Management Plan 2014 - 2019 Tamar Valley AONB Tamar Valley Centre Cemetery Road Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9FE 01822 835030
[email protected] www.tamarvalley.org.uk AONB Management Plan 2014 - 2019 Valley Tamar A vibrant, dynamic, living landscape Photography All photographs are taken from the Tamar Valley AONB archives: Ted Giffords, Chris Chapman, Barry Gamble, Simon Burt, Okeltor Boathouse and the Tamar Valley AONB Team Production Tamar Valley AONB Team with the support of the Tamar Valley AONB Partnership. Design Rebecca Lumbis, Tamar Valley AONB Print Latimer Trend, www.latimertrend.co.uk The quotes at the beginning of each chapter are drawn from a community activity - ‘Diarykeepers’ - run by Anne-Marie Culhane for the AONB in 2012 as part of the Interreg IVa project Cordiale. During June of that year, Tamar Valley residents were asked to write a daily diary reflecting on the one thing that had struck them that day, limiting themselves to only a few lines. Almost 90 people took part, including two school groups. ‘Diarykeepers’ was inspired by the diaries of Joe Snell, a St Dominick market gardener who wrote one line everyday (except on Sundays) for 24 years from 1914. The 2012 diaries not only provide an insight into people’s lives in the Valley today (most entries commented on the awful unseasonable weather), but provide a fascinating contrast with life in the Valley 100 years ago. ‘Started cherry picking, full hands’ – Joe Snell, June 29 1914 “I have never seen so many natural beauties in such a limited spot as I have seen here.” The artist, J.M.W.