County News • October 2018 • Federation of WIs 1 NOTES FROM THE BOARDROOM

who told me straight not to dive educational charity that is truly FEDERATION OFFICE right in, but to listen and learn. inspiring and enabling. Chy Noweth an Conteth Very good advice! Business Park, Threemilestone I have a deep interest in Truro TR4 9NH – T: 01872 272843 My professional background is environmental affairs and in Email: General Enquiries: in Government communications, the campaigning and lobbying [email protected] starting off answering DHSS role of the WI and I am Federation Secretary: benefit queries and giving delighted to be involved with our [email protected] Accounts: cfwiaccounts@ talks; then working in press, Environment and Public Affairs btconnect.com public affairs and publications Sub-Committee. This committee Reception: cfwireception@ for various government is a great group, but we are too btconnect.com departments; and later moving small to do as much as we would Website: http://cornwallwi.org.uk Get to know Julia Havard, a up to the Senior Civil Service like to. We need more members Facebook: www.facebook.com/ member of the CFWI Board of and the best job ever: as Head and if you have an interest in CornwallFederationof Trustees. of Communications for the then environmental issues yourself, WomensInstitutes water regulator, the Whitehall then why not get in touch? You have just sat down to write mandarin, Sir Ian Byatt. This might just fancy joining. I did! OFFICE OPENING HOURS this and realise with a shock was a huge job and the hardest of We are always looking for new 9am - 4:30pm Monday - Thursday Ithat I have now been a Board work 24/7, but I loved it. When ideas and suggestions for events, I left, I was given this advice for etc. FEDERATION CHAIRMAN member for eight years. Blimey. Margaret Johnson Half a life sentence? Definitely the future: “It is not what you are not! that matters - but who you are”. Now that we no longer have So here I am! I had a complete Group Meetings, I don’t get I joined the WI when I moved change and do a lot of voluntary around WIs so much. Richard, FEDERATION TREASURER to Cornwall permanently some work now, involved with lovely my other half, funnily enough has Alison Latham, MBE 10 years ago. My best mate people in things I have never probably been to more WIs than Email: [email protected] was Secretary of Crowlas and done before, which is great. I have. He, along with his lovely Ludgvan WI, where I was girl, Isla (ex-racer greyhound), COUNTY NEWS EDITOR welcomed with open arms. One Being a Board member is very generally with me in tow, gives Helen Kestle of my best decisions. I am proud interesting and gets me involved free entertaining talks about the and happy to be part of this big in a huge variety of issues. Do life of a vet. Donations invited to Email: [email protected] and beautiful organisation full not be put off by the title. In the Retired Greyhound Trust. She THANKS TO GRAMPOUND of friendly, talented, gregarious essence, it is a management is very well behaved. He, not so WI FOR PACKING OCTOBER women – who do such brilliant committee. This also opened much, but great fun! 2018 COUNTY NEWS things. the gates for me to represent CFWI in partnerships including Please feel free to contact me NATIONAL FEDERATION I have gained so much from the Clean Cornwall and Connecting anytime OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES WI – and am delighted to put for Cornwall, where we are well 104 New Kings Road, a bit back as a member of the respected and can help make a London, SW6 4LY Board. I wanted to get involved in bigger impact through working Tel: 0207 371 9300 the bigger picture. I joined when together. I also work with Julia Fax: 0207 736 3652 Yvonne Toms was Chairman – the Eden Project, which is an - Julia Havard Email: [email protected] Web: www.thewi.org.uk

DENMAN Marcham, Abingdon Oxfordshire, OX13 6NW Diary Updates Cover Photo Tel: 01865 391991 Email: [email protected] OCTOBER DIARY DATES OCTOBER CLOSING DATES Web: www.denman.org.uk 1st October – Traditional 4th October – Birdwatching Embroidery PUBLISHED BY 8th October – Heavenly Cornwall Federation of 4th October – Fun with Flowers Greenery Women’s Institutes

