February at 7.30Pm Tresmeer Village Hall DRAFT AGENDA

February 2015

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4 Editorial February 2015 After the festivities of Christmas and the New Year we seem to have lived under a dripping grey blanket for weeks making one long to hibernate. This year we have had some lovely clear frosty days and a dramatic night of thunder, lightening, snow and hail, accompanied by power cuts and the loss of phone and internet. We do have two festivals to look forward to, Valentine’s Day and Pancake Day. Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday does not quite match the exuberance of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) and Carnival (Flesh Farewell) as seen in many Catholic coun- tries throughout Europe and Latin America. The origins of Pancake Day are very old. It was a weeklong Slav festival, to encourage the god of fertility and springtime to tri- umph over the evil spirits of cold and darkness. Pancakes were hot and round and symbolised the sun and the first one cooked was put in a window. On the last day the pancakes were burnt in a bonfire as an offering to the gods. This became transformed in Christian times to a last day of indulgence before the fast- ing of Lent, rich foods such as eggs were all used up before being forbidden. In England there are pancake races and at St Columb Major the unique Hurling of the Silver Ball. Cornish Hurling has resemblances to rugby but is unique to Cornwall. Not quite as exciting as carnival in Venice or Rio! So when you toss those pancakes imagine yourself in Venice or Rio and banish those winter blues!

6 Parish Council The next Parish Council meeting is Monday 9th February 7.30 in the village hall. We are delighted for members of the public to attend. The Parish Council James Leaney (781552), Fenella Wojnarowska (781319), Harold Walters (781339), Sharon Austin (781827), Pe- ter Turner (781808) and Philip Stephenson Parish Clerk (773078) or [email protected]) Closing of St Nicholas A letter received from the Archdeacon of Bodmin concerning the closure of St Nicholas was discussed. The following reply from the Parish Council was drafted: The closure of St Nicholas, Tresmeer Parish Church was discussed at our Parish Council meeting on Monday 12th January. We very much regret this, as it is much loved by the parishioners. Moreover St Nicholas is a beautiful church and is Grade II* listed. We do however understand the reasons for doing this, and hope that as previously it may re-open in the future. We are anxious to know what provision has been made to preserve and maintain the church and the grave- yard. Footpaths It was discussed how the Cross Compliance for the Single Farm Payments lays emphasis on the maintenance of footpaths and preservation of access to the footpaths. It is hoped that this will make restora- tion of the local footpaths easier. The Parish Council agreed to help Cornwall Council with signposting on the footpath to Tremaine. Tresmeer Parish Council Meeting, Monday 9th February at 7.30pm Tresmeer Village Hall DRAFT AGENDA. Chairman’s opening remarks. Apologies for absence. 2.0 Member’s declarations of interest in matters on this meeting agenda. 3.0. Minutes of the meeting of 12th January 2015. 4.0. Matters arising from the minutes not included elsewhere on the agenda. 5.0 Planning applications 6.0. Accounts/financial matters: balance at bank. 7.0. Correspondence & invitations 8.0. Parish matters. 9.0. Parish & Neighbourhood Plan. 11.0. Footpaths

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7 Poetry Corner This month Poetry corner brings you two poems. They were both written in the Seventeenth Century about the same time by two different poets. Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was something of a child prodigy producing accomplished verse at the age of 10. He was highly regarded on his day not least by the King Charles 11nd. Drinking is his amusing celebration of what was in Cromwell’s England a vice. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) was known more for his politics than his writing. He was an MP for Hull, first opposing Cromwell and then becoming an admirer. He was a brilliant political satirist and wrote on a wide variety of subjects including this, The Fair Singer. Most of his poetry was published after his death by his housekeeper who claimed to have been his wife.

Drinking (Abraham Cowley) The fair singer (Andrew Marvell)

The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, To make a final conquest of all me, And drinks and gapes for drink again; Love did compose so sweet an enemy, The plants suck in the earth, and are In whom both beauties to my death agree, With constant drinking fresh and fair; Joining themselves in fatal harmony; That while she with her eyes my heart does The sea itself (which one would think bind, Should have but little need of drink) She with her voice might captivate my Drinks ten thousand rivers up, mind. So filled that they o’erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess I could have fled from one but singly fair: By’s drunken fiery face no less) My disentangled soul itself might save, Drinks up the sea, and when he’s done, Breaking the curled trammels of her hair, The Moon and Stars drink up the Sun: But how should I avoid to be her slave, They drink and dance by their own light, Whose subtle art invisibly can wreathe They drink and revel all the night: My fetters of the very air I breathe? Nothing in Nature’s sober found, But an eternal health goes round. It has been easy fighting in some plain, Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high, Where victory might hang in equal choice; Fill all the glasses there – for why But resistance against her is vain, Should every creature drink but I? Who has the advantage both of eyes and Why, man of morals, tell me why? voice; And all my forces needs must be undone, She having gained both the wind and the sun.

