www.-lives.uk Sue: 290045 / [email protected] Printed by Philip Tucker: 01288 341617 www.landewednackparishcouncil.org.uk One free copy to all homes in the village.

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3 Important Contact Numbers Emergency Services: 999 Police (non-emergency): 101 Police Station: 08452 777444 Crimestoppers: 0800 555111 Transport Police: 0800 405040 Doctors Surgeries Lizard: 290415; Mullion: 240212 Opening hours for Lizard Surgery: - Monday 2pm - 5.30pm (appointments 3 - 5pm) Tuesday 9am - 12noon (appointments 9.10 - 11.10am) Wednesday Closed Thursday 9am - 12noon (appointments 9.10 - 11.10am) Friday 2pm - 5.30pm (appointments 3 - 5pm)

Out of hours: 01326 240212; NHS Direct: 111 Vets - Head & Head: 01326 572216 or Rosemullion: 01326 572596 - 9am - 7pm Helston 24/7 Emergency line: 01326 313991; 9am - 7pm Falmouth School: 290337 Mrs. Louise Jones - Head Mullion School 240098 Mr. Randle Mobile Library: 0300 1234111 - at Lizard Post Office between 9:45am - 10:15am on 16th August 2017 Bass Point National Coastwatch: 290212 Councillor - Carolyn Rule: 240144 MP- Derek Thomas: 020 7219 4435 [email protected] National Trust - Lizard Rangers Office: 291174 Age UK Voluntary Car Service: 01872 223388 Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm Dial-a-Ride Community Minibus: 01872 266384 Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

4 What’s on … Weekly: Monday 10am –11:30am Yoga - Tanya Strike in the Reading Room: 290931 or 07812 975066 Monday LAFC Pool 8pm - see fixture list. Tuesday Market: 10am - 12 noon in the Reading Room: a variety of stalls: enjoy a coffee/tea & toast/teacake. Tuesday 6.30pm Lifeboat exercise training sessions, which can be watched. Wednesday Witchball Euchre teaching sessions 8.00pm Thursday LAFC Euchre 8pm. Thursday Bell Ringing practice 7.30pm - 9pm. Landewednack Church: Hedley, tower captain, 290088 Friday Art Group 2pm - 4.30pm; Chapel school room. Monthly: Football Club Members Luncheon Club 1st Sunday. Walk and Talk 1st Sunday 2 pm meet on The Green. Parish Church Coffee Morning: First Friday 10.00am - 12 noon Reading Room. The Chapel Fund Raiser: Second Thursday Chapel School Room. Parish Council Meeting: No meeting in August (normally Second Thursday 7.30pm, in the Reading Room). Football Club Quiz: Sunday 20th August, 8pm: 290013 Also: Snooker: Old & new players welcome to join; please contact Ian McIntosh: 290207 Children’s Groups Cubs and Scouts trip to “Kernow Jamboree 2017” on Wednesday 2nd August. Ballet Classes -Thursdays Jasmine Harvey: 07582 258990

55 Diary Dates Wednesday 2nd August - Kernow Jamboree Sunday 6th August Walk & Talk 2pm on The Green Saturday 12th August - The Big Breakfast - Lifeboat Sunday 13th August - Lizard Summer Carnival, page 58 Sunday 20th August - Lizard Lifeboat Day, page 50 Sunday 27th August - Vintage Car Rally Advance Notice Friday 1st September - Last date for entries for Art and Craft Exhibition, see page 20 Wednesday 6th September Autumn Term starts Friday 8th September - Come to the Races Tuesday 12th - Saturday 16th September - Art and Craft Exhibition in The Chapel, see page 20 Wednesday 13th September Rainbows/Brownies re-start Saturday 16th September Lifeboat Fun Day, see page 50 October 6th - 8th Cadgwith Annual Cornish drinks Festival; New Cornish ales, ciders, spirits & wine; live entertainment Saturday 28th Oct - Lifeboat Annual AGM Saturday 28th Nov Christmas Bazaar -Reading Room Friday 1st December - The Lizard Lifeboat Carolaire 7pm

Vintage Car Rally Sunday 27th August The Helston Railway Company was formed in 1879. There was a long term aim to extend the line down to Lizard Village. Instead a connecting bus service to Mullion and The Lizard was introduced by the GWR on 17 August 1903 - the first of its type in the world. In 1978 an anniversary run was organised, by Helston Town Council, The Western National Bus Company, Wincanton Garages and Landewednack Parish Council. Cornwall Vintage Vehicle Society continue with a yearly August Bank Holiday event, with various numbers of vehicles of all shapes and styles!

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Remembrance Sunday The Village comes together at the War Memorial in the Churchyard on Remembrance Sunday to remember all those who gave their lives in both world wars and other more recent conflicts too. We were lucky to have people in the past who were able to play “The Last Post” after the two minutes silence. However we have not had anyone for a few years now. Is there anyone out there who could offer to play ( I'm giving you time to practise!!) Please ring Joy on 01326 290280 to forward your offer. Joy

Ladies 'Giant Expression' Bicycle. As new condition. Shimano 21 speed Rear rack, kick stand, mud guards Offers invited. Please phone 01326 290719

Chris Allen 291312 or 078555 22471. Dog Walking; Feeding Cats, Chickens etc. Local and available at short notice