DEADLINE FOR INCLUSION 12th October – Rosebowl Quiz 9th October – Westpoint Cornwall’s WIs help IN COUNTY NEWS Christmas commemorate women’s Items to be sent to the Editor by 15th October – Will Meat Shopping Trip suffrage this year. Top: 12th of the month, two months and Two Veg Mawnan WI held a Women’s prior to publication. No late Survive? 18th October – Christmas Vote March in the village, entries can be accepted. Please Wreaths followed by a celebratory send County News submissions to 19th October – Traditional event at Trebah Gardens; [email protected]. Embroidery 18th October – Tea and Tinsel bottom left: Linkinhorne WI’s suffragists won a prize DESIGNED BY 27th October – Bollywood Day 25th October – Christmas for best historic interest Holly Daniels County group at Linkinhorne ADVERTISING Lunches Carnival; and bottom right: Jo Marchant - Tel: 01536 526674 Sticker WI members got into the spirit at Sticker Carnival. PRINTED BY

2 County News • October 2018 • Cornwall Federation of WIs NOTES FROM THE OFFICE BOOKING CFWI EVENTS When booking any CFWI events YEARBOOK CHANGE SUGGESTION BOX listed in County News, please Treviscoe and Trethosa WI Did you know that we now see your WI Secretary. If this have changed their meeting have a virtual suggestion box is not possible, please contact venue, and now meet at on our website? Just look the Office. Use the ‘Further Nanpean Methodist Church, for the big yellow box on the Information’ contact listed Currian Road, Nanpean, right side! All suggestions are only when asking for more PL26 7YB. completely anonymous. We’d details or clarification about love to hear from you! Just the event. This contact person visit www.cornwallwi.org.uk. is not able to take bookings.

of other cake to enjoy with coffee in public before but would like FEDERATION MATTERS or tea, as well as a chance to to have a go, please do contact admire our competition entries. us as we will give you training. CENTENARY CAKE FEST There will be a modest charge More details about the Christmas for refreshments on the day. Carol Service will appear in A celebration of CFWI next month’s County News. and a celebration of cake! What’s not to love?! CHRISTMAS COUNTY Cost: £2.50 to enter a cake in the LUNCHES competition / free entry to event Wednesday 5th December for all others (ticket required) BUDOCK VEAN HOTEL, CENTENARY KICK- Closing Date: Thursday MAWNAN SMITH OFF BUFFET LUNCH Christine Jensen of 3rd January 2019 12pm for 12:30pm Friday 18th January 2019 Peboryon Cakes Further Information: Thursday 6th December CHY NOWETH Helen Kestle FALCON HOTEL, AN CONTETH Saturday 16th February 2019 12pm for 12:30pm 12pm for 12:30pm CHY NOWETH AN Join us for our festive Christmas Join us for a special Cornish CONTETH lunches, held this year at Budock lunch to kick off our year- 10am-12pm Vean, a beautiful country house long Centenary celebration. Create a celebration cake to hotel on the , and On the menu will be some of the mark our CFWI Centenary! at the Falcon Hotel in Bude, best Cornish produce, including Entries are to be submitted by winner of the Taste of the a starter of smoked mackerel pâté individual members, not by WIs. West Gold Award for 2017/18. or vegetable soup; a main course Our very special guest judge CHRISTMAS CAROL We can promise you delicious of cold meats, mixed salads and for the day will be Christine SERVICE food and great company to leek and cheese tart; and ending Jensen of Peboryon Cakes, as Friday 7th December kick off your holiday season! with a dessert of apple pie with seen on Channel 4’s ‘Extreme ST PETROC’S CHURCH, Full menus for both lunches clotted cream, a selection of Cake Makers’! You may have , 3pm were published in the September cakes and cheese and biscuits. seen Peboryon’s spectacular This December, we will be holding issue of County News. We will be entertained by creations on television, including a traditional Christmas service at Cost: £26.00 per person Cornish dancers with live music! a remote control car that actually St Petroc’s, with readings, hymns Closing Date: Thursday Cost: £14 moves – all made of cake! and carols. The church will be 25th October Closing Date: Thursday We will also have the extra treat beautifully adorned with about Further information / 6th December 2018 of a talk and demonstration at 70 Christmas trees decorated by Budock Vean: Grace Bradford Further Information: Grace 11am by Christine on the art of local organisations and charities. Bradford the Skinner blend technique – If you would like to be part of this you won’t want to miss this! service as a reader, please get in Further information / If you don’t fancy making a cake touch with Liz Llewellyn-Jones Falcon Hotel: Liz Llewellyn for the competition, please come Even if -Joness along anyway. There will be plenty you have never read anything

