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Summer 2011 Issue 16

Serving Gwennap Parish

Summer at last ! Welcome to the 16th issue of the Newsletter and thanks for your continued suggestions and offerings – please keep them coming as we are only as good as our content and we need YOU to give us information on events and local issues.

gwennapcouncil@btinternet.com Alan Blamey, Clerk 01872 864601

Your Parish Website – www.gwennap-parish.net

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CHILDREN’S HOSPICE SOUTH WEST

Cusgarne- Frogpool Ladies invite

you to a fund raising Coffee Morning on Tuesday July 12th 10-

12noon in The Parish Rooms at Richard Jory Playing Field, Pulla

Cross. Ample parking off road

Coffee and homemade cake £1.50

Raffle Bring and Buy stall

NEW ACCESSORIES SWOP STALL!!

Bring handbags, gloves, scarves, belts, hats, jewellery. Swop the

number of items you bring – e.g. 4 for chosen 4, and make a Donation to the Hospice.

Offers can be made for items leftover.

The residents of Tresamble are pictured celebrating the Royal Wedding at the home of Alan and Mary Jory, on 29th April.

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Devon and Cornwall Constabulary To contact your local Police station, or for any other NON-EMERGENCY issues, please

telephone 08452 777444. Call 999 in an emergency

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SERVICES AT ST WENNAPA CHURCH Sundays at 11.00 a.m. 1st and 3rd Sunday, Holy Communion B.C.P. 2nd Sunday All Age Worship 4th Sunday Matins 5th Sunday Holy Communion C.W. (B.C.P. Book of Common Prayer, C.W. – common Worship) n.b. No Service on 3rd July – United Benefice Service at Stithians at 10.00a.m. This will be Neil Potter's first Service with us all after his Ordination, as Deacon, at the Cathedral on the 1st July. He will become the Revd. Neil Potter - our new Curate. After this Service there will be a Bring and Share lunch in Gwennap Church Hall to meet Neil and his wife, Anne. GWENNAP LADIES GUILD meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm (2.30pm in the Winter months) unless an Outing has been arranged. There will be no meeting in August. We are always delighted to welcome visitors to our meetings and have various talks and events during the year. Ring 01872 862670, Sue Martyn, for further information. Posters are placed around the Parish to advertise special events. MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING - Gwennap Church every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm - June 1st - 27th July. On Friday 24th June, we are celebrating with a MID SUMMER BUFFET SUPPER at 6.30pm for 7.00pm in the Church Hall - £6.00 per person, BYOB, and there will be a Raffle. Posters will be available soon. Booking is essential - ring 01872 862670 for a place and further information. PROGRAMME: Wed 15th June Nankersey Male Voice Choir Wed. 22nd June Agnes Jane and Friends Wed. 29th June Celtic Voices Wed 6th July RAOST Wed. 13th July Mabe Ladies Choir Wed. 20th July Cantabile Wed. 27th July Goonvrea Singers This year, our ANNUAL FETE we plan to hold at the Richard Jory Playing Field at Frogpool on Saturday 23rd July 2.00 - 4.00pm. Lots of Stalls, a Raffle and games for the young, too. Refreshments will be available. Come along and enjoy a pleasant afternoon with friends old and new. There will be a competition for the Best Decorated Hat worn at the Fete. Do have a go and see what an interesting, pretty hat you can create. Posters with full information will be available nearer the time. We hope for fine weather again this year. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY On 27th September at 2.30pm in the Church the Revd. Michael Warner, who was our Vicar some years ago, will be giving a talk about the History of the Church. He has done a lot of research and will have some very interesting information for us. There will be a small charge and refreshments will be served. On Sunday, 2nd October, our Harvest Festival Service will be held at 11.00am and our Harvest Supper on Monday 3rd October at 6.30pm in the Hall. Mr Eddy will be our auctioneer again this year. Always a fun evening and the proceeds will go to Cornwall Hospices. GWENNAP STREET MARKET was held on Monday 2nd May. Once again, the Bank Holiday weather held out for us though the wind was somewhat chilly! We had lots of stalls again and lots of visitors, too. The Church Hall kitchen was extremely busy - bacon butties, as always the most popular of the goodies on offer. A total of £1,013.00 was raised and our thanks go to everyone who worked so hard to make the day a success.