8 Cottage Farm If anyone had told us in 2004 that we’d now be farming in Cornwall, we wouldn’t have believed them. We lived near Sevenoaks, Kent, and my husband, Paul, ran a market re- search agency - we had no plans to move. But by the end of that year we became aware of the predicted effects of climate change and the energy crisis, and how they would af- fect our way of life. So within a month, we made a huge, life-changing decision - we would sell up, move to the country, buy a farm, keep animals, grow our own food, use renewable energy and become as self-sufficient as possible. When we told our friends, half said we were mad; half said we were brave, but I preferred mad since brave made it sound far too serious an undertaking. We decided to move to Cornwall where we thought farms would be more affordable, and there was plenty of wind for a wind turbine and sun for solar panels that would be essential for our new way of life. The trouble was we knew nothing about farming. How much land would we need? What animals would we keep? How do you actually look after farm animals and farmland? Soon after we started looking at farms, we had the luck to find a course called ‘Cows for Beginners’. It really was for beginners, and we learnt all the basics - theoretical at least - about keeping beef cattle. Eventually we moved to Cottage Farm in Jacobstow in August 2005. A flock of Suffolk sheep came with the farm, and we decided to establish a herd of Red Rubies. Our neighbours, dairy farmers, kept a Red Ruby bull and sold us their Ruby cross calves to get us started. The same neighbours have been so generous with their time and advice and it is from them we have learnt most of the practical aspects of farming. During the first year we decided to go into organic conversion with Organic Farmers & Growers and changed our breed of sheep to Wiltshire Horn, a breed that sheds its short fleece and is less susceptible to fly strike - great for organic farming. Our animals are reared almost exclusively on grass with minimal use of supplementary fodder, following a high welfare regime. And we have introduced a meat box scheme under the name of Cottage Farm Organics, supplying our local community and nationwide customers with fresh beef and lamb boxes – including a few in Tresmeer. We have also gradually con- verted to renewable energy - including solar thermal tubes, a wood burner, a heat store for hot water, PV panels, a wind turbine, and a borehole – and all the wood is from the farm. In ad- dition, we also produce our own 100% bio-diesel from waste vegetable oil to run our car, Lan- drover and farm tractor.

10 Parish Council (Continued) Minutes of a meeting of Tresmeer Parish Council held on Monday 8th December 2014 at Tresmeer Village Hall beginning at 7.30pm. Present: Cllrs P Turner, H Walter, J Leaney and Mrs S Austin. Chairman’s opening remarks. Cllr P Turner in the Chair, welcomed all present and thanked them for attend- ing. 119/12/14. Apologies for absence: Cllr Mrs F Wojnarowska 120/12/14. Member’s declarations of interest in matters on this meeting agenda. There were none. 121/12/14. Minutes of the meetings of 10th November 2014 were approved and signed. 122/12/14. Matters arising from the minutes not included elsewhere on the agenda. a. Tremaine - noisy wind turbine. The problem continues. Following the last meeting the noise had been reported to the CC Environmental Department and an environmental protection officer had undertaken to contact the owner. b. St Nicholas’ notice board. – nothing to report. 123/12/14. Planning. Nothing to report.. 124/12/14. Accounts/financial matters. – Balance: £4148.27 Cheques. Clerks fee: £120.00. WW1 printing expenses: £43.20. Helping Hands invoice £125.00. Cheques yet to be issued. 125/12/14. 2015 Precept. After discussion it was proposed from the Chair and agreed that the precept for 2015/2016 be held at the current level of £3500 and that the Precept Request Form be returned to Cornwall council. It was noted that the Council tax support grant would be £361.87; 15% less than in 2014. 126/12/14. Correspondence & invitations. A temporary Road Closure Proposal was noted. The Community network Panel - Tues 9th December 2014 members were reminded of the new venue; St Bre- ward Village Hall at 7pm. Newquay Airport plans and viability proposals available for inspection at a public event 30/11/14 and 01/12/2014. Young People Cornwall. The charity had requested a donation. Deferred. 127/12/114. Woodland Trust. The tress had been planted and the setting looks good. Additional trees are available. This was thought unnecessary. 128/12/14. Parish & Neighbourhood Plan. Further information unlikely before spring. 129/12/14. Footpaths. Improvements: Encouraging possibilities but no firm news is expected till the New Year. The agreed programme of maintenance is progressing satisfactorily.130/12/14. Next meeting. 12/01/2015.