7 Meadowsweet by Debra To see the delicate feather like tuffs of Meadowsweet among the heather on the moorlands is wonderful. This plant is also known as Mead Wort, Queen of the Meadow and Meadow Lady. It is a member of the Rose family and has a very sweet soothing scent. Its Latin name is Filipendula Ulmaria. Ulmaria means elm-like, describing the leaves of the plant that resemble those of the elm. Filipendula comes from Filum meaning thread and Pendulus which means to hang. The flowers hang off the stem and the tubers of the roots hang off the fibrous roots. In Roman mythology the plant was sacred to Venus, the goddess of love, and was often used in love potions and at weddings. In Welsh mythology it was said that Gwydion and Math created a woman out of Meadowsweet and Broom and named her Blodeuwedd or flower face. In the Middle Ages it was strewn on the floors of churches and used in weddings and other festivals. Queen Elizabeth I put Meadowsweet first among all the herbs for her chamber and said it made the heart merry and was joyful to the senses. It is found in ancient burial sites both in medicine bags as well as containers that probably held honey based Mead. Indeed it has been used to flavour Mead, vinegars, and beers for centuries. It is also used traditionally in stewed fruits and jams to add an almond taste. A tea made from the flowers has long been a traditional remedy for acid stomach. The root was also powdered and used in tea for headache, gout rheumatism, infection and fevers. It was one of the first plants to be recognized for its aspirin properties.

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We all miss the annual August Whippet Racing evenings in the Recreation Ground - much fun was had by all (especially the dogs!) and welcome funds were raised for our local charities - who knows, perhaps someone will be able to revive it? In the meantime, here's an amusing reminder of just how special those evenings were!

9 Did you Know! ……………………. Gannets often die of osteoporosis - fragile bones due to their fishing technique, though they do still live for up to 35 years unless caught in fishing nets etc. Their wing span is up to 6.6 foot wide. Gannets fly up to 98 feet high, circling, then plunge into the sea, achieving speeds of 62mph to dive after their fishy food!

Mermaids Secret 01326 290222 Local Crafts, Cornish Serpentine, Jewellery, Gifts, Clothing. Mermaids Secret Kynance Terrace, The Lizard, Cornwall, TR12 7NH [email protected]

10 10 Angelic wedding guests? Landewednack Church Serving something of the function of modern wedding gazebos, porches were commonly added to Cornish churches, as elsewhere, from the early 15th century on. Medieval marriage was a secular affair with vows being said outside the church, followed by Catholic mass inside. Baptism began in the porch, as today, with three godparents or ‘gossips’, two the same sex as the baby. Churchings, when women were re- admitted to church services after giving birth, also began in the porch with a thorough holy water dowsing. The porch at Landewednack is one of the finest of any in Cornwall with a holy water stoup and fine 15th century doorway with quatrefoils in the spandrels. This door was inserted into an earlier Norman south door destroying the tympanum (serpentine pillars and brick infill being 19th century additions). Four very expressive angel corbels support the stone ribs of the porch vault with large boss of a scroll-holding angel.

11 11 It is possible that a corbel with two angels supporting a shield now on display in the north chapel may once have been sited here, too. The oldest part of the church is the 12th century south wall with Romanesque door from when the church was just a chancel and nave. Transepts were added in the 13th or early 14th century to accommodate burials and additional altars and the font given by the rector Richard Bolham must date to 1404-15 when he served as priest here. The two-stage serpentine tower, with slit window on its north side (to light the stair), and porch, appears to be 15th century, whilst the north aisle with fluted capitals and tracery-less cusped windows looks early 16th century. Thomas Levelis, who was a landowner and tax-payer in 1522-4, paid for the east window glazing. The passage squint could well be the start of an aborted south aisle; a feature also found at Cury where money was left in a will of 1543 for that project. As processions round the church before Sunday mass were banned in 1548, neither south aisle was ever built. This left both Landewednack and Cury with the lop-sided plans so typical of Cornwall’s many unfinished churches. Joanna Mattingly, 22 June 2017

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15 The Well There is always a warm friendly welcome waiting for you at "The Well". We gather most Sunday mornings from 10:30am -12:30pm on the Lizard Peninsula in the Almond Tree Cafe at Little Trethvas Holiday Park, TR12 7AT (please ring to check). Enjoy a cup of tea/coffee and cakes etc and to have a friendly chat, beginning and end. We are a non- denominational charismatic gathering of loving, friendly, people. We hold to traditional evangelical Christian values; our gatherings embrace more of a contemporary, modern, informal, approach to worship and sharing that is both Spirit led and biblical. See our website - wellchurchlizard.org.uk Why not come and join the celebration! Mike and Liz Tate 07790 236045 Mike, Liz & Abi welcome you to Little Trethvas Holidays, Lizard. Luxury camping in Cornwall is definitely the best way to enjoy a holiday on the south west coast of England, and at Little Trethvas we are certain you will have a wonderful holiday to remember! It is “glamping and camping”. We are located close to all of the special places that the Lizard Peninsula has to offer. With an array of fantastic beaches, wonderful walks, scrumptious food, scenic drives through sleepy villages and wooded valleys; you can embrace all that the Cornish coast has to offer. We are a small friendly campsite, with two small cottages and a holiday home with a café and outdoor pizza oven, all situated on the unique and unspoilt Lizard Peninsula, an ideal place from which to explore this wonderful corner of Cornwall. Email: [email protected] TR12 7AT. Tel: 01326 290344/07790 236045;

www.littletrethvas.co.uk & www.glampinglizard.co.uk

16 1. What does Fred Flintstone wear around his neck? 2. Who are Bart Simpson’s sisters? 3. What is the name of Postman Pat’s cat? 4. What are Bagpuss’ two colours? 5. Whose companions were Rigadon and Tico? 6. The Cylons featured in which Sci fi series? 7. Which show had Mr. Bennet as the caretaker?

