Your free magazine — please take one MYLOR MAGAZINE August 2015
Serving the whole community
Mylor Magazine mylormaga- [email protected] Published by: Mylor and Flushing Community Publications Trustees: Chris Perkins (Chairman) John Symons (Parish Council) Revd Jeffrey James (secretary)
Nicholas Trefusis Joint Editors: John & Celia Savage 01326 617847 Deputy Editor & Advertising: Pat Willmore 01326 372168 Photography: Geoff Adams 01326 374197 Treasurer: Andy Goodman 01326 373530 Editorial Team: Judy Menage Roger Deeming Wendy Fowler Terry Chapman
Margaret Whysall
Publication date is nominally the 1st of the month Deadline date for copy is now 10th of previous month
Advertising in Mylor Magazine Rates (per issue): Colour: Full A5 page £45, Half page £25. B/W: Full page £20, Half page £12, Quarter page £8. See also page51.
Cover: Golden Lilies, photo by Geoff Adams
2 Contents 4 Vicar’s letter 17 Flower Club 5 Church notes 18 Trefusis Singers 6 Church & Chapel news 18 Mylor Movies 8 Parish Council report 21 Creative Writing 12 Lunch Club 21 Flushing Arts concert 12 Parish Plan Update 23 Health and Fitness - Sun Care 13 Cycling for Macmillan 25 More About - Jane Moss 13 Christmas Lights Market 26 Centre Spread - Sea Sunday 13 WI 28 Local History— School Fire 14 Garden Club 32 Wildwatch - The Perseids 16 Mylor Surgery News 38 On the water - Summer at Mylor 16 Landerio Horse and 40 Farm Notes—Grain DogShow 49 Crossword 16 A joke 51 Crossword solution
The Magazine Committee would like to thank Michael and Val for their hard work and devotion to the Magazine over the past three years. Michael’s editorial skills and Val’s energy have sustained a magazine that is topical, interesting, attractive and valued by the community. Village Diary
August September 1 MC Trip to St Ives 3 Sch Autumn term begins 8 MC 10-12 Yard Sale 6 Llanderio Horse and Dog Show 10 F Flushing Arts Concert 7 OS Flower Club 15 TH 10-12.30 Summer Market 8 TH Lunch Club 19 14.15 - 15.30 Mobile Library 16 Start of new GP Surgery hours 19 3-5 WI Cream Tea, see p13 16 14.15 - 15.30 Mobile Library 24 PH 7.15 Parish Council meeting 17 TH 7.30 WI talk 29 StM 10.30 Patronal Festival 19 TH 7.30 LHG lecture 27 MC special service (time tba) 28 FVC 7.15 Parish Council meeting
Key: AS: All Saints Church, Con: concert, CL: Christmas Lights, CM: coffee morning, FC: Flower Club, FSM: Friends of StM, FVC: Flushing Vlge Club, GC: Garden Club, LC: Lunch Club, LHG: Local History Group, MC: Methodist Chapel, MM: Mylor Movies, MYC: Mylor Yacht Club, OS: Ord–Statter pavilion, PC: Parish Council, PF: Playing Fields, PH: Parish Hall, Sch: Mylor School, StM: St Mylor Church, TH: Tremayne Hall. 3 Vicar’s letter ~ Revd Jeffrey James It’s been announced that the Government is going to give Local Authorities, in our case Cornwall Council, the power to decide which businesses may open on Sundays, and their hours of business. This is described as an initiative that will help businesses and ordinary people and will give local communities the ability to decide whether there are to be restrictions to trade on Sundays. That’s a welcome recognition that practices vary in different parts of Britain and also perhaps at different seasons of the year. It’s also pretty obviously a neat way of the government passing a potentially hot potato from itself to Local Authorities. So we’re all invited to start thinking about what, if anything, we should do about Sunday trading. This is often thought of as an issue that’s of particular concern to Christians but not to anyone else. I’d like to suggest that view misses the deeper questions about whether all days are and should be essentially the same and whether the right way of thinking about this is to start with shopping. The traditional understanding of creation that comes from Genesis has a clear demarcation in the days of the week, one of which is called the Sabbath. The idea of Sabbath is that our well- being depends on there being one day in each week when we are not engaged in work, when we have time simply to be, at one with our neighbours, with creation, and with God. It’s a vision that lifts us out of our daily work settings and reconnects us with the wider world and creates space for us to delight in it and give thanks for it. Whatever you think of the creation story, it tells truths about what it is to be human. We are not born just to work either on our own account or for others. We are also not born just to be economic actors, people who make things or deliver services. Neither are we born just to be people who consume, who shop. The vision of creation that sees us as parts of a whole helps us to get these proper parts of our existence in their right place. Being a worker or a consumer is an important aspect of our lives, but that’s all it is. Being people also involves having the time to enjoy nature, to look at the landscape in wonder, and time to develop our relationships and to lose ourselves in play and recreation. So when it comes to the question of Sunday trading, perhaps we should ask whether it makes it more or less likely that we shall have the time to be fully human at work and at play. 4
