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BOSCASTLE BLOWHOLE No 60 Winter 2007 £1
BOSCASTLE BLOWHOLE No 60 Winter 2007 £1 photo Val Gill Basil and Jean Jose celebrate their Golden Wedding CONTENTS INCLUDE: Church & Chapel page 12 Pickwick Papers page 18 Post Office page 25 Useful Numbers page 35 Pete’s Peeps page 38 Martin’s Sporting Briefs page 42 Editorial Living in Boscastle over the noise of machinery and fed on the rebuilding of the south uncovered additional last few months has not up with the associated dust river bank [and] the final problems which have taken been without its difficulties &/or mud. tidying up across the whole time to overcome but the and inconvenience and The current forecast is that: area will be completed. streetscape work has proceeded in parallel...’ the next few months look ‘...all work should be ‘The Gateway Building like being equally chaotic. completed in the car park by is still forecast to be complete Hopefully by the next The seemingly never- 26 February [then] Carillion by mid January and…it Blowhole things will look ending regeneration works [will] relocate to a much is anticipated that work much better and life will continue apace (or not, as smaller establishment...close will continue through the start to return to normal it occasionally appears) and to the Gateway Building... Christmas period and may after three and a half difficult I am sure that most of us are Most reconstruction will be include some weekend years. working. heartily sick of the sight of completed before Easter and Wishing everyone a Merry heavy plant, hard hats and the last work scheduled will ‘The road closure continues Christmas and all good reflective jackets,������������tired of the be in the harbour and focussed ...Excavation of the trenchline wishes for a 2008 PA Boscastle Blowhole Team The editorial team reserves the right to edit, accept, or reject any material submitted for publication in the Blowhole. -
Cornishness and Englishness: Nested Identities Or Incompatible Ideologies?
CORNISHNESS AND ENGLISHNESS: NESTED IDENTITIES OR INCOMPATIBLE IDEOLOGIES? Bernard Deacon (International Journal of Regional and Local History 5.2 (2009), pp.9-29) In 2007 I suggested in the pages of this journal that the history of English regional identities may prove to be ‘in practice elusive and insubstantial’.1 Not long after those words were written a history of the north east of England was published by its Centre for Regional History. Pursuing the question of whether the north east was a coherent and self-conscious region over the longue durée, the editors found a ‘very fragile history of an incoherent and barely self-conscious region’ with a sense of regional identity that only really appeared in the second half of the twentieth century.2 If the north east, widely regarded as the most coherent English region, lacks a historical identity then it is likely to be even more illusory in other regions. Although rigorously testing the past existence of a regional discourse and finding it wanting, Green and Pollard’s book also reminds us that history is not just about scientific accounts of the past. They recognise that history itself is ‘an important element in the construction of the region … Memory of the past is deployed, selectively and creatively, as one means of imagining it … We choose the history we want, to show the kind of region we want to be’.3 In the north east that choice has seemingly crystallised around a narrative of industrialization focused on the coalfield and the gradual imposition of a Tyneside hegemony over the centuries following 1650. -
The Pilot Gigs of Cornwall and the Scilly Isles
KIN ED GD IT O N M DWE ST U • E A M IT N • N D U N A D L O I R V L I I A I D F T T E D W E A I AUTUMN 2007 No.291 M I E C P SO The official organ of the United Kingdom Maritime Pilots’Association ILOTS AS Editorial The Pilot Gigs of Cornwall In dealing with all the politics and legislation of pilotage it is easy to lose sight of the fact that ours is one of the few jobs and The Scilly Isles left where the basics have remained relatively unchanged for centuries. We still The pilot gigs of the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall are totally unique six oared open boats rely on a pilot boat to get us out to the ship which were used to ship pilots onto ships arriving of the South West approaches to the where we board by means of a rope ladder United Kingdom. This feature actually started as a review of a fascinating book that I hanging over the side. Every day our lives found in the bookshelf of a holiday let in Cornwall. Titled : “Azook: The Story of the Pilot depend upon the skills of cutter coxswains Gigs of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 1666 - 1994”. The book, written in a lively who hold the boat alongside the ship whilst manner by Keith Harris, not only goes into great detail as to how these craft were built we transfer on or off, frequently in specifically for the role of getting pilots out to ships as fast as possible but also explains marginal conditions. -