Cottage Farm (Continued) As a result, after nearly ten years, Cottage Farm has become an organic, sustainable, re- silient, carbon-sink farm powered by renewable energy with near zero use of fossil fuel, and, as far as we can find out, is one of the first in the country. Paul has been invited to give presentations about our way of farming at various national conferences and even to MPs in Parliament. In 2011 our efforts to farm in a sustainable way were recognised when Paul was runner up in the BBC’s Food and Farming Awards Farmer of the Year category. The latest venture is establishing the Food for Bude Assembly (www.thefoodassembly.com). It’s effectively an on-line supermarket exclusively for local food from local producers, with weekly collections at Rosie’s Kitchen, Crooklets Beach, Bude.We will soon have been here for ten years, and the time has flown by. We love living here - learning so much and making lots of good friends - and have never regretted the sudden life-changing decision that resulted in us becoming, if not Cornish farmers, then at least farmers in Cornwall……….Celia Sousek (www.CottageFarmOrganics.co.uk)

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12 What’s on Regular Events in the Village Hall:

Mondays: Dog training: puppies 1pm-2pm, improvers 2-3pm (01566 77589) Tuesdays: Line Dancing £3.50 (01409 261120) Wednesdays: Old Tyme Dance Club 7.30pm Wednesdays: Adventurers club 3.15 to 5.15pm for primary school children. Phone Rachel Bate 781429 Fridays: Youth club 7.30 to 9.30pm Phone Rachel Bate 781429 Other events: Also see page 30….Village Hall Events Monday 9th February: Parish Council meeting in the village hall at 7.30pm Saturday 21st February Jumble sale in the village hall at 2pm. Nippy Chippy dates are: Jan 29th. Feb 26th. March 26th. April 30th. May 28th. June 25th.

There will be NO Burger van this month or for the foreseeable future.

Saturday 14th March Carn to Cove “Salt Roads” 7.30pm in the Village Hall. (See main write up on page 28 “Village Hall”). This is an evening of entertain- ment for all so come and enjoy.

Police Surgery here at Tresmeer Village Shop on Wednesday 18th 2.30 pm till 4pm. PC SO30526 Laura Smith will be in attendance to answer any questions or help with any issues. Please contact Laura on 01566 771419 or e-mail [email protected] Fantastic….three community minded youngsters who have taken the trouble to go out and pick up litter in and around Tres- meer. Here at the Ga- zette we applaud them for their efforts. Well done.

13 Tresmeer Film Review

WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY 

Doug (David Tennant) and Abi (Rosamund Pike) and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's (Billy Connolly) birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability. Although looking like an advert for the Scottish Tourist Board this film is a de- light and will make you both laugh and cry.

