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St Martin By Looe
Spring 2015
[email protected] www.stmartinbylooepc.btck.co.uk
Published and funded bySt Martin By Looe Parish Council.
A Tawny Owl - picture www.wildbirdseeds.co.uk
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St Martin By LooeParish Councillors
ContactNumbers.
ChairmanRobert Henly 01503 240336
Vice ChairmanRoberta Powley 01503 240650
CouncillorsBarbara Reynolds 01503 240520
Lynne Burt 01503 240383Mike Elford 01503 265922
David Keeble 01503 263525John Broad 01503 264459
Parish Clerk & Magazine EditorCharles Hyde 01579 [email protected]
County CouncillorArmand Toms 01503 264823
If you would like to include an advertisement in the next edition of St MartinBy Looe News please contact The Clerk, Charles Hyde on 01579 340905 orby email [email protected]. Costs: £20 for a full page, £10 for a½ page, £5 for 1/3 page. Contract discounts are available.The magazine is printed quarterly and has a circulation of 300 copies whichare hand delivered to every home in the Parish. ContributionsWe always welcome contributions from people living in the Parish. If youwould like to air your views on a particular subject or have a photograph orpiece of artwork for the front cover please get in touch with The Clerk.
Statutory DisclaimerAll articles and advertisements are published in good faith, St Martin By LooeParish Council cannot check all details in the articles and any views ex-pressed may not necessarily reflect those of the Parish Council. Neither canwe be held responsible for the actions of any advertisers now or in the future.
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Welcome to the Spring 2015 edition.What a difference a year makes, this time last year the front cover photowas of the chalets at Millendreath underwater. The milder winter hasbeen welcome for most as you can still get out and about and enjoy thebeautiful area in which we live. In this issue Dave Keeble has a greatpiece called ‘spring observation’ which makes interesting reading; thecover photo is inspired by this piece. Easter is just around the corner andincluded is a tasty Easter recipe. As usual ANYTHING you want toinclude in the Summer issue please send it to me before the 19th May.
Planning ApplicationsApplications were received for the following: Rear dormer conversion,formation of accommodation in annex, at Pethick Park, No Man’s Land.Use of land for stationing 10 camping pods and retention of additionalpod, at Tregoad Caravan and Camping Park. The construction of 45holiday homes at May Lane Millendreath. Conversion of small barn toform domestic annex at The Barn, Windsor, St Martin-by-Looe.
DonationsLooe Town Council, £50 towards shuttle bus service for the Coka Colatruck visit.
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Holland Road Post BoxWe have been advised that the private post box in Holland Road will nolonger be emptied by the Royal Mail. The Parish Council did appeal thedecision but was unsuccessful as the Post Office demanded £940 peryear plus VAT. Unfortunately the Parish Council do not have the fundsneeded to continue to provide the box therefore it will be removed.
New Street LightsTwo new street lights part funded by the Parish Council should by nowhave been installed on the B3253 and on the one way road leading toHolland Road, this resulted in a road closure which we hope did notcause too much inconvenience. Hopefully walking to the shop, bus stopor postbox should be safer.
Parish Council Meetings.You are always welcome to attend the Parish council meetings which areheld in the Memorial Hall, Holland Road, No Man’s Land. They usuallyare held on the first Thursday of each month but check the noticeboardsas they do sometimes change. Requests to speak during Public Partici-pation need to be submitted to the Clerk by post or email at least 48 hoursin advance, failure to do so could result in your request being refused.The Clerks contact details can be found on page 2
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Easter Bingo27th March 2015, No Man’s Land Hall.
Doors open 7pm eyes down 8pm.All Welcome.
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The GB Ocean Ski 2015 Season has started!Thanks to some hard work and enthusiasm by a few there are somegreat new developments for the 2015 GB Ocean Ski season.
