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Key: TVH = Trewidland Village Hall SKC = St. Keyne Church DMH = Dobwalls Memorial Hall DUC = Dobwalls United Church
Regular weekly activities Monthly activities S
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St. Keyne Service SKC 9.30am Dobwalls Service DUC 9.30am office 01579 347411 Short Mat bowls DMH 7.30–10pm 01579 320786
Messy Church at DUC 4 -6pm 1
st Sunday of the Month
01579 326185
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Karate DMH 6.30 – 8.30pm 01208 873673 Dog Training TVH 6-7pm 01503 240 621 Toddler Group 01579 326185 DUC1-3pm
DIG [gardening club] DUC 1
st Mon. 01579 320983
Ladies Group DUC 2
nd Mon.
01579 320980
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Funfit Exercise class DMH 10-11am. 07850 473428 Girls Brigade [Term Time] DUC 6.30pm [5-8yrs] 8pm [8+yrs] 01579 320233 Dog Training 6-7pm DMH Cats Eyes Morris Dancers 8-10pm DMH 01752 823693
Wed
Fun & Social Ceroc Dance Club DMH 07984 470281 Sheila’s School of Dancing 4.30-6.30pm DMH Pilates - starting September 01579 321 371
Parish Council DUC/TVH 7.00pm 3
rd Wednesday 01579
350962
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Zumba now Power Hoop DMH 6-7pm 07850 473428 Short Mat Bowls DMH 7.30–10 01579 320786 Ju Jitsu TVH 7pm 01503 240421 Slimming World DUC 5.30 & 7.30 07807 289801 Quiz Night Highwayman Pub 8.30pm
Duloe WI Jubilee Hall Duloe, 7.30, 1
st Thursday
The Luncheon Club DMH 3
rd Thursday 12 for 12.30
01579 321311 Christine Seaman
Fri
50+ Keep Fit DMH 10–11am 07850 473428 Coffee Morning DMH 11am -1pm 01579 321311 Clubbercise 7.30-8.30pm DMH (except 2
nd
week in month when 8.15-9.15pm 07525 432144
Knit & Natter DUC 2pm Alternate Fridays 01579 320007 Get together Cornwall. DMH 6-7.30pm 01579 326683
Sat
Coffee Morning TVH 10.30 3
rd Saturday
Lunches DUC 12-1.30pm 2nd Saturday June – Nov. Bingo DMH 7.30 3
rd Saturday
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The Villager December 2016 - February 2017
Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Council
Would you like to have a say in the shape of
the future for our Parish? Would you like to
be involved? Come and see what a
Neighbourhood Development Plan can do
Final MEETING 5th
December
at Dobwalls Church 7.00pm
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Welcome to the Winter 2016/17 Parish Magazine
Members of Dobwalls & Trewidland Parish Council June 2016
Councillor telephone /email contacts Major roles
Peter Scott (Dobwalls)
[email protected] 01579 320128
Chair of the Parish Council
John Dunn (Dobwalls)
[email protected] 01579 320733
Vice chair/ Footpaths and grass cutting
Davina Finch (Dobwalls)
01579 326661 Police liaison
Hugh Francis (Trewidland )
[email protected] 01503 240204
Parish magazine
Tracey Kitto (Dobwalls)
[email protected] 07854 278789
Liskeard and Looe Community Network Liaison
Mhairi Mackie (Trewidland)
[email protected] 01503 240565
Parish magazine
Dell Mills (Dobwalls)
[email protected] 01579 320346
Marie Morford (Dobwalls)
[email protected] 01579 320349
Parish Council meetings, all starting at 7.00pm will be held on:
December 14th at Dobwalls Church Hall
January 18th at Trewidland Village Hall
February 15th at Dobwalls Church Hall Members of the public are welcome to attend any council meeting and can speak to the council about an agenda item by giving the Clerk notice of their intention to do so prior to the meeting starting. Time for those wishing to speak will be allotted either at the start of the meeting or during the meeting at the Chair’s discretion. Other items can be brought up under public participation which is usually towards the beginning of the meeting.
Disclaimer: The Villager is published by Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Council to
provide information for parishioners. Any views and opinions presented in the
magazine are solely those of the Author/s and do not necessarily represent those of the
Parish Council
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A Neighbourhood Development Plan for Dobwalls and Trewidland?