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DOGS……DOGS…DOGS…..DOGS…DOGS Of all the subjects that crop up in the newsletter, „Dogs‟ must be the most frequent. We have had complaints of dog-bags being left in the hedgerows, dogs running in the Playing Field and on the other hand dog owners asking for somewhere to exercise and train their animals. This letter is the latest received on the subject. Dear Sir, Everyone seems to comment on the mess dogs make, but no one mentions the noise they make! In a peaceful area like this it is very irritating to have to put up with dogs being left outside with doors shut on them, barking all day (and through the night), so much so that it becomes unpleasant to sit in your own garden. As a dog owner myself I can see it is the owner at fault, not the dogs. Are they deaf? I certainly don’t let my dogs annoy the neighbours. Telling the dog to go to bed every time it barks – and keeping this up - it soon gets the message. Let’s hope for a quiet summer – guess there’s always the dog warden. AND………another request from the Point Mills area, drawing attention to the amount of dog mess on the cycle trail, especially nearing Bissoe Bridge. The cycle trail is seen by some dog owners as a place to let them off the lead, and not always pick up any mess.

Advertising Again, we have attracted several new advertisers. If you’re local, and offer a local service, it’s surprising how the jobs come in. Please support them. Deadline The next issue should go out in mid-September, so the latest for any articles will be Monday 5th September.

General Interest and Hicks Mill News

HICKS MILL METHODIST CHURCH

Morning Service at 10.30 a.m. Coffee morning the first Wednesday in the

month 10:30am to 12noon On Sunday 3rd July there will be a

Recommissioning Service for John and Paula Richards as they plan to return to the

Phillipines to continue their work. Reverend Mark Dunn Wilson and Reverend Jane Willcock will lead the service at 3 p.m.,

with refreshments to follow.

On Sunday 21st August, Hicks Mill hope to celebrate 190 years. The Reverend Steve

Wilde will preach at 10.30 a.m. Refreshments afterwards. Please come and

join us and share past memories.

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CUSGARNE-FROGPOOL WI The WI Inspiring Women

When? First Tuesday of every month. Where? Frogpool Chapel Sunday Schoolroom. . Time? 7.30pm We can arrange a lift if transport is a problem. Here is our programme until March 2012 June 7th Floral Art “Summertime” July 7th Lace making Demonstration August 2nd Concert by Jesse Clift in Parish Room 7.30pm OPEN TO ALL ENTRANCE £2.50. Light refreshments September 6th Harvest Auction October 4th “Laughter and Wellness” a talk November 1st Craft Corners Copper Foil demo. Card making. Canvas work December 6th Mim‟s Holiday in India January 10th Hand bell concert with a chance to have a go! February 7th Guide Dogs for the Deaf March 6th Annual Meeting The Cornwall County Federation, whose headquarters are in Threemilestone, organise a wide range of talks, courses and visits. Have a look at their web site www.cornwallwi.org.uk We are involved within the community, helping at Cusgarne School, the Community Fete and Gwennap Street Market. We are a friendly Group that warmly welcomes visitors to any of our meetings. WI will debate at the National AGM in Liverpool, two resolutions: one about the closure of Libraries and the second about the proposed Mega Farms, both of which we opposed at our May meeting. WI an influential organisation which makes an impact locally, nationally and internationally.. There is more to the I in WI! Phone 01872 864367 Nina Cooper or 01872 862083 Anne Steward. DROP IN ON US SOMETIME!!

Elderflower Cordial An easy to make drink that can be frozen in plastic bottles, leaving room for expansion, so it can be enjoyed all year round. It will keep for almost a month if just bottled, although is best to drink within 2 weeks. To ensure no mould, it is better that you freeze elderflower cordial and it can be enjoyed as a christmas drink. Ingredients 20 elderflower heads 1 sliced lemon 2 tsp of citric acid (ask at your chemist) 1.5 kg (3.5 lbs) of sugar 1.2 ltr (2.5 pints) boiling water Method Boil a kettle for the water. Fill a bowl or small bucket with all the other ingredients. Pour the water over the other ingredients and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Skin the surface of the water to get rid of the scum that can arise. Cover with a cloth. Stir twice a day for five days. Strain though a fine sieve though a fine sieve or through muslin cloth and decant into sterile screw topped bottles. Refrigerate. As with other cordials dilute with 5 parts water to serve. Experiment with it and add it to some of your favourite spirits. It is really nice as a gin mixer.