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workshop members benefit from expert tuition from members of staff who are always on hand to help if required or offer advice. All the materials are provided to WALKING NETBALL make beautiful UPDATE straw/moss covered wreaths Are you or any members of adding whatever your WI interested in having else you like a go at Walking Netball? Here to create your are details of some local netball very own activities you might like to try: masterpiece – CHRISTMAS WREATHS and in your chosen colours! Community School NEW YEAR QUIZ Friday 30th November Included in the price are all Tuesdays at 7pm-8pm BODMIN NURSERY the materials, tuition, coffee Every week from 17th April - Friday 25th January 2019 10:30am-3:30pm and lunch – a real bargain at 24th July 2018 LADOCK COMMUNITY This is turning into an annual £30! Will start again in September HALL event! Bodmin Nursery 2018 - times & dates TBC - £4 2-4pm makes us so very welcome, Cost: £30 with the exclusive use of the Closing Date: Bodmin Leisure Centre Please join us for our New Garden Room for our coffee Thursday 18th October Tuesdays at 8pm- 9pm Year Quiz and a scrumptious on arrival and then, later on, Every week from 3rd July afternoon tea, with tea coffee the delicious lunch and a place Further Information: (no end date) - £4 available throughout the where purchases (10% discount Abigail Kirby- Harris afternoon. Ladock Community to members attending) can St Agnes Sports Club Hall is easily accessible, with be safely stored. During the Wednesdays at plenty of parking and there is 6:30pm-7:30pm - £4 always the Falmouth Arms for Every week from 20th June lunch if you decide to arrive 2018 - 8th August 2018; will early. Don’t forget to bring a move to a Truro location in the clipboard! autumn Cost: £15 per team of 4 Mevagissey Activity Centre Thursdays at 7:15pm-8:15pm Closing Date: Thursday 6th Every week from 5th July 2018 - December 2018 30th August 2018 - £4 Further Information: SIA Sandra Buck (Sports Hall) Tuesdays at 6pm -7pm Every week from 4th September 2018 - 16th October 2018 - £4

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4 County News • October 2018 • Cornwall Federation of WIs COMBINED ARTS

Landscape: 1st: Maureen Favourite Photo: 1st: Very belatedly, with Gibson (Germoe and District Maureen Gibson (Germoe and apologies to the winners, WI); 2nd: Christine West District WI); 2nd: Christine the results are as follows: (Perran ar Worthal WI); 3rd: West (Perran ar Worthal WI); Liz Howarth ( WI); 3rd: Liz Howarth (Newquay The overall winner of the Highly Commended: Dawn WI); Highly Commended: competition was Maureen MacDonald (Marhamchurch Mary Symons (Duloe WI); Gibson (Germoe and District WI); Sylvia French (Perran Heather Troup (Pillaton WI); WI), who will be presented ar Worthal WI); and Heather and Valerie Olford (Cuddra with the Greeves Trophy Troup (Pillaton WI) WI and Mevagissey WI) at the Annual Council Meeting on 17th October. Flora and Fauna: 1st: Lisa Novice: 1st: Elsie Thomas 2018 STITHIANS Elsey (Crowlas and Ludgvan (St Just in Roseland WI); PHOTOGRAPHY People: 1st: Lisa Prout WI); 2nd: Christine West 2nd: Val Hampson (Germoe COMPETITION WINNERS (Praze an Beeble WI); 2nd: (Perran ar Worthal WI); 3rd: and District WI); 3rd: Sharon Anne Parsons (Coads Green Anne Parsons (Coads Green Parnell (Launceston WI); There was a pleasing amount WI); 3rd: Christine West WI); Highly Commended: Highly Commended: Mary of interest in the winning (Perran ar Worthal WI); Maureen Gibson (Germoe and Symons (Duloe WI); Mary photographs from the 2018 Highly Commended: Joyce District WI); Anne Parsons Venn (Crowlas and Ludgvan County Photography Competition Hitchens (Illogan WI) and (Coads Green WI); and Anne WI); and Sheila Cooper at the Stithians Show. Del Waters (Illogan WI) Gazure (Hessenford WI) (Penpol and Point WI).