Members Handbook 2017
Charlestown Rowing Club Members Handbook 2017 1 CONTENTS Charlestown Rowing Club 3 Cornish Pilot Gigs 4 Rowers and Positions 5 Club Committee 6 Club Clothing 6 Safe Launching and Recovery of Boats 7 Rowing Techniques 11 Home Rowing Procedures 15 Gig Racing 20 Transportation / Towing of Gigs 21 Member Benefits 21 Code of Conduct 22 VHF Radios 23 Emergencies 24 Phonetic Alphabet 25 Other useful Gig Rowing Phrases 26 2 CHARLESTOWN ROWING CLUB Charlestown Rowing Club was formed in 1990 and over the past 25 years the Club has become an integral part of the village community. We row and race traditional six oared Cornish Pilot gigs, and we are the centre of Gig rowing in this area and our community identity is a key factor in both recruiting and retaining people of all ages in the sport. We have made a significant investment in a Gig Shed, and in boats and equipment to deliver successful, sustainable and long-term participation in Gig rowing. We regularly compete in competitions and regattas throughout the South-West and we row Gigs to enjoy competition and have fun. We currently own two wooden racing boats, Defender and Grace; and three GRP training Gigs; Rashleigh, Spirit & Tribute and a training Skiff. Our home and Boat Shed is on Quay Road in Charlestown and we launch and row throughout the summer season from Charlestown Harbour. Due to the prevailing weather conditions, in winter we row weekends only at Caffa Mill Fowey. Please see our Facebook page for regularly updated details of rowing, training and racing. -
Edition 10: 20Th September 2013
Edition 10: 20th September 2013 Rugby World Cup 2015 Lead Up and Legacy Activity The RFU launched the seven strands of its national Lead up and Legacy plan on October 31st 2012. The aim of this is to set out an overall framework against which national resource will be invested in the lead up to RWC 2015 with the aim of increasing interest and participation in the game. Whilst many Clubs, CBs, Schools, Colleges, Universities and other bodies are working hard to develop local projects to meet identified local need these seven strands are areas in which we will invest national resource to create change in Rugby communities across the country. It is hoped that those delivery bodies that have not yet identified their focus will focus in on these areas and take action to improve provision and opportunities against these themes. Six Regional Activation and Legacy Groups are now up and running and are working to add value to the seven strands and to engage partners from outside of the immediate rugby community in supporting the efforts of those within it. Each group is populated by representatives from CBs and from the wider community. Attached as an appendix to this CB update is a brief overview of progress against the seven strands along with listings of clubs/projects etc involved to date – this will be updated for each issue. In addition to the work against the seven strands strong working relationships have been established with England Rugby 2015, the Organising Body for the tournament itself, and an update on relevant areas are also included in the appendix. -
The Cornish Language in Education in the UK
The Cornish language in education in the UK European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning hosted by CORNISH The Cornish language in education in the UK | 2nd Edition | c/o Fryske Akademy Doelestrjitte 8 P.O. Box 54 NL-8900 AB Ljouwert/Leeuwarden The Netherlands T 0031 (0) 58 - 234 3027 W www.mercator-research.eu E [email protected] | Regional dossiers series | tca r cum n n i- ual e : Available in this series: This document was published by the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism Albanian; the Albanian language in education in Italy Aragonese; the Aragonese language in education in Spain and Language Learning with financial support from the Fryske Akademy and the Province Asturian; the Asturian language in education in Spain (2nd ed.) of Fryslân. Basque; the Basque language in education in France (2nd ed.) Basque; the Basque language in education in Spain (2nd ed.) Breton; the Breton language in education in France (2nd ed.) Catalan; the Catalan language in education in France Catalan; the Catalan language in education in Spain (2nd ed.) © Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism Cornish; the Cornish language in education in the UK (2nd ed.) and Language Learning, 2019 Corsican; the Corsican language in education