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Around and aboutLink to give away £1,000----------------- 16 WI Present £1,250 to The Merlin Centre -------17 Cornwall Hospice Care ‘Make a Will’ Week 17 Charity Lunch for Loving Humanity -- 18 Cornwall Army Cadets need you!------ 19 Concerts at St Endellion and St Kew -- 20 Wadebridge Festival of Music and Speech 20 Update from Camel Estuary Youth Sailing - 21 Election night alternative ------------------------ 21 Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club Win Open and Masters 2015 Stillwater Championships ----26 Rock Oyster Festival ----------------------------------26 Community Garden for Tubestation --- 27 A Letter from Betty Oliver ------------------------ 27 Polzeath Marine Discovery Day --------------- 35 St Minver Probus Club ---------------------------- 47 Spring Eventide ------------------------------------- 53 WI Soup and Pudding Lunch ------------------ 56

Business SpotlightWave 7 Gallery ------------------------------------- 36 Hugo Hercod of Relish Wadebridge -------- 55

TributesReg Wilce -------------------------------------------- 28 Edward George Mattos ------------------------- 29

Issue 201 March/April 2015

St Minver

LinkLike links in a fence we will unite

To create a fine community With willing hearts, with hands held tight.

Neither keeping in nor shutting out But holding fast a fellowship

A refuge from adversity. Anna Alexander

Contents

The Link Events Diary - - - - - - -61

FeaturesSt Enodoc Golf Club Celebrates its 125th Anniversary --------------------------------- 22 Fund Raising for Cancer Research UK ------ 24 Aren’t we Lucky! ---------------------------37,38,39 Aren’t we lucky ------------------------------------ 38 Every Flower Counts ----------------------------- 42 Put ‘Spring’ into your step ---------------------- 48 The Treasures of Wadebrige Museum ----- 49 The Dreamer Whose Dream Came True -- 57 History in a Bottle --------------------------------- 59

Regular ItemsWe Will Remember Them -----------------30 Featured Artist: Wendy Parkyn -------------- 31 News from Rock Lifeboat -----------------22 Creature Feature - Porteath Bee Centre -34 Seasonal Fashion Tips ---------------------40 The Headmaster’s School Report -------45 Country Diary from Cobb Cottage -----50 Book Review- H is for Hawk -------------52 Romance of the Rose ----------------------------------54 Brain Gym-------------------------------------58 Dan Rogerson MP -------------------------------- 60 Church Services -----------------------------64 Local Telephone Numbers ---------------65


Link to give away £1,000 in four £250 Grants

St Minver Link has announced four £250 grants which will be given to local organisations or individuals as part of its policy of supporting the local community.

Who can apply? Any group, organization or individual from St Minver, Polzeath, Rock, Trebetherick , Tredrizzick, Wadebridge and the immediate area.

What are the grants for? You tell us! Since 2008 we have given away over £15,000 to 35 different local causes, bought new footballs for St Minver FC, replaced first aid equipment destroyed in the 2014 storms at the Surf Life Saving Club, sponsored a marathon runner for FLEET and a young lady who went on to bowl for England; we helped a young cricketer go to the West Indies and we bought a new cooker for the pre-school and two professional microwave ovens for the Perceval Institute. The list goes on – see www.stminverlink.org/our-donations.html for the full story.So the £250 can go towards practically anything. However, it is crucial that it is for a clearly identified specific project – not just a means of topping up funds. Even though it is not a large amount of money, we would like it to make a big difference to the recipients

How can we do this? St Minver Link is financed by the companies that place advertisements and by sales of the magazine. The income from this usually exceeds that needed to produce the magazine so we give the surplus away for the benefit of the local community–it’s as simple as that. You can help ensure that this continues by supporting our advertisers and mentioning ‘Link’ when you contact them.

How to applySubmit a letter or e-mail to the Committee Chairman Brian Crank, by June 1st 2015, outlining what the grant would be spent on and the benefits it would reap for the recipient(s). The committee will consider all submissions and successful applicants will be notified by June 14th and the results will be published in our July/August issue. Please note successful applicants must be prepared to be photographed at the grant handover, which will then be featured in LINK and, maybe, in the local press as well.Please send your applications to Brian Crank, Swallows Rest, Port Quin Cross, Wadebridge, PL27 6RD or to [email protected].

The pictures on the right illustrate some of our previous awards.

St Minver School

The Handstand Appeal

Rock Notice Board

Wadebridge Toy Library

St Minver Pre School


WI Present £1,250 to The Merlin Centre

Over the past 12 months Trebetherick and Polzeath WI have raised funds in memory of Valerie Stockton - a member of the WI who lost her fight with MS in January 2014.

The money, £1,250 has been used by the Merlin Centre to start up a new project to provide counselling to families coping with the final stages of the disease. Val’s husband John and

daughter Paula went to the Merlin Project to present our cheque and see the work that is done to support MS sufferers, their families and patients with other critical illnesses.

Cornwall Hospice Care ‘Make a Will’ Week Solicitors across Cornwall will be offering their time free of charge and in support of Cornish charity Cornwall Hospice Care, to write standard Wills or update existing Wills in the week May 11th to 15th. Rather than charging the usual fee, the solicitors will ask for a donation to Cornwall Hospice Care. For standard Wills this will be £75 for a single Will, £110 for a pair of husband and wife ‘Mirror’

Wills and £40 for a Codicil to update an existing Will.

Your donation can of course be more than the suggested amount or you may choose to include Cornwall Hospice Care with a gift , or a percentage of your estate left after you have remembered your family and friends in your Will.

Cornwall Hospice Care is a Cornish charity that provides special care for families facing life limiting illnesses. Patients

are cared for free of charge at their two hospices at Mount Edgcumbe in St Austell and St Julia’s in Hayle. We hope this opportunity will inspire you to make or update your Will. Your legacy gift will help us support more people living in our community.

For a list of participating solicitors call Debbie Henshaw on 01726 874065 or visit our website www.cornwallhospicecare.co.uk


Charity Lunch for Loving Humanity

A wonderful Mediterranean lunch was on the menu for 30 guests at a charity lunch held in aid of Syrian Refugee Charity Loving Humanity (see page 40 in last issue).

Generously hosted by Lavinia Anderson of Treglines, with lunch prepared by Bella Nicholas and her ‘kitchen angels’ Lucy Gordon-Clark and George Murray and extra organising carried out by Emily Nott-Bower, the lunch and raffle raised over £1,700. It is hoped that the event will raise even more money as it galvanises many of those attending or who knew about the lunch but were unable to attend into further action and support.

Loving Humanity Founder Amy Peake, who was guest of honour at the lunch, said afterwards “Thanks so much to the team behind this, for giving so much time, energy and enthusiasm to make such a wonderful event happen. It’s so amazing to have such a high powered fund raising team on our side.”

The girls are planning a second lunch in September.

You can find out more about the work of Loving Humanity by visiting their website at www.loving humanity.org.uk

Lucy, Amy, Lavinia, Georgie, Bella and Emily.

Polzeath Marine Centre

Sea & Shore Cornwall

Common and curious Findings

A talk by Author and Photographer Lisa Woollett

Tubestation, PolzeathTuesday May 26

7 - 8.30 pm

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

ART EXHIBITION

‘SERENDIPITY’Exhibition and sale of oil and mixed media paintings and ceramics by Sarah Poppleton

and Jaye Guest,Opening Reception: 6pm

Monday 1st June – all welcome. Exhibition open times:

Tues June 2: 10am – 5pm Wed June 3: 10am – 6pm Thur June 4: 10am – 1pm

Trebetherick & Polzeath WI

WI MeetingSRock Methodist Chaplel Thursday May 7th, 7 pm

Talk ‘Cornish Culture through Music by Viv and

Roger Bennett Rock Institute

Thursday June 4th, 7 pm Talk ‘Extra, Extra Read all about it’ by Mr Wiltshier.All are welcome - there is a

charge of £1 for guests (light refreshments included).


St Minver Community Land Trust seeks affordable land for the construction of self-build affordable

housing for local needsContact Ted Rowe, Chairman: 01208 862653 or

Helen Rawe, Secretary: 01208 816206 If you can help.

The Merlin MS Centre and St Teath Church invite you to a

‘Gospel and Pasty Supper’ with Johnny Cowling.St Teath Church:

Sunday May 31st 7-30Tickets £10

To book a pasty please contact Lorraine Jasper on 01208 850 650

Cornwall Army Cadets need you!Aged 21 or over?

Want to shape the future of young people?

Like the idea of inspiring and leading young people to achieve things they never thought possible? Looking for

something exciting to do in your spare time? Then how about becoming an Army Cadet Force adult volunteer? With over 600 cadets (aged 12-18) all over Cornwall, the ACF is one of the county’s largest voluntary youth organisations. We are currently looking for new adult volunteers in our detachments across Cornwall. For details of your local detachment, please go to www.armycadets.com.No particular experience is required and we provide all necessary training. So if you can give up an evening a week and want to do something different with your free time, this could be exactly what you are looking for.For most people volunteering is about ‘giving something back’, socialising and making new friends, or getting to know the local community. Others enjoy feeling like a valued member of a team, finding a worthwhile hobby that gives them quality time away from work or a busy lifestyle, or knowing they are making a difference to the lives of young people. To find out more, please visit armycadets.com/volunteer-with-us or call Bodmin Cornwall ACF Headquarters on 01208 78183.


Concerts at St Endellion and St KewCIMF Regional Gala Concert

Friday May 1st, 7.30pm, St Endellion ChurchFour of the choirs participating in the festival: Imerey’s Mid Cornwall MVC, Sussex Gruffs,Worcester MVC and Chor Musica from Canada will perform at St Endellion. Tickets are available from The Hall for Cornwall Box Office.

The Zoltan EnsembleSunday May 10th, 3pm, St Kew ChurchA welcome return of these highly talented professional musicians. Lowri Porter, Laura Kernohan, Nancy Johnson and Roz Gladstone will perform a programme of string quartets featuring Schubert’s Rosamunde Quartet. Baritone Rob O’Connell joins them to perform works including Barber’s Dover Beach.

Summer Tapestry Song Recital with Cheryl Brendish & Paul Drayton

Saturday June 6th, 7.30pm, St Endellion ChurchCelebrated classical soprano, Cheryl Brendish

and DuchyOpera Director of Music, Paul Drayton perform an enticing programme weaving together the sights and sounds of summer.

Cornish American Song InstituteFriday June 26th, 7.30pm, St Endellion Church

A concert given by Musical Scholars from America highlighting composers and poets of the First World War. The concert is on the final weekend of their three-week intensive study of Art-Song for vocalists, pianists and composers in Oxford and Falmouth. CASI is led by Dr David Sadlier, one of America’s leading dramatic tenors, and world-class tutors from both the UK and the US

Endelienta Concert Tickets are £10 (free to accompanied under-16s)

For further information for these events visit www.endelienta.org.uk. Tickets are available by telephone 07787 944935, email: [email protected] or call in at the Wadebridge Bookshop.

Wadebridge Festival of Music and Speech Inaugurated in 1925, the Wadebridge Festival of Music and Speech held its 90th festival in Wadebridge Town Hall from March 2nd - 7th. This year there were 87 Classes and close to 600 participants.Speech classes were extremely well supported with nine of the schools in the North Cornwall area being well represented by their youngsters, who entertained audiences with their verse speaking, choral speaking and renditions of humorous poems.There was certainly a rousing start to the music side of the festival with the Wadebridge School Samba Band, who performed with their usual verve and enthusiasm, followed by Wadebridge secondary school choirs. We are always pleased to welcome our school choirs and this year there were also four Infant choirs and eight Primary School choirs as well as some very large classes for recorders, piano solos and boys and girls vocal classes.The festival committee, as always, is hugely grateful for all the hard work and support, given to the youngsters by their teachers and parents. After all, without them the festival would not exist.

The Moor Harmony Chorus, Wadebridge Male Voice Choir, Jasmine Collins and the Mini Minstrels all achieved Outstanding. The Chrissie Clements Rose Bowl was awarded to Lynette Rentoul and the Clifton Gilbert Cup was awarded to Elliot Osborne. Hazie Simmons won her class and was also awarded The Daisy Rowe Memorial Trophy awarded to the festival Singer of the Year. All other competitors gave Commended performances with many achieving Distinction.The festival week concluded with a Gala Concert featuring many of the best performances, from the week, in speech and music.It is gratifying that so many people who attend comment on the friendliness of the festival which is entirely run by volunteers and is completely self-funding, relying on the generosity of its Patrons, advertisers and supporters. If you are interested in supporting this festival in any way, no matter how small, please contact Mrs D Moon, General Secretary. The Festival AGM will be held in the Board Room of Wadebridge Town Hall at 7.0pm on Wednesday 20th May 2015. All persons interested in the Festival are invited to attend and will be warmly welcomed.