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Minister Revd. Peter Facer Tel: 01326 317427.

Sunday Morning Services 10.45 a.m. Sunday School 10.45 a.m. Weekly Prayer & Fellowship Meetings are held on Mondays at 3.00 p.m. to which you are warmly invited. Coffee Mornings are held at the Church from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. each month Thursday 30th June. Thursday 28th July in the garden at Chalford (between the Church and Trelawney Estate) in aid of Action for Children (NCH). Thursday 25th August. Thursday 29th September in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. Come and enjoy a cup of great coffee (or tea) and have a chat. Bring & Buy Stall. Frogpool’s Chapel Anniversary 2011. Will be held on 17th July when the preacher will be the Revd. Mark Dunn-Wilson of Truro. Frogpool’s Harvest Festival Will be held on 18th September 2011. 10.45 a.m. Preacher Revd. Aubin de Gruchy of Truro School. 6.00 p.m. Preacher Revd. Peter Facer. Harvest Pasty Supper with Sweet, followed by an Auction of Produce for charity will be on Monday 19th September at 7.00 p.m. Frogpool Methodist Sunday School Hall and Stable Room (including kitchen facilities) are available for hire. Enquiries to Mary Richards 01872 863143.

Community Summer Fete - 25th June 12 till 3 pm

(to be opened by David Crook from ShelterBox)

The Community Fete is fast approaching. Performing again this year during the afternoon will be Lanner Band, entertainment by the children of Cusgarne School, a roving Balloon entertainer and all the usual games, tombola, refreshments, grand raffle, various craft stalls children‟s hair plaiting (and even unisex dry hair cutting by Lisa Wills). We have a free bus shuttle service from the Playing Field, via the Cornish Arms. Starts at 11.40 running every 15/20 minutes. Use it !!! COMPETITIONS. Create a miniature garden. Either flower, vegetable, fruit or ornamental – be as imaginative as you like. Open to all ages. And, for something completely different, a Trifle Making competition. (please indicate if it contains nuts or alcohol.) The trifles will be judged on Appearance, Taste and the „Wow Factor‟. Competitors please bring your trifle on the morning of the fete. Judging will be at 12.30p.m. Any offers of help, however small, would be appreciated either in setting up in the morning or during the fete. Please support us – this will be a wonderful community event. HELEN ROWE 01872 870860

Report on Gwennap Music Festival Gwennap Music Festival was held on Saturday, 21st May at Gwennap Parish Church, a superb acoustic venue for a showcase of local musical talent. Almost forty people took part, and the Church was full of their supporters and friends. Mr Neil Shepherd, Director of Music at St Ives Parish Church, Mr Philip Davey, Organist at Truro Methodist Church and Mrs.Pat Mitchinson, formerly working with the BBC Education department formed a distinguished panel to give written comments, pointers and encouragement to the performers, many of whom were children. We heard choral and solo singing in the morning, including two singer song-writers accompanying themselves on guitar. In the afternoon there were piano, flute, violin, recorders and brass instruments- soloists and groups. There was a prize for the best overall entry on the day - which had to be split between two outstanding performers: Hannah Atkins singing “How beautiful are the feet” from Handel‟s Messiah, and seven year old Siana Rouse playing the Skye Boat Song on her cornet. Jo Grande

General Interest - Frogpool and Cusgarne Area 7

New Business opens at Point Mills.

A new Hairdressing Salon, catering for ladies, gents and children, has opened at Point Mills. Local „boy‟, James Barry Datson, who has been in hairdressing for over 25 years, most recently at Falmouth, has opened his Salon in the west wing of the Garage premises of LJ Richards & Sons. James‟s family has lived in the Point Mills area for generations. Towards the end of the year he will start building his own property just 150 metres from the Salon. He would like to see the local community thriving again, and hopes that his “retro-style” salon encourages others. The Salon offers cutting, colouring and keratin permanent blow-dry. Alongside James is Lee, who has moved across from lecturing on hairdressing at Cornwall College, and two assistants, Lisa and Janine. Janine Knibb (nee Hocking) is a local Frogpool girl. Opening Hours are Tuesday – Saturday 9 – 5.30pm - (7pm on Thursdays and 3pm on Saturdays).