Parish of St Mylor: Regular Services St Mylor with All Saints, Mylor Bridge
www.stmylor.org.uk Sundays 8am Holy Communion* St Mylor 10.30am Parish Eucharist St Mylor 5pm Evening Prayer* All Saints *these services use the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
Wednesdays 10am Holy Communion All Saints
For feast day services and other occasions, see church notice boards Enquiries about baptisms, weddings or funerals should be made to Revd Jeff James on 01326 374408 or at [email protected] The Churchwarden, Hazel Carruthers, can be contacted on 01326 374262 or at [email protected]
Friends of St Mylor Church Registered charity number 1129030
On Sunday 21 June the Friends held their, now annual, St Ewan Sinfonia in St Mylor Church. Once again this was a most enjoyable event with a very varied programme under the Leadership of Nigel Wicken. It was lovely to see Ruth Bray, who has joined the Sinfonia, and we wish her a very happy time with them. There followed after the event a buffet (supplied by the Friends Committee) with wine. This was a fund-raising event for the Friends and the Sinfonia, with proceeds being shared. Thank you to all who supported us. The next event in the Friends programme will be the Coffee Morning, but more about that in the September Magazine.
Raising Funds for St Mylor and All Saints Churches
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Church News: August is a fairly quiet month, but we find many visitors attending our services. However, the last weekend is different, when we hold our Patronal Festival in celebration of St. Mylor. We have a special Parish Eucharist on Sunday 30th at 10.30. We sing a hymn in honour of St. Mylor and all the Celtic saints, and share cake and coffee after the service. That Sunday is also our Gift Day, when we invite everyone to make a special gift to help maintain our beautiful church and its churchyard. Despite the wonderful work of our volunteer ‘Lay Weeders’, maintenance is a huge part of our budget. If you have any reason to feel thankful for our church and those who represent it, please come to our special service and make a gift. Our cleaning volunteers will be extremely busy in the run-up to that weekend, as this is the time when we do the big spring clean. No cobweb is safe from our long brushes, and at the end of the week everything sparkles. Then our flower arrangers perform their magic and transform the church into a mass of colour and fragrance. If you are a visitor to Mylor, or have never looked inside our door but are thinking of visiting our church, this is definitely the weekend to do so. Everyone is very welcome. Another “local” wedding will be celebrated at St Mylor on August 15, when Ruth Bray marries Anthony Best. Ruth is the accompanist for Treverva Male Voice Choir, and members will be there to add their voices. Judy Menage
Chapel News: June was a busy month for us. On 9 June we held our Family Service with the children leading the worship. Laura welcomed everyone and Michael played the organ brilliantly. The children sang Mr Cow and This little Light of Mine. The Parable of The Sower was retold as a puppet play by Ellie, Laura, James, Sam, Nathan and Amy. All agreed that the young people did a super job. On 28th Christine Roberts led a Cafe/Family service with coffee and cake, while the children worked with Jenga, Dominoes and Building Games. We learnt some new hymns, and everyone made pigs out of clay, which were then linked to the story of the Prodigal Son. We held our annual walk and cream tea, hosted by Maggie and Robert Rogers at Tregunwith Farm, on 20 June. About thirty adults, children and dogs walked around beautiful Mylor Creek to Halwyn. All completed the 5.6 miles, some with a Pandora stop, and all finishing with a super cream tea. We raised £241 for Chapel funds: thanks to all who helped, walked, gave donations. On 27 August, we will host a welcome for our new Superintendent, time tba. For other diary dates, please see page 3. Contact 01326 376241. Vyv Curnow