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BAKER CUP many memories and pictures of Cost: £8 For a Copy of COMPETITION 2019 events across Cornwall over the the Baker Cup “Cornwall Federation years, and we’d like you to share Closing Date for Entries: Guidelines or Centenary” is the subject of this them with us. Thursday 28th February 2019 for Further year’s Baker Cup Competition. Information: What enormous changes The Competition is open to all Closing Date for Helen Mills-Jenkins there have been over the past WIs and must be the work of at Submissions: century. There must be so least four members. Thursday May 30th 2019

County News • October 2018 • Cornwall Federation of WIs 5 person with a small charge for and she’s magnificent! WI NEWS materials used on the day. Pay her a visit next time OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS you’re in the area! Beaches and Cream WI, 5th Lunch will be available at Blunts WI, 65th £5 per person. Homemade If you haven’t yet done your Perran-ar-Worthal WI, 65th cakes will be on sale, and part to mark this milestone, Jacobstow WI, 80th there will be a raffle. it’s not too late. As part of Madron WI’s Centenary Please contact Margaret Celebrations, they are Stockton if you would holding a Suffragette March like an application form on Thursday 18th October and would like to invite all to attend. A Suffragette Tea will follow at Landithy SUFFRAGISTS AND Hall in Madron. Please WI FOUR- SUFFRAGETTES meet at 2pm at the junction CORNER DAY of Trelawney Estate and Hayle WI would like to invite Fore Street in Madron. For all to an upcoming four-corner further information email day on Saturday November Festival in the local Church [email protected]. 17th at St Erth Church Hall in July to commemorate the from 10am until 3pm. end of World War I in flowers, words and music. Individual The crafts on offer will all WI members produced floral have a Christmas theme: displays and fascinating research 1) Christmas willow star on a variety of local and national 2) Raggy Christmas wreath In addition to the costumed War themes but Ladock WI as a 3) Felt Christmas tree suffragists and suffragettes whole submitted an item on the decoration pictured on the cover of suffragettes. This was inspired 4) Beautiful Christmas gift box this issue of County News, by seeing the information on other WIs have been suffragettes on the CFWI website! Choose one activity for the helping to celebrate the ROYAL VISITORS morning session and one for women’s vote as well. If you live anywhere near Hayle, TO ST TUDY the afternoon (there will be you may have seen Hayle WI’s Members of St Tudy WI were a maximum of 8 women per The village of Ladock contribution to ‘Hayle in Bloom’. asked to prepare a lunchtime activity). The cost is £10 per held an amazing Flower She’s Flora the Suffragette buffet as part of the special