Elderflower Champagne (Similar to elderflower presse) Ingredients 8 litres (2 gallons) water 1.25 kg (2.5 lbs/5 cups) sugar 8 large elderflower heads 4 Lemons 4 tablespoons mild white wine vinegar Method Boil the water and pour of the sugar to dissolve it. Cool and add the elderflowers, juice of the two lemons, slices of the other two and the vinegar. Cover with a cloth and leave for a day. Strain with a fine sieve or muslin cloth, squeezing the flowers as you do to release more flavour. Store in screw top bottles. It will be ready in about 10 days to a fortnight and should be drunk within a month.

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Renovation

Refurbishment

Landscaping

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A “Good News” story!! Amid the doom and gloom of current news headlines, here‟s something that might make you smile. Emma Pill runs a successful horse competition yard at Pulla Cross. One of her horses, 4-Year old „Babs‟, had the misfortune to lose an eye when six months old, catching a stray foot of another horse. Back in January, during a terrific overnight electric storm, Babs and her stablemate „J-Lo‟ were struck by lightening in a local field. The next morning, Emma found them both in a serious condition. J-Lo didn‟t survive and Babs wasn‟t expected to. For several days, and many Vets visits, her life was in the balance, made worse because she was in foal. Miraculously, as you can see from the photo, she pulled through and produced her lovely foal on 24th May. This photo was taken (by Cllr.Phil Roscorla) only 15 hours after he was born.

Vanessa Stone 01209 820355

CROFTHANDY VILLAGE HALL Our Village Hall provided a first class venue for the recent polling with ample parking for all. It was particularly appreciated by the polling officers who spent a very long day in pleasant surroundings. As summer approaches the Village Hall committee are busy fund raising once again. We have a brand new hall with great facilities. Unfortunately our funds ran out before our energy efficient green heating system could be finished. The temporary heating we used last winter proved to be very expensive, so it is on the agenda to get our heat source pump funded as soon as possible. By the time you all read this we will have already held two fund raising events, a barbecue and a motorcycle show. As the year progresses we have flower shows, vintage stationary engines and more in the planning stages. I thank all those who have supported us this far in any way and hope that you will have the opportunity to make good use of the new hall. We hope to see you all in the near future, as usual contacts are, Booking Julie on 01209 822577 Enquiries Steve 01209 822153

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Diary - (who said that nothing ever happens locally!) for further details, read this newsletter.JUNE

15th Nankersey Male Voice Choir, Gwennap Church 7.30 p.m.16th Horticultural Club visit to Hidden Valley Gardens, Par 19th Car Boot Sale, Playing Field22nd Agnes Jane & Friends at Gwennap Church 7.30 p.m.24th Mid Summer Buffet Supper at Gwennap Church Hall 6.30 for 7 p.m.25th Community Grand Summer Fete at Cusgarne School 12 noon - 3.00 p.m.25th Horticultural Club visit to David Knuckey's house and gardens29th Celtic Voices at Gwennap Church 7.30 p.m.30th Coffee Morning at Frogpool Methodist Church 10.30 - 11.30 a.m.JULY

3rd Car Boot Sale, Playing Field3rd Hicks Mill Methodist Church Recommissioning Service 3 p.m.5th Yoga Workshop at Crofthandy Village Hall 9.30 - 12.306th Coffee Morning at Hicks Mill Methodist Church 10.30 - 12 noon6th RAOST at Gwennap Church Hall 7.30 p.m.12th Coffee Morning in aid of Childrens Hospice S.W. at Parish Rooms, Playing Field 10-12 noon.13th Mabe Ladies Choir at Gwennap Church 7.30 p.m.14th Horticultural Society visit to National Bamboo Collection, Wadebridge17th Car Boot Sale, Playing Field17th Frogpool Chapel's Anniversary20th "'Cantabile'" at Gwennap Church at 7.30 p.m.23rd Gwennap Church Garden Fete at the Richard Jory Playing Field, Pulla Cross 2- 4 p.m.27th Goonvrea Singers at Gwennap Church, 7.30 p.m.28th Horticultural Society visit to "Oak Tree Cottage", Lerryn28th Coffee Morning at "Chalford", Frogpool 10.30 - 11.30 a.m. for Frogpool Methodist Church30th Frogpool/Cusgarne Football Club Annual 5-a-Side Competition at the Playing Field. All day.AUGUST