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7 Community News and Views Parish Council: Meeting held on 29 June in Mylor Parish Hall. A lot of the items under discussion were to do with traffic in the parish. Jenny Adams, the Speedwatch co-ordinator, spoke regarding the number of cars exceeding the speed limit, and the problems with the new ‘pinch points’ installed at Bells Hill and Waterings Road. The Parish Council has asked Cornwall Council on several occasions for some improvements to be done, as there are no priority signs and the edges of the kerb are not easy to see in the dark. Unfortunately, Cornwall Council seems unwilling or unable to address these issues at the moment. However, the Parish Council will continue to press for some action. Concern was also expressed about illegal parking in Waterings Road, with cars causing a dangerous situation by parking on the bend. The new PCSO, Ashley Fuller, was in attendance for part of the meeting and will be investigating all these issues. PCSO Fuller has taken over the role from PCSO Braddon, who now has Penryn as his beat area. Complaints had been received about reduced visibility at junctions because of plant overgrowth. Some of these problem areas have now been attended to. Cornwall Council prioritises the ‘A’ roads first, then the minor roads. Highways will cut the overgrowth more quickly if complaints are made. If you know of a junction in the parish where visibility is badly restricted, please report it to Highways. The parish paths have had their first cut and any remaining uncut will be the responsibility of the landowner or Cornwall Council. Report on parish surgeries: these were very much appreciated by all who used the opportunity to have discussions with Parish Councillors. More surgeries will be arranged in the future. Councillor Bob Bridges has been doing a great job with a flood plan for Flushing and this should be completed soon. Training sessions for volunteer Flood Wardens are taking place and the flood plan booklet is in its final stages before publication. The Parish Council has a limited amount of money for community projects, either as a contribution towards one specific item or as part of a larger project. If your organisation would like to apply for money from this fund, please contact a Councillor or the Parish Clerk. It is anticipated that the community fund could be used for single item expenditure under £100. This is a separate scheme from the grants which the Parish Council gives. Correspondence can be sent to [email protected] or in writing to the Clerk. Meeting details can be seen on village notice boards or at www.parish- council.com/mylor. Heather Hall
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9 10 11 Community News and Views ~ continued Lunch Club: Tuesday 8 September, the Lunch Club will resume after the summer break. Teas will continue as usual at 3 pm on Tuesdays at All Saints Church.
Photo: In a year of special anniversaries, on 23 June the Lunch Club held a Midsummer Lunch Party to celebrate the birth of Princess Charlotte. .
Val Jeans- Jakobsson
Parish Plan Update We have now received the Mylor and Flushing Parish Plan results. It probably seems a long time since the questionnaires were completed, but the raw data analysed from the answers ran to 100 pages of A4. The Parish Plan Committee is extremely grateful to Professor Gaston and the University for their invaluable help in producing and presenting the results.
Results from the supplementary questionnaires for clubs and activities, local businesses and under-18s are also available.
Many positive conclusions about the Parish can be drawn from the data, as well as a few surprises. The Committee is now working towards producing the Plan, which we hope to have available in the Autumn. Michael Willmore, Chair, Parish Plan Committee
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Cycling for Macmillan: Lifelong Mylor resident Dan Hadley will be cycling to raise £5000 for the Cove (Macmillan) cancer care centre at Treliske Hospital. Dan and his team of cyclists set off from Bristol on their long-distance ride of 300 miles on 29 July. Their route will take them via six hospitals across the West. Dan may be contacted at: [email protected] and www.justgiving.com/Daniel-Hadley7. Bryony Hadley
Christmas Lights Midsummer Market: A Midsummer Market in support of our Christmas Lights will be held in the Tremayne Hall 10.00-12.30 Saturday 15 August, with STALLS, REFRESHMENTS and RAFFLE. Please bring re-saleable books, toys, plants etc, either pm Friday 14 or before doors open on 15. Heavy collection is available: just ring 374073 or 373663. No clothes, jumble or electrical, thanks. We’d also welcome cakes, raffle prizes and of course any cash donation you might be generous enough to make. PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS! Terry Chapman W.I: Our new WI is taking shape under the guidance of Pam Seabridge (President) and a strong committee. At the July meeting members and visitors enjoyed a talk by Philip Rodda on the fascinating history of his old Cornish family business and the much -loved clotted cream. From humble beginnings in the 19th century, this strong Methodist family enterprise is now known world- wide. We were able to take away samples of the current range of products. On Wednesday 19 August there will be a Cream Tea at 23 Cogos Park, 3 to 5 pm. This is a social get-together instead of the usual evening meeting. Members and prospective members welcome, £3 per person. In case of bad weather, the tea will be in the Tremayne Hall. Enquiries: phone 01326 379982. Val Jeans-Jakobsson