Answers to July Quizzes 1. Which TV series is set in ‘Summer Bay’? Home and Away 2. Who wrote the 1957 novel ‘On the Beach’? Nevil Shute 3. What was the name of the holiday camp in ‘Hi-de-Hi’? Maplin’s 4. On which Hebridean island is the airport on a beach? Barra 5. Where did Billy Butlins open his first holiday camp in 1936? Skegness 6. Which Spanish Costa is located north of Barcelona? Costa Brava 7. What is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the UK? The Pepsi Max Big One on Blackpool Pleasure Beach Mullion Flowers R.E. Tonkin & Son Lender Lane, Mullion, TR12 7HW Funeral Directors Fresh cut flowers, Serving Mullion and Bouquets, arrangements the Lizard Peninsula Weddings & Funeral tributes Family run and independently Helium balloons owned for over 30 years Compost & Professional & Caring Gardening supplies 24 hr Briony Tonkin Service 01326 241886 Supplying [email protected] Golden Charter Monday 9am - 1pm Pre Paid Funeral Plans Tues 9am-1pm Tel: 01326 240752 (24 hrs) Wednesday CLOSED Thursday 9am-1pm email: Friday 9am-1pm [email protected] Saturday 9am-12pm 07811 160580 Sunday CLOSED

17 Norbert Varga Domestic Electrician Full Workshop Facilities Rewires, Servicing to all Petrol New Builds, Extensions & Diesel Vehicles - Consumer Unit Upgrades Air-Conditioning - Showers, Cookers, Heating Servicing & Repairs - Sockets & Telephone points - Internal/External lighting ECU & ABS Fault Testing & Inspecting Code Reading Computer networking General Vehicle Repairs

MOT Repairs Exhausts FREE QUOTATION 240620 Tel: 01326 241657 Mob: 07496 067325 07977 596366 [email protected]

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Fish & Chip Restaurant & Takeaway

Telephone orders welcome 01326 240540

Churchtown, Mullion TR12 7BZ

Art and Craft Exhibition This year’s Art and Craft Exhibition will be on from Tuesday 12th September until Saturday 16th in The Chapel as usual. The closing date for entries is Friday 1st September. Entry forms will be available from Retallacks.

Look out for more details nearer the time and remember to come and visit the exhibition and tell all your friends.

21 Children's Services Manager Bringing Hope, Giving Happiness, Creating Memories I am Rosie Foster and I manage Kernow Young Carers for Action for Children. I also manage another service, Cornwall Family Intervention Project. I have worked for Action for Children for 9 and a half years in Cornwall; I started my career as a teacher and taught all age ranges for 15 years before working with very young children and their families when Children’s Centres were first being developed. I really enjoy the work that I do and like to develop new ideas and see how we can work together to support children, young people and their families in the best way possible, using new ideas, and some old ones too, whichever we find work best. 01209 204565 [email protected]

Last Stop Tackle Shop in Lizard Head Lane Rods, Reels, Lures, Tackle, Live & Frozen Bait Phone 01326 290465 Email [email protected] or (out of season and during inclement weather) 01326 290698 / 07794666781 Find us down the hill from THE SMUGGLERS Follow us on Facebook or www.laststoptackle.net

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Cheryl, Peter & the Team Welcome you To

Serving Delicious Homemade Food and Quality Local Ales, Spirits and Wines. Food served 12 to 2pm & 6 to 9pm: Monday to Saturday Our Popular Sunday Roast & Menu is served every Sunday 12 to 2.30pm and 6 to 8.30pm Bar open all day, also serving Cornish Coffee & Cookies Families are very welcome; Enclosed Rear Beer Garden & Sun Deck. On Saturday 29th July, Live Music with Miranda. Friday 11th August, Music with Sam McKenzie. Friday 25th until Monday 28th August, Beer and Cider Festival; lots of Local Real Ale and Ciders available in the Beer Tent.

The Mounts Bay Inn, Mullion, TR112 7HN www.mountsbaymullion.co.uk [email protected] 01326 240221

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Lender Lane, Mullion Fresh Fish, Seafood and Steaks Located in the heart of the village, the Village Restaurant is run by veteran chef David Trivett and his wife Lynda. We offer British European style food with some influence of Asian cuisine. We are supplied by local Westcountry and Cornwall producers with fresh fish coming from local fishermen. Our menu will change from time to time and our Specials are continually being updated. The Village Restaurant is a popular traditional restaurant with full table service and is fully licenced. We specialise in catering for small intimate private parties for up to 24 people. Ample parking nearby. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Telephone 01326 241007 for reservations [email protected] www.thevillagerestaurantmullion.co.uk

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25 Landewednack Church The Church Flower Festival Committee says “thank you” to everyone who created the most beautiful flower arrangements for the weekend celebrations. Also thanks to: all the musicians who provided wonderful entertainment on the Saturday; everyone who helped with stewarding throughout the long weekend; and those who came to visit the church and donate. The money raised was £217.

Scouting/Guiding Kernow 2017 is an international Jamboree for Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Guides and Senior Section. We’re planning a week long adventure full of activities, entertainment and opportunities to meet new friends. The event is being organised by a team of volunteers representing Cornwall Scouts and Girl Guiding Kernowjam. There is a visitor day (aimed at Cub age, but our Scouts can attend if they wish to), on Wednesday 2nd August, from 10am to 5pm, in the grounds of Pencarrow House, Bodmin. The cost for the day is £15 per young person.

26 Lizard District Rainbows and Guides Rainbows and Guides joined with the other units for an excellent beach clean and BBQ on beach. The weather was fantastic and the girls collected lots of rubbish! During our final week at Rainbows, four of our new Rainbows were enrolled and received their Promise Badges. One Rainbow jumped over the Rainbow and will start Brownies in September. The Guides held a Family Quiz Night which was very well attended by parents and brothers and sisters. Afterwards we held an awards ceremony, complete with red carpet, to present the Guide of the Year award, yearly Challenge badges and many other awards for good work during the year. Next term starts on 13th September. We look forward to seeing the girls and any new members then. Please go to www.girlguiding.org.uk to register your daughter or yourself. Lynne 01326 290681

Activities all year round: Kayaking, Coasteering, Paddle Boarding, Climbing, Survival Skills.