Election night alternative - 7th MayEnjoy what makes Cornwall special!

Roger and Vivien Bennett present ‘Cornish culture and history with songs and music’ - what better way to spend the evening when every TV station will be trying to second-guess the election results even before the polling stations close! Spend a friendly evening with

us at the WI and be home to catch the highlights on the news. 7pm at The Rock Methodist Chapel in Rock Road. Costs a pound and includes tea and biscuits and then our monthly business. £1 entry.

An Update from Camel Estuary Youth Sailing Changes At Ceys

Tim Lunt, Chairman of Camel Estuary Youth Sailing (CEYS) is to relinquish the Chair and become the Rock-based charity’s President. Tim was a co-founder 9 years ago and has worked tirelessly in support of CEYS’s aim to fund and facilitate professional sailing lessons for local children, most of whom would not otherwise have had the opportunity to learn. Over 250 children have been introduced to sailing in this way, with a further forty or so now expected each year.

The CEYS trustees unanimously praise and thank Tim for his hands-on work to date and look forward to a continued strategic input in his new role.

Taking Tim’s place as Chairperson is Rock resident Anne Murray, a keen Shrimper sailor at Rock Sailing Club. Already a CEYS trustee, Anne has considerable fund-raising experience and is renowned for her enthusiasm and drive!

Tintagel and Delabole Take to CEYSAs well as children from nearby, some twelve pupils from Tintagel Primary School and Delabole Community Primary School will also shortly be receiving sailing lessons on the Camel Estuary with the help of CEYS. This is a first for CEYS and it is hoped that sufficient funding can be raised for more such lessons to follow.

CEYS’ Topping EasterCEYS’ annual street collection in Rock raised nearly £400 over Easter – a quarter more than last year. More people seemed to know about CEYS than ever and a great bonus whilst collecting was the surprise

donation of a much-loved Topper dinghy for others to now enjoy.

FundingAs ever, donations to CEYS are appreciated. Please contact Anne Murray: [email protected]

Tom Lunt.


In March St Enodoc, one of England’s oldest and most beguiling golf clubs, celebrated its 125th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the club will stage a Festival of Golf Week, comprising various tournaments and social functions, from June 28th to July 5th.

The highlight of the week promises to be a Hickory Shaft Tournament with competitors carrying a set of fully-restored hickory clubs in replica leather and canvas bags over a composite course of club’s Church and Holywell courses.

History of St EnodocLegend has it that golf was first played on a part of the present course by a party of undergraduates in 1888 though their efforts were confined to the area round St Enodoc Church and the nearby Daymer Bay. A year later a number of local gentlemen laid out a few holes amongst the massive dunes at Rock and as their enthusiasm increased they officially formed St Enodoc Golf Club in 1890. From the minutes of the General Meeting, held in the open air in March 1892, there were about 20 members paying an annual subscription of 5/- (five shillings or about 25p

in today’s money) to pay the rent of £6 per annum for the land.Early records mention competitions held over 27 holes, 18 out and 9 home, though no definitive plans exist to indicate precisely the holes then played. It is known, however, that the first tee was situated on the high ground about 300 yards to the east of the present clubhouse and that there was one hole on the Northern side of Daymer Bay.Around 1900, Dr Theophilus Hoskin purchased some 300 acres of land comprising the whole of the land then in use plus the adjoining Trenain Farm and Brea Cottage. In 1905, Dr. Hoskin granted a lease to the Club of ‘Coles Sandy Common’ for £30 a year and two years later entered into an agreement to allow play on that part of Trenain Farm, which now hosts the 13th and 14th holes.In 1907 James Braid laid out a full 18-hole course which was first altered in about 1922, notably by the construction of the present short 8th and a diversion of the original 11th, 12th and 13th holes. In 1937 the present clubhouse with the new access road from Rock was opened in time for the English Ladies’ Close Championship. As a result

St Enodoc Golf Club Celebrates its 125th Anniversary


Braid constructed the existing 17th and 18th holes, necessitated by the relocation of the clubhouse.

The tenancy granted by Dr Hoskin in 1905 continued until 1949 when his widow decided to sell the property. The club arranged to purchase it but while negotiations were proceeding, the Duchy of Cornwall agreed to take over the whole of the land together with the clubhouse and to accept the Club as tenants under a lease. The shorter nine-hole course, closed in 1939 due to wartime labour shortages, it re-opened in 1967, using some of the holes originally designed by James Braid in 1928 and was extended to 18 holes in 1982.

The most important change in the club’s recent history occurred in 1987 with the purchase of the freehold from the Duchy of Cornwall. Since then the Clubhouse has been considerably enlarged and improved. Then in 1998, due to much greater pressure of play on the course and the effect of a spate of dry summers on the fairways, a modern computer-controlled watering system was installed, supplied from a six million-gallon reservoir constructed on land between the first and the second holes of the Church Course.

Testament to its enduring quality, the Church has hosted numerous amateur golf events

in its 125-year history, including the English Ladies Amateur Championship in 1993 and 2002, the English Counties Championship in 1989 and 2005. Just last year, it was chosen by England Golf to stage the English Women’s Amateur Championship.

To add to its golfing narrative, St Enodoc has over the decades lured a host of legendary Open Champions to its fairways including not only James Braid, but also Henry Cotton, Jim Barnes and Tom Watson which has further added to the prestige of this outstanding course.

Indeed the course was immortalized forever thanks to the Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman whose experience of playing St Enodoc was encapsulated in his poem, ‘Seaside Golf’.

The Club Today As a club today, St Enodoc offers excellent practice facilities complete with driving range, two putting greens and two PGA coaching professionals. It recently invested heavily in a new short game practice area, a new target green on the range and a new covered bay facility. The clubhouse, refurbished last year in time for its anniversary celebrations, provides the full range of usual amenities plus an elegant terrace for al fresco dining in the summer.

For more on the 125th anniversary celebrations of St Enodoc visit

www.st-enodoc.co.uk

Golf the Prince of Wales teeing off in front of the old clubhouse in 1927.

James Braid playing St Enodoc’s Church Course.


Local CRUK fund raising committees in the South West are expected to have raised nearly £1,240,000 in the last financial year - an incredible amount of money. There are 100 local groups and committees in the South West but new members and new groups are still needed. To run an event like The Tresco Triathlon, which raises around £10,000, requires dedicated volunteers. This is a very popular event and is opened by Dame Judy Dench every year.

Other major events nationwide are the ‘Dryathlon’ (no alcohol for January) which raised £8 million (this sum will fund 10 new clinical trials), ‘Stand up for Cancer’ - £15 million. ‘Selfies’ (no make up) raised £8 million – which will also fund 10 new clinical trials.CRUK have focused on the power of online marketing, especially for last Summer’s fund raising BBQ’s. Also, new this year was ‘World Cancer Day’.

At Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, 54 trials are funded by CRUK - 38 and at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro. Of 84 people in the South West diagnosed with cancer half will survive. £1 million is being spent on research in the South West and some of the best scientific and clinical research takes place in this area. In Bristol CRUK have bowel cancer specialists, Chris Paraskiva and Ann Williams and Professor Paul Martin,

At a recent CRUK Conference held at The Eden Project local Cancer Research Fund Raising Committees were thanked for all their support and were made aware of some of the recent progress in cancer

research.

On the fund raising cycle ride (L to R) Maggie Day, Caelan Day, Fraser Day, Brian Budden, Estelle’s granddaughter, Estelle Budden, Gina Snelling and Keith Snelling.

Fund Raising for Cancer Research UK


working on cell biology. At Plymouth Professor Simon Rule is a leader in lymphoma. Professor Oliver Hanneman, also at Plymouth is looking into new treatments for brain tumours. These specialists need us to be part of the journey. CRUK also employ 200 nurses. There are five world leading institutes, 15 outstanding centres for research and 18 experimental medicine centres. Sharing this research is resulting in speeding up ideas and getting trials. At trial units patients undergoing treatment are those that have failed all other options. They are the unsung heroes. With 600,000 clinical trial patients CRUK is the envy of America for screening and prevention. The day will come when each cancer can be targeted with the specific treatment required.

St Minver CRUKThis year St Minver CRUK ran a very successful Bridge Drive in January, followed by the twice yearly and very popular Jumble Sale in February (this year we raised £600 - an all time record). In March we collected for ‘World Cancer Day’ and raised over £200 in Rock. Also in March, Vice Chairman, Estelle Budden, encouraged us to do a bike ride to Padstow from Wadebridge all dressed in pink and accompanied by two fake emus. This was an experimental event when we were hoping to perhaps raise around £200. We were joined by some of our faithful supporters, some walked, some got the ferry and some arrived by car. Most of us enjoyed a quick fish and chips at Rick Stein’s, in shifts, and all took part in collecting for CRUK. People were very kind and we were stunned and delighted to have raised £727. The panniers were certainly rather heavy for the bicycle trip back to Wadebridge! A big ‘thank you’ to our supporters who helped and to Padstow for allowing us to do this collection, to Bridge Bike Hire for renting us bikes at a good price and to Lidl for the short collection outside their store before the bike ride. A good day, beautiful sunshine and we all had a lovely time! Fund

raising can be fun! Our next big event is the Big Breakfast on Saturday May 23rd at the Rock Sailing and Water Ski Club starting at 8.30 a.m..Mention must also be made of the tremendous efforts and dedication of local mum Jo Langridge who has been working so hard since last April, having lost five stone in weight and become so fit she was able to take part in the Bath Half Marathon on March 1st. Jo chose to support Cancer Research UK when personally affected when a young work colleague at Windmill Court was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Jo has raised approximately £750 which is a really satisfying achievement. She emphasises the help she has received from Chris Clark in particular, Jordon, Ross, Jack and Steph at ‘The Point’ in realising her goal. Jo now has her sights on the Plymouth ‘Muddy Run’ on August 2nd - Good luck Jo and so many thanks for all your efforts! Jo and her work colleagues also put together a Christmas hamper which was raffled at Windmill Court during the Christmas period. Together with donations the amazing sum of £468. 70p was collected. A big thank you.

Cancer Research UK (St Minver Branch)

The Big Breakfast

Rock Sailing & Water Ski Club

Saturday May 23 8.30 - 11.30 am

Adults £8 Children £5

Everyone Welcome


Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club Win Open and Masters 2015 Stillwater Championships

The combined Open and Masters Teams from Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club came home victorious from the recent Cornish Stillwaters Competition held in St Ives in early Karch. Thirteen Surf Life Saving teams from all over Cornwall took part in this annual pool event, but the competitors from Polzeath gained the most points overall to win the competition – a first for the Club.

Many of the Polzeath team members came home with medals. In the Masters individual events for competitors’ aged 30 and over, Leigh Anderson won silver medals for the Manikin Tow and Manikin Carry. In the Open individual events for competitors’ aged 19 and over,

Oli Jarvis won Bronze for the Manikin Tow and Gold for the Manikin Carry. In the Open team events two Golds were won in the Manikin Relay and Medley.

The Polzeath Club entered its largest competing team in the history of the Club; 16 members took part in total, comprising 4 male Open members and 12 female Masters – many of who were competing for the first time.

Team Leader Leigh Anderson, comments; “This is the first time Polzeath has won the Cornish Frostbite Competition so it is an exciting progression for the Club. In the past five years we have seen the Club grow at an amazing pace and we now have around 120 members.“

She continues “It was great to

see so many Masters take part in this competition too. Surf Life Saving is quite unique in that as a sport it embraces and encourages participation from all age groups – from 8 up to 80. This makes it a great Club for families as all members can get involved and compete if they wish.”

Polzeath Surf Life Saving Club, which is a registered charity, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. Children join the Club as Nippers from the age of 7, graduate to Juniors at 13 and move onto Seniors from 16. The Club also has many active Master Members who both compete and coach. Members of the Club ultimately learn about lifesaving and rescue, but in the process gain a number of beach and sea skills.

Rock Oyster Festival - July 11th

Set on the banks of the Camel river estuary at Dinham House, the Rock Oyster Festival begins this year on Saturday July 11th.

It includes the arts, children’s entertainment and theatre, food, music, fine wine and great beer, talks and riverside walks and even long table banquets cooked by local chefs.