· Launch of the GB Ocean OneLife ID tags at a great introductoryprice of just £5, voluntary for events this year but compulsorynext year. At checkout enter your GB Ocean Ski discount code:GBOCEANSKI. See: OneLife ID
· Brand new website would very much appreciate any comments,suggestions, items for inclusion etc before it goes live. See:Sneak preview
· New user friendly event entry system. The Series Race No1 atLooe is available to take entries now! See: Eventbrite entrysystem
Race No1 - LooeRegistration from 1000hrs and a compulsory briefing 1200hrs at Millen-dreath start at 1445hrs. Parking is free for competitors at Millendreath andspace on a trailer on a first come first served basis. Planning for a 9-10mile down wind race so expect start either at Port Wrinkle if easterlies orTalland Bay if westerlies. Two starts Slow and Fast, this will not affectyour finish time it is just to help the Safety Boat cover. There will also bea short course option for ILS Spec Ski's and Under 21/First Timers withONLY £10 entry fee for under 21 and first time competitors.Prizing giving and social planned for one hour after last finisher (about5pm) at the Bay View Campsite, walking distance from Millendreath.
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Social will be on a 'Bring Your Own' basis, we will supply a BBQ andfacilities you bring your own food/drink. For the disorganised amongstyou we can supply top quality local steaks/burgers/ciders/beers etc byprior arrangement from the best shop is Looe! Contact Ally at the PurelyCornish Deli 01503 262680 [email protected] for the Bank Holiday weekend with friends and family. Clinics,Come and Try and a Hare & Hounds race planned from Sunday 11am.Look forward to seeing you!
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Jessica Tamblyn-HaywardQualified Pet GroomerBray FarmBindownNomansland, Near Looe01503 240841 or07834 473835
Whilst exploring the Internet the other day I came across thisdescription of the Parish in 1870, it makes interesting reading,remember the church was in the parish then.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer ofEngland and Wales described St Martin like this:
MARTIN (ST.), a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall; on Looe bay andthe river Looe, 4½ miles SSW of Menheniot r. station, and 6½ S by E ofLiskeard. It contains the town of East Looe; and its Post town is Looe,under Liskeard. Acres, 3,199; of which 130 are water. Real property,exclnsive of East Looe, £2,802; inc. of East Looe, £4,622. Pop., exc. ofEast Looe, 343. Houses, 71. Pop., inc. of East Looe, 1,497. Houses, 276.The manor was known, at Domesday, as Lant Martin; and it took its namefrom St. Martin du Tours. About 250 acres are under wood. The coast isnoticed in the articles on East Looe and West Looe. The living is a rectoryin the diocese of Exeter. Value, £481.* Patron, alternately the DowagcrCountess of Sandwich and the Duke of Cleveland. The church stands onhigh ground above East Looe, and is ancient but good. The town of EastLooe, jointly with that of West Looe, forms a selparate benefice. There isa Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £4.
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With a General Election looming on May 7th it was interesting to see aregister of eligible voters in the Parish in 1864/54.Do you recognise any of the names?Name and Surname Abode Nature of QualificationJames Arthur Penwith House and land as occupierThomas Cook Barbican Lease of house and land for yearsSimon Cook Hay Lease of house and land for yearsWilliam Clogg East Looe House and land as occupierRichard Cook (Rev) Barbican House and land as occupierRobert Ellis 42 Queen St Devonport Lease of mill and land for yearsWilliam Farwell (Rev) Rectory Freehold glebe and tithesThomas Hill Higher Trevery Lease of house and land for yearsJohn Muchmore Logeo House and land as occupierWilliam Pearce Windsor House and land as occupierJohn Pearce Glebe Land as occupierJames Pearce Keverall House and land as occupierGeorge Rosever Tregoad House and land as occupierJohn Soady Camden Street, Camdem Town, London Lease of land for years.
Contributed by Sue Dent.
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Millendreath in Bloom was proud to achieve another Silver Gilt Certificate2014 by South West in Bloom this year for floral displays planted andmaintained throughout 2014.Particular note was made by the SW in Bloom judges of the woodenstreet furniture produced by a local craftsman who was commended forhis imaginative use of recycled timber. In addition, a certificate byCaradon Tourist Board was presented to the local ComprehsneiveSchool pupils led by their teacher Roger Holland at a special evening atthe Millpool Centre, their Cornish flag design laid out in their garden atMillendreath was a real winner! Our Certificates are displayed in BlackRock Cafe.Thanks to everyone who gave their energy maintaining our displays foryet another year without this support Millendreath in Bloom would notexist. It is hoped anyone who has an hour or two from time to time willjoin in and support this local community effort, we meet regularly andanyone interested is welcome to join us for a coffee - a note of futuremeetings will be posted on the notice board. Thanks to our Sponsors tooand the support from our Local Parish Council and Espalier.