Call 07845 204040 or email bookings@ lizardadventure.co.uk

27 1st Landewednack Brownies 20 girls completed their Environment badge, the last clause being to take part in a beach clean. Along with Rainbows, Guides and Rangers we met with Rachel from the National Trust on Poldhu Beach and cleared several black bags full of rubbish, particularly plastic. A B.B.Q. followed, with every one being very careful not to drop any litter! The two younger units finished with parachute games and went home at 7.00pm while the older units had a campfire and toasted marshmallows to make Smores. We finished the year with a treasure trail around the village finishing at Tregullas Farm for Unicorn ice creams and end of year presentations. Congratulations to Poppy on becoming 2017 Brownie of the year with 207 points. Zoe was runner up with 200 points. Congratulations also to Rosenwyn and Poppy who did not miss a meeting for the whole year - a great achievement. Beth was welcomed as our new leader in training and will be Tawny Owl and we said goodbye to Emma who will move up to Guides in the new term. We now intend to have a rest, recharge our batteries, and look forward to a new year and new challenges in Sept. The new term begins on Wednesday 13th September. Brown Owl ( Joy Prince)

Cubs/Scouts Lots of prospective Cubs and Scouts came to the 4 taster sessions that we held in June and July. Activities included team games; putting tents up; knots and rope work; lighting fires without matches and the final one was a magnificent camp fire with lots of songs, in Nevil and Rona’s field opposite the school. See September Lizard Lives for details of our groups starting up.

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29 Lizard Argyle Football Club. New Membership is welcomed Year round. £10 per year for New Members; £8 renewal. Pre-season Training has now started - on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 - 8pm if anyone would like to come along and join us. 29th July we are hosting a Double Header of friendlies against Culdrose from 12pm. Beer Festival 25th - 28th August: Traditional Ales and Ciders available £3 a pint. Friday night - Shabby Chic; Saturday night - Reggae Mill; Sunday Fun day - something for all the family. Pop up Cocktail Bar will be open all weekend. Famous Kernow Kebabs and other food available. To hire the club for functions the price is £20 for an afternoon and £40 for an evening to non- members; and £10 for an afternoon and £20 for an evening to members. Please contact Angie on 01326 241168; 07970 367380 Entertainment Sky Sports and BT Sports showing daily. To contact us or for more information about the club, please visit our Web Page.

30 of the 20th Century. 2nd instalment During the match you couldn’t get Mike away from the touchline although he wasn’t supposed to play on the wing, as he ran up and down the wing the score from Wembley was being relayed to him by friends & family spectating with portable radios tuned in to the match. Lizard Argyle 1970/71

Lewis [Lofty] Richards, Gerald Barrett, Terry Tiddy, David [Chase] Burgess, Peter Stephens, Roy Richards, Terry Stephens, Mike Step, Patrick Gilbert, Pete Morris, Mike Tiddy, Robert Johns, Leone Carter.

After winning the league in 1970/71 the team did not seek promotion but remained in league 2. However, after winning the league again the following season 1971/72 along with The Barker Bowl, the league forced promotion upon us. The 1972/73 season began with Argyle finding it difficult to recruit new players as many of the old team members had either moved away or retired from playing. By Christmas 1973 the team folded and there followed a number of years with no team at The Lizard.

31 Lizard Argyle 1971/72 being presented with The League Cup by the leagues secretary.

By the late 1970s the team was reformed and one of the first things needed of course were fundraising events, goalposts, balls, strips and other items which needed to be purchased. One early priority was to install electricity in the small cricket Pavilion inside the gates which was an expensive project as a trench was needed from the then transformer in the south west corner of the field. Over many years 22 players (+ referees) had jammed into this tiny changing space with no light and no hot water. Electricity meant that warming cups of tea could be made (in an old electric boiler) at half-time and warm water could be had at the end of matches to wash off the mud. The pitch in those days was, in the depths of winter at least, on many occasions literally a sea of mud, the field’s drainage being poor. There was no such thing as an unplayable pitch and referees allowed play regardless, much to the chagrin of many members of the Parish Council. by Peter Stephens to be continued!

32 Invitation to apply for GWR’s Customer and Communities Improvement Fund We are now entering Year 3 of our Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF). We have £750,000 to award in grants and we are looking for bids for projects that will start in April 2018 and conclude by March 2019. Applications can be made through a simple easy-to-follow online application form, supported by a guidance booklet. You can review the booklet and apply for funding at www.gwr.com/CCIF from 1 July 2017 through to 31 August 2017 (though please don’t leave it to the last minute!) Last year we had bids totalling well over £6 million from groups and organisations across our network, so the fund is hotly contested, but we want as many ideas as possible and really hope that you have something to put forward, or that you know someone who might and can pass this notification on. To be successful it is important to bear in mind that CCIF supports schemes and projects associated with the railway and of benefit to the communities we serve. The projects must also be supported by our customers, who form part of the group assessing the bids. The guidance booklet on the website sets out the type of applications we are seeking, and also gives some information on those we would find it harder to support. We want to encourage bids from all areas of our network. Bids for schemes that require on going funding will need to show how this will be secured without access to further CCIF funds. Bids of this nature are unlikely to succeed if there is a risk that they will fail to be delivered after the first year.

