en route. Alas,
inspiration, in any guise, remained aloof. JJ felt anxious about the absence of her desired
companion because when confronted by any choice, let alone one as bewildering as that on
offer at Christmas time, she invariably struggled to make any choice at all. (Look, the unfortunate incident accompanying the birthday surprise I had arranged for my best friend’s husband had somewhat spoiled the reputation I had enjoyed within my small circle of friends as
someone with a talent to amuse - and consequently undermined my confidence - but that’s a
story for another time – move on, Mike.) She saw objects on display that she thought would
make acceptable gifts for family and friends but she never quite managed to deceive herself
into believing that her choice of gift would be received with other than a polite smile or the
unconvincing protestation that the gift was something that the recipient had always wanted.
Reluctantly, in spite of her best intentions, JJ’s thoughts turned to the traditional stand-bys of
the unimaginative or the timid: book and gift tokens – oh, and toiletries. (But appropriate
toiletries - I was determined I wasn’t going to make such an embarrassing mistake again,
however inadvertent it had been). Thoroughly depressed by her inadequacies as a Christmas
shopper, JJ retreated from the city centre, the scene of her present misery.
*
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Ongoing Conflict At St Anne's
Bob Booker - District Councillor
The land at St Anne's Close was
scheduled for residential development
in the District Local Plan’s first draft in
1994. After pubic consultation St Anne's
Close was again included in the 1995
Deposit Plan. After additional public
consultation this Deposit Draft was
subjected to a public enquiry. Following
the pubic enquiry the government
inspector’s report (1997) suggested
minor alterations to the wording on the
affordable housing element of
Whitstone’s housing allocation. These
modifications were again put out for
public consultation during 1998 and the
District Local Plan was finally adopted in
April 1999.
Since becoming your District Councillor
in May 1999 I have spoken on the St
Anne's Development several times.
Whilst a member of the Community
Services Committee I spoke on the poor
relationship of housing development
adjacent to the industrial site at St Anne's
Close. Development of this land could
produce potential conflict if this land is
sold for development without first
addressing this problem. NCDC owns
several development sites but it is unable
to build council houses. To help address
the local need housing crisis the
Community Services Committee
recommended the sale of these valuable
sites that NCDC is unable to use. The
Council currently expects developers to
provide one third local need housing on
allocated sites. On sites like St Anne's,
which NCDC owns, in addition to this
one-third local need housing to be
provided by the developer, the
substantial capital raised from these sales
has been ring fenced to support housing
associations that are short of funds. The
housing associations will then be able to
build additional local need housing. Low
cost local need housing in villages is
restricted in perpetuity to the local
communities of the parish and adjoining
parishes.
NCDC advertised the St Anne's planning
application in the Holsworthy Post and
also placed its pink notice on site. To
help keep local residents informed
during this consultation period as your
ward member I placed the full Planning
Committee report on the parish noticeboard. I attended as ward member an
informal site meeting with officers and
members of the Regeneration
Committee at St Anne's Close. After the
Regeneration Site Meeting to keep
residents informed I wrote a letter
which I delivered to each of the
residents at St Anne's Close and placed
another copy of this letter on the Parish
notice-board. St Anne's Development
was also included in my District
Councillors report at Whitstone’s Annual
Parish Open Meeting in April.
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More Tales From The author of “Land of Milk & Honey”
Cheap Woolly Jumpers
Sheep shearing time is hot and sweaty both for man and sheep!
A shearing gang of three arrives and starts shearing, the farmer, after
herding the sheep into a suitable shed, fetches cold lemon drinks for all the
workers, infact, a whole kettle full and paper cups. By midday, everyone is
reasonably pleased with how the work is progressing and after a meal
break, someone comments that the lemon drink is tasting odd, he is out
voted when they realise it is an own water supply and an acquired taste, so
the work restarts with more refreshing drinks. By 4.30pm, more than one of
the gang is feeling a little queasy and its slowing them down, they don't feel
at all hungry for a 5.30pm meal stop. By this time they are all feeling quite
sick, however no one vomits, the discussion is by now about food
poisoning, or some kind of sheep dip problem. The next move is out of the
farmyard and onto accident and emergency at the local hospital, the
symptoms being stomach aches and feeling under the weather in three
persons. The doctors think it likely food poisoning, however, they have
nothing to test until one of the men vomits. A test for food poisoning will
take time to incubate, so at the same time a test is done for heavy metals and
the results come back as high in copper. Copper causes nausea and
vomiting, too high a level would damage the liver, luckily though the levels
are not dangerously high so no overnight stay is required, just plenty of
fluids. The cause transpires to be the lemon drink enjoyed earlier, due to
the farmers own water supply which slowly dissolved the scale in the
kettle. The sale of the fleeces is now only a break even situation, the
contract shearers fees and wool cheque just balancing each other, you
could say that shearing sheep is more a welfare issue, and not a profit
earner. A lot of English wool is exported to China and other far eastern
countries only to come back as cheap woolly jumpers and carpets. I wonder
why we bother !