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RENTINGPROPERTY
ESTABLISHED 1990
problem in Millendreath.Remember, you are re-quired to clean up afteryour dog has fouled (andproperly dispose of it)when your dog fouls in anyarea which the public areentitled to have access to.Cornwall Council intro-duced a Dog Fouling Or-der that covers all ofCornwall to ensure all are-as of Cornwall have thesame levels of enforce-ment for dog fouling.Failing to clean up afteryour dog has fouled willresult in a fixed penaltybeing issued - which is for£80 (reduced to £50 if paidwithin 10 days) or prose-cution where if found guiltyyou would face a maxi-mum fine of £1000.
There is a dog binplease use it!
At the last Parish Council meeting it was reported that dog mess is a
MiB Committee kicked off 2015 with a first meeting in Black Rock Cafe,on the Agenda plans for this year were discussed as well as fund raisingwhich will see another Car Boot Sale taking place on Easter Monday 06April between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Without local involvement and encouragement none of this is possible.
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An All Day Breakfast event was held at St Martins Church Hall, Looe onSaturday 31st January and 175 breakfasts were served. It raised £2200and the proceeds will be split between St Martins Church, Looe RotaryShelterbox and Childrens Hospice South West. Many thanks to thehelpers from Cornish Farm Holidays, Rotary Club of Looe Valley, InnerWheel Club of Liskeard and Looe and to all those who attended makingit a very successful event.
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A 100m section of Seaton sea wall, originally constructed to pre-vent beach sands drifting across the highway, was extensivelydamaged following a series of storms at the end of 2013 and into2014. The damage reduced the level of the beach by approximate-ly three meters and has left the B3247 without sufficient support orprotection against further storms.To address these concerns, CORMAC Solutions Ltd started workon the 23 February 2015 to construct a new retaining wall. The wallwill be made of 10m long driven sheet piles with a reinforcedconcrete capping beam which is anticipated to be completed inJune 2015.A new parapet wall will also be built to minimise wave overtoppingand provide pedestrian safety.Traffic lights will be required throughout the construction period forsafety reasons.
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Despite an outside temperature of 1°C there are signs in the garden thatSpring is on the way. Daffodils have been in flower since early Decem-ber, Primroses blooming as well as the expected Snow Drops. Althoughthis piece is to be included in the Spring edition of the Parish magazine,at the time of writing it is just 10 days in to February so a little imaginationis required to get in to the mood.On the 24th January I once again took part in the RSPB Great GardenBird watch which is an annual survey to assess the number of wild birdsthat frequent our gardens, parks and other open spaces. Anyone cantake part - it only takes one hour, once a year and is very rewarding.My own count started at 08.00 hrs and it was very slow to get going withno birds on the feeders at all. No need to worry though as gradually allmy regulars started to arrive. It is necessary to keep alert otherwise youmay miss a fleeting visit from a not so regular visitor such as my GreatSpotted Woodpecker.A bird more common to my garden is a Buzzard that roosts in the smallwooded area to the south west of the house. It is not just because it isgood cover, he is very adept at catching the frogs that are now gatheringin the pond to spawn. Not included unfortunately on my tick list is a birdthat I hear regularly but rarely see – the bird is the Tawny Owl – such an
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iconic sound. Many ‘spooky’ films include it’s call – the classic ‘kee-wick’‘hoo-hooo’ – it is in fact two birds, male and female calling each other, thefemale with the ‘kee-wick’ and the return ‘hoo-hooo’ from the male.Some years ago a Tawny Owl broke cover during daylight and alightedin an Elm tree in the garden. I was alerted to the bird by the sounds ofother birds alarm calls, some flying at and mobbing the owl. After a verynoisy couple of minutes the owl melted away in to cover and peacereturned.The Tawny Owl (featured on the cover of this publication) is holding itsown regarding numbers in the wild but not so our other once fairlycommon Barn Owl. This very handsome bird is very much on thedecline, if any reader out there has seen a Barn Owl locally I would liketo hear the details.It should be just a matter of weeks until we can all get out and about toenjoy the sights and sounds of our beautiful countryside – we should allappreciate nature because it can be very fragile.
David Keeble
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Looe Police Station contact number.If you need to contact your local Police Station you can use the
number below:01503 266173
If there is no one available to answer your call please leave amessage and a member of the team will contact you on their return.
