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trio Stratton Sally Photo: The Port Isaac, Port Gaverne & Trelights Newsletter July 2014 No: 353 60p This issue Village Hall News - p3 Doc Martin Fund Meeting - p3 New book- p4 Dragon Boat Racing - p4 Poppy Workshop - p5 Celtic Singers Concert - p5 Port Isaac Chorale WW1 Concert - p5 Parish Council - p6 Birthday Thankyou - p6 Henry the Hoover - p6 PISCES - p7 National Trust - p8 Carnival News - p9 Dumball Rally - p10 Schoolchat- p11 Stay & Playgroup - p 12 Pentus wall repairs - p12 FestiFool- p12 Music at St Endellion - p12 Church News - p13 RNLI News - p14&15 St Endellion Climate Friendly Parish - p16 Tintagel Orpheus Choir - p16 Cooking with Martin - p17 The Big Run results - p18 BOAT FOR SALE CLASSIFIEDS Fibreglass, 12ft 9ins, oars, rowlocks log on to needs minor repairs, kept in Port Isaac garage www.thisisnorthcornwall Garage with Road/Beach trailer approx 5yrs old and winch urgently good condition - £450 Trio is issued eleven times a year and is available in Secrets and the Co-op, required Tel: Jonathan Larkin - 07769 933668 Port Isaac, or by post - £21 a year in the UK To subscribe please send a cheque, made Young family living in payable to Trio, Calenia, 3 Trewetha Lane, Port Isaac requires long Port Isaac, Cornwall PL29 3RN term garage let for To advertise in Trio telephone family car 01208 880905 References are available Published by Sam & Dee Littlechild Tel: 01208 880905 Please phone Gavin on email: [email protected] 07939119673 The publisher does not necessarily hold or 01208 880947 the same views as those expressed by or email contributors and reserves the right to [email protected] refuse or alter material supplied. 2 The Doc Martin Fund There will be a meeting in the Church Rooms on Wednesday July 9th at 7.30pm An update on the fund will be given and we have invited one of the Administrators of the FEAST charity, which allocates grants to various arts projects in Cornwall, to talk to us about their procedure for granting funds. Insight into this process and organisation we feel,will be very helpful to us as Trustees and to those organisations wanting money. Do come along if you are interested. All are welcome! Chris Bannister singing the songs of John Denver Coming to Port Isaac Village Hall on Tuesday August 12th Port Isaac Village Hall Wednesday August 27th Tickets available to reserve by phoning or texting Sarah on 07973 802637 PORT ISAAC VILLAGE HALL “A Song to Die raising funds Hire Rates for the Hall For” NON-PROFIT MAKING PARISH CLUBS/ORGANISATIONS/ GROUPS/ A ‘fun’ night out for all the family … ASSOCIATIONS etc, FUNDRAISING EVENTS, CHILDREN’S PARTIES (age 10 and under) - £5 per hour - £50 for Watch a murder plot unfold before your very eyes 24 hrs listen carefully - the clues are there … GENERAL USERS/COMMERCIAL EVENTS - £8 per hour - £100 for 24hrs Question the cast - view the murder scene For full details or to make a booking contact the Hall's Bookings Secretary, choose your suspect - win yourself a prize!! Julia Routledge, on 01208 880142 or email her [email protected] Entry £5 (£3 for children) - tickets Your Hall for available from secrets or on the door YOU to Use www.portisaacvillagehall.co.uk 3 All aboard for a second adventure! For all those youngsters – and mums, back to the dads and grandparents - who joined grindstone to Will, Fisherman Jack and their dog, spend the winter Connie on their first adventure aboard working on the the Mary D last autumn, the moment pictures for a third has finally arrived to don their life- book next year!” jackets, swallow their Kwells and set David's comment sail aboard the Port Isaac fishing boat on that: "Well, if once more. The second book in the the children enjoy series, The Mary D and the Puffins hits looking at the the shops this month with Will, his dad illustrations as and his dog on an important mission to much I’ve enjoyed try to catch the thieves who are drawing them then stealing the puffins’ eggs on Lundy they’ll certainly Island. With the puffin population on have a lot of fun.” the island at risk of being wiped out completely, can this intrepid trio stop the robbers and safeguard the puffins’ future? Dragon Boat Racing The Mary D and the Whale, the first book in this series written by local authors Anne Worrall and Tanya Banks and illustrated by almost-local artist David Webster (whose pictures have been on sale in Secrets for the past six years), came out in September of last year and is now in its second edition. (Those of you lucky enough to have purchased