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Community News and Views ~ continued Garden Club: Although Mylor Garden Club does not meet during the four summer months, the members have had plenty of opportunity to meet and admire the gardens of others. At the end of April we visited Enys Gardens, with a guided tour by the head gardener, Danni. Much hard work is being done to restore the gardens after many years of neglect and to remove rhododendrons which, unfortunately, were suffering from phytophthora, which can spread quickly and destroy oaks and other trees. The visit was arranged to catch the beginning of the bluebell season, and was followed by a cheese and wine buffet in front of a roaring fire at Enys House. This visit was held to tie in with the talk that Enys co-owner Wendy Fowler gave in January. It was so popular that, for the first time, we had to run a visit on two consecutive days. In May, about fourteen garden club members went to Primrose Farm, Redruth: quite a small area but full of secret pathways and masses of shrubs and flowers. Like many of the gardens we go to, this was open only for a pre-arranged visit. As it was followed by home-made cakes and tea in the garden, we all really enjoyed ourselves. On a warm, sunny day in June, a group visited Bonython Manor, near Helston: a garden of about 20 acres with lakes, sweeping lawns and flowers. Another enjoyable trip. The last visit this summer was in July to The Forest Garden, Budock Water, which is run by Simon Miles as an experiment to find ways to work with nature. He has also been one of our speakers, so it was interesting to see how he has put his ideas into practice. Reflection at Bonython With a joint trip with the History Society to Penzance and a short coach holiday to the Worcester area, it has been a busy and interesting summer for members.
September 14th meeting: a talk by Ned Lomax. Please see the village notice board for more details. Maggie Farley
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Doctors clinics on Monday, Wednesday and Friday Regular nurses clinics Convenient dispensary, including prescription drop off at Mylor Stores
Mylor is one of the fortunate villages to have its own doctors surgery. However, it can only survive if it is used.
Most important: please make sure you are registered with us. We cannot emphasise this too much, as it will affect your treatment and our funding!
Call in, visit www.trescobeas-surgery.co.uk or phone 01326 315615 to register.
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15 Community News and Views ~ continued Mylor Surgery: Change to Wednesday opening hours. Two recurring themes have emerged from our patient surveys: opening hours and not being able to book appointments. Having to wait for up to 90 minutes is highly inconvenient, particularly for those with young children or with work or other commitments. We thank those who completed the survey or wrote letters. From 16 September, Mylor surgery will be open on Wednesdays from 12—6 pm, when the doctors will run an afternoon clinic for which appointments can be booked— through Mylor surgery, Trescobeas surgery or online. The Monday and Friday clinics will not change, and patients can continue to walk in and wait. The current dispensary opening hours do not suit many patients, although there is a convenient drop-off service at Mylor Stores. It is hoped, however, that one afternoon-to-evening opening a week will help many of our patients in Mylor. We have also reinstated Practice Nurse appointments: please ring Trescobeas Surgery to book an appointment. Yorick O’Nyons Practice Manager
Landerio Horse and Dog Show will be on Sunday 6th September: horses start at 9 am, dogs at 1 pm. Enquiries to: Jackie Meyers, 01326 372594.
For the silly season, a joke sent in by a reader: I am trying to make friends outside of Facebook, while applying the same principles. Every day, I go out into the street and tell a passer-by what I have eaten, how I feel, what I have done the night before and what I will be doing tomorrow. I give them pictures of my wife, my daughter, my dog, and myself gardening and spending time in my pool. I also listen to their conversations and tell them I love them. And it really works: I already have three people following me ... two police officers and a psychiatrist.