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Ingredients100g butter, softened100g golden caster sugar2 large eggs, beaten175g self-raising flour5 tbsp milk. ½ tsp vanilla extract2 tbsp desiccated coconut100g red glacé cherries, cut into 1/4’sTo decorate85g seedless raspberries jam50g red glacé cherries, cut into 1/4’s2 tbsp toasted desiccated coconut
MethodPreheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4/fanoven 160C and line a large muffintray with 9 muffin cases. Tip thebutter and sugar into a large bowland beat with an electric mixer untilpaler in colour, light and fluffy. Pourin the eggs and beat until the mix-ture is light and creamy. Use awooden spoon to beat in the flour,milk, vanilla and coconut until youhave a soft dropping consistency.Stir in the cherries.
Spoon the mixture into the muffincases and bake for 20 minutes untilrisen and golden. Lift the muffinsout of the tray and sit them on awire rack to cool slightly.To decorate, tip the jam into a smallsaucepan and gently warm, stir-ring, until melted and smooth. Gen-erously brush the tops of the warmcakes with the jam, stick the quar-tered cherries on top and sprinklewith the toasted coconut. Serve onthe day of making.
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It's great to know so many people in and around Looe are interested inour local wildlife. We're recruiting lots of new members and welcomingnew faces to our events. We meet every third Tuesday of the month atthe RNLI Station in East Looe at 7.30pm. So come along, find out whowe are, what we do and how to get involved. Full details on our websitewww.looemarineconservation.org
Sat 21 MarHannafore Beach, W Looe 12- 2pm EVENT:WHAT'S THE TIDE WASHED UP? BEACH CLEAN focussing on plastics and 'ghost netting'Tues 24 MarMillpool Centre 6.30pm ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7.30pm Talk: Eggs & Chicks Galore: My Seabird Summers on Looe IslandFri 10 AprHannafore Beach, W Looe 3.30pm EVENT: EASTER ROCKPOOL RAMBLE (to 5.30pm) Join expert volunteers to explore rock pools and identify inhabitants.Tues 21 AprRNLI Station, East Looe 6.30pm LMCG MONTHLY MEETING with Guest Speaker
TALK: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A BDMLR VET - Darryl Thorpe (To 7.30pm)Tues 28 AprLostwithiel Comm Centre 7.30 pm TALK: WILD LOOE - DISCOVER THE BOOK - a joint event with Friends of the Fowey Estuary. Guest Speaker: Author Dr Derek SpoonerSun 17 MayDownderry Beach 11am - 1 pm EVENT: MAY MARINE CLEANING MACHINE BEACH CLEAN focussing on plastics and ghost nettingTues 19 MayRNLI Station, East Looe 6.30pm LMCG MONTHLY MEETING (to 7.30pm) Members' Talk Time: Share news, ideas opinions + event trainingSat 30 MayHannafore Beach W Looe 9.30am EVENT: HALF TERM ROCKPOOL RAMBLE (to 11am) Join expert volunteers to explore rock pools and identify inhabitants.Tues 16 JunRNLI Station, East Looe 6.30pm LMCG MONTHLY MEETING (to 7.30pm) SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD Guest:Matt Slater - Cornwall Wildlife TrustSun 21 JunOn the quay outside RNLI Station, East Looe. 11 am-4 pm EVENT:FESTIVAL BY THE SEA Exciting full day event in association with Cornwall Wildlife Trust celebrating Looe's fishing heritage. Lots of events, Mackerel BBQ etc.
At our latest rockpool ramble we saw themost amazing variety of marine crea-tures. Apart from crabs, squat lobsters,starfish, anemones, pipefish, sea slugsand sucker fish, it was a very low tide (thebest for rockpooling) so we reached are-as of kelp to find 'mermaid's purses' (eggcases) and the little dogfish that emergefrom them. And the following day one ofour volunteers even stumbled across a 1metre shark in the shallow waters!
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Gas 0800 371787Water 0800 169 1144
Electricity 0800 111999Floodline 08459 881188
HospitalsTruro 01872 250000
Liskeard 01579 335600Derriford 0845 1558155
DoctorsLooe Surgery 01503 266960
Liskeard. Oaktree 01579 335320Liskeard. Rosedean 01579 343133
CouncilsCornwall (see inside)
Looe Town Council 01503 262255Buses
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Liskeard, Anytime 01579 346007Vets
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