33 We are keen to encourage all sorts of bids, some of the most successful are ones where the fund closes the gap where some funding has already been secured, or could be available from other sources. That said, we want to see innovative and creative bids of all sorts, as long as they meet the basic criteria. Once bidding closes on 31 August, all bids will be fully reviewed by a shortlisting panel of customers, stakeholders and GWR’s Executive team. Schemes that are shortlisted will be visited to discuss proposals in more detail before final recommendations are put to the Department for Transport (DfT) for approval in the autumn. We have designed the guidance book and application form to answer as many questions as possible, but if you do have any queries or need more information please do contact Simon Buchanan-Morgan (simon.buchanan- [email protected]) who leads for GWR on CCIF. He will be delighted to help. Best wishes and good luck with the bid, Mark Hopwood

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Polpeor Artist Gallery Lizard Point Art by Nature Wildlife and nature is a popular subject matter and in the southwest with its mild climate we are fortunate to have such a variety both above and below the sea. Variety in art We welcome all artistic mediums from the 2 dimensional to the 3 dimensional, from wood workers to ceramists, printmakers to pastel painters and many more will take up residencies. In August you can see - Tess Challenger; Sue Emms; and Fiona Foster. http://www.peopleartnature.org

35 Franchis Holiday Park 'The Meadow' is a small, quality development of just 14 holiday lodges at Franchis Holiday Park. Franchis is a quiet, family owned park with just 40 touring pitches and 12 privately owned caravans and chalets about 5 miles equidistant from Lizard village and Helston. It's just a short drive into Mullion with its pubs, shops, golf club, beautiful harbour and nearby sandy beaches of Poldhu and Polurrian Coves. 'The Meadow' development is in a lovely setting to the rear of the park, separate from the touring area, on a field which slopes gently down to a woodland stream. With mature trees all around the edge and well away from the road most people don't even know it's there! We offer a large range of lodges by Swift, Willerby, Atlas and ABI with prices starting at £83,950. Annual pitch fees are £2,400 (inc VAT) and our licence agreements run up to 30 years. The joy of Franchis and what makes it special is that it's a quiet, rural park where owning a holiday home means simply getting away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life as often as you like for 11 months of the year. If all this sounds good why not pop in or give us a call for more details. You'll find us off the main (A3083) road into Helston from Lizard. Tel. 01326 240301 Email: [email protected] www.franchis.co.uk

36 THE LIZARD SIGNAL STATION LLOYD’S LOG, VOL XX11, JUNE 1951 pt 2 from Jane Platt Wrecks Mr. J. J. Emmott, formerly Signal Master at Lloyd’s Signal Station at the Lizard, saw many ships wrecked during his years of service. He has written a few notes about some of them.—Editor. It was about 16 months before I joined Lloyd’s, in August, 1882, that the North German Lloyd liner Mosel was a total wreck within a few hundred yards of the Lizard Signal Station. She was outward bound for New York with a general cargo and passengers. All of the latter with the crew were safely landed. For a week or two the beaches were strewn with wreckage of all kinds, from ladies’ stockings to a piano. Various other wrecks were recorded during the eighties, but nothing of much importance except the Atlantic Transport Co.’s Suffolk in March, 1886. She was homeward bound with general cargo, and cattle on decks. The latter were swept overboard very quickly, and many were saved on the beaches. It was in1888 that we had three wrecks in six weeks. The steamer Nettleton and the schooner Arab laden with coal, and another Welsh schooner bound to Germany with slates. In 1890 I went to the old Head of Kinsale and during my 21/2 years there we had three wrecks. The steamer City of Chicago of the Inman International Co., the barque Gylfe and the steamer Kelburne. All three somewhat interesting. The City of Chicago should have been in Queenstown harbour within another hour, homeward bound with cargo, and about 200 passengers. All the latter were safely brought ashore during the

37 evening, but we had little accommodation at the Old Head. Our rooms were full very quickly, mostly of ladies, and the rest were slowly sent away to a village two miles away, and to Kinsale town. Her cargo was practically a total loss. The Gylfe was a barque, homeward bound from Quebec, laden with logs of timber. It was during one of the most severe gales that I ever experienced, that she was wrecked. I was on duty at about 10 p.m. when I saw a signal of distress - flames from a tar barrel - several miles away. I could see with the very heavy gale from the S.S.E. that she would never weather the Old Head. I called my colleague out of bed, and he walked two miles to the nearest Coast Guard Station to get the life-saving apparatus. On a beach about three miles from our station, the apparatus was there awaiting the vessel to be driven ashore about midnight. Within half an hour of being ashore the vessel was fast breaking up and, sad to say, eight of the crew of 13 were drowned, mostly due to the baulks of timber from the cargo. The Kelburne was a small nearly new Coasting steamer. Her master was a Captain Ross who had been Captain of the small barque Ethel which vessel I well knew, when trading between Tasmania and London. An hour or two after the crew coming ashore, the Kelburne slipped off the rocks and sank. Her salvage was interesting. The salvage officer, Ensor by name, obtained two hulks and placed one each side, and two hawsers were placed under the Kelburne at low tide and made fast to the hulks. Within two or three hours the Kelburne rose from the bottom and slowly towed to Kinsale harbour. It was a novelty form of salvage in those days, nearly 60 years ago.” to be continued