a First Edition are advised to take good care of it as it may be worth a fortune one day.) The stories were inspired by the experiences of Port Isaac fisherman, Cal Greenhalgh when out at sea in his boat, the Mary one event you won’t AugustAugust D, catching crabs & lobsters for the want to miss ndnd && rdrd family business, Fresh from the Sea. 22 33 Based on real-life events and characters, the stories aim not only to Dragon Boat Racing is coming to Port Isaac engage and entertain children but also This is your chance to take part in this exclusive event. You will need a team to teach them something about what of not less than 16 and no more than 20. Team entry is £300 + VAT. Teams will be expected to raise sponsorship either for our chosen charities - the life at sea is like. David’s meticulously RNLI and Children's Hospice South West - or you can raise money for your detailed illustrations add to the realism own group/charity. Sponsorship forms as well as entry forms are ready now. and invite children to keep coming Call me on the number below to collect yours. back to them again and again, finding new things every time. You will get full training and life jackets will be provided for each team member. Teams are guaranteed a minimum of three races. There will be “We’ve been thrilled and delighted by medals and trophies for the winning teams. the way the first book has taken off,” This is a great event for friends, groups, charities or corporate team building. says author, Tanya who is also a local We can ensure you that each and every team member will have fun. teacher. “The children love the fact that You can even boost the name of your company/brand with one of our it’s set in a real place, that Will’s a real advertising packages. boy and that they can go down to Port For more details on how to enter or for more information on Isaac harbour and see the real Mary D advertising please call 07875212329 on the beach.” “Yes,“ adds co-author, Anne, “We’re optimistic that this Don't let this one pass. Do you really want to be the one standing on the second story will be even more popular beach saying how much you wished you had entered? than the first. Then we can send David Get your team together and ring us today. 4 STOP PRESS … The Blooming Great Coffee Morning organised by Annie Philp & Janet Chadband in the Village Hall on Friday June 27th raised the staggering sum of £526.05 for Marie Curie Cancer Care Poppy Exhibition in St Peter’s Church & community workshop There has been a great response to the request for your poppy creations for the exhibition in St Peters Church on Tuesday 15th July. This is being organised by Port Isaac Chorale to commemorate the soldiers who served in the First World War and remember them through song and poetry. Several people have paintings and drawings which are larger or smaller than the size specified in last months Trio and these are perfectly acceptable as the more we can display the better. If you can write clearly on a piece of card attached to the back of your work your name, contact number, price (only if you would like to sell your work ) 10% will go to the British Legion plus any Information or story you feel is relevant eg it was painted by an older resident of Port Isaac. If you could deliver your ‘poppies’ to St Peter’s Church on Wednesday July 9th at 11am they will be exhibited for you . For those who would like to be involved but don't want to exhibit a single piece of work, a community art workshop will take place on Saturday July 5th in the garden of Thorn House, Port Isaac from 10.30am-12.30pm. There will be a small charge of £3 per person to cover materials. Please wear scruffy clothes as it will be big and messy, but good fun! For further details about this please contact Caroline Cleave on 0796 6501156. 5 5 7 Parish Council report supplied to Trio by the Parish Clerk You may notice a slight change to the way your Parish Council Report looks, and reads. Following the sad death of your Parish Clerk and my friend, Elizabeth, I have now taken up the post of Clerk/RFO to the council. I have been Clerk to St Teath Parish Council for the past six years, Clerk to Lesnewth Parish Meeting for one year, and have stood in as Acting Clerk to Camelford Town Council whilst another colleague was off sick. I live not Thank you far away, just outside Delabole, I am married to John and have one grown up daughter, I"would"like"to"say"the"biggest"thank" twin Grandsons, three cocker spaniels, and have spent the greatest part of my working life in local government.