A music line up remains the anchor of entertainment with a diverse range of acts from the Country’s leading didgeridoo

player John Thorpe to latin infused funk from Malavita and from leading D&B act Dr Meaver to two piece Australian band with their cello and banjo April Maze, with plenty in between to keep you up on your feet.

Festival organiser, Charlie Anderson, said “Rock Oyster is the perfect answer for festival goers who are turning their backs on the mainstream ‘bun fight’ in their droves. If you are looking for a small festival with its own identity but still offers

banging entertainment and with Cornwall at its heart, the Rock Oyster Festival is it”.

The Festival prides itself on providing excellent food far from a festival norm of burgers and chips. Porthilly oysters from the Camel Estuary, succulent mussels cooked by chefs of the St Moritz Hotel, huge paellas and spicy Cornish curries and bespoke wood-fire cooked pizzas. There is something to delight all palates and for the children, back by


A Letter from Betty Oliver of Rock

I would like to thank the ‘Link’ for buying the last two lots of baby wool for me, I was on the last ball when David came round with 30 balls, wonderful. The Senior Circle paid for them, I’m so grateful for everyone’s help.I started knitting for the neonatal unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske in 2003 and to date i have sent 612 premature baby sets, that’s cardigans, bonnets and bootees. I now knit a blanket to go with every parcel. Jane, who comes to our Craft morning, often brings in bags of odd double knitting wool, which is what I use for the Blankets. Last count was 28.Have always enjoyed knitting especially for babies, having a large family. Nine children, 24 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren, years of practice.

Betty Oliver.

popular demand, Alice in her amazing orange van.

Charlie Anderson added “We ran a Farmer’s Market for the first time last year which was a huge success. We will be keeping a very modest stall charge as we are keen to contact even the smallest local food business, so that we can show off the huge variety of top quality food that Cornwall can proudly boast.”

The Beer Big Top will be back serving a great range of guest and Cornish ales. And Wadebridge Wines will be there for those with a taste for the grape.

Families are always the focus for Rock Oyster. This year the children will again be taking over the Big Top main stage all afternoon with children’s entertainment.

Children’s activities will include archery, horse drawn carriage rides, storytelling, Badger Forest School, craft workshops and football on Saturday morning for the campers.

Tickets for the Saturday day and night are on sale now priced at £22 per adult, £8 for the younger children and £14 for teens. Camping is available on the Friday and Saturday nights and for early ticket sales there is a nominal booking fee of £1 per adult and there is no booking charge for children or teens.

Gates open at 6pm on Friday July 10th. to find out more visit www.rockoysterfestival.co.uk

The Tubestation plans to create a Community Garden that will feed as many people as possible as well as supplying the cafe. Joff Phips of Tubestation said “A big part of the Tubestation is creativity and we want this to apply to this new project. We want to turn old rubbish in to productive areas of the garden or into beautiful bits of art. We want to teach about sustainability and let people know that everything can have a purpose and be made beautiful again, no matter how we view it.

“There have been so many generous donations to the garden and people have really got behind the vision. We have had so many people grow us plants, give us tools for the garden and give up large amounts of time to see this project work.

“It is amazing to see how much people really love being part of a community that does something together as simple as gardening, the effect it is having on people is great. We want to invite you to get behind this project in whatever way you can. It is important to take a moment out of your day and be able to focus on creating something.”

Community Garden Planned for the Polzeath Tubestation


Reg was born in Tredrizzick April 25th 1932. Just prior to this happy event his parents, Bessie and Edgar, had taken in Carol Wilce their Nephew as their own, this resulted in Reg and Carol growing up as ‘brothers’. There has always been a loving bond between them.Reg attended St Minver School in Tredrizzick Village, and successfully passed his 11 plus exam and went to Harleigh at Bodmin. During 1942 Reg’s Parents took in three children who had been evacuated to Cornwall due to the bombing in London, Brothers Brian, Graham and their sister Gloria. They grew up with Reg and Carol and in Gloria’s own words“We had a very happy upbringing during our school years, and looking back Reg showed immense generosity to us, sharing his Mother and Father, and everything he would normally enjoy as a single child”.Sadly Graham and Brian have passed away but Gloria has always kept in touch especially on Reg’s Birthday and Christmas.On leaving school Reg was employed in the office of WT Tucker and Son, coal Merchants on the quay at Rock. This is now the sailing club.He left this employment in 1950 to carryout National Service. This was done in the Royal Artillery in BAOR mostly

in Germany.After being Demobbed Reg became a Salesman at Tremain and Collicot, a High Class Grocers at Wadebridge. Reg left this employment to work at Fair Park garage carrying out all the Administration.During this period Carol was taken seriously ill, and to help Margaret and the family out his Mum and Dad took Caroline into their home. To say that Reg spoilt Caroline is an understatement; she enjoyed being Reg’s sports supporter, and has fond memories of checking his football coupon every Saturday. This was a big honour, sadly both laughing that he was never a winner. Reg has always been like an adopted big brother for Caroline. And she was delighted when on October 22nd 1960 Reg married Joyce May Treglown, as she felt

Joyce was a lovely person, just right for Reg therefore she didn’t mind sharing him.Reg always led a sporting life. At the age of 14 together with his friend, the late Ken Berry, joined the Rock Cricket Club and when this folded they moved to the now St Minver Cricket Club, were at various times he became a Player, Club Captain, Secretary and Chairman. Reg also became a player of St Minver Football Club and Secretary for 20 years. When playing years finished, Reg became a Class 1 Referee in matches in Cornwall and Devon. Reg always kept his interest in both sports but had to be contented to only watch it on TV.In 1961 Reg went to work for South Western Electricity Board where he enjoyed working for the next 29 years when he took early retirement at the age of 58.During that time he became a Parish Councillor at St Minver Lowlands and was Chairman for several years and

Reg Wilce1932 - 2015

The St Minver Senior Circle Committee - Reg is in the centre of the back row, then L to R. Joan Beart, Henry Buckingham, Jo Holt and Fred Beart. Photo: Martin Broadfoot


Ted was born and grew up in Bombay (Mumbai) India in a family of Portuguese origin. His education was a boarding school in Nainital in the Himalayas, where he first showed prowess at football and hockey.For college he was sent back to England just before the end of the war, and frequently recounted the passage in a wartime convoy. The rest of the family all returned from India via the UK on Indian independence…..4 siblings continued on to Canada, with parents, George, Frank and Ted remaining in England.Ted continued his sports prowess in the UK, playing hockey at county level, even in the 1948 Olympic squad, and playing football for Crystal Palace even as an amateur.He studied mechanical engineering initially, with placements at Dennis Brothers of Guildford, famous for dustbin lorries and fire engines. Then with nationalization and national roll-out of electricity, he changed to electrical engineering and then took employment with the generating board, where he stayed for his entire career. This was at Portishead ‘A’ Power Station for 20 years, then spells of safety officer for the Severn cable tunnel, back at Portishead for its decommissioning, and training foreign engineers at Berkeley.Ted and Judy were married in 1951, initially living in Dartford, but soon moving to Clevedon, Somerset, where the children were all born… but visiting London quite frequently, despite the lack of motorways.

Ted played football for Clevedon in the early 50’s, including a trip to Wembley, but late 50’s he concentrated on hockey when his shift work allowed.After 3 years in Westbury on Trym, the family home moved to Bitton, between Bristol and Bath, for the sixties, where William was born, then to

a member of North Cornwall District Council Tenant’s forum for 10 years. Then a member of Cornwall Council Tenant’s Forum.Reg and Joyce moved to Croftlands fifty five years ago. They were not blessed with children but they adopted their daughter Trina, and have a Grandson Cieran. They also fostered Christopher Pollard who today still calls them Mum and Dad.Reg and Joyce enjoyed many holidays together and made lots of long term friends who are still in touch today.In December 2002 Reg was a founder member and Chairman of St Minver Senior Circle when it was first formed. His association ended in February 2014 due to ill health. Reg was also known locally as a Quiz Master running many quizzes, he especially liked going to The Valley Caravan Park for Martyn Taylor during the holiday season.Sadly Reg was diagnosed last year with a terminal illness which he bravely faced with the support of Joyce, Kenny and Caroline. As Caroline says” we had the opportunity of having special prime time with a wonderful person.”Reg was a Gentle Cornishman to the Core and will be much missed by his wife Joyce, his Daughter Trina, Grandson Ceiran, and all his Family and Friends.Joyce would like to say a special thanks to Caroline and Kenny Jasper for all the help they have been during a very difficult time.

Edward George Mattos 1927 - 2015


Saltford for the 70’s and early 80’s.The final move to Rock was in the mid 80’s following retirement, but the Rock story starts much earlier. Rock was the preferred holiday location, in tents, chalets, caravans through the sixties, often with Frank’s family, before both families bought building plots in Rock in the late 60’s and had bungalows built for the many holiday visits.From the first Heron boat with Seagull engine, the Caricraft open ski boat in the early sixties, CB15 with cabin in late sixties to finally the sterndrive Fletcher for 3 decades, Ted continued waterskiing into his 70’s, and found fulfillment looking after the boat on beach and mooring all summer.Retiring to Trelyn in the mid 80’s, Ted and Judy joined

in enthusiastically with local life….particularly, the church, the gardening club and the Rock Village Institute. Ted ran one or more vegetable gardens borrowed from local residents, and frequently returned with prize certificates from the gardening club shows. He became a volunteer hospital driver, taking local people to Treliske for appointments, sometimes three or more times a week.Grandchildren also came in the 80s, and were always welcomed. There is still a box of wooden blocks from the 1930’s at Trelyn, which have been played with by 4 generations….and they came out again in the new century for the great-grandchildren, now numbering 10. The grandchildren also remember the ever present jar of sweets

behind Ted’s armchair.After breaking his hip in a fall, though recovered, his energy levels were much reduced and he no longer tended his vegetables, seldom stirring far from the sitting room. After Judy’s dis-orienting ministrokes, then losing her to a more serious stroke a year ago, he became less interested in activities, a famous quote being “I’m too old to go out”In his declining months, a big pictorial book on India, with photos of roads he knew and the Gateway to India arch in Bombay was a source of much excitement, first at Trelyn and later in the nursing home where he spent his last few weeks. He still had the imagination to see interesting things outside the window even to the end.

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Who Are The Absurdists - Part 2

Wendy is the creative and business partner of William Isaac (featured in the last issue). She is a prolific painter and has enjoyed many years of success as a traditional landscape artist. In her work with William, she has delved into another world of the eccentric and the bizarre. Together, the two artists have painted a collection of skewed

situations to ponder and enjoy.Entirely self-taught, Wendy uses a wide variety of materials to achieve her effects including acrylics, oil, pastel, water colour and mixed media. “I’ve always painted. When I first started painting I did a lot of surrealist stuff. I was a big fan of Salvador Dali. My first job was painting pottery so I’ve always painted whatever I was

doing. Then, for a while I painted pet portraits. But, primarily, I’m a landscape artist.”“I like to paint en plein air whenever possible, particularly along the river at Respryn and around the North Cornwall coast. I think paintings always have an extra freshness from having been painted in the open air. I often go up on Dartmoor to paint. I love the challenge

Our Featured Artist

Wendy Parkyn


of the wild weather and big skies. It makes a nice contrast to the huge seas and beautiful coastline of Cornwall.”Wendy started teaching art classes in 2000 sharing her skills and experience. She still has groups of people or individuals coming to The Studio Gallery to learn. While she received no formal training as an artist, she has qualifications to teach and taught an adult education class in Liskeard for seven years. For anyone who is looking to improve their skills in painting landscapes, Wendy can help.So when did she become an Absurdist? “When I met Bill. He came to my art class in Blisland and he started painting these unusual pictures. I was painting a landscape one day of the village green and he came along and added two odd figures. So then we started creating more Absurdist paintings. We put on a show in Wadebridge that had a good response. So we carried on until we had quite a collection that we published in our book The Absurdists.”In 2013, they decided to open up a full time gallery

on Carlumb Farm. You can see the colourful building on the left, just before the turn to Rock on the road to Port Isaac. Wendy is always creating new canvases and so there is an ever-changing display of her work, both traditional landscapes and her more absurd creations. So you are always going to find something different when you visit The Studio Gallery. Wendy is also happy to accept commissions if you

want a particular landscape or sea scene to be painted. “I enjoy the challenge of capturing a favourite scene or putting someone’s idea on to canvas.”