2nd W.I. Concert by Jesse Clift in the Parish Rooms, 7.30 p.m. Open to all. £2.50 entrance3rd Coffee Morning at Hicks Mill Methodist Church 10.30 - 12 noon7th Car Boot Sale, Playing Field14th August Flower Show at Crofthandy Village Hall21st Hicks Mill Methodist Church celebrate 190 years at 10.30 a.m.21st Car Boot Sale, Playing Field25th Coffee Morning at Frogpool Methodist Church 10.30 - 11.30 a.m.28th Jayne Lewarne Memorial Match, Playing Field, Pulla Cross p.m.29th Duck Race 11.00 a.m. followed by BBQ at the Cornish Arms, FrogpoolSEPTEMBER

4th Car Boot Sale, Playing Field6th W.I. Harvest Auction 7.30 p.m.7th Coffee Morning at Hicks Mill Methodist Church 10.30 - 12 noon11th Late Flower Show, Crofthandy Village Hall15th Horticultural Society's Annual Dinner, Gwennap Church Hall18th Car Boot Sale, Playing Field18th Frogpool Chapel's Harvest Festival19th Harvest Pasty Supper and Auction of Produce for charity - Frogpool Chapel 7 p.m.27th Talk on the History of Gwennap Church by Rev. Michael Warner 2.30 p.m. at the Church

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CUSGARNE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL Maintenance work now completed, new fencing erected at a good height to prevent balls escaping, a new gate for safer access, windows replaced and, at long, long last a LEVEL (well almost) playground. Three runners took part in the Cross Country County Finals. Dorothy 11th Rosalind 12th and Hannah S 15th-all very pleasing results. The “Cooking Live” competition at Richard Lander Community College involved Hannah F, Hannah S and Zoe. They had to prepare menus and cook dishes in 90 minutes. The judges praised their well –balanced menus. A daunting, but enjoyable experience. The school entered the Recorder classes at Truro Music Festival with fantastic results. The Ensemble was awarded a first place with Distinction. In the trios Imogen, Rosalind and Chloe W were commended and Hannah S, Chloe L and Madeleine were placed first with Distinction. The girls in non-competitive solos were commended. In the trophy class Imogen came first with a distinction, Rosalind was commended and in the duets Rosalind and Imogen were pipped into second place by one mark! Chloe L and Madelaine , and Hannah S with Chloe W were all commended. In early April, an Indian Dance workshop took place in each class. Anthony Fagin visited Class 2 and talked about wild life showing photos too. The school has been awarded Healthy Schools Plus which gives status and recognises the work done and the achievement of pupils Pupils organised a Comic Relief event and raised £54 34. The end of term performance was another big hit! Based on the Elements, all the children in each class portrayed their element in song, dance words. Members of the school attended Gwennap Church on the Sunday before Easter reading poems and prayers about animals as part of the Family service. To celebrate the Royal Wedding a Street Party was held in the field. Class 3 organised Games stalls, everyone wore red, white and blue and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The school participated in the Gwennap Music Festival, some as individuals some as part of Recorder Groups. All performed very well and their behaviour was exemplary. Big Wheely Day in May again a huge success. Classes 3 and 4 Split and rode in both directions from Bissoe to a predetermined point and back. Years 1, 2, and Reception rode in the playground and took part in special classroom activities. Cusgarne Community School is increasing in numbers and is very much part of the community. It has a warm, happy, creative atmosphere. Visitors are very welcome!

BURGLARY !!

A third of burglars enter through an open door or window - remember to close and lock your windows when you go out. Opportunist thieves commit the majority of burglaries. They choose premises that have no obvious signs of security or where they think they will not be seen. Did you know? A third of burglars enter premises through an open door or window. Properties without security measures in place are ten times more likely to be burgled than those with simple security measures such as window locks and quality door locks. Typical stolen items are laptops, purses, money, mobile phones, jewellery, TV‟s, ipods, electrical equipment, credit cards and car keys. Many opportunist burglars enter the house by putting their hand inside a cat flap or letter box, taking the key out from the inside of the door and then letting themselves in. PCSO 30530 Fiona Gamble Mylor, Flushing, Gwennap and Perranarwothal Parishes Falmouth Police Station 01326 213455