Brian’s Quotes
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On a lovely sunny Saturday in June,
Whitstone W.I. set off on their annual
outing, called a ‘Mystery Trip’.
Mr. Ibbotson was the driver of the
mini bus, Mrs. Ibbotson mapped the
route and navigated. We travelled
towards Lifton and on to Dartmoor,
up and down dale, via the narrow
roads. The views were beautiful.
The lunch break was at Avon Mill
Garden Centre, after lunch member’s
were able to look around and
purchase some plants. Then it was on
to Slapton Sands where members
spent some time enjoying the sea view
and buying an ice cream.
On our way home we stopped at The
Post Inn Whiddon Down for an
Evening meal. That finished off a
really enjoyable day.
Thanks were expressed to Howard &
Judith Ibbotson and Ruth Mill for
organising the bus and outing.
The July meeting was held in the
Sunday schoolroom. The speaker for
the evening was Mr. John Forward
from Ashwater, he brought several of
his pictures which he had painted in
water colour. He explained how he
sketches out his pictures in charcoal
first before making the pictures with
paint. Some of his paintings are
exhibited in a gallery in St. Ives.
The August meeting was held at the
home of Ruth & John Mill where a
barbeque was being prepared by John
Mill, Howard Ibbotson and Godfrey
Cole.
Ten members sat down to a tasty meal,
including various meats salads and
lovely soft bread rolls. Different
sweets were made by all the W.I.
members.
It was rather a chilly evening so
everyone went into the conservatory
where the tables were laid out for
everyone. Thanks was given to the
chefs also to Ruth and Judith for
waiting on members. The evening was
enjoyed by all.
The September meeting was a trip to
Launceston, to the offices of the
Cornish & Devon Post. It was
interesting to see the progress in the
printing business, seeing the large old
printing machines compared to
today’s computers.
The Cornish and Devon newspaper
was shown to be the top selling
newspaper in this area. The post was
established in 1856. For their 150th
anniversary next year they are hoping
that a Royal visit will take place for
their celebrations.
At the end of the visit thanks was
expressed by Mrs. Judith Ibbotson.
Jean Kendall.
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THE POSTBAG
From Little Acorns, Oak Trees Grow……
Your letters to the “Whistler”
Hello all !!
This is a missive from your exeditor, Paula. We have safely
arrived in Spain. Had a
glorious journey both on the
ferry from Plymouth and on the
car journey down from
Santander. There are lots more
stories to tell in this area
but I will save those for
later. For this issue I thought
you might like to hear the
story of the Washing Machine!!
When our furniture arrived, the
day after we moved into our
finca we unpacked and plugged
in our washing machine. Great we had five days of laundry to
cope with. Plumbed in - plugged
in switched on -- then,
something which resembled the
1912 overture and then Nothing! Oh, well, we knew it
was on its last legs and it
obviously had not liked being
in store for months and then
got sea-sick on the cross
channel ferry. So – where do we
go to buy a new one? Mike
favoured going to the local
shop rather than an out of town
centre as, as he said, if
anything goes wrong you have
the after sales service. How he
has lived to regret ever saying
that ! !!! Well, I sent Mike
down to the town to purchase a
machine. As long as it copes
with woollens and does a boil
wash I really am not too
excited about the make. He came
home very proud. Without a word
of Spanish, he had managed to
purchase a machine and give
delivery directions. The
machine arrived the next day,
Friday and was duly plumbed in
by the suppliers. Money changed
hands and there was much hand
shaking and “Mucho gratias”.
What a relief - at last I could
stop hand washing and put the
dirty washing into a machine.
What joy!! However - not long
lived. I put in the first load
and went into the garden. Some
minutes later Mike called me
saying ‘Paula, there is a bit
of water in the hallway”. A bit
of water !!! - there was a
river coming from the utility
room, through the kitchen and
into the hallway. I won’t cover
the expletives, temper, etc
that covered the next few
minutes,. I found every
available towel, newspaper etc
to soak up the water, then
emptied the washing machine.