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Out of the Darkness. A short story in two parts, by Lucille Opie. “Melanie – Melanie! Can you hear me? Answer me, - please,” pleaded Hilary. But the girl lying on the bed didn’t move. In disbelief Hilary stared at her young sister, appalled. She hardly recognised the skeleton of a girl lying in the foetal position in a pool of her own vomit, her once glorious golden locks a matted mess. It was ob- vious that she was in a narcotic state and it would probably be several hours before she woke. As two nurses walked smartly towards the bed Hilary heard her name being gently called by the accompanying policeman who had brought her to identify the patient. “You can identify her as your sister then Miss? I am sorry you have to see her looking like this, but take heart she is in the best place. The nurses and doctors are wonderful. I shall be obliged if you will accompany me to the police station now so we may get some details about her. Its’ only a few minutes down the road, then one of our cars will take you home afterwards.” “But I can’t leave her now, I’ve been searching for her for six months,“ she said pleadingly to the approaching nurses, but they both shook their heads. The staff nurse saying, “She is in good hands and is safe, but we doubt if you will be able to see her for some time, she will be taken to the detox unit where she will not be allowed visitors. You will be able to keep in touch with the unit and when she is ready it will be very important for you to be in close contact.” An hour later a police car pulled up outside the front door of Hilary’s flat in Ful- ham, the same flat Melanie had shared with her during her first term at London University. She couldn’t sleep. She made herself some tea and sat in a chair going over and over the evening. Police sergeant Tommy Hills had explained where she had been found but that there had been no identification. An ambulance had been called to take her to the nearest hospital. The Fulham police had called Hilary several times that day but she was working. She had reported Melanie missing six months previously and visited the station often to see if there was any news. Hilary had returned from work that evening and, switching on the local six o’clock news she heard the appeal. Her hand shook with emo- tion as she dialled the police number given. She was asked if she would go to the Royal Free hospital to identify the woman. A police car would call and take her there and bring her back home. Hilary spent the night tossing and turning, sleep was impossible. It was wonderful that she was found but Hilary was devastated that her wonderfully vibrant, attractive happy go lucky, clever young sister could have sunk to such a level. Who had she disappeared with, surely not on her own? Where had she disappeared to? And, what did she live on? So many questions and the answers would not be forthcoming very soon; in fact it could be months before they were answered!...... to be continued next month.

15 Puzzle Page Down 1. Transported (7) 2. Emblem (5) 3. Tropical bird (6) 4. Mistake (5) 5. Dependable follower (7) 6. Go in (5) 8. Magnitude relation (5) 13. Reinforcement (7) 15. Reasoned judgment (5) 16. Musical passage (7) 17. Opportunity (6) 18. Part of a church (5) 19. Ahead of time (5) 21. Obviate (5)

Across Save your crossword answers 1. Floorshow (7) to win a prize. You will need 4. Spooky (5) 7. Detection device (5) five puzzles all answered cor- 9. Vertical (7) rectly. You can then submit 10. Inactivity (7) them to the editor for your 11. Measuring implement prize. (5) 12. Dictator (6) 14. Ecclesiastic (6) 18. Copious (5) 20. Drawn (7) 22. Pouch worn with a kilt (7) 23. Diadem (5) 24. Admittance (5) 25. Spiny anteater (7) Solutions to December’s Suduko

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th 60 School Reunion He was a widower and she was a widow. They had known each other for a number of years being high school classmates and having attended class reunions in the past without fail. This 60th anniversary of their class, the widower and the widow made a four- some with two other singles. They has a wonderful evening their spirits high. The widower throwing admiring glances across the table. The widow smiling coyly back at him. Finally he picked up the courage to ask her “will you marry me?” After about six seconds of careful consideration, she answered, “yes,………..yes I will.” The evening ended on a happy note for the widower. But the next morning he was troubled. Did she say “yes”, or did she say “no?” He couldn’t remember. Try as he could he just could not recall. He went over the conversation of the previous evening, but his mind was blank. He remembered asking the question but for the life of him he could not recall her response. With fear and trepidation he picked up the phone and called her. First he explained the he couldn’t remember as well as he used to. Then he re- viewed the past evening. As he gained a little more courage he then inquired of her, “when I asked if you would marry me, did you say “yes” or did you say “no?” “Why you silly man, I said Yes. Yes I will. And I meant it with all my heart.” The widower was delighted. He felt his heart skip a beat. Then she continued. “And I am so glad you called because I couldn’t remember who asked me!”

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You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice. I told my girlfriend I had a job in a bowling alley. She said "Tenpin?" I said, "No, it's a permanent job. A lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a trainload of terrapins, what a turtle disaster. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

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BRAISED RED CABBAGE 1 medium red cabbage 1 large onion 1 large cooking apple 4 tbsp vinegar 4 tbsp demerera sugar Few sultanas (optional)

Remove outer leaves and stalk from red cabbage and shred finely. Place in large saucepan. Add the peeled and sliced apple and sliced onion. Stir in the sugar and vinegar. Add a handful of sultanas if wanted. Cover with close-fitting saucepan lid and simmer on a low heat for at least an hour. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking but there should be sufficient liquid to keep it moist. Serve when cabbage is tender. This will often taste even better the next day when reheated for a further half hour. Food for thought: Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than to have a banquet in a house full of trouble.