It is clearly essential to have local individuals from both the Dobwalls and
Trewidland wards of the parish who are able to commit to being involved
in the development of the NP if it is to go ahead. We recognised that
Parish councillors, on their own, are not in a position to undertake the
work without a broader Steering Group for the project being formed.
What happens next? If you feel that you would like to help but
can’t attend the meeting or want further information, then please contact the Parish Clerk, Mrs Linda Coles, The Firs, Lower Metherell, Callington, Cornwall PL17 8BJ ,Tel 01579 350962, email [email protected]
Decision Time final
Neighbourhood
Plan meeting
5th
December
Come along and get
involved
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Reporting problems and raising issues If you have an issue that you feel the Parish Council should know about, please let us know.
General problems may be reported to Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Clerk, Linda Coles by email to: [email protected] or by post to: Mrs. Linda Coles, The Firs, Lower Metherell, Callington, Cornwall PL17 8BJ by Telephone: 01579 350962 Parish Councillors will be pleased to give you advice on any matters relating to their area of the parish or responsibilities.
Cornwall Councillors
Cornwall Councillors responsible for the Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish are:
Liskeard West and Dobwalls ward Clr. Michael George 07972 359480
Trewidland - Menheniot ward Clr Phil Seeva 01579 340225
Note on the September 2016 edition of the Villager A query was raised by a Trewidland resident about the Annual Parish Meeting report in the September ‘Villager’, in relation to the item from Stephen Huggett on the Trewidland Community Group.
The Parish Council would like to make it clear that the responsibility for the management of the Trewidland Renewable Energy Fund still sits with Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Council.
Please let us know if your organisation has special
events coming up in the Spring months (March - May
2017) or if you regular dates have changed!–
contact Linda Feek or Mhairi Mackie before the next
publication deadline of
1st
February 2017
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December Duloe WI: Christmas Craft evening
Trewidland School Christmas Fayre Liskeard Lights Up Parade Bingo in aid of Dobwalls Junior Football Club DMH. Eyes down 7.30 Dig Gardening club: Christmas Dinner Christingle DUC 6pm Dobwalls School Christmas Fair 2.30 Trewidland School Christmas Play (School Hall) Dobwalls Ladies: Carol evening with soloists Luncheon Club Christmas meal. DMH Book on 01579 321311
Trewidland School: Last day of term and Christmas Jumper Day Trewidland Coffee Morning TVH Family Christmas Social, Christmas Mini Quiz TVH Carols on the Corner : Trewidland Shop 6.30pm
January No messy Church DIG: No meeting Trewidland School : Start of Spring Term Duloe WI: New Year’s meal Messy Church 4-6pm Dobwalls Ladies: Yvonne Toms talk about ‘Joyce Grenfell’ Luncheon Club DMH Trewidland Coffee Morning (TVH) Bingo in aid of junior Football Club. Eyes Down 7.30
February Duloe WI: Making Gouda Cheese DIG Gardening club: AGM Dobwalls Ladies: Philip Northcott: Butchery demonstration Luncheon Club DMH Trewidland Coffee Morning TVH Young Farmers dung sale Car Park next to
Highwayman 9 –11.30am
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Liskeard and Looe Community Network Panel Councillors Hugh Francis and Tracy Kitto attended the meeting 22nd September at St Keyne Village Hall. These meetings are also open to local people.
Speed dating ! Information sessions were held on:
a) Commissioning Care services – Praise for the extra care facility in the old
Passmore Edwards Hospital building. Also explained why Hendra Park has a
change of use.
b) Leader Project - EU funding and how it can be used – almost entirely Capital
projects
c) Young People Cornwall – Cornwall council has awarded the Learning
Partnership for Cornwall and IOS funding to support work with youth groups
collectively known as ‘Your Way’ under the headings :
Community Development
Information and support
Emotional resilience
Timebanking
We emphasised the need to recruit and support volunteers and leaders for
youth group- just as important as setting up Youth Clubs.
Richard Martin - Strategy and Planning Office of the Police Commissioner
a) Still working to improve the 101 service
b) Looking to improve response times to 999 calls
c) Outlined the functions of the ‘Victim Care’ unit for victims of crimes such as Fraud
d) Hoping to improve community participation with problems like speeding
enforcement
e) Consultation shows that the priority for most people is still to see more officers on
the beat.
f) Increase in mobile technology is likely to cause more closures of police stations
g) New commissioner supports co-location of Police, Fire and Ambulance services.
