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NZ Cornish Association Newsletter President Secretary & Treasurer Val Moore Nick Bartle 53 Philpotts Road 88 Weka Street Mairehau Miramar Christchurch 8052 Wellington 6022 Ph: (03) 386 1313 Ph: (04) 388 1958 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://.sites.google.com/site/nzcornish NEWSLETTER L y t h e r - n o w o d h o w holders. Change of guard There was a change of guard at the When the business was over, Jonathan Hollow National Biennial meeting in New spoke to the meeting. He is a young medical Plymouth on Saturday 9 May. student based at Barts Hospital and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. He was in Everyone had a lot of fun at the New Plymouth gaining clinical experience at meeting hosted by the Taranaki Taranaki Base Hospital and shared with us his Branch. The venue and the street experiences of growing up in Hayle and being outside were decorated with a black taken to all sorts of Cornish events by his and white theme based on St Piran’s grandmother, a bard. flag. The volume of conversation and laughter only dropped when the Jean was pasties were served and, when the Elaine James presented with food was cleared away, the and Carol gifts to mark her formalities of the meeting began. Cowling. retirement. The Christchurch Nick Bartle gave his president’s report for the two Branch gave her 5 years and then Jean Harry presented the a Celtic knot finances. brooch and the Taranaki members laying out the 2 0 1 Val Moore of Christchurch was elected to the National spread of delicious food. position of National President unopposed. Val’s Association pre- contact details are at the top of the newsletter. sented her with a Cornish plaid shawl. Graham Harry then showed video of Jean’s investiture at Val is also president of the the Gorsedh at Saltash last September. Christchurch Branch and would The afternoon ended with a cream tea, lots of M e t h e v e notherwise have been a national vice- president. It was decided to only other goodies and lots more talk and laughter. have one vice-president – Elaine Congratulations and thanks to the members in m i s James, the President of the Taranaki / Taranaki for being wonderful hosts and Branch arranging such an enjoyable event. Me Nick Bartle was the only nomination As is our tradition, the next national meeting will for the combined roles of secretary Val Moore be held in Christchurch on a Saturday early in and treasurer. The meeting agreed “saying a few m i s words” of May 2017. that there need only be one – thanks to Jean signatory to authorise payments but $ubscriptions that Jean’s name should stay on the list of This is a reminder especially for national 20 4 signatories as a back-up to Nick. members to please send in you subscriptions for the 2015/2016 year. They are now getting – The annual national subscription was held at overdue. $10.00. For members of our branches, it is included in You can now pay your subs directly into the J u n e your branch Association’s Kiwi Bank account number / subscription. 38-9003-0932058-02. Please put your y Resolutions surname and initials in the reference field when Ma were passed making the deposit and send Nick your to reimburse subscription slip to be sure that your payment is Nick & Jean officiating at the meeting the expenses matched up with your membership. Nick’s of office contact details are at the top of this page. Cornwall wins county rugby summer days. But, in its time, Porthcurno was Trelawney’s Army was on the march again on central to the UK’s telecommunications with the Saturday, 31 May when the Cornwall took on rest of the world and a training ground for most Lancashire in the UK Rugby Union County of its telecommunications operators. Championship at Twickenham. It was a case of As long ago as 1858 a cable was laid across the third time Atlantic Ocean. In the ensuing years several lucky for cables were laid joining the UK with France and Cornwall as Spain. In 1870 the Falmouth, Gibraltar and the two teams Malta Telegraph Company laid a cable from had locked Carcavelos, Portugal that it intended to horns at the terminate at Falmouth but realised that the risk finals in the of damage from anchor cables in busy Falmouth previous two harbour was too great. Porthcurno was chosen years. as the alternative terminal. In 1872 it was Cornwall got off to an excellent start and put the brought under the control of the Eastern first points on the board after only three minutes. Telegraph Company. The score stood at 10-6 at the break. Heavy This company went on to develop a worldwide drizzle accompanied the period either side of telegraph network with Porthcurno as its hub half-time and Lancashire kept the ball really well linking London with the great British Empire of in the early stages of the second period. Cornwall the time. At its height, 14 separate telegraph maintained its scoring and it looked like they cables were landed at Porthcurno, necessitating were going to win with a comfortable margin of the employment of a sizeable workforce. Teams 18-6 until, with only 8 minutes to go, Lancashire of operators were required to read and re-key secured a converted try and narrowed the lead. cable traffic – automatic signal regenerating Cornwall held on and the final tally was 18-13. equipment wasn't introduced until the 1920s – It was the fourth time Cornwall had won and the station the county championship. The first also acted as a occasion was in 1908 when the Cornish training centre for defeated Durham County on home ground operators destined in Redruth. Durham secured revenge the to work in overseas following year in West Hartlepool. cable stations. Cornwall had to wait 73 years to come out When the Great winners again in 1991 beating Yorkshire War broke out in 29-20. By this time all the finals were 1914 Britain’s being held at Twickenham. It was on this extensive network occasion that the Cornish supporters of cables provided turned out in force, hiring whole trains to travel an important strategic advantage as did its from Cornwall to London. The impact of cable-laying ships. One of the first moves thousands of supporters dressed in black and against Germany was for these ships to drag up gold on the capital was so great that the term and disable the enemy’s cables. Porthcurno was “Trelawney’s Army” was coined. Books were not attacked during that war despite its written about the event. communications significance. The third time Cornwall became County For WW II the cable office was more critical and Champions was a 25-15 victory over was considered at serious risk of attack being Gloucestershire in 1999. only 160 km from the port of Brest in occupied France. A secure network of two parallel Porthcurno tunnels, connected by two smaller cross-tunnels, The location of Cornwall places it better to access was bored into the granite valley side. other areas of the world than the rest of the UK. Excavated by local tin miners, work started in In recent times the satellite dishes at Goonhilly June 1940 and was completed in May 1941. In Downs have been a major communications link total about 15,000 tons of rock were removed. and came to prominence when transmitting Each of the two main entrances was protected television coverage of the moon landing in 1969. by offset and double bomb-proof, gas-proof However, Cornwall has played an important role doors. The tunnel interiors were windowless in international communications for much longer open-plan offices constructed as a building shell than that. Today it may look like a small out-of- within the granite void, complete with a pitched the-way golden sand cove that only comes to life roof to collect water seepage from the rocks, a when tourists and visitors bustle in on sunny false ceiling, plastered and decorated walls and 2 all the necessary services. Merv qualified as a social worker in 1974 and has worked in a variety of social care situations, The concrete defences around the tunnel most recently as sensory team manager for entrances and the nearby buildings were Cornwall Council. In 2005 he undertook camouflaged with the help of a local artist. The postgraduate research with Exeter University’s design, when viewed Institute of Cornish Studies which led to the from the air with award of a Doctorate in 2011. His thesis some imagination, explored the fascinating world of Cornish folk resembling a belt of tradition and identity and is due to be published trees, complete with as a book later this year. rabbits and birds. Affectionately known as “Dr Folk”, Merv was The Tunnels were born in Newquay and lists among his many secure, dry, and at a interests Cornish studies, folk dance, guizing virtually constant temperature so proved to be and kayaking. He was one of the founders of ideal for the sensitive telegraph equipment. They Lowender Peran, Cornwall’s own Celtic festival, continued to house the subsequently upgraded and plays banjo for the North Cornwall Ceilidh equipment after the War until the cable office Band. It is, however, as a Cornish Bagpiper at closure in 1970. It was then used for training the head of parades and processions that he will facilities for the Engineering College until the be recognised by many.
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