Rabbiting On At this time of year we like to be cosy and warm with the central heating turned up, but it is also necessary to ensure that our pet rabbits are protected from the weather too. Although rabbits cope with the cold better than they do with extreme heat, they will be much more prone to illness if they are allowed to get wet or very cold. If in an outside hutch, make sure it is positioned against a wall or hedge that will protect it from Firewood for sale the wind. Put plenty of hay in the bedroom compartment so they can make a cosy “form” to sleep on. Also provide lots of hay to nibble cut and split to on. Wrap cloth or newspaper around their drinking bottles to keep them from freezing and change the water daily. Cover the hutch and your any attached run with tarpaulin as a barrier against cold and damp. Make extra warm by requirements. adding an old duvet underneath the tarpaulin. An even better alternative is to keep your bun- nies inside a shed – either in their hutch or in a Telephone purpose-built pen. Not only will they be better protected, but it will also be more comfortable for you when feeding and cleaning them out. R Palmer For lots of information and advice about all aspects of keeping rabbits, check out the website 01566 775672 JB. www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk

26 Henry’s story continued…………..

Anyway to return to Dublin having completed our exercises around the British Isles, and being satisfied with the condition of the new ship we had commissioned, we were sent to Malta. During all this period, that is 1911-1912 there existed the suspi- cion that Germany was building her fleet to compete with the strength of ours. I was four years based in Malta, and we exten- sively toured the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Athens, visit- ing nearly every available port that existed in the Mediterra- nean, Spain, France, Italy, the Adriatic, the Greek Archipelago, Alexandra, Egypt and all along the North African Coast, in fact the British Flag was shown where ever possible. All these places were like miniature Blackpool’s, huge hotels, fish and chips, ice cream, beer, etc, etc. The peace and beauty all destroyed by commercialisa- tion. Malta in those days was very impoverished and depended for its living on work provided by the Navy; the men were employed in coaling the ships, not a pleasant job, but in those days they could not pick and choose, after all their job was not as bad as the stokers of the ships, who were down in the bunkers nearly choked with coal dust, trimming the coal back and stacking it up to roof level in temperatures of nearly ninety degrees. All our fresh vegetables were purchased from the Maltese, what little there was, most of it went to the officers. There was a huge trade ashore derived from the thousands of sailors who landed there day by day, the taverns doing a great trade supplying the men with staggering juice, (the term used for beer). Besides all this there was the buying of souvenirs, women’s undergarments which were trimmed with Maltese lace locally made, perfume and so on. Altogether Malta was very dependent on the Royal Navy. That of course has all altered today; no more Maltese driving a herd of goats into the town to milk them outside each house into a half clean jam jar. We were not allowed to drink this milk, all our milk coming from tins. During this time we were approaching 1914. I was still in Malta when the war started; the fleet was already prepared for action, and immediately put to sea hoping to contact two very modern and efficient German ships, a battle cruiser and a light cruiser. They were the Geoben and the Breslau. We knew they were somewhere in the straits of Messina, the fleet made every effort to trap and sink these two ships, but owing to an emergency signal from the French troops crossing the Mediterranean and demanding British protection for the convoy, we were diverted with some of our fleet for that purpose, thereby leaving a gap in our encirclement of the two German ships, who immediately took advantage of this opportunity and made their escape travelling at full speed eastwards. The Dublin and Gloucester, whose captains were brothers by the name of Kelly, were detailed to follow the two German ships and attack them if opportunity fa- voured. There were also with us two destroyers namely Bulldog and Beagle. These came up on the German ships, it was midnight, it was dark and we had every intention of attacking them, but unfortunately owing to a tube bursting in the boiler of one of the destroyers causing a flame to shoot out of her funnel, which betrayed our presence and made the Germans think that the fleet was there. They made off at high speed and we lost them in the darkness. We eventually discovered they had entered the Dardanelles and anchored off neutral Constantinople, now Istanbul. Any warship at war entering a neutral port was allowed to stay there for forty eight hours and if not complying with regulations the country sheltering her became involved in the war. The refusal of the German to leave forced Turkey to declare war on the Allies. The armament of the Ger- man ships was dismantled and set up to defend Constantinople, the guns being placed along the banks of the Dardanelles to defend them against the invasion which we had threatened. In 1914 Von Saunders was the man in charge there and he declared after a few months that the Dardanelles were impregnable, and it wasn’t until February 1915 that any move was made to land there. The landing was eventually made with a vast number of troops that had accumulated on the island of Mudros, and they were all colo- nials.

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