This is now 8.OOp.m. On
Saturday I go down to the
electrical suppliers, who are
not technically open, but I
spot someone in the shop, who,
upon recognising my furious red
face and seeing my war dance
and the axe about to come
through their window,
gracefully opened up. I
explained the problem with my
by now fluent Spanish - Aqua
all over the floor - I think
making, finger painting and potato
printing. Not only are their creative
energies nurtured, but their physical
wellbeing is enhanced too. Outdoor
playtime is built into each session with
items such as ride-on toys, balls and a
play parachute being used. Good health
… so the saying goes. Coming into
is encouraged – the children each bring
playgroup when they turn three years
a piece of fruit to playgroup which they
old, our playgroup children certainly
then share at snack time.
grow in confidence and maturity,
With the use of the school’s resources
learning and having fun, in preparation
including dressing-up clothes, a “home
for their reception year at school.
corner”, a computer, books and toys,
We have seen a few changes recently at
each session at playgroup is different.
the playgroup. At the beginning of the
This term, thanks to the hard work and
Autumn term, we were pleased to
persistence of the Mums on Committee,
welcome a new playgroup leader, Mrs
the playgroup now receives government
Emma Wild, from Warbstow. Emma
funding for 3 and 4 year olds who are
settled in well, getting “stuck in” with
eligible for free nursery places.
the children straight away. To date this
term, the children have engaged in such
activities as bubble painting, kite
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explained that he could get noone there tomorrow - Sunday and Monday was a National Bank
Holiday but someone would
definitely be there on Tuesday
morning. I went home mollified
but not a happy bunny. Back to
the river and the stones for
another weekend. !! Tuesday
came and went. No Electrical
engineer. Wednesday I go down
to the shop and on the window
is posted a notice “closed for
2 weeks - for holidays). No
amount of banging on windows
and ringing bells could raise
anyone so I went back home,
reached for the gin and tonic
and had a few good gulps before
heading once again for the
stones and the river!!
When the 2 weeks had elapsed I
went again to the shop and was
greeted by a very pretty but
totally un-cooperative young
lady who pretended she
understood nothing of what I
was saying - what rubbish. I
have lived here for 6 weeks
now, I must be fluent !!! I
asked her to call the manager.
She said he was unavailable. I
sat on the desk, blocking the
telephone and the computer and
said I would remain there until
the manager was called!!. Of
course, he turned up very
quickly and was, to give him
his due, a very pleasant man. I
once again used my fluent
Spanish with arms flailing and
fingers pointing and the work
“aqua” a very frequent word and
told him that if I did not have
a washing machine that worked
by the following morning then I
would bring all my dirty sheets
towels and knickers ( I think
it was the Knickers that
frightened him!) to the shop
and dump them on the floor for
him to clean.
Guess What? Next day I had a
delivered a perfectly working
washing machine!
I miss you all, but love it
here
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Speed Limit Update
Call 01288 341095
Marty on mobile : 07836 533535
Dear Editor,
Further to the printed article and letter in the previous issue,
I have received the reply shown below from Divisional Surveyor
Paul Allen
“The request for a 30mph speed limit in Whitstone has been
selected by Mr Booker for investigation. Our Traffic Engineering
Group will commence looking at the site soon and if it meets the
County Council's Speed Management Strategy then a scheme will be
progressed this financial year.”
Yours sincerely
Paul Allen
Divisional Surveyor
Despite many requests to Mr Allen I have been unable to
ascertain a firm timetable.
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Introducing
Ourselves
Dear Whistler,
You’ve heard of The
Incredibles? Meet The
Unpronounceables! My husband,
Krishna (Oozageer) and myself,
Denise (Heydinrych)!!! and our
three girls (Phoebe, Nadia and
Charis), have recently moved
into St. Mary’s cottage. We
will have met many of you
already by the time this goes
to print but for those of you
we haven’t yet had the pleasure
of bumping into - an
introduction!
We hail from Surrey and due to
the deterioration of the way of
life there (and economic
pressure)! we decided to make
the move to the southwest while
our children are still small.
We have some local connections
as my great, great, great
grandmother was born at
Stowford Barton and her motherin-law ran the grocery shop at
Lifton for many years, my
great, great, great grandfather
was a master blacksmith and
worked the forge at
Broadwoodwidger, but having
holidayed in the region as
children we have always had
fond memories of Cornwall and
Devon and after a couple of
years of “wouldn’t it be great
if
we decided to take the
plunge!
Ksish is an electrical engineer
and is commuting back to Surrey
to work until a suitable
position comes up nearer to
home. I am an artist by trade
(Cont)
but have done a million and one
things in-between, including
secretarial, PA, admin and care
work!