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Gwennap Parish Tree Wardens The tree wardens have purely a voluntary role for the parish, they are: Ann Gazzard (contact Ann via anngazzard@btinternet.com or 07808 393 874) Robert Cook (contact via robert.cook11@btopenworld.com or 01872 870114) General Enquiries Since the previous newsletter the wardens have dealt with the following tree related enquiries. Checked that two trees, Ash and Sycamore, by Gwennap Church were felled in accordance with planning permission. Advice given to parishioner at “Trevarth” relating to contracted tree surgeon work around power lines. An invitation to research and identify trees on parishioner‟s estate at “Little Beside”. The Tree Wardens have grown some young Oak trees. These are free to parishioners. Just contact a Tree Warden if you have sufficient room and would like to grow an oak tree. Great Trees of Gwennap The wardens are continually pursuing local trees of interest for adding to the Ancient Tree Hunt website. For more information on the Ancient Tree Hunt and trees recorded please see www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk. For any tree related advice or issues, please do not hesitate to contact the parish tree wardens who will do their best to help find information you require.

FROGPOOL/CUSGARNE FOOTBALL CLUB After what seems like a very long season, both teams have finally finished all of their games ending their final season of playing in the Falmouth/Helston football league. Next season will see the merger of the Falmouth/Helston league and the Mining league to become the Trelawney league, which looks to be an exciting venture of new teams and new grounds to visit. This season the 1st team finished 11th in Division 2 and the 2nd team finished 10th in Division 3. "We would like to thank our sponsors LTC and Tim & Jane from the Cornish Arms who have made us extremely welcome after a game and throughout the season.Also our supporters - “especially Frank and Carol Andrews and Tom”, said Nick Mallaber, Chairman. Provisional dates for forthcoming events have been made. The-Annual 5-a-side will be held on Saturday 30th July and the Jayne Lewarne Memorial Match on Sun 28th Aug. Anyone interested in playing or supporting are always welcome.. More details can be obtained by contacting Nick Mallaber on 01209 216734 or 07968 136222

Chairman’s Overview and Parish Council News. Projects for the betterment of the Parish - There is a temptation when times are hard to simply maintain what we have in the Parish but the Parish Council wants to progress. We would like you to think about potential projects to make the Parish a better place to live. These will need to be relatively cheap but if you can think of anything then drop us a line. In any case we need to support what we have so I commend to you the GRAND SUMMER FETE – please go along and enjoy yourselves I am sure it will be an absolute hoot! POTHOLES! To report a pothole directly to Cornwall Council, ring 1300 1234 222 It seems we have lost our argument to retain the phone kiosk at Pulla Cross. BT is now asking whether the Parish Council wants to buy the kiosk for £1. The problem with this is the ongoing maintenance and repair costs, and unless anyone can come up with a unique idea for its future use, we will tell BT to remove it after it has been disconnected. The Parish Council is now back up to full strength of Seven Councillors. Their details are on the Parish website and will be printed in the next Newsletter.