16 Local Arts and Crafts Mylor Flower Club At the July meeting of Mylor Flower Club, members enjoyed a demonstration by Heather Werkmeister from Truro. Heather used her title ‘Something Seasonal’ to give us a very varied array of designs inspired by the summer. A vivid design, ‘inspired by the sea’ and built on a framework of driftwood, started the evening with an evocation of sea, sand and surf. This was followed by a cream and light blue confection arranged in cream-coloured confetti boxes. Winter is not the only time for wreaths, and we were shown a very effective method of creating a seasonal wreath around the lip of a tall metal container, using small sunflowers, lacecap hydrangeas, roses and other summer flowers and finished with a hemisphere of pinned eleagnus leaves. A woodland walk provided the inspiration for a mainly green and white design set on a wonderful piece of old tree root. The final piece was inspired by a trip to ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and was a dramatic interpretation using dark, dusky pinks and purples with counterpoints of deep green shamrock chrysanthemums. When this was added to a second placement on a tall frame decorated with the trappings of the show, our Demonstrator had certainly created the ‘wow’ factor, as well as entertaining us throughout with anecdotes and useful advice - a lovely way to finish the season before the summer break. The next meeting will be on Monday 7 September at 7.30 pm in the Ord Statter Pavilion, Mylor Bridge. The demonstrators will be Jenny Walters and Julia Horscroft. Visitors will be most welcome. If you require further information about the Mylor Flower Club, please contact either Jean Frith on 01326 372071 or Margaret Underwood on 01326 312499. Anna Cruise The Archive Centre in the Tremayne Hall is open every Thursday afternoon from 2.30 - 4.30. Do call in and have tea with us. Maybe you have something old to show us? You can also find us on www.tremaynehall.org. Jill Quilliam 01326 376403
17 Local Arts and Crafts ~ continued The Trefusis Singers: “I came to heckle,” a gentleman said to me in the street, “but I loved it instead!”
The latter seemed to be the opinion of the audience as the Trefusis Singers entertained them with their summer concert entitled “A Promenade Around the West End”, under their musical director, Bridget Westlake, on Saturday 20th June at the Tremayne Hall. The audience joined in enthusiastically with the singing, swaying, stamping their feet and clapping their hands in time to the music, especially to “The Merry Widow Waltz”, “The Lambeth Walk” and “Fascinating Rhythm”. Two added attractions were the violinist, Julia Trigg, and the young soprano, Zara.
Zara delighted the audience with “And This is My Beloved” from Kismet and “Waltz of my Heart” from Ivor Novello’s The Dancing Years. Julia played “Music of the Night” from the Phantom of the Opera on her violin, exquisitely, as well as accompanying the choir with some of their songs, including “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” from Oklahoma. Pat Hobden sang “Can’t Help Lovin’ that Man of Mine” from Show Boat directly to her husband, who was in the audience. Other soloists from the choir were Margaretha Wiekens, who sang “My Hero” from the Chocolate Soldier, Mary Coleman, Julia and Ann Angove, Pauline Parkes, Hazel Angove and Irene Gardiner. The audience was treated to a splendid finger buffet before the entertainment. The charity to which some of the takings will go will be decided at a later date. Irene Gardner
Mylor Movies We have chosen our Autumn Season of films and hope that you will come and enjoy them. September: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. October: The Woman in Gold November: Mr Holmes December: Far from the Madding Crowd
Details will be in the Magazine and on posters. Jo Robertson
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20 Local Arts and Crafts ~ continued Creative writing: We are taking a summer break during August but everyone is encouraged to keep their notebooks close by in order to capture the sites, scenes and characters you encounter on your travels or at home. We will be meeting again on 26 September, 31 October and 5 December, so please note those dates if you would like to join us. We are an informal and friendly group, with all sorts of writing interests and styles from fiction and life writing to poetry. Sessions start at 10.00am, finishing at 12 noon, for just £7.00 per person. Our October and November meetings will be in the Pope Room in Tremayne Hall as usual, but please check September’s magazine for details of the venue for September, when we will be elsewhere nearby. For more details email [email protected] or phone 01326 377419. Jane Moss
Flushing Arts Concert, St Peter’s Church The distinguished string players, the Anern Trio, perform in St Peter’s Church, Flushing, 7.30—9.30 pm on August 10th. The internationally famous and award-winning Japanese violinist Lisa Ueda (Japan’s Young Artist of the Year), cellist Nigel Bromiley and viola player Professor Ian Byrne Brito will provide a memorable evening of classical music. Tickets are £5, free for full-time music students and for children under 16 (with a paying adult). Space is limited, so for free tickets please contact ASAP: [email protected].