6 County News • October 2018 • Cornwall Federation of WIs visitation of the Duke and MYLOR AND FLUSHING the roof of Adventure support of local groups, Duchess of Cornwall. The Duke WI VISIT CORNWALL International in Bude. She individuals and community and Duchess were there to open BEAVER PROJECT was encouraged by Bude WI grants, and the work began in the coffee shop extension to members who watched safely August. At the members’ July the Village Community Shop, from the cafe opposite. meeting, donors were thanked and then went on to the Village for their help in raising such a Hall to meet present and past daunting amount so quickly. volunteers and other guests. The Hall is used regularly by Many of the volunteers are WI local groups and as a venue members and the women were for parties and similar events. more than happy to provide the Well done, Constantine! food! St Tudy WI will remember this day for a long time! On a beautiful August ILLOGAN WI evening, members of Mylor SPONSORS PENNY WELL DONE, EDNA! and Flushing WI and friends, AND PADDINGTON Congratulations to Edna kitted up with wellies, made HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY Trudgeon for winning Best their way to Woodland Valley TO LERRYN WI in Show in the Floral Art Farm near Ladock, to visit the The tiny meeting room on Classes at this year’s Royal Cornwall Beaver Project. The the banks of the Lerryn River Cornwall Show. Edna is a women first had a briefing became a very colourful place member of Treviscoe and from Cornwall Wildlife Trust, – and a good bit noisier than Trethosa WI and Floral Art and then made their way usual – when Lerryn WI got Adviser to the Floral Art and down a muddy track into the together on a sunny afternoon Gardening sub committee heavily-wooded valley bottom last month to celebrate their where the stream, dammed 70th anniversary. Current LAGER LOUTS IN several times already by members were out in force, TREGONY?! beavers, opened out into a naturally, but they greeted Illogan WI sponsor two Members of Tregony WI large tree-lined pool. As dusk with delight many former donkeys, Penny and were educated in the art or fell, the women kept quiet members and colleagues as Paddington, at the Flicka science of beer drinking at and were rewarded by seeing well as the guest of honour, Donkey Sanctuary at Mabe. their July meeting, when Toni the adult beavers emerge Margaret Johnson, CFWI The two donkeys were rescued Ryman, at present qualifying from their lodge, followed by Chairman. Lerryn President from a market as both had as a beer sommelier with St two kits! It was pure magic Alison Ginty hit the right note been taken from their mothers Austell Brewery, talked about and nobody dared breathe when she recalled the post-war too early. Illogan WI member brewing. The women tasted and as the beavers hauled out period in which local women Sue Kent painted a portrait evaluated five different beers, on the bank, groomed and had established the Lerryn of the gorgeous pair and the from a lager to a rich stout. Toni started feeding, then swam WI. Food shortages were still WI has decided to donate the is one of a very small number up and down as if giving a in evidence, and daily life was painting to Flicka, where it of female beer sommeliers, performance. The group of hard. Lerryn village did not will be hung in their tearoom. experts in the production, taste, women didn’t leave until they even have mains electricity Pictured is Sue with Penny smell and appearance of a very were forced to by gathering until 1952, and those women and Paddington, who are wide variety of ales, stouts and darkness, and they left to came together to support one growing and doing well. fruit beers. Beer sommeliers are the sound of loud gnawing another in creating a better a recent introduction into the by the male beaver, doing his life for their families and SHOW US YOUR trade and Toni is particularly nightly work of making dams. themselves. In many ways, life BLOOMERS! keen to encourage more women is much easier today, but the to appreciate the finer points of needs are still there – for the beer drinking in the same way support and companionship, that wine sommeliers have done the stimulus of fresh ideas for many years. She brought and the opportunity to along appropriate snacks to acquire new skills. complement each beer and the women had a most informative and hugely enjoyable evening. WI showed off their bloomers this weekend at CARBIS BAY Liskeard Carnival! The women SUMMER FÊTE won first in their class and Pictured also won the shield for best here at this over-all entry. Well done! year’s Carbis Bay Summer A NEW ROOF FOR A 90TH BIRTHDAY Fête are CONSTANTINE CELEBRATION FOR Carbis Bay At Constantine WI’s Annual ST BREWARD WI President Meeting earlier this year, the Teresa NOW THAT’S A members decided that the Hancox with CHALLENGE! time had come to replace the Councillor Bude WI continue with their Hall’s 30-year-old felt roof Suzanne 95 challenges to celebrate with a more effective covering, Tanner, their 95th Anniversary. This as water was causing internal Members of St Breward Mayor of St Ives. time their intrepid president, damage. The necessary £6,850 WI celebrated a big Cynthia May, walked off was raised with the generous birthday this year!

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