Wendy is also hosting an exhibition of her work in the Padstow Institute from May 3rd to 14th. You can contact her on 07732 028609 or if you’d like to see more of her work, visit www.wendyparkyn.co.uk

Peter Crisp



The Living Honey Exhibition in Porteath

While we all love honey, many of us jump at the sight of a bee. However, you can discover how bees make honey without fear of being stung. You can safely see exactly how a beehive works right here in St Minver at the Porteath Bee Centre. The Living Honey Bee Exhibition features beehives kept behind glass fronted display cabinets that lead out into the open air. It’s a great opportunity to get really close and observe the bees as they go about their busy work, uninhibited by your viewing pleasure. And best of all no risk of getting

stung!

A Hobby Turned into a Business

The first record of people keeping bees was in Spain about 6,000 bc. Although beekeeping began as their hobby, Heather and Eddie of the Bee Centre have been running their beekeeping supply business since 1987. In 1995 they opened the Beehive Tearoom where they serve morning coffee, light lunches and cream teas. With the Living Honey Exhibition is a bee-themed shop with tons of the sweet stuff to go around! A day with Heather and Eddie is both delicious and educational. Beekeeping suits provided but trousers and Wellington boots are a must!

Helping Bees Helps Our Environment

Honey has been a symbol of all that is good for centuries. It is sweet, golden and renowned for healing properties. However, honey is not a miracle substance, it’s simply a natural part of the life cycle of bees. In fact, honey is not the most important

thing that bees do. In addition to creating delicious nectar, bees are a crucial part of our planet’s ecosystem; a great many plants rely on bees to pollinate and therefore thrive. We can’t take bees for granted. These little creatures provide an essential link in our food chain—every day we eat fruit and vegetables pollinated by bees.Bees really need our help. They’ve lost much of their natural habitat in the past 60 years (including 97 per cent of wildflower meadows) and are under assault from pesticides and intensive farming. More than 20 UK bee species are already extinct and about a quarter of the remaining 267 species are under threat.

In this edition Mira Crisp visits

The Porteath Bee Centre

Wayne Allum, Chef at the Bee Centre Cafe.

Creature Feature


The Great British Bee Count helps experts to assess the practical steps needed to reverse the decline in bees; to see where our garden friends are thriving and where they’re in trouble.

Help Save Bees! Join The Great British Bee Count from May 1st to May 30th. Details at www.greatbritishbeecount.co.uk

About BeesWhy do bees make honey? Honey bees are unique in that they don’t hibernate in winter. Instead, the colony stays active and clusters together to stay warm. This requires

a lot of food stored from the summer before. Although a hive only needs 20-30 pounds of honey to survive an average winter, if given the space the bees are capable of collecting much more. Do bees sleep? No, but during the night most bees remain motionless reserving their energies for the next day.How far can honey bees fly? It is possible for bees to fly as far as 5 miles for food, however, an average distance would be less than a mile from the hive. A strong colony flies the equivalent distance of to the moon every dayHow long does a bee live?

In the summer a worker bee lives for about 40 days only. As no young are raised over the winter months, the workers born in the autumn will live until the following spring. A queen can live up to 5 years, however, for the beekeeper a queen is past her prime in her third year.Do Bees have knees? Although ‘It’s the bees’ knees’ means something is ideal or the best, we’re sorry to report that bees do not in fact have knees. Although bees have legs with joints like any insect, their joints have nothing like a kneecap and therefore, no knee.

Creature Feature

Polzeath Marine Discovery Day This will take place on Thursday May 28th on Polzeath beach and at the Marine Centre and Tubestation from 11 am to 4 pm. ‘Sea-linked’ friends from our area will also be there to show the work they do. This includes the National Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Polzeath BeachCare, Cornwall Seal Group, the National Lobster Hatchery, and our guardians from Stepper Point, the National Coastwatch Institution team.

There will be arts and crafts activities, a Beach Care

competition, our traditional sand sculpture contest, a chance to take part in art and craft animation, a fascinating sea shore lab, and a Silent Auction, with some lovely items to bid for.

Come and have some fun and learn more about our seas and the wonderful underwater creatures who live here. Looking forward to seeing you there!


Business Spotlight

Wave 7 Gallery

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description and a photograph of yourself.

It’s free of charge.

It doesn’t look like much from the outside. You could easily miss this little building in Trelights on the road between Polzeath and Port Isaac, although you might have noticed the colourful flags in front.Once you enter the gallery, it’s a bit of a Tardis experience as the two storeys are jam-packed with all kinds of art showcasing the work of an extraordinary array of artists including: Saul Cathcart, John Griffiths, Mike Hindle, Ness Lannen, Linda Styles, Charlotte Jones to name just a few. The work on display reflects the eclectic tastes of Victoria Mead who established the gallery in 2003 and has been running it ever since.

Victoria is an artist herself. She got her A Levels in art, studying Fine Art, ceramics and photography at St. Austell College and then went on to Falmouth Art School to do the Foundation course. From there she went to Brunel University where she gained her degree in metalwork and jewellery.Like many artists, Victoria has had a variety of jobs before being able to devote herself full-time to her art. She sold Kelly’s Ice Cream on the beach at Polzeath (whist studying for her degree). Then she worked at The Oystercatcher for a while. She had a job at the Porteath Bee Centre too. But her real love was art, which in her case has taken the form of making mirrors. “I always

knew I needed a dedicated space to do my work and when this place came up, it was perfect. I’ve got a small studio where I create my pieces and the larger space for putting on exhibitions and art days which are a lot of fun.”

Victoria has been making her unique mirrors for a lot longer than she’s been running Wave 7. She sold her first piece 20 years ago in Camden Market in London. Her fascination for mirrors evolved out of her studies at Brunel and for a time in London, she designed windows for people who wanted something more creative. “ Now I make all sorts of stuff but mirrors are still the main thing.”

So why Wave 7? “I’ve always liked the idea of a name and a number like Studio One. The seventh wave is this phenomenon of nature. If you stand on the shore and count

Victoria Mead.


Painting by Saul Cathcart.

the waves, every seventh wave will be the biggest. I felt it would be a good metaphor for the gallery. And a lot of the work I display is about the sea, so it seems to fit.”There’s a wide range of work on display ranging from jewellery and ceramics that start at less than a tenner to canvases that can fetch thousands. So there is something for everyone. Victoria also runs a variety of Art Days.“You have a whole day. I do a nice lunch. The beauty of it is you take away the skill. So by the end of the day you have learnt something new and you can take your creation home with you.”It’s a small gallery but there’s a lot going on. You can see the eclectic nature of the artists

and the events by visiting

the web site. Or better yet,

drop by and have a look

for yourself. You may be

pleasantly surprised.

www.wave7gallery.co.uk

01208 880605 or 07773 822667

Open 10.30am – 5pm Tuesday to Saturday.

The survey was done in collaboration with property search website Zoopla. In the rural survey only one other Cornish spot was mentioned which was Fowey and in the urban one Wadebridge was the only Cornish spot.

The report cited St Minver as being “a quiet spot .. a true oasis”, given North Cornwall’s popularity amongst holiday makers, whilst the urban report mentioned Wadebridge’s eco credentials and myriad of local small businesses.

Aren’t we lucky!and we’re not the only ones to think so …

The Sunday Times recently voted St Minver as one of the top 50 places to live in rural Britain, and if that wasn’t enough, the following week, they voted

Wadebridge as one of the top 50 urban places to live.

As if we need The Sunday Times to tell us how blessed we are! Photographs on next page


Aren’t we Lucky! See previous page (37)Photos: Martin Broadfoot and Brian Crank



Are you going to be a wedding guest this Summer or are you attending a Summer BBQ or party? Have you already started to panic about what to wear? Is it too much to ask to find a stylish dress that suits your figure, is comfortable to wear all day, doesn’t break the bank yet still gets you a few compliments? Let us take the stress away. Whether you are looking for a one-off show stopper or a multi-functional outfit that can be worn throughout the summer season, here is a quick guide to help prevent a wardrobe malfunction.

For Beachside Vows If you are fortunate enough to be jetting off somewhere hot or enjoying our own gorgeous sandy shores, then embrace the beach venue in a coloured maxi dress.

Team with beach friendly accessories such as flat sandals as no one needs to be sinking into the sand – if you don’t feel dressy enough take a stylish tote bag and slip some wedges in and change when appropriate. Also why not go all out on the beach look and pull off a wide brim hat that will that will give protection against the elements as well as this season’s 70’s glamour!

Casual Outdoor ‘I Do’s’

Instead of the predictable dress why not go for a printed jumpsuit offering a more bohemian approach to wedding attire! Jumpsuits are an ongoing trend that suits so many people’s figures especially when you elongate the leg with a heel. Don’t forget to pick up a simple pashmina to

Seasonal Fashion Tips from Fusion’s Rhowen Yoki

Get prepared for the wedding season.


drape over your shoulders to ward off the chill of the evening.

Romantic, Candlelit ReceptionsEverything is coming up roses for the happy couple; show your support of the union in a dress that’s equally romantic in a gorgeous flowery print which is all the rage this season. Team with accessories in pale hues to make the perfect love match. A gorgeous Closet dress with white top half and pale blue flower print bottom half masquerades as an elegant skirt and top combo yet has the ease of a dress.

For Sparkly PartiesLook out for fancy party dresses with some metallic element woven into the fabric. It’s a trend that is coming up everywhere and instantly makes your look dressier and gives you that little sparkle! Team with some simple heels and drop earrings, to create a knock ‘em dead look! A favourite of ours for this look is this Closet dress with unique metallic jacquard print.

And finally.....Perfect Accessorising Since the weather in England is unpredictable be sure to get yourself a smart jacket for some warmth. We love the long tailored jackets this year as they are the perfect cover up. These pale pink and mint jackets are a stylish addition to your wardrobe. Pairing your outfit with a clutch bag is essential. The simplicity and lightness of a clutch will compliment the fabrics of the season as if your bag is too heavy looking it will be at odds with your outfit. We also love a clutch with some depth as we can often be the person that takes

more than they need – lippy, camera, phone and spare shoes (for those who can’t handle heels all day). A rectangle clutch that has an extendable strap will do this.

New Paintings by

David Penhale

Rock Village Institute Friday May 22nd to Sunday May 31st

10 am - 5.30 pm

‘Meet the Artist’ Sunday May 24th 3 pm - 6 pm

www: davidpenhale.co.uk


Every Flower Counts Volunteers Needed for an Annual Stock Take of UK’s Wildflowers

The new National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS), launching in Spring 2015, will for the first time enable scientists to take an annual stock take of the UK’s wild plants and their habitats, but to do this they need your help. They are looking for volunteers to carry out surveys of wildflowers and their habitats to show which widespread plants are increasing or declining, as well as indicating the changing state of habitats such as grassland, fenland and even road verges. Plants are nature’s building blocks and this new monitoring scheme will sit alongside existing schemes for the UK’s birds and butterflies to help understand more about how the countryside is changing. Chris Cheffings, from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) says “Currently, information on the abundance of plant species and change is very limited, and it is difficult to gauge the condition of habitats outside protected sites. JNCC is delighted to be able to support the NPMS, which will fill this significant gap in UK biodiversity surveillance. The annual results collected by volunteers will help to identify trends in hundreds of species, allowing us to assess plant community changes.” The search is on to find 2,000 volunteers to take part. Together the volunteers will monitor wild plants in 28 habitats, ranging from hedgerows and meadows to salt marsh and scree slopes. Hayley New, from Plantlife says “The NPMS is hugely enjoyable and over 400 volunteers have helped us set up the new scheme. It’s easy to

do and everyone will receive free training and guidance plus support from the partnership for volunteers. There is also web support and illustrated guidance notes – so volunteers will have the perfect survey tool kit to get them started!”

Dr Kevin Walker, Head of Science, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) says:

“It’s really great to finally have a national scheme that everyone can take part in. It’s a fantastic achievement and should mean that wild plants are at the forefront of discussions on how our environment is changing and what we should be doing about it.”

How does the NPMS work? • Volunteers will be able to choose from three options depending on their level of expertise: recording from a short or an extended list of target species in each habitat or recording all species they find in their plots.

• Volunteers will be given a 1 km square with a grid showing up to 25 locations. Surveyors will be asked to visit three of those locations and carry out surveys in square plots and then identify two linear features such as hedgerows, rivers and road verges and survey these locations too.

• The squares have been randomly chosen, but with a focus on squares containing habitats of interest.

For more information on the NPMS and how to take part please visit www.npms.org.uk

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Bluebells.