Future meetings
The next meetings of the Liskeard and Looe Community Network will be held on
23rd January 2017 - 6.30 pm - Venue tbc
focus on :a) Progress reports on Neighbourhood Plans
b) Plans and Actions to keep the business premises and services up to date
and providing what people want.
For more information on the Community network Panels/ membership and remits see
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/community-and-living/communities-and-
devolution/community-networks/liskeard-and-looe/
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Trewidland Barn Dance / Community Group News These are exciting times in Trewidland! On 8th October Trewidland Community Group held their Barn Dance which was a great success (as you can see from the photos). The ceilidh band The Tinners were terrific, Tom O’Keeffe from Pelynt provided a delicious BBQ, and the licensed bar proved to be a very popular feature! All ages joined in energetically with the dancing and the whole evening went with a swing. The
Village Hall decorated with fairy lights and seasonal flower arrangements looked resplendent.
Plans for the proposed new Village Hall have suddenly gained momentum with the news that the Viridor site at Lean Quarry will be closing earlier than had been expected. The knock on effect of this is that the final deadline for funding from Viridor Credits will be in January 2017! This has meant that suddenly several very important decisions have had to be made.
The Trustees of the Village Hall, the Village Hall Management Committee, and the Snooker Club, supported by the Trustees of the Trewidland Community Group decided that to meet the final January 2017 deadline it was necessary to submit a planning application for a new village hall no later than the 31st October 2016. It would have been far more satisfactory to have had time to consult the community about proposed new plans before taking this step but events overtook us. We have tried to incorporate as many ideas as possible from the Survey about what would be most important in a new hall within the constraints of the site. At the time of writing this, a Coffee Morning and Presentation of Plans hosted jointly by the Trustees and Management Committee of the Hall, the Snooker Club, and Trewidland Community Group Trustees was being planned to be held at the Village Hall on a Saturday in mid-November.
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Now that planning has been applied for and we have a funding deadline the clock has started ticking and there is a lot of work to be done. We all have a stake in this precious community resource and so if you feel able to contribute time, energy, or relevant skills then please step forward now! You can get in touch by email at [email protected]
Not only will further applications have to be made to other major and minor fundholders for grants to complete the rebuilding project but we must look to the future and how the new hall will be used.
We will continue to organise social events and welcome ideas and support with these too. Our next planned event is a Family Christmas Social, Christmas themed Mini Quiz, and licensed bar on 17th December in the Village Hall. We will publicise details nearer the date. Please bring a plate of food to share and come along and have some festive fun!
Very early in the New Year, Trewidland Community Group will hold its AGM in the Village Hall. We will publicise details nearer the date. Please come along to this with ideas and enthusiasm about the new hall project and social activities for the village in 2017. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Anne Huggett
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Dobwalls and Trewidland
Parish in Bloom 2016
Wednesday 28th September saw the Prizegiving evening for the
Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish in Bloom winners. The evening was attended by prize winners, friends and family. Councillor Tracey Kitto had organised the competition and evening.
The 1st prize winners were awarded engraved glass plaques along
with a garden voucher and certificate. 2nd, 3
rd and Highly Commended
prize winners were awarded a garden voucher and certificate.
After the presentations we enjoyed refreshments followed by a raffle with
prizes of plants and garden ornaments kindly donated by Mr & Mrs Tony
Brown of Trewidland Nurseries.
At the end of the evening Tracey thanked everyone for entering the
competition and attending the presentations. If any parishioners have any
ideas for the future or would like to assist, either email Tracey at
[email protected] or telephone her on 07854 278789.
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Congratulations to all those who entered!
Winners of the Parish in Bloom
Contest 2016
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Dobwalls now has a Defibrillator !
A defibrillator was recently installed on the outside wall of the Highwayman pub in Dobwalls a central, easy access point for the village and surrounding area. The provision of the defibrillator is solely due to a fundraising activity in the village. A major part of the funding was due to the Dobwalls beer festival and the Highwayman pubs Thursday Quiz night, but there were also several significant contributions from local businesses, individuals and organisations which helped reach the target required, plus the collecting jars which were in several locations around the village.