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22 Health and Fitness ~ Rhiannon Parsons
Sun Care
Looking after your skin outdoors is crucially important. It doesn’t have to be hot or particularly sunny, but if the sun is high up in the sky, more rays hit us directly than when it’s at a low angle. It’s more likely to be a problem during the summer, simply because you are more likely to be outdoors, more of the time and because the sun is at its highest during May – July. We all love a tan (well most people do) but it needs to be managed carefully and developed slowly over a period of time. Using a proprietary brand of sun screen will ensure that you have protection against UVA and UVB rays – both of which can cause skin damage and increase the risk of you developing skin cancer. Check the back of the bottle to see the level of UVA protection – the SPF number on the front normally refers only to UVB protection – you need to check the UVA Star Rating on the back of the pack. The easy way to remember the difference between these two types of UV light is that UVA Ages and UVB Burns. Both effects are damaging and increase the risk of skin cancer – which can actually be fatal by the way, if you weren’t aware of that fact. Men can be more likely to suffer from skin damage to the face because they are far less likely to use a daily moisturiser. Women tend to use moisturisers as a matter of course and they (generally) all contain SPF 15 as standard. It’s not high enough for strong sunlight protection, but for a lot of the year is at least a good start. There was a documentary a while back which looked at a study of lorry drivers’ facial skin. UVB light cannot penetrate glass, but UVA can. The study found a significant difference between the right and left side of the drivers’ faces in that the right hand side showed considerably more UVA (ageing) skin damage. This was obviously because that side of the face receives more light than the left – on the Continent, as further proof, it was indeed the other way round. And if you think that well-tanned skin cannot burn, you are mistaken. Even the most tanned skin can still burn. Use plenty of sunscreen on all exposed areas. Google some images of skin cancer to see what the danger signs may be and to ensure you take the problem seriously. Not pretty. Protect yourself every time you’re outside for any length of time.
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24 More About ~ Jane Moss Each month we ask a resident of Mylor to tell us about themselves. This month Jane Moss, who runs the monthly creative writing group at Tremayne Hall, spills the beans. How long have you lived in Mylor? Almost two years now. I grew up in Penpol and went to school in Truro, but I lived up country for a long time, in Cambridge and London, before making the move back home in 2013. What brought you back? Quite simply, a profound desire to come home. I waited for the right moment when I could be sure of making my living here. What do you do? I’m a writer. I teach creative writing, I do my own creative work, which is mainly poetry and life writing, and I run a retreat for writers down in Lamorna Cove (www.thewritingretreat.co.uk). I also train counsellors to use writing as part of therapy. I specialise in bereavement support, and I volunteer for Cruse Bereavement Care as well as running training sessions for hospice and counselling teams. Have you always done that? I worked in West End theatre for about 15 years, then worked for the Arts Council in East Anglia, followed by a spell as a spin doctor in Whitehall, at the Home Office and the Department for Communities. I can tell you that everything you see in Yes Minister, The West Wing and The Thick of It is true. I gave that up in 2008 and did an MA in creative writing, which led to what I do now. What’s your favourite thing about living here? The fantastic community. I knew I was moving back to a place with a strong community, but even so I was bowled over by the welcome I received from everyone – my lovely neighbours, Allan in the pub, and anyone I met out and about. I love the fact there’s so much going on here; events in Tremayne Hall, the art group, music, rowing and sailing, and the choice of many beautiful walks from my front door. I never want to move again. What’s your earliest memory of Mylor? My friend Helen’s grandfather accidentally shutting my fingers in the car door in Springfield Park. I must have been about 7 or 8 years old and it really hurt. Do you know a secret about Mylor? My house is the best-kept secret in Mylor. It’s right in the centre of the village but up a hidden lane, with a beautiful view and a south-facing garden. No one can find me but I can see the whole village around me. I love it. Jane Moss
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Photographs: Geoff Adams Local History ~ A fascinating old book The Last Days of Mr Lemon's School Last month I shared with you the fascinating book given to Philip Ashton when he retired from the headmastership of Mylor National School, now refurbished and renamed the Tremayne Hall. He was succeeded by his son, John Philip Stephens Ashton, who was well liked and respected in the school and wider community. A talented musician, being church organist and choirmaster from the age of 15, John trained and inspired the school choir to win first prize in the first-ever music competition for school choirs in Cornwall. He was a keen beekeeper too!