in France (2nd ed.) Croatian; the Croatian language in education in Austria Danish; The Danish language in education in Germany ISSN: 1570 – 1239 Frisian; the Frisian language in education in the Netherlands (4th ed.) 2nd edition Friulian; the Friulian language in education in Italy Gàidhlig; The Gaelic Language in Education in Scotland (2nd ed.) Galician; the Galician language in education in Spain (2nd ed.) The contents of this dossier may be reproduced in print, except for commercial purposes, German; the German language in education in Alsace, France (2nd ed.) provided that the extract is proceeded by a complete reference to the Mercator European German; the German language in education in Belgium Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. -
A Poetics of Uncertainty: a Chorographic Survey of the Life of John Trevisa and the Site of Glasney College, Cornwall, Mediated Through Locative Arts Practice
VAL DIGGLE: A POETICS OF UNCERTAINTY A poetics of uncertainty: a chorographic survey of the life of John Trevisa and the site of Glasney College, Cornwall, mediated through locative arts practice By Valerie Ann Diggle Page 1 VAL DIGGLE: A POETICS OF UNCERTAINTY VAL DIGGLE: A POETICS OF UNCERTAINTY A poetics of uncertainty: a chorographic survey of the life of John Trevisa and the site of Glasney College, Cornwall, mediated through locative arts practice By Valerie Ann Diggle Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of the Arts London Falmouth University October 2017 Page 2 Page 3 VAL DIGGLE: A POETICS OF UNCERTAINTY VAL DIGGLE: A POETICS OF UNCERTAINTY A poetics of uncertainty: a chorographic survey of the life of John Trevisa and the site of Glasney College, Penryn, Cornwall, mediated through locative arts practice Connections between the medieval Cornishman and translator John Trevisa (1342-1402) and Glasney College in Cornwall are explored in this thesis to create a deep map about the figure and the site, articulated in a series of micro-narratives or anecdotae. The research combines book-based strategies and performative encounters with people and places, to build a rich, chorographic survey described in images, sound files, objects and texts. A key research problem – how to express the forensic fingerprint of that which is invisible in the historic record – is described as a poetics of uncertainty, a speculative response to information that teeters on the brink of what can be reliably known. This poetics combines multi-modal writing to communicate events in the life of the research, auto-ethnographically, from the point of view of an artist working in the academy. -
CORNISH CHURCHES in the DECORATED STYLE, C. 1260–1350
CORNISH CHURCHES IN THE DECORATED STYLE, c. 1260–1350 Although most Cornish churches are mainly or entirely in the Perpendicular style, there is more Dec work in Cornwall than is often appreciated, & any judgment of the achievements of this period needs to bear in mind the fundamental point that the most important work has been destroyed. Monastic sites with important building programmes in this period The two most ambitious works of the period were those at Launceston Priory and Glasney College, Penryn. Both have been demolished and are known only from excavated remains, including their architectural fragments. Glasney was closely related to the Exeter Cathedral, both in design and building stones, including work closely related to two major national figures: THOMAS WITNEY and WILLIAM JOY. Launceston Priory shows more mixed connections. The rib profiles are close to work at Bristol, the likely source of architect, since this was a house of the Augustinian Canons, but the choir screen and floor-tiles are Exeter works, and Exeter was surely the source of its remarkably complex tracery. Parish churches with stylistic links to Exeter Cathedral St Ive Closest and perhaps the most important survival, probably resulting from the connections of Bartholomew de Castro, the ‘right-hand-man’ of Bishop Grandisson. Related to this, a group of works, mainly in south-east Cornwall with closely related features of c. 1325–50: South Hill, Sheviock, Tywardreath St Germans and St Michael Penkevil. Also linked to this group: the ?shrine arch at St Neot; St Columb Major – surprisingly ambitious, the caps very similar to those at Exeter Cathedral . -
Unified Inners.Indd
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Edited by IJ Bennallick & DA Pearman