38 Bass Point: A decade on duty Watchkeepers from the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) Station at Bass Point on the Lizard gathered recently at Mullion golf Club to honour Graham Perry, who has also served the NCI at Nare Point, for his 10-Year Long Service Award. Graham lives in Mawgan-in Meneage. NCI provides an essential service to everyone using the coast and those out at sea, including fishermen and yachtsmen, and Bass Point was the first ever station, established in 1994. The long service award was presented by Adrian Boaden, representing the Goonhilly Wind Farm Community Fund, as Guest of Honour. Bass Point Station was fortunate to be awarded two grants in 2016 totalling £6,000 from the Fund to improve the facilities at the Lookout Building. Adrian Boaden said: “The watchkeepers at Bass Point provide an important service to the walking and seafaring communities around the Lizard, often in the most difficult weather conditions. It gives me great pleasure in presenting this award to Graham Perry for his dedicated service. Bass Point Station is in the business of saving lives and I admire what they do.” Bass Point Station Manager, Peter Clements, added: “It’s hard to run a lookout like Bass Point without the help and dedication of people like Graham. We are always keen to welcome new members to the team and anyone who is interested in becoming an NCI Watchkeeper should contact me by email – [email protected].” For further information contact: Peter Clements - 07790 531857 or [email protected] Robert Wright – 01326 241208 or [email protected] Ross Durkin – 07946 738203 or [email protected] Website: https://www.nci.org.uk/stations/bass-point-qavs

39 Shaun’s Joinery 07920326229 All joinery work undertaken. Specialising in kitchens and bedrooms. [email protected] The Lizard Post Office Inland & world postal services; Euro currency in stock; Stamps; Philatelic products; Bill payments; Meter key recharging; debit cards; other currencies to order, usually next-day service; Phone top-ups; Rod licences; Postal orders; One-4-all gift vouchers & cards; Banking facilities for major U.K. banks; “Free” cash withdrawals on most U.K. MoneyGram. The Shop Comprehensive range of stationery; Gifts; Toys; Batteries; Candles; Local maps and books; Greetings cards; Souvenir tea-towels; Pens & markers; Gift wrap; Padded envelopes & packaging. Len and Lynda Trott

40 Landewednack Parish Council met on the 13th July at the READING ROOM. The Council is currently experimenting with different table formations and seating arrangements to see what is best for both the parishioners and the Council. Please let the Council have feedback on the arrangements tried so far. The Chairman welcomed a member of the Landewednack School Council to the meeting. She had come as an observer. : The Council leases Church Cove. A member of the parish said that some metal had been exposed where the concrete had been eroded and that action needed to be taken to prevent injury. The Council decided later to immediately put up a sign to warn people and then agreed to ensure they took corrective action soonest. Kynance Cove: A member of the parish expressed concern about the overflow parking from Kynance Cove. The National Trust had taken steps to improve matters by issuing leaflets and making clear when the car park was full but it was agreed that further measures were necessary. The Council agreed to write to the Trust expressing their concern. The following Planning Applications were supported PA 17/05100: New detached dwelling within existing gardens at Carn Hyr; PA 17/00543 Extensions and alterations at Pednagothollan, Penmenner Road and PA 17/04679: Retrospective application for change of use and extension of redundant building for additional holiday accommodation at The Old Bakery, Mainway. The Council asked for conditions to be attached to the approval for the Old Bakery.

41 The Council learnt that application PA17/03670: New dwelling and vehicular access at the Rectory at Church Cove had been approved and that the appeal by the applicants re PA 16/ 06178 Construction of replacement dwelling with garage at Sagres, Lighthouse Road had been dismissed. Parish Plan: The Council agreed next steps, to apply for a lottery grant and to hold a public meeting in October to tell the Parish what a Plan is, how it works and to ask people to become involved in developing it. Electoral Review of Cornwall Council: The Council agreed their response which was to recommend that 99 Councillors be retained. Signs on the Green: The Council had two requests for temporary signs to be placed on the Green. The request from the RNLI was agreed and the request from the Witchball was refused. The Asset Management Committee will now consider a policy on signs on the Green. Sign at the Recycling Centre: The Council decided to take down the Parish Council sign and to ask Cornwall Council, who run the Centre, to put up a sign with contact details. Emergency Plan: The Council heard that this is being drafted and will be brought to the September meeting for further consideration. Cornwall Community Flood Forum: The Council agreed to join this forum.

42 Police Report: In April the following crimes had been committed in the Lizard: 1 violent/sexual offence (Parc an Ithan); 1 Anti Social Behaviour (Parc Brawse) and 1 Anti Social Behaviour (Green Lane). PCSO Julia Berry has been transferred to other duties and has not currently been replaced. Double Hedge between Trethvas and Gwavas Farm: The Council heard that this had been closed for safety reasons and work is being done in conjunction with the Landowner to open it again as soon as possible. Residents Survey: This is being carried out by Cornwall Council in the next few months. Correspondence: The Council had received a range of correspondence on a number of ongoing matters which are listed in the draft minutes. Committees: The Council has formed the following Committees: Human Resources, Asset Management, Finance, Planning, Liaison. The Committees will be meeting from August onwards. Look out for the agendas on the Council noticeboard and the website. Members of the parish are welcome to attend any Committee meeting except the Human Resources Committee which, in the first instance, will be dealing with staffing matters and the public will be excluded because of the confidential nature of the business. Landewednack Parish Council next meets on September 14th at 7.30 pm at the READING ROOM. All are welcome. The draft minutes of the July meeting are on the Council noticeboard by the Bus Stop on the Green and on the website.

43 www.landewednackparishcouncil.org.uk. The Clerk is Diane Shepherd and you can ring her on 01326 290929 or 07565 350457. You can also email her on [email protected] The Council would like to hear from you! Complements, concerns, criticisms are all welcome. Let the Council know what you are thinking so they can respond and do the best they can for the Parish.