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groms club

wavehunters

Introduction to surfing / improver / kids club / developer classes

Grom Club membership is £30, including a Wavehunters exclusive “Groms” Hoody and Wavehunters discount card*. All sessions are £5 thereafter otherwise one-off sessions are £20 for non members.

rock

rock

From Easter till November on Polzeath beach

call us on: office 01208 880617 beach 07969 660014

* Wavehunters Groms card, gets you free equipment hire all year, 10% off all Wavehunters clothing and activities, end of season party, mid summer team BQQ and discounted rates on all our surf trips.

The ‘Grom’ Club runs every week on Tuesdays at 4.30pm and Sundays at 4pm.

Designed to help improve surfing skills in a safe environment whilst also creating surfing groups amongst the ‘Groms’ who look out for each other whenever they are in the sea.

The club gets everyone enjoying the surf and everything the beach has to the offer, whilst teaching beach safety.

email us [email protected] click www.wavehunters.co.uk


I love writing my report for the Link, it gives me a rare little bit of time to reflect on all that we have achieved over the last term. There is always so much pressure and reporting on what we achieve academically, that it is often too easy to forget some of the most important opportunities that we give our children.

St Piran’s DayWe celebrated St Piran’s Day back at the beginning of March in style, dressing up in Black, White and Gold. The children took part in traditional Cornish singing and dancing, as well as enjoying a lovely pasty.

Being Funny for Money!On Red Nose day, we all made our faces

look funny for money. Actually, all of the staff made my face look funny for money, which let’s face it, wasn’t the hardest challenge in the world!

Sports ReportWe have continued to achieve well in sporting activities. We had our largest number of entrants in the Wadebridge Cross Country event, all of whom managed to complete the course. Daisy and William Greenwood won their respective age ranges and will go on to compete in the county finals later this year.

Our netball teams also did very well in the local netball festival. One of our teams came out as the overall winners. They

The Headmaster’s School Report

Class 3 on the Food for Farming visit.

groms club

wavehunters

Introduction to surfing / improver / kids club / developer classes

Grom Club membership is £30, including a Wavehunters exclusive “Groms” Hoody and Wavehunters discount card*. All sessions are £5 thereafter otherwise one-off sessions are £20 for non members.

rock

rock

From Easter till November on Polzeath beach

call us on: office 01208 880617 beach 07969 660014

* Wavehunters Groms card, gets you free equipment hire all year, 10% off all Wavehunters clothing and activities, end of season party, mid summer team BQQ and discounted rates on all our surf trips.

The ‘Grom’ Club runs every week on Tuesdays at 4.30pm and Sundays at 4pm.

Designed to help improve surfing skills in a safe environment whilst also creating surfing groups amongst the ‘Groms’ who look out for each other whenever they are in the sea.

The club gets everyone enjoying the surf and everything the beach has to the offer, whilst teaching beach safety.

email us [email protected] click www.wavehunters.co.uk


Class 5 on the Food for Farming visit.

went on to compete at the next round at Bude, where they did brilliantly. Jackie Eason has also been in school helping our Year 5 children to achieve their bike-ability qualifications. Many thanks to all of you who may have had to exhibit extra patience on the roads when they were out and about. Two of our dancers, Kerenza and Antonia, performed at the inaugural Wadebridge Dance Festival recently. We hope this will become a very successful annual event. The girls were amazing and performed beautifully.

Wadebridge Festival Mrs Gregson entered a large number of our children in the Wadebridge Festival

of Music and Speech to perform their poetry and music. A huge number of children took part this year and the standard of performance was exceptional. Milli Yoki and Bella and Matilda Roberts all took first place in their classes whilst Locryn Pate and Ella Morton both came second. We also entered the Choral Speaking section for the first time and came a very respectable third.

St Endellion Music festivalA number of our children also took part in the St Endellion Music festival. There they teamed up with the Truro Cathedral Choir to perform a number of pieces in the evening presentation. The standard


of their singing was exceptional and we received a number of compliments from the cathedral choir master.

Food and Farming eventYears 3 and 4 visited the Wadebridge Food and Farming event where they took part in a very wide range of activities and experiences. They sheared sheep, hatched chicks and planted seeds, finding out more about where their food comes from and the local business of agriculture.

School Council DayWe now work very closely with a small group of local schools. Padstow, St Minver and St Breock have all shared a number of training events and teacher professional development opportunities, but recently we also held a joint school council day. The school councils from each of the schools met at St Breock, where they established a parliament and held a debate on whether the government should fund pets in schools to help ease stress on children. The children were

brilliant and we are hoping that this may now lead on to a regular debating society.

Unusual School VisitorsOn that note, last week we had animal visitors in school, with all of our children finding out more about some exciting creatures. We had a snake, a lizard a frog and a very hairy spider and the children thoroughly enjoyed touching them and learning all about their habitats and diet. Well, I think that’s about it. Sorry to go on, but as you can see, there is so much to celebrate here at school, it’s getting harder to be selective. As ever, if you feel that you have any spare

time which you could give to support us with reading, gardening, or anything else, please do get in touch. Support from our

community is the main reason that we can achieve so much for our children. At the moment, we are especially keen to hear

from anyone who might be able to help us out with cover at lunchtimes.

Phil Banks, Headmaster

At the April Meeting of St Minver Probus Club at the Pityme Inn the speaker was Stuart Robertson, the proprietor of Robertson’s Jewellers, Wadebridge and Launceston. Stuart is a member of the National Association of Goldsmiths and the Company of Master Jewellers.Stuart described his career as a retailer and jeweller and let loose some of the secrets of the trade. A one kilo ingot of pure silver was passed round and the different ways precious metal is supplied and how it is used was explained. Stuart also talked about designing, opening and running a retail premises.At the meeting Mike Benwell replaced Tony Priest as the chairman

Tony Priest (right) hands over to the new chairman, Mike Benwell. Photo: Martin Broadfoot.

St Minver Probus Club


Morwenna of RSPB reveals four easy ways to give nature a home in your garden this spring. Nature is struggling but if we all pull together small actions to help wildlife in our gardens, outdoor spaces, and neighbourhoods can make a real difference. In spring I feel most connected to nature. We hide our drab winter clothes at the back of the wardrobe and flaunt bold, colourful prints. This season’s name is spot-on; nature is a coiled spring ready to burst into life. Follow these four easy steps to give nature a home on your own doorstep.

1. Blooming MarvellousGrow nectar-rich, flowering plants throughout the seasons to increase the biodiversity of your garden. Pollinators, such as alyssum and candytuft are a key food source for many insects including our beloved bees. Even a window box planted with thyme and lavender, will be a hit with insects.

2. Bug B&BsBug hotels are fab for mini-beasts and fun for families to make. Layer materials such as recycled masonry bricks; bamboo canes; piping or even recycled plastic bottles with both ends cut off. Alternatively, leave a small pile of deadwood in a corner of your garden - fungi, mosses and lichens will love it and as the pile rots, voila, another bug hotel. Pop any garden pruning on top of your

log pile, to mulch down and enrich the site.

3. Lazy gardening A patch of your lawn left to grow longer over the summer and winter becomes a haven for all sorts of garden wildlife,including, grasshoppers, moths and butterflies.

4. Pond LifeA pond is an effective way to give wildlife a home in your garden; attracting invertebrates including pond snails, pond-skaters and water beetles. Ponds are also a vital water source for small mammals, such as hedgehogs.Ponds don’t need to be huge. Mini ponds are great. Take a tub or washing-up bowl and place small rocks/gravel at the bottom. Pile the rocks higher on one side to ensure wildlife can easily climb in and out. Plant native, oxygen-generating plants such as Hornwort and fill with water. Position your pond in a sunny spot, away from trees and let nature come to you.For more details on how to give nature a home, visit https://homes.rspb.org.uk/

Put ‘Spring’ into your step Morwenna Griffiths


These lovely baskets look like those that adorn modern home interior shops and sell for a pretty penny to decorate our homes, but in fact they reveal an interesting side to Wadebridge’s more industrial past.Donated by Brian Oaten to the museum when it was in it’s previous home and saved from the flood that precipitated the museums’ eventual move to it’s current home, these beautifully woven objects were actually coal baskets.Eric Tatlow who wrote ‘Reminiscences of Wadebridge and the River Camel 1914 – 1945’ quoted the words of Fred Luke about Coal Baskets. “Boats arrived at the quay on the Gonvena Hill side of the Camel and the coal was shovelled into the giant baskets. Iron crooks were attached to the basket and they were hauled onto the quay to men who threw the contents

into a truck”.

We are so used today to mechanical help that we forget about the hard work that went on yesteryear.

Apart from interesting articles at the museum, there are also many photographs.

Opening Times: Monday to Saturday, 1100 to 1500 hrs. Volunteers welcome. Wadebridge: 01208 816206With special thanks to Museum Chairperson Helen Rawe for selecting this item and sharing it’s history and Barbara Le Main for interviewing Helen and photographing the exhibit.

The Treasures of Wadebrige MuseumIn a new series, we pick an exhibit from Wadebridge Museum and explain it’s role in

our area’s rich history. In this edition, we look at coal baskets.

Jimmy, a ventriloquists doll donated by Dorothy Bennett, guards the museum entrance.


The beach is ever changing, particularly over the last years - a daily walk in Daymer Bay often reveals some startling surprises. A high tide has scoured the beach leaving stones and slate where last summer children played on golden sands; or the stream running under the little bridge, swollen by rain, has become a torrenting river, swirling in a dramatic arc across the sands to the sea. One day in January the usual footpath led to a dramatic drop, now

gradually building up again as people slither down. The Submarine Forest has been uncovered several times: “Where centuries ago were waving woods. Where centuries hence,

there will be woods again . . .” so wrote John Betjeman.A walk in the afternoon at the week-end, on a fine day, will almost always reveal several children damming the stream. However cold, in shorts and bare legs, the excitement is intense, as the well-built wall falls, to the force of the water. On areas of harder sand castles have been built, and little flags flutter from castellated turrets. Many a long weekend has seen battles fought and won, and Daymer rules the

Country Diary from Cobb Cottage Written and Illustrated by Joan Cockett


Waves; often fathers seem as involved as the children. What adventures there have been. Some tides bring in a good collection of shells - I have jars of them - but for the true collector Greenaway beach is the place for cowrie shells.Years ago when my younger grandchildren and I went to the beach (with a rucksack of supplies so we didn’t starve) we sometimes made a sand sculpture, mermaids being our favourite subject. After an initial outline in the sand, we would then hunt

for seaweed for her hair -, (orange string provided a lively

touch) the roundest pebbles for eyes,

and her scaly body would be covered in whatever we

could find - bottle-tops, dry leaves and fresh leaves from round Brea Hill. On one occasion, we had just left our mermaid to walk home, when we turned round to wave her goodbye, and saw a small boy bending over her, and saying, “sorry!” as he had almost trodden on her. She had a life but the tide would take her - that is what makes the beach special - ever changing, it takes our secrets away, too.About two years ago, there was a Christmas Tree ‘planted’ on the beach between Daymer and Rock, in December. People hung various finds on the tree - a glove, drinks caps, coloured rope, and an old trainer

on the top. It also had some poignant messages, one from a woman to her recently dead husband. The tree was there again the next year. We often commit ashes to the sea, in remembrance. I was walking below Brea Hill one day in January, when something caught my eye; closer investigation revealed a perfectly made sand sculpture of a heart, raised from the background as if from a box. Incised in the sand with a stick were the words:

I LOVE YOU, PLEASE DON’T DIE.

My own heart stopped for a moment; this was meant to be seen, but it was certain the tide would take it away. I hope there was a happy ending.