Our eldest daughter Phoebe is
currently in year 2 at
Whitstone Primary, and is
thoroughly enjoying her lessons
in Mrs. Towe’s class. She has
settled in really well at
school and I am sure this is
mainly due to the welcome she
has received at school and
indeed the welcome we have all
received as a family in the
village. Everybody has been so
incredibly friendly and
supportive and this has really
taken the sting out of such a
long haul move and all the
trials associated with it!
We look forward to spending
many happy years at St. Mary’s
and in the process getting to
know you all a lot better!
Many thanks to Mrs. Stanbury
for inviting me to submit this
‘potted history’ to share with
you, also thanks indeed to
Carole Coleman of Rectory
Cottage for being so
understanding when our
solicitor dragged her heels!
And thanks too to Mr. Paul
Woolner, Mrs. Rebecca Lowe and
all the staff at Whitstone
Primary School for all their
wonderful care and attention!
PS: I am looking forward to the
next issue of the Whistler,
what a fun and informative
quarterly! I especially enjoyed
“The Butcher of Whitstone”
interview and Gwen Martyn‘s
ruminations on the
passing of time in Whitstone.
Denise Heydinrych
Messages
To place your message in the whistler,
please contact us by email whitstonewhistler@gmail.com
or to any member of the committee
listed inside the front cover
Congratulations to Gordon & Shelia Orchard, who celebrated 60 years of
marriage with their Diamond Wedding Anniversary on October 13th
Whitstone Cancer Research Committee
had a meeting Wed 6th October. The Coffee Morning which had been scheduled
for October 26th in the Memorial Hall Holsworthy has had to be cancelled as the
hall is being refurbished. We are trying to arrange a different venue in
Holsworthy and posters will be put up to inform everyone where and when it
will be. If there is anyone who feels that they could help out please contact our
Secretary Helen Chubb on 3412312. Thank You.
Would any kind person be willing to sew up some knitted squares for small
blankets which will be forwarded to The Children’s Hospice South West.
Many have already been sent. Please Contact Sheila Orchard 341 375
Congratulations to Louise Adamson and Annabelle Orchard who are
show-jumping for the Budehaven school team.
Louise and Annabelle have made it to the top 6 in Cornwall.
The Cornish team will now face Devon at the Grange near Okehampton
Dear Readers, Please can you help us?
Class 2 and Class 3 have been finding out about life in Britain since 1930. If you
have any photographs or objects of interest that we could borrow or maybe you
could come into school and talk to us about them. We are having an informal
chat afternoon on Tuesday November 8th at 2.00 p.m. when you would be most
welcome to come and share your experiences with a small group of children.
We would like people of all ages so that we can make comparisons between
different decades. If you can help us please contact Margaret Stanbury at the
school or ring 341332. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Many
thanks. Children in Class 2 and Class 3 Whitstone Community Primary School.
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Parish Council
A Day In The Life Of A Parish Councillor
As Chairman of Whitstone Parish Council I received an invitation
from the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall – the Lady Mary Holborow JP to attend
the 60th Commemoration of VE/VJ Day in Cornwall, which took place on Sunday
11th September 2005. I was honoured to accept this invitation and represent our
Parish. The day commenced with a service in Truro Cathedral at 10.30am
commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II in the presence of
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall. After the service there was a parade of
The Band of H.M.’s Royal Marines Plymouth, Military Units, Cornwall Pipe Band,
Royal British Legion & other Veteran Association Standards, 2 Platoons of Wartime
Veterans, Adult Support Organisations, W.W.II vehicles, Camborne Youth Band, 4
Cadet Force Platoons and other Youth Organisations which made their way to the
Memorial and where we witnessed the Handover of the Torches (handing the
Country’s future to the younger generation). From here the parade continued to
Lemon Quay where the Lord Lieutenant took the salute and we watched the Royal
Marines Beat the Retreat. A Fly Past also took place. From here we went to County
Hall and enjoyed light refreshments with other representatives of Town and Parish
Council’s from all over Cornwall.
Mervyn Collins—Chairman Whitstone Parish Council
Messages
Congratulations to Helen Chubb, Dot Herrero, Sandra Luscombe,
Jane Lymer, Lillian Pearce, Gemma Sanders and Karen Woodward.
These seven staff members of St Anne’s residential home in Whitstone ,
have through Ultra training, all passed their NVQ 2 in care after 12
months of hard work and study. It is reassuring to know that the
elderly of the village are in safe hands.
This year, Mike Woodward has kindly put up a shield for the best score for
the under 18’s of Whitstone, as part of the intervillage clay shoot. Under 18’s
are invited to the practise and team selection nights where the shoot off for
the winner will take place, please call Mike on 341508 for more information
THANK YOU!