Open The Book.. Joy Prince A small group of people from The Lizard Chapel and St Wynwallow Church go into Landewednack school on Thursday mornings and to Grade Ruan school on Friday mornings to take assembly. Most of the stories we act out are taken from The Lion Story teller Bible written by Bob Hartman. We try to involve as many children as we can as helpers and they receive a certificate and sticky badge proclaiming 'I helped Open the Book'. We simply act out the story and have a conclusion which puts it in context with their lives i.e. a moral message. Although we profess our Christian faith and the children know we believe what we are saying we do not preach to them, indeed, we finish with a prayer, but ask the children if they wish to, to repeat Amen at the end. It is not compulsory. For the last few years we have put together a display of pictures drawn by the children during wet play times at school, of their favourite stories and exhibited it in the Chapel during the summer holidays. We hope to do the same again this year so if you are passing please do call in to Chapel and see their work.

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Ruan Minor Store 45 Located at the heart of the bustling village of Ruan Minor and just a short walk from the picturesque fishing village of Cadgwith, the independently owned Ruan Minor Store, Café and Post Office is a hidden gem. An established village store and Post Office, offering local produce and gifts, sourced from the surrounding area, we’ve undergone a major facelift adding a community café area for our customers and visitors.

BAKERY fresh bread and pastries DELI cured and smoked meats and baked in the store. Leggy’s pasties fish, fresh olives, Cornish cheeses delivered daily alongside goods from St. and local pickles. Keverne and Da Bara Bakery. CAFÉ homemade cakes, soup and LOCAL PRODUCE Chris Hosken sandwiches created with locally veg straight from the fields in sourced foods; served with St Piran Helford supplemented with West tea and Cornish Coffee. Country Fruit of Falmouth. COMMUNITY we hope that the café POST OFFICE free cash will become a space for everyone. If there withdrawals Euros on demand and are specific groups you would like to set other currencies to order in 24 hours. up or be part of, please come and have a chat with us. OPENING TIMES WWW.RUANMINOR.CO.UK Store 8-7 Mon - Sat; 9-4 Sun ThestoreRM Café 10-4 Mon - Sun | [email protected] 01326 290138 Post Office 9-5.30 Mon-Fri Ruan Minor, Helston, 9-12.30 Sat Cornwall, TR12 7JL

46 THE LIZARD LIFEBOAT VISITOR CENTRE NEWS Historically, August has been a busy month for the Lizard Lifeboat. August 1861 saw Lizard’s first boat, Anna Maria (1), answer the distress rockets of the schooner ‘Hurrell’ which was carrying coal from Cardiff to Penryn. Finding the crew about to abandon ship, the Anna Maria was able to tow the vessel to a safe position ‘to await a breeze’ and, as a consequence of her action, be credited with saving four lives. August 1882 saw the Anna Maria (2) assist with the safe rescue of 27 passengers from the 3200 ton steamer ‘Mosel’ which “came on to the cliffs at Bass Point at speed” on its way from Bremen to Southampton. On 31st August 1924, the 8000 ton S.S. Bardic, a White Star Liner, ran aground in fog on the Vasiler Rock, reputedly the most southerly rock in Great Britain. The ‘Frederick H. Pilley’ played a major part in saving the crew and cargo of the vessel which was eventually refloated and towed to Falmouth.

47 CAN YOU HELP PLEASE? On 25th June we had a visit from Chantelle Warrener who is currently working in Dubai, U.A.E. Whilst visiting the Lizard, Chantelle was trying to find out some information about her great, great grandmother, Elizabeth Thomas of Prospidnick, Sithney and her husband Thomas Stevens, a local fisherman and lifeboat volunteer, who she married in Helston in 1872. Chantelle told me that: “The family home is thought to have been Parvoose Cottage in Church Cove and, after Thomas’s death in 1904, Elizabeth moved to Hampstead, London with her three daughters Eliza Mary, Georgina and Annie. I believe one of Thomas’s sons, James (Jack) Stevens born in 1880, emigrated to Chicago to run a florist shop and the other sons, Thomas (born 1877) and Edward (born1886) stayed in Cornwall. Edward (known as ‘Harry’ drove the Marconi pony and trap and I am in contact with his descendants in North Cornwall.” If anyone can help Chantelle in her quest for family history please let me know and I can provide details to enable you to contact her. DAVID GASCOIGNE; VISITOR CENTRE AND SHOP MANAGER

2017 Cornwall Sports Awards: see link - Help drive Cornwall’s physical activity strategy … If you are interested then please contact me. I will send you our board recruitment pack and if you would like to also discuss further then please feel free to contact me Mike Thomas at [email protected] This opportunity remains open until Friday 25th August 2017. For further information and support on creating a campaign please contact: Natasha Howard, 01872 323347;[email protected] Alternatively take a look at our Podium Partners Downloadable guide or visit www.podiumpartners.org

48 The Lizard Lifeboat The Lizard Lifeboat launched on service shortly after midnight on Thursday 20th July following reports of an alert from a distress beacon indicating a possible person in the water. The beacon was detected by a Merlin helicopter flying in a position of 8 miles south of Lizard Point. Thankfully after a thorough search of the area nothing was found and the lifeboat had returned to station by 01.30am. The station has hosted several organised visits over the last month. Children from Class 1 at Landewednack School enjoyed a morning being shown around RNLB Rose and the station, as did youngsters from the Grade Ruan Under 5’s group. Thank you to all of the stations personnel who showed the children around during their visits. We think we have gained many more future crew members as a result of their time in the station and aboard Rose! The first summer fund raising event of the season takes place on Sunday 30th July with the stations annual Lifeboat Fete in The Lizard Football field from 12 noon. This is always a lovely afternoon despite whatever the weather may bring! This event is closely followed by the Big Breakfast on Saturday 12th August from 8.30am in Landewednack School and Lifeboat Day at Kilcobben Cove on Sunday 20th August. The crew and shore crew continue to carry out their weekly exercise training sessions on a Tuesday evening. Visitors are most welcome to watch the lifeboat launch at 6.30pm. Up to date information, photographs and events including details on the RNLI’s Respect the Water campaign can be found on the station’s website, Facebook and Twitter pages. Lyndsay Bray Lifeboat Press Officer The Lizard Lifeboat Station – 01326 290451

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Tuesday Market Every week from 10am - 11.30am, in The Reading Room. Lots of different stalls, weekly raffle; tea/coffee and toast/ tea-cake. Bring your friends and find a bargain!