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Gwennap Horticultural Society - Trip to RHS Rosemoor 26 May 2011 Gwennap Horticultural Society has one all-day outing every year, and this year we had decided to visit the RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon. For many of us it was not the first visit, but another chance to visit this magnificent place, perhaps at a different season, was not to be missed. There are now 65 acres of enchanting garden, and woodlands, with all year-round interest. For experienced gardeners, and complete beginners, and for many of us in between on the knowledge scale, this wonderful place cannot but inspire. We spread out during the day and individually marvelled at what we saw. There are sixteen different areas to explore, all offering varying styles of gardening. For instance what perfection in the shrub-rose garden. The design, the choice of roses and their placing with the intermingling of clematis, and the gorgeous scent was quite overwhelming. I was looking for such a rose, tall with dark red single flowers, one for each end of a hot border, to mingle with ginger lilies, orange crocosmias, scarlet dahlias and lobelia tupa. There were several so decisions were not easy, but in the end I found an absolute beauty... We stopped and admired the Stream Garden and Rock Gully where the planting seemed so perfectly chosen amongst the damp and shady areas. These marginal plants were magnificent together with the sound of trickling and bubbling water intermingling with birdsong. All so perfect. I had spied a glorious fern spreading out beside a stream and discovered later it was available in the shop, and of course it was completely irresistible! It so often happens that plants admired in these much-visited gardens are not available to buy, but in this instance I struck gold. The restaurant provided delicious food and a pleasant break with friends before continuing the amazing horticultural journey to Lady Anne's garden, the vegetable garden and the lake before our time ran out. On to more technical gardening methods now. It would appear that the use of mycorrhizal fungi to enhance the root-growth of trees, shrubs and perennials is common practice in this RHS garden and presumably the others. The resulting strong growth and vigour is plain for all to see. The vegetable garden showed such perfection and as they do not use any slug-death in any form, there had to be another deterrent. So nematodes are applied to areas to be planted before anything else, and they would probably repeat this once again during the season. To see row upon row of such perfect brassicas completely blemish-free was quite extraordinary. It occurs to me these advances in horticultural practices need further investigation, and it would certainly be an interesting subject for a winter lecture. After our customary raffle, which is so necessary to boost the funds of the Society we settled back into our brand-new and very comfortable coach with all our plants carefully stored in the space below, and home we went.- Beautifully driven - bursting with ideas for our gardens having had a wonderful and most inspirational day. And lastly if anyone who gardens might be interested in joining our friendly and welcoming Society, whether an experienced or a novice gardener please get in touch with our Secretary Susan McCrossan on 01872 870320 and she will be very pleased to hear from you. We have many outings to lovely gardens during the year as well as interesting and informative lectures not forgetting an annual dinner and a Christmas Party! So don't be shy...! Prudence Danby Programme: Thurs 16th June Visit to Hidden Valley Gardens, Treesmill, Par. Tricia Howard has created a beautiful 4-acre garden with herbaceous borders, grasses and ferns etc. Sat 25th June Visit. Open house at David & Jenny Knuckey’s house and garden at Carharrack. Teas available. Thurs 14th July Visit to Mike Bell’s National Bamboo Collection at Wadebridge at 2.30 p.m. No loos, no teas but no charge! Thurs 28th July Visit to Eric Baker’s garden “Oak Tree Cottage” at Lerryn. An immaculate one acre plantsman’s garden created from a field during the last 20 years. No loos or teas, but at Lerryn afterwards. £3 towards Cornwall Children’s Hospice Thurs 15th Sept. Annual dinner at Gwennap Church Hall - 7.30 p.m. Thurs 22nd Sept. Talk by Sandra Goodswen on Cornish Gardens Large and Small.

General Interest THE CORNISH ARMS, FROGPOOL

TRURO TR4 8RP (01872 863445)

Traditional village pub offering good food, real ales and good atmosphere. Dogs welcome on leads. Functions catered for. Featured events: Mon - Euchre Drive 8p.m. start Bingo 8p.m. till 9p.m. - all welcome to come along and join in Tue - free pool table in evening Thurs - Curry & Drink special Friday - Fish, chips and mushy peas special Eat in or Take-away Sunday - traditional roast lunch Food available Tuesday-Saturday 12-2 & 6-9 (Sunday 12-3 & 6-8. Monday no food and not open at lunchtime)

Tuesday lunchtime special – 2 main meals for £10 Booking always advisable to avoid disappointment

New menus, evening and lunchtime + children’s menu Duck Race August Bank Holiday, including BBQ

Book exchange now up and running

With our first anniversary in July, we (Tim and Jane) would like to thank everyone for the incredible support. The year has been even better than we dared imagine, and it has certainly made the job so much easier.

Thank You!

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Sue Ferguson LICENSED CONVEYANCERS

Offering excellent locally-based knowledge and over 20 years' experience Services provided include:

Sale/purchase Freehold and Leasehold properties (both Residential and Commercial) Re-mortgages Equity Release

Shared Ownership Schemes Tenancy Agreements

87-88 FORE STREET REDRUTH

CORNWALL TR15 2BP

(We are located within the premises of Ezy Move Estate Agents) Open: 0930 – 1700 (Monday – Friday)

Telephone: 01209 219082 Facsimile: 01209 204458

Email: sue@sue-ferguson.co.uk Web: www.sue-ferguson.co.uk

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BENSON’S Bed and Breakfast at Primrose Cottage,

Consols Road, Carharrack

Too many visitors and not enough room?

Perhaps we can help, ring Sue Beveridge or check out our website

BENSON’s has two en-suite rooms with TV, tea/coffee making, mini fridge – all

the comforts of home! Why not call round and see for yourself

Tel: 01209 619382 Email sue@bensonsbandb.co.uk

www.bensonsbandb.co.uk