“Oh dear,” I thought, “here we
go again!” as I was given the
news that my cancer had
returned. Actually that is not
what I thought, but what I
thought is not for printing in
the Whistler!! And I was just a
month away from the “five year’
milestone!
I was discharged from
Barnstaple the day before
Christmas eve, followed by a
visit to my consultant on
Christmas eve morning at
Derriford hospital. I felt
reassured when I asked him if
he would be able to keep me
going for a bit longer. “A lot
longer, I think,” was his
positive response. With almost
childlike faith, I decided to
put my trust, once again, in
this man and his team, who had
treated me five years ago with
infinite patience and optimism.
I also decided, quite early on,
to put my trust in God and
prayed earnestly to Him to help
me deal with whatever was in
store for me and my family.
I have not as yet, been
disappointed with either!
The other group of people who
have certainly not disappointed
me, are my friends and family.
When my father died in
February, the day before my
second dose of chemotherapy,
friends were there to lend
their ears and support, both
emotionally and practically.
This is really the reason I
thought I would write to the
Whistler, to show my
appreciation and gratitude.
Without them all, I would not
be where I am today.
My family and I have been
privileged to benefit from the
generosity of spirit from so
many people, whether it was
“meals on wheels” from the
“girls”, sleepovers and much
childcare for the children, a
cheering phone call, cards,
flowers, cakes or most
important of all, prayers that
were offered. I have also been
touched by the good wishes and
prayers from people I didn’t
know, but who were told of my
plight!
My heart literally swells with
pride and heartfelt gratitude,
when I think of you all!
I recently had some excellent
news! At the moment, the tumour
is not visible on the scan! I
am now on a “maintenance” dose
of chemotherapy, I am symptom
free and I feel well! What more
could I ask for?
None of us know what the future
holds, but with the support of
our families and friends and
the grace and love of God — I
truly believe anything is
possible!!
I really enjoy doing what I do,
being with my dear family and
friends! As John Lennon once
said, “life is what happens
while we’re busy planning other
things!”
Enjoy today, it’s all we have —
until tomorrow!!!
With my love,
Angela Edgcombe — Whitstone 17
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(Cont)
Get your event in the diary by emailing whitstonewhistler@gmail.com
Diary
MANY THANKS
to all those who bought tickets for the
Dinner Dance held at St Anne’s Hall on the 6th August. The
evening was a great success. £1,160.00 was taken altogether
which included donations from people who were unable to attend
the evening.
The money has been sent to Cancer Research, The
Mustard Tree, Breast Cancer Care Trust (in Plymouth) and The
British Heart Foundation.
A BIG THANK YOU to Graham Hodgson for providing the
entertainment for the evening and all those people who made
puddings or donated a raffle prize.
Kind Regards, Debbie Bishton.
Whitstone Waddlers Baby & Toddler Group
For Babies - 3 years old Meet in St Anne's Hall
Tuesday 9.30am - 11.30am Wednesday 12.45pm - 3.00pm
All Welcome call Kyla 01288341114 1st Session Free.
Whitstone Community Primary School PTFA held a meeting after school
and decided to organize a Wine and Wisdom evening at the school
on Friday 11 November at 7.30p.m. Teams of 6, if you would like to
join in or enter a team please contact Di Hughes on 01409271118.As a
fund raiser there is a quiz available from the school or the village shop
for £1. Go on tax those brain cells!
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Trevor Tucker is organising a DISCO at Hedley Wood on Saturday
29th October 9.00 p.m.- 1.00a.m. In aid of The Epilepsy Fund. Tickets are
£3 either available from him or at the door everyone welcome!
A Coffee Morning will be held in St. Anne's Hall on November 5th
from 10.30am - 12.00. Lucky Dip, Craft Stall, Raffle and Cake Stall
In Aid of Cornwall Deaf Children’s Society.
Intervillage Shoot - At Maxworthy Shooting Ground, Sat 29th October
at 1PM (practice dates TBC, please call Andy on 341629 to enter
Tues 25th October Village Hall Meeting—St Anne’s Hall 7.30pm
Three Course Supper in aid of St Anne’ Church Whitstone
At The Village Hall on Sat 12th November 6.30pm for 7pm
Please book by ticket at £7 per head by contacting Ann Weeks (341417)
Ruby Edgecombe (341309) or Kate Collins (341598) By Weds Nov 9th
(Bring a bottle of wine if you wish)
The Monday afternoon fun whist drive continues to meet every other
Monday at 2.00 p.m. in the Hall. This year so far we have sent £160 to the
Children’s Hospice South West. Anyone interested in playing whist
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Sponsored By
What's the
furthest a copy
of the “Whistler”
has travelled?