The defibrillator is fully automated and is under 999 ambulance operator control to remotely unlock the device and direct a caller to it when needed. On release of the device alerts will be sent to a group of nominated locals who can help with treating the patient prior to arrival of paramedics, but this is not essential as the defibrillator can be used by an untrained person due to its fully automated capability.
The collecting jars will remain in several local businesses to fund the
necessary ongoing maintenance of the defibrillator. The Picture shows the installed defibrillator with Rod Murrain the landlord of the Highwayman and
Peter Scott the lead fundraiser for the project. Peter Scott
The Liskeard and Looe Foodbank is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday 09.30-12.30
Unit One, Barras Place, Liskeard. PL14 6AY For help at other times, please telephone 07512 011452
or email us at: [email protected]
We rely on food donations to feed local people in crisis-from pasta to puddings, please give in-date non-perishable food.
Dobwalls Church, open from 10.00 till 15.00 daily, is a drop of point for donations to the Liskeard Foodbank.
For more information on donating or volunteering please check out our website at http://liskeardlooe.foodbank.org.uk/
Important - Our foodbank works using a voucher referral system. To get help from our foodbank, you will need a voucher issued by local agencies.
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Dobwalls and Trewidland Luncheon Club
Christmas Menu Christmas dinner this year is Thursday 15th December, New faces
are always welcome. Doors open at 12 o'clock, Anyone wishing to join us and is not a regular could you kindly let
Christine know on 01579 321311 as numbers are required.
The Christmas Menu;
Juice, Red or White Wine Soup
Roast Beef Christmas Pudding
Mince Pie Tea or Coffee
We also have a free Raffle. 19th January 2017 menu; Juice, Cottage Pie, Rice Pudding.
16th February 2017 menu; Juice, Liver and Bacon, Steam Pudding. 16th March 2017 menu; Juice Chicken Casserole, Fruit Crumble.
All followed by Tea or Coffee. Contact : Sylvia Crome 01579 320150, Sundrift Dobwalls
Christmas Church services St. Keyne Church services St. Keyne welcomes you to their Christmas services in December, which include: December 18
th Carols and Christingle service at 4pm
24th Christmas Holy Communion at 9pm
St. Martins Church, Liskeard There is also an open invitation to join, for any of
their celebrations in December: December 4
th Christingle at 4pm
11th Praise service
18th Carol Service
Sat. 24th Crib Service at 5.30pm
Sat. 24th Midnight Mass starts at 11.30pm
Sun 25th 10am.
Also ‘Christmas Time Nativity’ on Fri. Dec. 16
th [in church at 7pm] and
Wed. 21st [in the Lord Elliot at 7pm]
TREWIDLAND ‘Carols on the Corner’ at 6.30pm opposite the shop on
Christmas Eve 24th Dec - everyone is welcome to come along
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I had a strange conversation the other day with someone who was the designer of 'Santa's Grotto' in Harrod's. It seemed a far cry from my first Santa, which was more grotty than grotto - in the somewhat dilapidated 'victory hall', in my rural North Devon village! But there too, with great solemnity, an audience with the great man was granted and a gift received. For those who are young these visits are tantalising, not tacky! For those who are older though there are different things to focus on as Christmas approaches. What you're going to 'get' at Christmas ideally is replaced with what you're going to 'give'. That's not always easy to answer, for not everyone is engaged in the business of shopping for presents at this time of year: the poor, the homeless, the lonely, the refugee. For these and many more, giving and getting in the material sense will not be part of Christmas, but that doesn't mean that there's nothing to celebrate. Christian faith declares that there is both getting and giving going on at Christmas in a more powerful way for all people. God 'gives' us Jesus, his only son, to show us the depth and power of his love, ultimately at Easter. We receive (or 'get') this precious gift from God. Treasuring this precious gift is why people of all ages and all situations can truly have something to celebrate that this special season, I pray it will be so for the good folks of Dobwalls and Trewidland this Christmas, With every blessing,
Rev Mark Pengelly
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The Lazy Cook’s Christmas!
Recipes for Christmas pudding and mince pies - Thanks to Duloe WI
Macaroon Mince pies
Make sweet flan pastry using: 6oz plain flour; 4oz butter; 1 desert spoon of caster sugar; 2 egg yolks Filling: 4 oz. ground almonds; 4 oz. caster sugar; 2 egg whites; mincemeat Place pastry in bun tins and add a teaspoon of mincemeat. Mix together ground almonds, sugar and egg whites and place on top of mincemeat. Bake for 10 mins. in a moderate oven.