Left: The Christmas Tree on Rock Beach (photo from Link 177 March/April 2011)


Published by Jonathan Cape £14.99 Hardback from Wadebridge Bookshop

A Book Review by John Baxter

H is for Hawkby Helen Macdonald

At some stage in our lives we all suffer bereavement and the consequent grief. For Helen Macdonald the loss of her beloved father was so intense that she purchased and trained a goshawk, and then wrote about the experience in this superb book as a sort of elegy for her lost father. There is hardly a chapter in the book without some reference to her grief. Early on she defines bereavement and asserts that “shocking loss isn’t to be shared , no matter how hard you try”. We all seek consolation after loss in our own ways. For Macdonald “there was nothing that was such a salve to my grieving heart as the hawk returning” (to the glove).The author was 12 when she first saw a trained goshawk and only 8 when she first read “The Goshawk” by T H White. White became famous for ‘The Sword in the Stone’, published in 1938 and ‘The Once and Future King’ which inspired the stage musical and film ‘Camelot’. ‘The Goshawk’ a story of a concerted duel between the author and the hawk he trains performs a hugely significant role in this book . White, Head of English at Stowe School, with deep personal problems as a closet homosexual and sadomasochist used falconry to flee from his own character. Macdonald had to write a book about him, “because he was there” and because, “like White I wanted to cut loose from the

world and escape to the wild”. The story of her “cutting loose” is dazzling in its celebration of the training of a hawk, and the relationship between a human and the environment. The story begins with the purchase of Mabel on a Scottish quayside, £800 taken from the back pocket in exchange for the hawk with the “wild eyes the colour of the sun on white paper”. Macdonald


is now an austringer, a trainer of hawks, and the reader is helpfully introduced to the arcane lexicon of falconry including, jesses (leather straps), sails (wings), feak (wiping beak), mute (defecate), pounces (claws), and to bate (attempting to fly from the perch. It is important to remember these explanations as thereafter Macdonald uses only this lexicon and Mabel both mutes and bates a great deal!T H White accompanies Helen Macdonald throughout this soaring and eloquent journey. Mabel’s eventual discovery of the role of the predator, the killing of rabbits and pheasants, coincides with Macdonald’s analysis of the end of White’s book . On his final page White provides a litany of all the human characteristics of “Gos”, his hawk; a Prussian officer, Attila, an Egyptian hieroglyph, “one of the lunatic dukes or cardinals in the Elizabethan plays of

Webster ”. Macdonald disapproves. She will never reduce Mabel to a hieroglyph or a historical figure; she is not human – her inhumanity is to be treasured because what she does has nothing to do with us at all. A fascinating postscript provides a brief account of the research Macdonald conducted to write about T. H White: one senses it had to be done and that the disappearance of his hawk was something of a relief for Macdonald.This is a quite outstanding book. Winner of both the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction in 2014 and the Costa Book of the Year Prize, 2014, it has attracted glittering reviews wherever it has been read. Highly intelligent, erudite, deeply moving, exuding polished eloquence, it is difficult to put down. It is one of only a few contemporary books one might confidently predict to achieve classic status and is highly recommended.

Spring EventideThe new spring green is brighter now The birds sing shrilly from the bough

A sleepy sun in western fire sinks So bright the cherry tree of candy pink

The sky grows dark permitting night to fall Making somber sentries of the trees so tall

Windows alight, as monsters eyes, still and stark The church bells send a final call across the park

By Barabara Le Main


Gardening made easy - Romance of the Rose

Nick Bacon, Trelawney Garden CentreEvery gardener dreams of growing a mass of roses, but the range of species varieties and hybrids, as well as styles and colours must be approached with fore thought if displays are to work.

Climbers and Ramblers

Scrambling and ascending roses: Some climbers derived from species roses have only one flush of flowers due to their extreme vigour and do best when clothing walls or growing through old trees. Others less rampant and derived from hybrid tea roses are more suited to screens and fences and flowers recurrently.

Ramblers: Vigorous but supple-stemmed can be trained over arbours and pergolas where they produce delicate clusters of flowers in June and July. Other climbers such as clematis can be grown among them to bloom when roses are not in flower.

Recommended varieties: Climbers: Constance Spry Gloire de Dijon

Ramblers: Alberic Barbier, Dorothy Perkins, Golden Showers, Kiftsgate and Wedding Day.

Roses for small spaces

The neat compact shape and prolonged flowering of dwarf bush and shrub roses means they are perfect for the small gardens or for pots and patios. These handsome roses are shown to their best advantage when they are mingled with other small shrubs such as |Potentillas, Santolina and Weigelas

Happy ArrayDwarf roses blend with other small plants such as iris and lavender

Recommended varieties, Baby Bio. Bright Smile, Lilli, Marlene, Rose de Meaux, The Fairy, Trumpeter.

Pots and TubsAt the other end of the scale are miniature roses they rarely grow higher than 50 cm tall (20 inches) and will thrive in a pot. Miniatures are long flowering blooming from May until the first Autumn frost. Size and colour makes them ideal for adding colour to corners such as the rock garden.

Recommended varieties, Angela Rippon, Baby Masquerade, Magic Carousel, Sweet Fairy.

Carpet of FlowersProstate roses are a small group widely used as ground cover since they sprawl to make a thick carpet of flowers. Some forms can be trained to cover walls and tree stumps they also thrive in sun and are a delightful way of adding interest to an embankment or camouflaging a man hole cover.

Recommended varieties, Flower Carpet, Magic Carpet, Nozomi, Wiltshire.

Classic BedsA flower bed devoted to roses makes an eye catching feature in the garden. A combination of standard and weeping forms, cluster flowered (Floribunda) bushes will give continuous colour throughout the summer and autumn.


Recommended varieties: Arthur Bell, Blessings, Graham Thomas, Grandpa Dixon, Southampton.

The Flowering HedgeModern shrub roses are too large for flowers beds in mainly small gardens but they can make an attractive hedge particularly when mixed with other flowering shrubs such as Dog Wood, Forsythia, Honeysuckle, Japanese quince, Snowy Mespilus or Viburnum. Rosa Rugosa has large pink scented flowers and an autumn bounty of orange red hips. It has savage prickles and is quite unbeatable as a thick barrier to deter wandering cats and dogs.Recommended varieties: Alexander, Escapade, Iceberg, Mountbatten.

Bouquets from the Garden

As cut flowers all roses will add grace and splendour to the house. But if you yearn for long stemmed classic bouquets you need to grow large flowered bush roses. Hybrid tea roses big shapely flowers often on a long stem from early summer to autumn.

Recommended varieties: Fragrant Cloud, Ingrid Bergman, Just Joey, Pascali, Warm Wishes, Wendy Cussons.

What runs round a garden but never moves? A Fence

It is regrettable truth that the better quality of soil the bigger and more prolific the weeds.

NEXT ISSUE.....Vintage Vegetable Revival

Hugo Hercod of Relish Wadebridge

Are you from these parts originally? If not, what inspired you to come here?

“I’m a bit of a mongrel. My father was Austro-Hungarian/Czech, my mother mostly Irish, and I was raised overseas thanks to my father’s career. Born in Brunei (Borneo), I moved regularly around the Far and Middle East, with a couple of stretches spent in Holland. However, English is my first language and I was always told I was British - I went to school in the UK from the age of 8. Unfortunately once I started living full-time in England in my early 20s I found it a bit of a culture

shock. “I’ve ended up living in Cornwall because it’s simply the most beautiful part of England I’ve ever been to, and suits my lifestyle to a tee.”When was Relish founded? “Relish opened in December 2006. Our mission can be summed up in one word: hospitality. We want to be a social hub where you can relax and enjoy the company of friends with good coffee and good food.”What’s your favourite drink or dish?My favourite drink would have to be filter coffee. I’ve

spent several years learning about it and how to brew it, and thanks to that I get to drink some of the world’s best coffees at their best.

Hugo Hercod is a championship winning Barista who opened ‘Relish’ in Wadebridge. He was interviewed by Mira Crisp.


Trebetherick and Polzeath WI held their annual ‘Soup and Pudding’ lunch at the Rock Institute in mid April. This year it was in favour of the Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust.

The ladies had prepared an impressive array of dishes for guests to choose from. The soups were broccoli and stilton, carrot and coriander, vegetable, bacon, lentil and tomato, cream of chicken,

parsnip and mulligatawny. desserts included trifle, bread and butter pudding, cheesecake, fruit crumble, chocolate mousse, pavlova, banoffee pie, chocolate torte and apple and marzipan slice.

It was a successful day although the turnout was a little disappointing. Shame really because if you did not come you missed an excellent lunch for only £6.

Trebetherick and Polzeath WI hold a successful Soup and Pudding Lunch in

aid of the Cornwall Air Ambulance

Pearl Bickham, Pat Crank and Joan Rowell serve soups at the Rock Institute..


“I go now in search of a place in which I can live out my dream. I want four walls and a roof. It must be near the sea and have a beach for beachcombing. It must have an acre of land and some running water on which I can attain the self-sufficiency I seek. And I hope the sea has some fish and I can catch them.”This was the dream of Robert Crisp, father of local author and Link contributor Peter Crisp and my grandfather. Not only did he realize his dream, it far exceeded his expectations. Robert also wrote a series of columns for the Sunday Express about his adventures, living in a ruin on the beach in the south of Greece and then walking round Crete with a donkey. Many years later, his story is about to be published by Bloomsbury. Here’s how it happened. Andy Bull, the cricket correspondent for The Guardian newspaper, wrote a fairly sensational piece titled The Most Extraordinary Man Ever To Play Test Cricket. This caught the attention of many people, including the editors at Bloomsbury. “We first read about Robert Crisp in Andy Bull’s excellent piece in The Guardian. We imagined what a fascinating autobiography Robert Crisp might have written and contacted his sons to see if such a book existed.” Bloomsbury was in luck. They were pleased to discover that Jonathan Crisp had already commissioned his brother Peter ‘to write a book about our father (who art not in heaven – family joke)’. As part of Peter’s research, he gathered every edition of The Sunday Express from 1967 to 1974 and then spent a happy midwinter weaving them into a coherent narrative.As Peter worked on the book, he was struck by the idea that it would make a classic travel book in the tradition of Robert Louis Stevenson. He recognised that the deceptively simple story of an older man living his dream, enjoying freedom, self-sufficiency and the simple life, contains powerful messages:It’s OK to be poor – in fact, it’s not just OK, it’s

good. It’s all right to be alone – it’s not just all right, it’s great. It’s fine to grow old – indeed it’s the happiest time of life.Even after being diagnosed with cancer and given six months to live, Robert Crisp confirmed: ‘I can say truthfully that I have seldom felt more alive or enjoyed each moment of life more continuously.’The book is entitled Zen & The Art Of Donkey Maintenance and is set for a Spring publication date. Peter is justifiably proud of the work he has done putting the book together and delighted that a major publisher is releasing it to the world. “In a way this makes me the dreamer whose dream came true too!”

The Dreamer Whose Dream Came TrueBloomsbury Publishes One of Our Own By Mira Crisp


Unfamiliar with Sudoku? All you have to do is to fill each of the 9 sub squares (marked with heavier lines) with the numbers 1 to 9 without repeating any number. In addition, a number must not appear twice in any row or column of the puzzle as a whole.

Brain GymDavid Topliffe

This month’s quiz What is the TV advertisement?

Answers to last month’s quiz Find the name of the shop.

Suduko

1 8 3 4

9 1 7

8 5 2 6

7 3 5 1 6

3 4

8 5 3 7 1

7 9 1 8

7 5 3

2 7 6 5

1 Excellent medical composition . . . . . Superdrug2 Small Temporary house made from dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pizza Hut3 You won’t get wet feet in here . . . . . . . . . Boots4 Sheep values its own product . . . . . Woolworths

5 Initially labeled dog listens to record . . . . H M V6 Karl and Frank pair up to form a duo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marks and Spencer7 Ruby’s in SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sainsbury’s

1 Refreshes your breath, naturally 2 Melts in your mouth not in your hand 3 Really satisfies 4 Everything you want from a store and a little bit more 5 Schhh! you know who 6 The mark of a man 7 The longer lasting snack


The Summer of 1925 was typically warm and dry in our village in Bordeaux. There was the promise of good wines to be made if the weather held in October. They would not, however, match 1921 or 1924 - great wines for Sauternes and Chateau d’Yquem in particular. This Chateau produces the very finest sweet white wine in the world.In the Middle Ages, around 1400, the vineyard was owned by the King of England as the Duke of Aquitaine. The last 400 years has seen continuous ownership through two families, hence the quality and reputation.Life in Bordeaux between the two wars was marked by the four great vintages: 1921, 1924, 1928 and 1929. The thirties produced only one great year, the 1934, also the year that Hitler became Fuhrer of Germany. In May 1940 Hitler invaded France. Much was about to change and wine was something the German leadership was well connected with - Goering and Goebbels were both avid wine collectors. Hitler did not care for wine, he preferred beer. However, he did amass thousands of bottles at his Eagles Nest fortress: Mouton, Lafite, D’Yquem and Krug champagne all featured. Strangely, it appeared that most of these wines were from the poor quality vintages of the 1930s. Therein lies a story. The Bordeaux proprietors had, with help,

bamboozled the Nazis. That help came from a German Officer - one Heinz Bomers.Before the war Heinz had been head of Reidermeister and Ulrich - a leading import house based in Bremen. Given his knowledge and experience he was put in charge of the Bordeaux area and the Chateaux in particular. He already knew many of the proprietors, they were friends of his and his father before him. He did his best to protect the owners but it was a fine line to walk, we will never know the full story. Heinz the Wein Fuhrer as he became known survived the war and returned to Bremen.Meanwhile, our bottle of Chateau d’Yquem 1925 lay unmolested in its cool cellars whilst all this was going on.Fast forward to 1980. I was put in charge of Europe by my company International Distillers and Vintners. My task was to build start up Distribution businesses country by country, a touch difficult, but an opportunity!When we came to Germany, the best route forward seemed to be to form a joint venture with an established player. I found my way to Bremen. During the ensuing years we worked with Heinz and his brother Michael - no mention was made of his exploits during the war. In fact the war was skirted over, Bremen had been heavily

History in a BottleChristopher Pearman

The amazing story of how a bottle of wine concealed from the Nazis in the 40’s was recently sold at auction raising funds for the ‘Tomorrow’s People Trust’ which works with adults and young people in getting the unemployed back to work. Its strength is to innovate and do things differently . Since 1984 over 440,000 people have been

helped. It was the first organisation to put employment advisers in GP Surgeries and Health Centres. A two year pilot project is in place in a Kent Estate where advisors

work intensively with entire unemployed families. More at http://www.tomorrows-people.org.uk/

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Dan Rogerson MP Office: 4 Tower Street, Launceston, Cornwall. PL15 8BQ E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01566 777123

bombed and it was a time to forgive and forget. It was only many years later in Bordeaux that I came across the story of the Wein Fuhrer. Heinz was still fondly remembered there by Baron de Philippe de Rothschild (Mouton) and his family amongst others. I wish we could have put the clock back just once to have that conversation but Heinz was no longer with us.Oh and what happened to our d’Yquem?