This edition, The
“Whistler” has
been spotted in
London
Above: Rachael NanceKivellSmith reading the Whistler to
Jasmin in London, with Big
Ben in the background, and
Rachael with Ethan in
Trafalgar Square (Left)
Thanks to Christine
NanceKivell of Dolsdon for
this entry.
Can you possibly provide photographic evidence of a
copy of the “Whistler” in a far flung land? If so, let us
know via the usual methods.
Chapel Redecoration
The Chapel was looking
tired and in need of
redecoration, what with
plaster flaking off and some
of the paint work being
mouldy. Being not one but
two weddings planned for
this year in the chapel, what
better incentive was there
for the members of the
Chapel to set too and do
some DIY.
Under the foremanship of
Godfrey Cole most evenings
in June were spent by a
dedicated band of helpers
painting.
Scaffolding Work in progress, the scaffold inside the chapel
erected on two levels around the walls
of the chapel with a central platform dedicated ladies, who armed with
enabled access to all parts of the Chapel hoovers, scrubbing brushes and cloths
walls and ceiling, which made set too to bring the Chapel back to its
decorating much easier It was just as pristine condition.
well that the weather was quite warm During a wet spell in early July, work
during that month as many beds were was halted temporarily, as all that was
left without sheets or blankets, judging left to do was the door and railings, but
by the number used as dust covers!
the summer returned and work
The work went much better and faster continued on the outside. The railings
with the constant banter during the took longer than anticipated, as work
works.
Grateful thanks must be undertaken during the evenings as light
expressed to HMS Dartmoor Prison for was often fading, making it difficult to
allowing one of its inmates out on see what had been painted and what
regular parole in the name of 1234 was not. Ruth Mill had green highlights
Prisoner Hopper Michael (according to free of charge at one point.
his T shirt). With the front doors of the Services continued during this time in
chapel open it was difficult for Mervyn the Sunday School.
Uglow to see every tractor that was Several helpers gave up many evenings
passing, but he certainly tried! Taking to help with the redecoration and
down and cleaning the lampshades and cleaning, and a big thank you has to go
light bulbs was deemed not to be the to everyone who helped in any way. It
job for Sparky Stanbury (John) who had has been estimated that a total of 200
previously had an encounter with live voluntary hours went into the work.
electric hence the wild hairstyle.
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Cleaning was undertaken by many
Angela Orchard
Whitstone Methodist Chapel
Sponsored By
Dear friends at Whitstone,
The seasons are always moving on and once again we find ourselves in autumn.
The countryside around looks spectacular with all the changing colours and our
Harvest Services give us the opportunity to say thank you to God for all the good
gifts we enjoy but sometimes take for granted.
Our apologies for the print quality of the last issues
competition which made it virtually unreadable, the answers
are as follows:
There are always seasons of change in the world and in our lives. Leaders of
nations change, great ideas about healthy eating is one thing today and another
tomorrow, and fashions will eventually come back round to what we have now if
we wear the same thing long enough. Nothing holds still.
Where am I ?
1.
The sign on a lamp post in St Annes Close
2.
Cherry Cross Road Sign
In our lives too the seasons move on, from our childhood, the confidence of
youth, the ageing process, the grey and wrinkly time (speaking personally) and
hopefully to maturity as we grow older.
Carnival Queens
1.
Top Left– Ann Weeks
2.
Top Right—Jo Short
3.
Bottom Left—Miriam Uglow
4.
Bottom Right—Debbie West
There will always be seasons of change for us all, some good and some bad. It is
good for us to remember that Jesus Christ is Lord of all the seasons. In the midst
of our change He remains the same. We can and must put our trust in the eternal
season of His faithfulness.
May God bless you specially in whatever season of life you find yourself right
now.
Rev Marion Proud.
Soduko
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Nov 27th
Dec 4th
Dec 11th
Dec 18th
Dec 25th
Service taken by Worship Leadership team.
Gill Daniels
Derek Andrew
United service with the church held at the chapel. This
will be a family service led by Courtney Drew.
Service at North Tamerton . Rev A. Wharton
Sylvia Risdon
Family service led by The Faith Mission
Carol Service. Possibly Carol Singing around the village
in the evening.
10.00 a.m. Christmas Day Service at North Tamerton led
by Courtney Drew.
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7
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All Services on Sundays at 11.00a.m. unless otherwise stated.