Snowballs
8oz bar of chocolate
2pkt marshmallows
rice krispies
Melt chocolate [over hot water], coat marshmallows with
chocolate and cover with rice Krispies.
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Chocolate Christmas Pudding Cake
5oz SR Flour
6oz Caster sugar
6oz soft margarine
3oz drinking chocolate
3 tbsp. boiling water
3 large eggs
Mix all ingredients together, place in a greased pudding basin,
and cook for 1 and a quarter hours in a moderate oven. When
cold decorate with ready to roll icing and holly leaves.
JASON SOBEY
Plumber & Hetas Wood Burning Stove Installer Supplier of New & Used Stoves and
Oil Heritage Cookers www.jasonsobey.plumbing
01579 321 589 or 07970 695354
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People of the Parish Tony Brown
I came upon a gambling man in the heart of one of Cornwall’s most colourful hidden gems.
Tony Brown has been a habitual gambler for 50 years. He’s a horticulturalist. He’s grows plants. And that’s a risky business!
Tony explains: “I buy a packet of hybrid cucumber seeds at £200 a packet for 1,000 seeds. That’s 20p a seed. Then I grow them, not all at the same time, with no guarantee that at the end of the day I am going to sell them. If that’s not gambling, what is?”
Tony and his wife Margaret are the partners of an amazing business which hides down a lane behind a modest sign stating “Brown’s Nurseries” in Trewidland.
There is an acre under glass and, at Landlooe, another half-acre in polytunnels. Each year they yield perhaps half-a-million plants embracing hundreds of varieties.
The nurseries are a “hidden gem” basically because, relatively speaking, not that many people know they are there.
That’s because about 90 per cent of business is to the wholesale market and only around 10 per cent is retail. The nurseries supply numerous garden centres, supermarkets and local authorities across Cornwall and Devon but always welcome retail customers although Tony explains that those customers need to appreciate they are coming to a nursery, not a garden centre.
Tony came to Cornwall from the Midlands when he was 12 years old. His parents had always loved Cornwall. They were Stanley Brown, who was well-known as a hairdresser and wigmaker in Liskeard, and his wife Muriel.
“From six years old I’d always had my own garden and I didn’t want to do hairdressing because the rest of the family was doing that. I didn’t fancy hairdressing,” explained Tony.
His parents bought a cottage at Trewidland in the mid-sixties, and some land with it specifically for Tony to develop his plant-growing skills. Originally he grew vegetables and salads.
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“That’s when I started, so it’s taken me 50 years to prove I can do it and I am still doing that, each year. You cannot be sure that you are going to grow the best crop next year just because you grew the best crop last year,” he said.
Tony started by doing two or three days a week on landscaping and maintaining other people’s gardens which provided the income to devote the rest of the week building up the potential of his own land. Gradually more land was bought and now, apart from himself, he has one full-time employee and a number of part-time staff.
The production of half-a-million plants every year is something he is incredibly proud of.
“I don’t think anyone is going to dispute that figure. They can come and count the plants if they like. But I don’t intend to,” joked Tony.
Tony says the endeavour has taken its toll, a reference mainly to his grey hair.
“It’s been hard work, but it’s all thanks to the support of my family and workers because, without them, this would not have been a success,” he said.
Tony has to contend with the impact of the mass producers who deal in millions of plants a year, not just half-a-million.
“But I still get pleasure out of seeing a lovely crop. It’s always a challenge but it’s great to think I’ve got a good business and a good family.
“I am quite proud of my achievements with the plants. It gives me pleasure to see quality plants around me. It’s depressing if you have got to throw some away because there is a glut. It does make me a bit angry to have to throw them away, but you get on with the next season and the next crop. I just accept that that’s what it’s all about.
“There are very few nurseries like this left, because this is an old-fashioned nursery,” said Tony.
So has Tony got a favourite plant?
“There are so many that I like. I could probably pick a favourite for each month of the year, but I love them all. There was a time when we grew 10,000 poinsettia for Christmas and when people came in here in November out of the wind and rain they would be totally gob-smacked by what they saw.
“Mind you, most people are gob-smacked when they come here any time of the year - because they don’t realise what is here,” Tony said.
The only question left to ask this very busy man, who will probably never retire, is how does he unwind?