It made its way as a part case to Justerini and Brooks in London after the war where I acquired a bottle. I was going to share it with a friend Malcolm Mortimer (we had worked together at Fortnums) but sadly he died. Now a dilemma who to share this jewel with. The answer came at a fund raising dinner celebrating 30 years of Tomorrow’s People Trust, a Charity I had worked for after I had retired. It fetched £1,000 - a fair price! — I do hope someone has opened that bottle!!

‘Out of Hours’ DoctorsNHS Kernow recently announced that they have chosen a consortium of GPs to operate out-of-hours and weekend doctors services across Cornwall. The service will begin this summer, taking over from the current provider, Serco. The problems with our out-of-hours GP services under Serco have been well documented, with particular problems in our area with people struggling to get access to a doctor out-of-hours and at weekends. Many of us will be reassured that the new service will be led by a not-for-profit consortium led by GPs rather than by another large private contracting company.

Bus ServicesThe news that Western Greyhound had ceased trading a few weeks ago was devastating news for everyone employed by the company, and for those who rely on their bus services to get out and about.

Cornwall Council and local bus companies worked hard to take over bus routes and I was pleased

to see that other bus companies look set to take over routes linking Padstow, Camelford, Bodmin, Wadebridge and villages in between.

In the longer term I am determined to look at all the options to invest in and improve the rural bus network. The Coalition Government has awarded a £48.9 million ‘Growth Deal’ for Cornwall, which will see bus services across Cornwall reviewed and improved from next year. It is right that public transport improvements are a part of our growth strategy and I want to see our area get its fair share of this funding for improvements to the bus network

Tax AvoidanceIn Parliament amongst the various debates and legislation being discussed, MPs have been debating tax avoidance in light of the recent revelations from HSBC. I am pushing for even more to be done to tackle aggressive tax avoidance and evasion, closing tax loopholes, and investing more in HM Revenue and Customs to help them clamp down on tax dodging – this will bring in significant

amounts of extra revenue that is needed to fund public services and to cut the deficit.

Nuisance CallsWe have also had some good news that the Government is changing the law to make it easier for companies that plague people with nuisance calls to be fined, up to half a million pounds.

People are fed up of being pestered by unwanted marketing calls, silent and abandoned calls, spam texts and recorded messages day in and day out. For some people these calls are a nuisance, but for vulnerable residents they can be a menace that put people at risk of scams and fraud just as much as a crook or a pushy salesman turning up at their door.

Thanks to everyone who took my nuisance calls survey last summer and to those who supported the campaign to crack down on nuisance calls – I hope these tough new laws will see more companies punished and will reduce the number of nuisance calls people in our area are receiving.

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The Link Events DiaryCompiled by Claire Warr - [email protected]

Whilst we try hard to avoid mistakes they can, and sometimes do, happen. If we are made aware of any mistakes we will update the details on our website www.stminverlink.org/LinkEventsDiary.html

Regular ItemsAquafit Wednesdays; 9.15 am – 10.15 am; Wadebridge Leisure Centre; Cost £5.20

Badminton Mondays; 8 pm – 9.30 pm; Wadebridge Leisure Centre; Cost – Adult £3.90, Child £2.70 Thursdays; 8 pm – 9.30 pm; Wadebridge Leisure Centre; Cost – Adult £3.90, Child £2.70

Circuit Training Tuesdays; 5.15 pm – 6.15 pm; Wadebridge Leisure Centre; Cost £5.20; Thursdays; 6.15 pm – 7.15 pm; Wadebridge Leisure Centre; Cost £5.20

Country Market Thursdays; 8.40 am – 12.30 pm; Wadebridge Town Hall; Contact Mrs Jasper (Tel 01208 850796)

Pilates Thursdays; 9.30 am - 12.30 pm; Perceval Institute; Contact Sarah Graham (Tel 07984 617632) Fridays; 6 pm - 7 pm; Perceval Institute; Contact Sarah Graham (Tel 07984 617632)

Pityme Lunch Club 2nd Wednesday of Every Month, 12 noon for 12.30; Pityme Inn, Rock; A social gathering with a two course set lunch for £10 including tea or coffee. To attend contact Janet Heath (01208 863884) or John Warn (01208 862510) by the preceding Sunday.

Rock Gig Rowing Club Wednesdays; from 5.30 pm; Rock Lifeboat Station

Roller Disco Saturdays (every second one); 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm; Wadebridge Leisure Centre; Cost £4.50, 50p skate hireSt Minver Art Group Fridays; 10 am - 12 pm; Perceval Institute; Contact Ann Prouse (Tel 01208 880156)St Minver Brownies Wednesdays; 6 - 7.30 pm; Guide Hut, Trewint Lane, RockSt Minver Parish Council Meeting Tuesdays; 12th May, 9th June; from 7.30 pm; The Perceval Institute, St Minver; All welcome to attend.St Minver PCC Meeting Thursday, 21st May from 7.30pm; The Perceval Institute, St MinverSt Minver Messy Church 1st Saturday in the month; 9 am - 12.30 pm; The Perceval Institute; light breakfast, crafts, a bible storySt Minver Senior Circle Every other Tuesday; Rock Methodist Church; Cost £1 to include light refreshments; Tel 01208 869427St Minver Short Mat Bowls Please Note: There will be no bowls on the following evenings because the hall will not be available:June 26, 30; July 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 28, 31; August 4, 7, 21 Otherwise Tuesdays and Fridays; 6.45 pm – 9 pm; Lingham Hall (St Minver Primary School); Cost £2 (including tea & biscuits); first two sessions free; equipment providedSenior Circle Short Mat Bowls Mondays; 2 pm – 4 pm; The Rock Institute; Cost £1 (includes tea & biscuits); equipment providedSt Minver Football Club Home matches at Trewint Lane, Rock; Saturdays; All matches kick- off 2.30pm ; For match information contact secretary: Roy Birchwood 01208 880549

Swimfit Wednesdays: 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm; Wadebridge Leisure Centre; Cost £4.40Trebetherick & Polzeath WI Thursday May 7th, Rock Methodist Chapel; 7pm, June 4th Perceval Institute Volleyball Wednesdays; 7.45 pm – 8.45 pm; Wadebridge Leisure Centre; Cost – Adult £3.90, Child £2.70 Wadebridge & District Care for the Aged Exercise Class Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: John Betjeman Centre; Tel 01208 812392Wadebridge Camels RFC Junior Training Wednesdays; from 6.30 pm; Molesworth Field, Egloshayle Road; Contact: Mel Dyke (Tel. 01208 814447)Wadebridge Canoe Club Evening Paddle Tuesdays; 6.30 pm; Wadebridge Canoe Club, Trevilling For more information: www.wadebridgecanoeclub.orgWadebridge & District Care for the Aged Tai Chi Tuesdays; John Betjeman Centre; Cost – Free; Tel 01208 812392Wadebridge & District Care for the Aged Computer Class Thursdays; John Betjeman Centre; Cost – Free; Bring your own laptop; Tel 01208 812392Wadebridge & District Care for the Aged Stroke Club Fridays; 10 am – 12 pm; John Betjeman Centre; Cost – Free; Tel 01208 812392Wadebridge & District Care for the Aged Tea Dance Fridays; 2 pm – 4.30 pm; John Betjeman Centre; Cost – Free; Tel 01208 812392

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Weekly Fitness League Wednesdays; 10 am – 12.15 pm; Wadebridge Town Hall; Contact Heather Jordan, Tel. 01208 321771 Wadebridge Tennis Club Sessions Wednesday & Friday evenings; from 6 pm; Sunday morning; from 10.30 am; Contact: James 07881 583971Wadebridge Town Band Rehearsals Fridays; Juniors 6 pm - 7 pm; Seniors 7 pm - 9 pm; The Churchill Bars, The Conservative Club; Molesworth Street, Wadebridge; Contact: Eric Gill 01208 815125Wadebridge Youth Club (Juniors & Seniors) Fridays; Juniors (8-11 years) 5.45 pm - 7.15 pm; Seniors (12-16) 7.30 pm - 9 pm; The Basement, The Exchange, Molesworth Street; Contact 913593Yoga Mondays (Intermediate); 6.30 pm – 8 pm; The Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge Wednesdays (General/Beginners); 7.30 pm – 9 pm; The Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge Contact: Jane Paterson (Tel 01208 815252)

MayArt Exhibition - Emma Hambly Thursday, 30 April - Wednesday, 6 May; Rock InstituteCIMF Regional Gala Concert Friday 1st May, 7.30pm; St Endellion Church; Four of the choirs participating in the festival: Imerey’s Mid Cornwall MVC, Sussex Gruffs, Worcester MVC and Chor Musica from Canada will perform at St Endellion. Tickets are available from The Hall for Cornwall Box Office £10 (free to accompanied under-16s).Padstow May Day Celebrations Friday, 1 May; North Quay, PadstowWorld Pilot Gig Championships Friday, 1 May - Monday, 4 May; Isles of Scilly; www.worldgigs.co.uk

Male Voice Choirs St Endellion Church; Friday, 1 May; festival involving over 60 male choirs from Cornwall, the UK and around the worldThe Cornwall Home & Lifestyle Show 2015 Saturday, 2 May - Sunday 3 May; Royal Cornwall ShowgroundCoffee Morning and Talk Wadebridge U3A; The Wildlife on and around the River Camel from Source to Estuary by Adrian Langdon Saturday, 2 May; 10 am; The Pavilion, Betjeman CentreLive Music: 3 Minute Warning Saturday, 2 May; The Bridge on the Wool; Tel 01208 812750Bluebell & Wild Garlic Sunday Sunday, 3 May; 10 am - 4 pm; Pencarrow HouseEnglish National Surf Championships Saturday, 2 May - Monday, 4 May; Watergate BayBoconnoc Garden Open Days Lostwithiel. Time 2-5pm Sunday, 4, 11, & 18 May; Boconnoc House; Lostwithiel; Dogs on leads welcome; www.boconnoc.com/kboconnoc-garden-open-daysParish of Wadebridge Treasure Trail Monday, 4 May. Follow clues around North Cornwall, finishing at a pub for lunch. £20 per car. Proceeds in aid of Parish Fund. For more information call Anne Fairbanks; Tel 01208 816040Wadebridge Old Cornwall Society Curious Corners of Cornwall Part 2 by Val Jacobs Tuesday, 5 May; 7.30 pm; Wadebridge Town Hall; Tel 01208 816307Coffee Morning Friends of St Minver Church Wednesday, May 6; 10 am - 12

noon; Lower Tregellist, Tregellist, St Kew, PL30 3HG (01208 881148); Bring and Buy, Raffle, Plants and much more. Proceeds to be shared by St Minver Churches and Friends of Romanian Children.Trebetherick & Polzeath WI Thursday, May 7; 7 pm; Rock Methodist Chapel; Meeting, Speakers: Roger and Viv Bennett, Subject: ‘Cornish Culture through Music’; guests welcome UK Parliamentary Election Thursday, 7 May; Rock Institute and Perceval InstitutePrize Bingo, Wadebridge Friday, 8 May; 8 pm; Wadebridge Social ClubDance Show The House GranNabo - Panta Rei Danseteater Friday, 8 May; 7.30pm; Wadebridge Town Hall; Tickets: £8/£6. The house GranNabo is a beautiful, energetic and playful dance performance with five strong dancers. The music is composed by Nathaniel Reed and Thomas Elfstadius. The piece is a Swedish/Norwegian co-production.Art Exhibition - Margo Kirkwood Friday, 8 May - Sunday, 17 May; Rock InstituteThe Zoltan Ensemble Sunday May 10th, 3pm, St Kew Church; A welcome return of these highly talented professional musicians. Lowri Porter, Laura Kernohan, Nancy Johnson and Roz Gladstone will perform a programme of string quartets featuring Schubert’s Rosamunde Quartet. Baritone Rob O’Connell joins them to perform works including Barber’s Dover Beach; Tickets are available from The Hall for Cornwall Box Office £10 (free to accompanied under-16s).Running: Coastal challenge series - Pentire Point, Polzeath Tuesday, 12 May; 7 pm - 9.30 pm; Meet at New Polzeath car park; £1.50 per runner