Oct 30th .
Nov 6th
Nov 13th
Nov 20th
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9
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There is just one
simple rule in Sudoku.
Each row and each
column must contain
the numbers 1 to 9,
and so must each 3x3
box. This is a logic
puzzle, and you should
not have to guess.
3
4
8
5
Please email your answer to whitstonewhistler@gmail.com or
hand to any member of the committee or by post,
(address inside front cover)
£10 for the first correct entry received.
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the sign
no-end. The
sympathetic and
S.M.I.L.E
language helped
proprietor was
Ruminations From The Rectory
October 2005
Hi! We are back, we started meeting again in September. We now
have some new team members on board, Sheila, our Circuit Youth
Officer and the Faith Mission Girls – Juiliette and Karen have now
arrived in Cornwall, hopefully they will be taking an active part in
leading the sessions for the next 12 months. So plenty of fun to be
had by all.
Thunder growls a mile or two away over Bevel's Hill, and the sky blackens.
“They’re getting it in Whitstone, and it’s coming this way!”, comments Des the
postman with some satisfaction, as I meet him at the rectory gate; new mail for
old. I say I don’t want to know, and he grins and rubs the side of his nose.
Future session dates.
Wed. 19 October
at 6.30pm
at 6.30pm
Wed. 23 October
Wed
7 December at 6.30pm
On my way to little St Anne’s Church, however, my world rapidly turns dark; at
Keywood the trees roar, adding a fresh carpet of twigs to the road and the rooks
caw as loud as they can to outdo the storm.
As always on these occasions I am struck by the enhanced whiteness of
white objects: the snowberries in the hedge near Hillhead, a tossing gull, the shirt
of a distant figure hurrying homewards ‘afore it starts’, Houses on the hill at
Highbury over the valley. By reducing the light, weather such as this creates a
similar effect on the landscape to that of our local artist, Harry McConville,
adding flakes of Chinese white to the wave-crests of one of his Bude seascapes.
But, within an hour this non-storm rolls off towards Launceston, leaving behind
the cobalt-blue of autumn.
Some extra dates for your diaries.
Sunday 11 December A Family Service – Led by the Faith Mission
Girls at 11.00am.
Sunday 18 December A Family Carol Service - 11.00 am
Sunday 18 December – evening (time to arranged later) –
Carol .Singing around the village.
(We cannot get to everyone, if there are requests for us to call , please
ring Pam on 341279 )
Later, at the rectory, the evening’s news from Bali and Iraq tends to be rather like
the storm, breeding a mood, feeding concern, promising the worst, so that even
in peaceful, rural Week or Whitstone, the wicked world is on the doorstep, even
though the well-modulated BBC voice of the newsreader finds civilised words to
soften the limitless footage of the worst that men can do to each other. Then the
weather, a depression over Biscay, more storms on their way in; I shiver and go to
the kitchen to make the coffee.
Outside, in the exquisite late September evening light, an owl high up in our
pollarded oak broadcasts his presence. Uplifted, I recall our Lord’s words of
encouragement in Matthew 24:
“You will hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that you are not
alarmed ... anyone who endures to the end will be saved. And the Good
News of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a
testimony to all the nations.”
+RevdRob
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T.M. O’Sullivan MVB, MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Buller Cottage, Underlane,
Marhamchurch, Bude, Cornwall EX23 0EW
Tel : 01288 361984
Mobile: 07970 253045
Emergencies:01209 823287
(please try other numbers first)
24Hr Emergency Service
All consultations by appointment, please
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Sunday, 23rd October
SOUTHERN COUNTIES
COUNTRY STORES
TRAFALGAR SUNDAY
Agricultural & Builders Merchants
Across Britain, at 6.00pm, services will be held
to celebrate one of our greatest heroes
has been set aside, nationally, as
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
Suppliers Of
After which, at 7.00pm, bells will be rung across the land.