“Polperro Fishermen’s Choir. I’ve been a member for a couple of years. I love it and don’t miss practice night or our singing engagements very often if I can help it. It’s my
night of the week off!” Mike Taylor
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Dobwalls Short Mat Bowls
(needs you!)
This friendly club is looking for New members. With the dark nights and boring telly upon us why not come
along and “Have a go!” Whether you have never played or have some experience
we would love to see you. All ages are welcome.
We meet on Thursday and Sunday evenings from 7.30until 10.00pm in the Memorial Hall Dobwalls.
You can play FREE for the first month.
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it! You might even enjoy it!
Just come along, or ring Brenda on 1579 320786
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Looe Valley Canal, Railway and new Cycle Trail? A recent report in the Cornish Times of the intention to carry out a feasibility study on creating a Cycle Trail between Liskeard and Looe, alongside the route of the canal(opened in 1842) and railway (opened Dec 1860), has raised interest in the history of the Looe Valley and its changing forms of transport. Michael Messanger’s book ‘Caradon & Looe : The Canal, Railways and Mines’ (published in 2015) gives a very detailed and well illustrated account of the growth and demise in these local industries and how they impacted on life in the Looe valley. Before the canal it reports:
“Self Sufficient in many manufactured goods, other
necessities came through the Quay at St Germans,
ten miles to the south east, and over the turnpike
road from Torpoint that had commenced building in
1770. Although Liskeard had been a coinage town,
for the payment of dues on tin, no tin had passed
through the town for many years….”
“The farms surrounding the town were small
and well cultivated… the acid soil needed liberal dressing of ‘manure’ ….( sea sand
The Liskeard and Looe Union Canal was used in the north coast) ,.. the south had made
as built. (Messanger 2015 p15) use of limestone of the Plymouth area and a string
of limekilns ran up the East Looe valley. Some four
or five tons per acre were spread each year….. a steady stream of packhorses trudging too and
fro. Carts and wagons did not come into general use in Cornwall until early in the 19th
Century…. and all goods travelled on the backs of horses. “
Douglas Cummings, a resident of Liskeard thought that we might be interested in the photograph ( see next page) and his memories of Morswater Douglas lived in
Lanchard and would walk down to Moorswater with his mates most weekends.
The photo opposite shows the engine sheds where the steam engines were kept. These engines ran along the Liskeard to Looe line. Moorswater Station is just off the photo. Mr Thomas was the station master. Just below the station was the Old docks, which were derelict in Dougie’s time. In the past, he says, large barges would load up with granite, china clay and lime and it would have been floated down to Looe on the canal. Horses pulled the barges back up again to Moorswater.
Dougie thinks that Plymouth sound breakwater was built with granite from Minions. The granite was railroaded from Minions down to Moorswater, floated down to Looe on the barges and then shipped to Plymouth.
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Just to the left of the engine sheds in the photo were the China clay works. China clay was pumped down from ‘Whiteborough’ on St. Neot Moors to Moorswater. It was dried here before being transported on. During the war the china clay works closed, but they did re-open after the war. Dougie’s Uncle, Mr Jim Stephens, was foreman and his cottage was just off the photo. A new railway was built after the war to transport the china clay out from Moorswater.
The Old Chapel in the photo was demolished when the Liskeard bypass was built. Allotments can be seen in the foreground.The Grammar school children who lived in Looe would catch the train to Moorswater and then walk up the lane to the school in Old Road. Jack Bedford lived in one of the cottages shown. He used to mend bikes in the adjacent shed. He went on to own a garage in ‘Pig Meadow Lane’ and later he and his wife ran the ‘Lord Elliot Hotel’. The black building on stilts is a two-car garage and the little van parked close-by, Dougie thinks may have sold hot drinks and buns.
During the war there was a serious accident just in front of the garages. An American transporter carrying a tank, was travelling down the hill from Liskeard and as it approached the bend [too fast], it came off the road, crashed and turned over into the allotments below. It was under American guard for some time before it was removed.
Between the engine houses and the china clay works were two large ponds and a corn mill with a large water wheel. Dougie remembers this as being derelict. Dougie can remember fishing in the ponds for sticklebacks and seeing hundreds of eels.
Moorswater (looking North) before the building of the By-pass
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Give Your Garden a Treat! We all know that a good dollop of well-rotted manure will do the garden a power of good. So when I saw ‘Annual Dung Sale’ advertised, I got very excited!