The school came unscathed through the First World War and the upheaval when the Tremaynes of Carclew were forced to sell much of their property in the village. But disaster struck one Sunday evening in June 1921, when a fire broke out in the school porch. Village people rushed from places of worship and formed a human chain with buckets of water from the pump, which eventually ran dry.
Meanwhile, the fire brigade had been summoned from Penryn by telephone.
A Mr Pellowe was a choirboy at St. Gluvias' Church and remembered someone coming into the church and extracting the firemen. The horses were out to graze, so the firemen pulled the engine themselves, until Mr T. Brimacombe came to the rescue with two of his horses. It took half an hour to reach the fire, which by then had consumed the coal house and much more of the building, with the roof collapsing in a blaze of sparks. The firemen were able to pump water from the river to bring the fire under control.
Much of the furniture had been rescued, as well as the school registers, but the building itself was too damaged to be used as a school. The children were taught for a few years in the Mission Room near the Tremayne Institute, and at the Methodist Sunday School, while the present-day school was being built with granite from Mabe.
Picture: This fire engine, made in 1887 and named ‘Jubilee’, is probably the one that came to the rescue. You can see it in Penryn Museum. Margaret Whysall Local History Group
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Perhaps those of us living here do not realise that in towns and cities across Britain some folks never experience a night sky; and with increasing light pollution from street lamps that number will only rise; even here in Mylor you can hear exhausted Robins singing in the streets which are lit all night by street lamps. Perhaps you do not know that there is such a thing as starlight…. We have experienced it in North Sweden, the snow and the frozen bushes twinkling like fairy lights in its pale glory. This August will see me out in the darkness of the new moon looking for the Perseid meteor shower. We once saw a perfect shower when anchored up in the Helford River some 30 years ago now. It was like a firework display and we have seen nothing like it since. So we live in hopes! The Perseids run annually from July 17th to August 24th , peaking this year around August 11th . The new moon on the 14th will create perfect conditions for viewing. The shower is produced from dust particles of comet Swift-Tuttle, which was discovered in 1862. It orbits the Sun once every 130 years and last returned to the inner solar system in 1992. It can produce 60 meteors (shooting stars) per hour - that is one a minute at its peak - so let us hope for clear skies. Named the Perseid shower because the meteors, most of which are no bigger than a grain of sand, appear to radiate from the constellation of stars called Perseus, they can, in fact, be seen in any direction. Most burn out high in Earth’s atmosphere, but a few bigger particles survive to within 12 miles of the surface. These produce “fireballs” that glow brighter sometimes than Venus. The best time to view is when the sky is at its darkest, well after midnight in the pre-dawn hours, but if you try earlier you WILL see some. You will need to find a place where there is no light pollution and look up and to the North East. A small beach somewhere, perhaps, or a field between Maenporth and the Helford. Have a Perseid Party and cheer as the sky smears with flying pin-pricks of light. Such moments are precious anchors in our memories.
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36 37 On the Water ~ Peter Stephens Having lived in or around Mylor all my life, I still find quite amazing the diversity of craft that take to our local waters. Anyone can find something on the water to enjoy on almost every day of the week. The physicality of gig rowing clearly contrasts well with, say, the grandeur of sailing on a yacht, but each one has its attraction. With the parting memory of the J Class Regatta in June, the ‘super-yacht’ experience may be a little out of most people’s reach. However, Westcountry Watersports offers a more humble but equally rewarding Paddle to the Pandora on Thursday evenings. By kayak or stand-up paddleboard, it still goes down as one of the best ways of enjoying a well-earned pint and I highly recommend it. Overlooking the harbour is one of the most sociable Yacht Clubs in existence. Mylor offers regular racing on Friday evenings and numerous cruising events, such as the mid- August rally to Plymouth to watch the National Fireworks Competition. It is typical of their varied cruising schedule, which provides an ideal opportunity for members who might be a little apprehensive about cruising to have the support of sailing in company—or at least the reassurance of being in regular radio contact with fellow members on the same passage. If you want to find out more, drop in when the red ensign is flying and they will be more than welcoming. The arrival of August means one thing to many local sailors, and that is Falmouth Week (7th-16th) – the highlight of their sailing calendar. On and off the water, there will undoubtedly be plenty to comment on next month.