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51 The Old Cider Barn Arts and Crafts Centre Predannack, Helston TR12 7AU Phone no: 01326 241309 Open 11 am - 5 pm daily; Dogs Welcome In our three large rooms we stock a wide range of ciders, fruit wines and meads, sparkling wine, liqueurs and local ales plus Helford Creek apple juice; homemade delicious jams, chutneys, curds, fudge, Cornish sea salt and a special artisan malt vinegar. Our gallery has many paintings and works of art by local artists, showing the wealth of talent in and around The Lizard. Gifts such as unique pieces of silver jewellery, turned wood, pottery, fabric crafts, candles and soaps, plus something for the kids. Also come and see our large range of Bric/Brac and collectables. We are very easy to find; look out for the GIANT APPLES Free tasting: Cider, Country Wines & Mead

52 Landewednack School & The Little Lizards Nursery A very busy summer term at Landewednack School and Little Lizards has drawn to a close. Sports Day at the school was finally able to take place after two attempts due to bad weather. A super afternoon of athletics and sporting events was held on the school field with teams Housel Bay and Polpeor being crowned joint champions. Junior children staged their annual summer production “Treasure Island” to packed audiences in the school hall. Directed by teacher Judith Green, our summer play is always a real highlight of the summer term enjoyed by family and friends. Youngsters in Little Lizards held their own Sports Day followed by a picnic lunch on the field. The children have also recently visited Newton Equestrian Centre in Mullion where they were able to ride the horses and see the stables they live in. The children even helped muck out the stables! We bid a fond farewell to our year 6 children who have left us to join secondary school in September. We all wish Amy, Cole, Poppy, Ethan, Dannen, Mathew, Ryan, Ben, Beth, Anna, Anna, Joe, Gent, Honor, Luci, Jennifer, Gabriella, Daisy and Joshua the very best of luck in their new schools. We will miss them all but at the same time look forward to welcoming our new Reception children who will be joining us from Little Lizards next term. Little Lizards are hosting their annual Summer Holiday Club again from Thursday 27th July – Friday 31st August please call 01326 290066 for more information and to book your child a place.

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The children return to school and Little Lizards for the beginning of the Autumn Term on Wednesday 6th September. Everyone at Landewednack School and Little Lizards would like to wish everyone a safe and happy summer holiday – with lots of sunshine we hope! Lyndsay Bray Landewednack School: 01326 290337; Little Lizards Nursery: 01326 290066 www.landewednack.cornwall.sch.uk

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56 56 All contributions/adverts for Lizard Lives please email to: [email protected] or drop into Chapel House. Sue: 290045 Would you like an advert in Lizard Lives? £20 - full page: £10 - half page: £5 - quarter page: £2 - three lines. Deadline - 20th of each month. Parish Website: http://www.landewednackparishcouncil.org.uk/

Summer Ice-Scream Special If you dare, join us at the Lizard Lighthouse for one of our Ice-Scream Events. Ghostly Tales tours on Thursday evenings July 27th, August 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th 7pm -9pm This includes a ghostly tales tour (tales from lighthouse keeper’s logbooks), access to Heritage Centre, and building your own premium ice cream sundae. Tickets are a spooky £13 each with a less scary discount rate of £10 for international lighthouse passport holders. Booking essential. Spaces limited and on a first come, first served basis. For further details and for terms & conditions visit: www.trinityhouse.co.uk Tel:01326290202 Don Reynolds

57 5 Vintage Car Rally 14 Cadgwith Cove Inn 6 Wanted/ For Sale 15 Camping 7 Meadowsweet - by Debra 23 Chenpump 8 Tickle your Fancy? 24 Christophers 9 Did you Know? - Gannets 51 Cider Barn Arts & Crafts 10 - 11 Angelic Wedding Guests 21 Crafty Slice 12 - 13 Grants 6 Dog Walker 15 The Well; 9 Duke Stone 16 Quiz 35 Franchis Holiday Homes 19 Nat. Trust Events 20 Galleon Fish and Chips 20 Art & Craft Exhibition 20 Glass Studio Mungo Lils 21 Children’s Services 17 Helston Physio 25 Flower Festival; Kernow 21 Last Stop Tackle Shop Scouting/Guiding Event 55 Little Big Gig 26 Lizard District Guiding 26 Lizard Adventure 27 Brownies; Cubs/Scouts 29 Lizard Football Club 30 - 31 Lizard Argyle 56 Lizard Lighthouse 32 - 33 Improvement Fund 39 Lizard Post Office 34 Polpeor Artists 9 Mermaids Secret 36 - 37 Signal Station Pt 2 22 Mounts Bay Inn 38 Bass Point 16 Mullion Flowers 40 - 43 Parish Council 17 Mullion Mechanics 43 Open The Book 17 Norbert Varga Electrician 46 - 47 Lifeboat Centre 34 Pure Bliss 47 Sports Award/Get Active 45 Ruan Minor Store 48 - 49 Lizard Lifeboat 54 Samvado 49 Tuesday Market 39 Shaun’s Joinery 50 Lifeboat Fun Day 33 Slimming World 52 - 53 Landewednack 54 Susie Breeze School and Little Lizards 28 The Top House 58 Carnival 16 Tonkin Funeral 39 Airport Transfers 23 Village Restaurant 51 Atlantic Forge 44 Wavecrest 6 Bare Feet 18 The Witchball

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