It was to happen in Dobwalls on the last Saturday of February - perfect!
The cheery, young farmers were ready to be of assistance and after I had chosen what I wanted, and paid, they delivered it to my door AND carried into my garden – no extra charge!!!!
Give your garden a treat- you’ll be supporting the young farmers in raising money for their chosen charity at the same time!
Linda Feek
Liskeard Young Farmers
Annual Dung Sale
Sat. 25th
Feb 2017
In Car Park adjacent to the Highwayman, Dobwalls. 9.00-11.30am
For details and deliveries in Dobwalls or Trewidland ring Brett 07402 032 448
or Lisa 07975 537 937
All Proceeds to local Cancer Charity
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People of the Parish - Meet your Parish Councillors
Councilor Hugh Francis We - my wife and four daughters and I, moved to Trewidland in 1988. We brought with us some beef cows because we have a small farm, but my “paid” job was manager of the Milk Marketing Board for the West of England.
Early retirement in 1995 meant I could do other things. I started the conversion of the Barn into the house where
we now live. I did everything except the copper plumbing and the plastering. It took 10 years! I became a district Councillor and I did consultancy work on milk quality. One of the reasons that milk keeps longer is down to the work I did with farmers and hauliers across the country. On Caradon Council, I was elected to the cabinet and became responsible for environmental services and then finance. Eventually I became leader of the council. Two achievements stick out. The Dobwalls Bypass is much due to the efforts of Derek Newton, George Hocking and me. The other was the finance of the conversion of the old Passmore Edwards Hospital to an Extra Care centre.
I have always believed in parish councils as a force for doing good- if they set their minds to it! I joined my first one in Wiltshire in the 1980s. I hope to continue to try and be innovative and help in our community, especially with our Neighbourhood Plan.
Hugh Francis
Councillor Mhairi (Varry) Mackie Born in Glasgow, I have lived in the South West for over thirty years, more than twenty of these in Trewidland. I taught Architecture at Plymouth University where I met my husband. Our daughter Sionad attended Trewidland and then Liskeard School after we moved to Trewidland in 1994. I have three grown up stepsons and a two year old grandson.
I have always been involved with local community groups, so it seemed very natural to get involved in the Trewidland Village Hall committee and later the Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Plan group. I helped set up the Trewidland Local History Group and really enjoy working with other local people to find out more about our beautiful Looe Valley. I also enjoy gardening and sing with a local choir, the Looe Valley Singers.
I always hoped that I might be able to contribute as a Parish councillor after I retired from full time work, and I have really enjoyed being a part of Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Council, though it has been a very steep learning curve! I am part of the editorial group for the Villager and this has also helped me to learn more about the past and present story of our parish. The new Neighbourhood Plan should create an opportunity for all of us to think about the future of the parish as well.
Mhairi Mackie
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Cornwall Council Telephone numbers General Enquiries /Comments /Complaints 03001 234100
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Cornwall Council website can also give access to a wide range of information on
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Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Directory
Police: Ring 999 in case of an Emergency only Ring 101 for all other non emergency enquiries or reports Refuse Collections : Dobwalls-Friday Trewidland-Wednesday Cornwall Council Refuse and Recycling tel. 03001 234141 Cory Environmental (Recycling) tel. 01872 243830 Post Offices Dobwalls (Spar) Opening Hours: 6.30am – 10pm Mon – Sat
7.30am – 10pm Sun Trewidland (Village Hall) 12.30-2.30pm (Mondays only) Schools Dobwalls Primary School tel. 01579 320527 Trewidland Primary School tel. 01503 240275 Liskeard Community School tel. 01579 342344 Health : Ambulance ring 999 for emergency only Out of hours emergency advice tel. 111 Liskeard Community Hospital tel. 01579 373500 Doctors Rosedean Surgery, Liskeard, tel. 01579 343133 Oak Tree Surgery, Liskeard tel. 01579 324242 Dentists The Smile Centre, Liskeard tel. 01579 342348 Liskeard Dental Centre tel. 01579 348001 Windsor Place dentists, Liskeard tel. 01579 343361
South West Water helpline tel. 0800 169144 Western Power Emergency line tel. 0800 6783105
British Gas Emergency line tel. 0800 111999 Viridor – Lean Quarry tel. 01579 343006