BOTANICAL CORNWALL 2010 No. 14 Edited by I.J. Bennallick & D.A. Pearman BOTANICAL CORNWALL No. 14 Edited by I.J.Bennallick & D.A.Pearman ISSN 1364 - 4335 © I.J. Bennallick & D.A. Pearman 2010 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the copyright holder. Published by - the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS) based at the- Cornwall Wildlife Trust Five Acres, Allet, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DJ Tel: (01872) 273939 Fax: (01872) 225476 Website: www.erccis.co.uk and www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk Cover photo: Perennial Centaury Centaurium scilloides at Gwennap Head, 2010. © I J Bennallick 2 Contents Introduction - I. J. Bennallick & D. A. Pearman 4 A new dandelion - Taraxacum ronae - and its distribution in Cornwall - L. J. Margetts 5 Recording in Cornwall 2006 to 2009 – C. N. French 9 Fitch‟s Illustrations of the British Flora – C. N. French 15 Important Plant Areas – C. N. French 17 The decline of Illecebrum verticillatum – D. A. Pearman 22 Bryological Field Meetings 2006 – 2007 – N. de Sausmarez 29 Centaurium scilloides, Juncus subnodulosus and Phegopteris connectilis rediscovered in Cornwall after many years – I. J. Bennallick 36 Plant records for Cornwall up to September 2009 – I. J. Bennallick 43 Plant records and update from the Isles of Scilly 2006 – 2009 – R. E. Parslow 93 3 Introduction We can only apologise for the very long gestation of this number. There is so much going on in the Cornwall botanical world – a New Red Data Book, an imminent Fern Atlas, plans for a new Flora and a Rare Plant Register, plus masses of fieldwork, most notably for Natural England for rare plants on SSSIs, that somehow this publication has kept on being put back as other more urgent tasks vie for precedence. -
Cornish Language Policy
PENRYN TOWN COUNCIL Cornish Language Policy 1. The Council recognises the distinctive nature of Cornwall and its responsibility to cherish and protect its special heritage and the unique heritage of Penryn as the home of Glasney College and its special place in the history of the Cornish language. 2. The Council sees the Cornish Language as a vital part of contemporary culture and heritage and welcomes the work that has been done by Cornwall Council and other bodies and individuals towards promoting its revival, wider usage and status as a European minority language. 3. The Council will remember the language’s role in the arts, in relation with European nations, regional, the European Union and Council of Europe and with Cornish exiles around the world. The Council will be mindful of the cultural benefits that may accrue from the language. This will include appropriate use by the Council, in connection with tourism and publicity, and in submissions to the Government and to the EU where Cornwall’s cultural distinctiveness reinforces its claim to special consideration. 4. The Council will, where appropriate, encourage the use of the language for the naming of streets. 5. The Council will, wherever practicable, provide and support the provision of bilingual signage. This will extend to other public information documents produced by or supported by the Council. 6. The Council will, within its resources and scope of activities, seek to provide information about the language – its availability, its history, its use and its development – and will, where appropriate, support development initiatives through its community grants. 7. -
Rugby Football Union Annual General Meeting 2021 Agenda
ItIIIIItem RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 AGENDA 1. To consider and approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Friday 12 June 2020. 2. To receive a report from the Chief Executive for Season 2020/21. 3. To receive a Financial Report and to review the Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20 (previously circulated). 4. To appoint BDO LLP as Auditors to audit the 2020/2021 financial statements. 5. To approve changes to the Rules attached to this Notice as Appendix 2 6. To consider any other business of which due notice shall have been given. 7. To hear any other relevant matter for the consideration of the Council and/or the Board of Directors during the ensuing year, but on which no voting shall be allowed. 8. To approve the following Board appointments: 8.1 Chair of the Board of Directors 8.2 Independent Non-Executive Director 9. To elect the President, Senior Vice-President and Junior Vice-President for season 2021/22. 1 of 5 AGENDA ITEM DETAILS ITEM 4 TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS FOR 2020/21 To appoint BDO LLP as Auditors to audit the 2020/2021 financial year. This is recommended by the Board of Directors and the Audit and Risk Committee. ITEM 5 TO APPROVE CHANGES TO THE RULES To approve the changes to the Rules, as set out in a redline version in Appendix 1 and a clean version in Appendix 2. We would like to highlight the following changes: Rule 21.1 – signature of the Annual Report and Accounts Currently, the Rules require that the annual report and accounts are signed by the CEO and two Council members.