Sand
Aggregates
Timber
Gates
Blocks
Stakes
Cement
Plumbing & Guttering
Stock Fencing
A celebration will also be held at 6pm on that
day
at Week St Mary Church, to which all are
welcome
Water Troughs
SUNDAY SERVICES AT ST ANNE’S CHURCH: OCTOBER 2005
Animal Feeds Pet Foods
Oils & Lubricants
Sunday 9th
Solid Fuels
Heating Fuels
Agricultural Fuels
Flo Gas
9.45 am
Holy Communion
Revd Yeomans
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6.30 pm
BCP Evensong
RevdRob
Sunday 23rd
9.45 pm
Morning Prayer
Revd Gavin
Sunday 16
Ironmongery
6.00 pm
Sunday 30
Tools & Accessories
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Electrical Hardware
10.30 pm
WSM Trafalgar Day Service Revd Rob/Gavin
All Saints Sunday
United Benefice Service at St Gennys Church
SUNDAY SERVICES AT ST ANNE’S CHURCH: NOVEMBER 2005
At Kilkhampton & Morwenstow
Tel: 01288 321310
or
07966 213 489
Sunday 6th
9.45 am
Family Service
Revd Rob
Sunday 13
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3.00 pm
RBL Remembrance Day
Revd Yeomans
Sunday 20
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6.30 pm
BCP Evensong
Revd Rob
11.15 am
Holy Communion
Revs Yeomans
Sunday 27th
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Interview
The Big
This month, in her second interview, Pat Nasmyth talks
to a much loved Whitstonian—Ivy Cann.
Miss Ivy May Cann
made her entrance into
the world on 17
September1918 at
Bradboro, Meadow
Side, Whitstone; at a
time when fields
surrounded the area
and very few houses
were to be seen. Ivy
was baptised at home
and welcomed into the
Methodist Faith, which
has sustained her to this The well known face and friendly smile of Ivy Cann
day. She started
attending Sunday School at the age
company. Approximately 50
of 5 and has many
children attended the school
happy memories of learning
which consisted of the brick
Scriptures and Hymns, and outings buildings seen today with not an
by horse and wagon and later, 3
Elliot in sight. The day started
bus loads of children to local
with a prayer then lessons in
beauty spots such as Widemouth
knitting, sewing and cookery were
Bay. The five Stanbury daughters’
taught in addition to the 3 R’s. As
of Lower Wadfast were Ivy’s
there was no senior school,
particular friends, they attended
children spent their entire
Whitstone School together and
educational years at the same
spent many Friday evenings in
school, leaving at 14 years
each other’s
old. Ivy’s father was a carpenter,
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who made coffins from trees felled
by Sid Collins, this wood had to be
kept for three years before
use. After leaving school, Ivy
stayed at home to help her mother
shopping for groceries at the shop
on the corner, which was then
owned by Mr.Goodman, later
known as Homeleigh, Mr. W.
Woodley’s butchery. Cream then
cost 6d. for a large glass
full!! Joining the Land Army at 21
years old was Ivy’s War Work,
where at West Balsdon she led
bulls around the farm and learned
to milk the cows – her first
attempt proved futile but she soon
mastered the art and spent 4 years
proving her worth. The Cann
family hosted two young boys
from Plymouth as evacuees for the
duration of the war. After the war
Ivy helped in the shop sorting the
Ration Books and Coupons. The
family moved to The Post Office
Cottage next door down to where
Ivy lives now and changed the
name to Penfuge. The Penfuge,
where Ivy now lives, was originally
built by her father as a Draper’s
shop, later run by Ivy as a DIY
shop, selling wallpaper, paint etc.
and lastly run as a Charity shop
before it was demolished and
rebuilt. Whitstone was well served
by the Constabulary. Elton House
was a Police House and in 1961
the two houses next to the Chapel
Car Park were built for Whitstone
and Week St Mary Officers. Ivy,
Phyllis Knight and friends have
entered approximately 40
tableaux in the Village Carnivals.
They made the costumes and
proudly rode on Mr. Jack Rees’s
lorry depicting scenes such as “Say
it with Flowers”, “Chelsea
Pensioners”, “Henry VIII and
wives”, “Three Queens” and many
more. Ivy also entered the
Holsworthy Carnival Craft Section
and won many prizes for her
beautifully knitted
garments. Paton and Baldwins and
Emu wools also benefited from her
expertise; as she knitted for them
for many years. Ivy enjoys her
Monday Whist at the Village Hall
and an evening game on Tuesdays
in Holsworthy, Mystery Tours with
Tilleys’, shopping in Holsworthy ,
the annual Pantomime in
Plymouth and has been to
Buckingham Palace and Windsor
Castle. She is a founder member
of the WI, having missed just one
meeting in over 50 years. She still
attends Chapel, remembering
fondly her years in the choir with
Esther Hallet, Wilfred Woodley
and his brother Richard and Jack
Rees. Ivy describes herself as
having had a loving family, many
friends and is content with her
life. Ivy needs no introduction to
the majority of Whitstone
residents but……… just in case – she
is the lovely lady with white hair, a
twinkle in her eye and a greeting
of “Hello Dear” and can be seen
crossing the road to the corner
shop most days at about 9 am. our
thanks to Pat Nasmyth for
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conducting the interview.