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Enjoy the coastline near Polzeath in North Cornwall on a 10k or 5k trail run led by local club Bodmin Road Runners.Gurnard’s Head Forage and Feast Day Friday, 15 May; Coastal walk looking at wild edible plants followed by lunch at the Gurnard’s Head Pub, Zennor; For more information contact www.fathen.orgArt Exhibition - Fleur Kenny Monday, 18 May - Thursday, 21 May; Rock InstituteFriends of the Churches AGMThursday 21st May, 7.30pm; Perceval InstituteArt Exhibition - David Penhale Friday May 22 - Friday May 31, 10 am - 5.30 pm; Rock Institute; an exhibition of new paintings. Meet the Artist; Sunday May 24, 3 - 6 pmThe Big Breakfast Saturday, May 23; 8.30 - 11.30 am; Rock Sailing and Water Ski Club; All proceeds to the St Minver Branch of Cancer Research UK. Adults £8, Children £5Marine Discovery DayPolzeath beach. 11am - 4pm. Free. Thursday, 28 May; 11 am - 4 pm; Tel: 01208 863821 (booking not needed) The National Trust, CWT and PVMCA among many others are joining forces to bring you a marine day you will never forget.

JuneArt Exhibition ‘Serendipity’ Monday, June 1 Opening Reception; Open June 2 - 4; Rock Institute; Exhibition and sale of oil and mixed media paintings and ceramics by Sarah Poppleton and Jaye Guest, Proceeds to RNLI.Trebetherick & Polzeath WI Thursday, June 4, 7 pm; Rock Institute; Meeting, Speaker:

Mr Wiltsher, Subject: ‘Extra, Extra, Read all About It’ (newspapers); guests welcome Royal Cornwall Show Thursday to Saturday, 4th 6th June; -Royal Cornwall Showground, WadebridgeArt Exhibition - Sheena Friday, 5 June - Thursday, 11 June; Rock InstituteSummer Tapestry Song Recital with Cheryl Brendish & Paul Drayton Saturday June 6th, 7.30pm; St Endellion Church; Celebrated classical soprano, Cheryl Brendish and DuchyOpera Director of Music, Paul Drayton perform an enticing programme weaving together the sights and sounds of summer. Tickets are available from The Hall for Cornwall Box Office £10 (free to accompanied under-16s).Art Exhibition - Ness Lannen Friday, 12 June - Thursday, 18 June; Rock InstituteWadebridge Big Lunch Free Street Party for all the family Sunday, 14 June; 12 - 7 pm; Molesworth Street Pack a picnic, pull up a chair, sit down and say hello to your fellow diners. Some great local musicians play a variety of music to listen, sing along and dance to, and there are kids’ activities from face painting to clowning. Whether you are a resident or

a visitor, please join us as we celebrate our community.Elton John live at the Eden Project Tuesday, 16 June - Wednesday, 17 June; The Eden Project; www.edensessions.com/lineup/elton-john/Art Exhibition - Simon McNair Scott Friday, 19 June - Sunday, 28 June; Rock InstituteWadebridge Lions Beer Festival Saturday, 20 June; Wadebridge; 11 am onwardsCornish American Song Institute Friday June 26th, 7.30pm, St Endellion Church; A concert given by Musical Scholars from America highlighting composers and poets of the First World War. The concert is on the final weekend of their three-week intensive study of Art-Song for vocalists, pianists and composers in Oxford and Falmouth. CASI is led by Dr David Sadlier, one of America’s leading dramatic tenors, and world-class tutors from both the UK and the US; Tickets are available from The Hall for Cornwall Box Office £10 (free to accompanied under-16s).Art Exhibition - Marcus Mattel Monday, 29 June onwards; Rock Institute

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Sunday 3rd May 11am St Minver Parish Communion 3pm St Enodoc Evensong 6pm St Michael EvensongSunday 10th May 9.15am St Michael Holy Communion 11am St Minver Morning Worship 3pm St Enodoc Evensong 6pm St Michael EvensongSunday 17th May 11am St Minver Parish Communion 3pm St Enodoc Evensong 6pm St Michael EvensongSunday 24th May 11am St Minver Morning Praise 3pm St Enodoc Holy Communion 6pm St Michael EvensongSunday 31st May 11am St Minver No Service 11am Rock Methodist Church United Service 3pm St Enodoc Evensong 6pm St Michael EvensongSunday 7th June 11am St Minver Parish Communion 3pm St Enodoc Evensong 6pm St Michael EvensongSunday 14th June 9.15am St Michael Holy Communion 11am St Minver Morning Worship 3pm St Enodoc Evensong 6pm St Michael EvensongSunday 21st June 11am St Minver Parish Communion 3pm St Enodoc Evensong 6pm St Michael EvensongSunday 28th June 11am St Minver Morning Praise 3pm St Enodoc Holy Communion

Catholic Church ServicesWADEBRIDGE, St Michael’s Church. Mass: Sundays 8.30am.BODMIN, St Mary’s Abbey. Mass: Sundays 10.30am.PADSTOW, St Saviour & St Petroc Church, Mass: Vigil Mass Saturday 5.30pm. Confessions: Saturdays 5.30 - 6pm.TINTAGEL, St Paul The Apostle Church, Mass: Sundays 5.30pm.For current information about these and other

Services [email protected]

Methodist Church ServicesRock Methodist Church 11 am every SundayWadebridge Methodist Church Worship takes place at Cornerstone, Trevanion Street, Wadebridge every Sunday at 10.30. All Age Worship 1st Sunday each month. Rocks for Primary School age children 10.15 - 11.30. Creche availableTrelights Methodist Chapel Sundays 6pmTubestation (Polzeath) Multi-denominational. 10 am Every Sunday.

Quaker MeetingsSunday mornings at 10.30 in the John Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge (next to library). All are welcome.

Weekday Services Wednesday St Minver Holy Communion 10am Wednesday St Michael Evening Prayer 5.30pm

Anglican Church Services

Polzeath Area Residents’ Association Hospital & Surgery Car

Transport ServiceThere have been some changes to the Hospital Car Service. If you need transport to a hospital please ring one of voluntary drivers listed below:

St Minver AreaMr Peter Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . 01208 862452

Mrs Jacqui Watson . . . . . . . . . . 01208 862452

St Kew AreaMr David Pullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01208 881148

Mrs Bridget Pullen . . . . . . . . . . 01208 881148

Mr Ricardo Dorich. . . . . . . . . . . 01840 770225

Mrs Elizabeth Dorich . . . . . . . . 01840 770225

Charges are based on 45p a mile which includes reasonable waiting time.Please Check With The Parish Newsletter or

Church Notice Boards Latest Information.

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Local Telephone NumbersCompiled by Olivia Warr, Wadebridge Comprehensive School.

To suggest ammendments to this list email [email protected]

ChurchesCatholic (Bodmin & Wadebridge) ------ 01208 72833 (Tintagel) ---------------------01840 770663Methodist (Rock, Steward Mr F L Cope) --01208 863481 (Wadebridge) -----------------01208 812887Multi-denominational (Tubestation Polzeath) --------01208 869200St Minver (Warden Mrs E Elliott) --------01208 863905 (Warden Martin Broadfoot) ---01208 863705Doctor / MedicalBridge Medical Centre Wadebridge ------ 01208 812342Bodmin Hospital ---------------01208 251300Frank About Drugs -------------- 0800 776600Drinkline -----------------------0800 9178282Port Isaac Surgery --------------01208 880222Rock Surgery -------------------01208 862545Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske) ----------------------01872 250000Wadebridge Health Centre -----01208 812222LibrariesCornwall Library Renewals Line 0845 6076119All Libraries --------------------0300 1234111Reference Library ---------------0800 0322345PoliceDevon & Cornwall Police (non-urgent) -----101Crimestoppers ------------------- 0800 555111Emergency / HelplinesAge UK -------------------------0800 1696565Air Ambulance HQ --------------01840 213574Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service -0300 1234232Electricity (Western Power Distribution) -- 0800 365900National Domestic Violence Helpline ---------------------0808 800 5000National Gas Emergency Service 0800 111999NHS Direct HelpLine ---------------- 0845 4647Parentline Plus (24 hour) ------0808 8002222Police, Fire, Ambulance Services, Coastguard ---------------------------------999Samaritans ---------------------08457 909090Women’s rape/abuse centre ------------- 01208 77099/0808 8029999

Water Helpline -----------------0800 1691144Veterinary and RSPCAWadebridge: (G & P J Nute) --01208 813258Bodmin: (Harleigh Vets) -------- 01208 72323St Columb: (RSPCA Animal Centre) -------01637 881455(RSPCA Animal Centre 24 hour) 0300 1234999General Numbers Bridge Club (Robert Mabley) -01208 814564 British Legion-St Minver (Fred Prior) -------------------01208 862543Cancer Research (Gina Snelling) ---------------01208 862820Citizens Advice Bureau (Advice Line) ----------------08444 99 4188Cornwall Council ----------------0300 1234100CRUSE Bereavement Care Cornwall ----------------------- 01726 76100Animal Welfare & Veterinary Laboratory --------------------01872 265500 EDF Energy ---------------------- 0800 365000John Betjeman Centre ----------01208 812392Old Cornwall Society (Margaret Bartlett) -----------01208 816307Padstow Harbour Master -------01841 532239Parish Council: Highlands Clerk (Helen Hyland) ---------------01208 812289Parish Council Lowlands Clerk (Gillian Thompson) -----------01726 882145Perceval Institute (Maureen Rickard) ------------01208 863366Polzeath Area Residents Association (David Short) ---------------- 01208 862568Polzeath Surf Life-Saving Club (Susan Rowlands) ------------01208 859161Relate Relationship Counselling (St Austell) -------------------- 01726 74128Rock Institute (Allan Caswell) - 01208 869420Rock Lifeboat Station ----------01208 863033Rock Sailing & Water Ski Club (Secretary Kim Oaks) ---------01208 862709

Rock Water Taxi (Boat -during operating hours) 07778 105297 (offices) -----------------------01208 862815St Minver Beavers (Alison Cox) -------------------01208 862839St Minver Brownies (Kathy Hore) ------------------01208 862340St Minver Cemetery Committee (Mary Drummond-Dunn) -----01208 863491 St Minver Cricket Club ----------01208 863402 St Minver Cubs (Nigel) --------01208 815102St Minver Football Club (Roy Birchwood) --------------01208 880459St Minver Post Office -----------01208 863366St Minver Pre-School -----------01208 869511St Minver School ---------------01208 862496St Minver Scouts (Robert Watson) -------------01637 889 190 St Minver Senior Circle (Joan Rowell) -----------------01208 869427St Minver Short Mat Bowls (Pat Crank) -------------------01208 869120St Minver Silver Band (Gary Gauss) ------------------01208 814170Trebetherick WI (Pam Curtiss) -----------------01208 862067Tre-Pol-Pen Hand Bell Ringers (Tony Priest) ------------------01208 863450Wadebridge & District Angling Association (Jon Evans) -------------------01208 812447Wadebridge & District Camera Club (Pam Hall) --------------------01208 862957Wadebridge Choral Society (Annabelle Woolcott) ---------01208 815322 (publicity, George Dale) -------01208 815981Wadebridge Male Voice Choir (Taff Williams) ----------------01208 814717Wadebridge Post Office --------01208 812813

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