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39 Farm Notes ~ Matt Dale At the time of writing this I am on the eve of starting harvest; the calm before the storm. The preparations involve lots of sweeping of dusty sheds and checking of grain-handling gear. Part of the problem this year has been that two of our grain customers have wanted us to hold the grain until they need it. Not a problem in general terms, and we get paid extra for doing so, but it does become a problem when you are trying to prepare for one harvest with the grain from another still in the sheds. Part of the need for emptying the store is grain hygiene; the need to rid the sheds of old grain and dust and any weevils and grain beetles that might be hiding in corners. The other is that we have oats left over from last year and we are not growing them in 2015, so they need to be gone. In their place we have linseed. I expect that you noticed the purple hues of the fields in early July where it was grown. It has to be one of the prettiest crops on the farm. The seed will need to be stored for a few months before it is trucked across the Channel to Belgium, where it will be prepared for use in breakfast cereals and wholegrain breads. The price of grain has been jumping all over the place. It has been in a steady decline for the last twelve months as there is plenty of stuff around in the world markets. Also, the pound is strong against the Euro, which means that our grain exports are expensive compared to those of our nearest neighbours. Then suddenly in the last few weeks it has been steadily climbing again. Too much rain in the American Mid West and too little in Europe and suddenly the markets are panicking and the prices go up. India is one of the world’s biggest wheat producers and the sentiment is that they are going to have a smaller harvest this year. It is very hard to plan with such volatility. We try to sell into specialist markets that are partially isolated from these effects, but there is still an influence on our prices. It is funny to think that I have so much in common with a barley grower in Spain, a wheat grower in India and a maize grower in Minnesota. Matt Dale
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1 and 3 Two of the disciples who witnessed the 1 David’s great friend (1 Samuel 20:17) (8) transfiguration of Jesus (Luke 9:28) (4,3,5) 2 ‘The Lord... will bring me safely to his — king- 3 See 1 Across dom’ (2 Timothy 4:18) (8) 8 ‘Let us draw — to God with a sincere heart in 4 ‘I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no full assurance of faith’ (Hebrews 10:22) (4) choice food; — — or wine touched my 9 O Simon is (anag.) (8) lips’ (Daniel 10:3) (2,4) 11 Form of government under the direct rule of 5 Seeking to vindicate (Job 32:2) (10) 6 Female servant (Isaiah 24:2) (4) God or his agents (10) 7 ‘For Christ died for — once for all’ (1 Peter 14 How Jesus found his disciples when he re- 3:18) (4) turned to them after praying in Gethsemane 10 ‘Offering spiritual sacrifices — to God through (Luke 22:45) (6) Jesus Christ’ (1 Peter 2:5) (10) 15 In T he Pilgrim’s Progress, the name of the 12 Jesus said that some people had renounced meadow into which Christian strayed, which led this ‘because of the kingdom of heaven’ (Matthew 19) (8) to Doubting Castle (2-4) 13 One of the three men thrown into the furnace 17 Glad sin rat (anag.) (10) for refusing to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden Spinal column (Leviticus 3:9) (8) image (Daniel 3:20) (8) 21 Valley of the Balsam Tree with a reputation 16 ‘You have — of good things laid up for many of being a waterless place (Psalm 84:6) (4) years Take life easy; eat, drink and be 22 ‘The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle merry’ (Luke 12:19) (6) of one — — sees clearly’ (Numbers 24:3) (5,3) 18 ‘There before me was a white horse! Its rider 23 Adam and Eve’s third son (Genesis 4:25) (4) held — — , and he was given a crown’ (Revelation 6:2) (1,3) 19 Equipment to Charity Hospitals Overseas (1,1,1,1)
49 50 Crossword Solution Shadrach. 16,Shadrach. Plenty. 18, A bow. 19, ECHO. 6, Maid.ing. 10,7, Sins. Acceptable. 12, Marriage. 13, DOWN: Seth. Stalingrad. 20, Backbone. 21, Baca. 22, Whoseeye. 23, 11, Theocratic.Omission. 17, 14, Asleep. 15, By-path. Across : 1, Jonathan. 1, Jonathan. 2, Heavenly. 4, No meat. 5, Justify- ACROSS: 1, John. 3, And1, John. James. 8, Near. 9,
Working boats off Restronguet, July 2015 (Photo: Celia Savage)
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