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The Villager Winter December 2019-February 2020 Merry Christmas to All our Readers Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Council 1 Results! “KNITTY KNATTER” AND “LAVENDER” TOP THE POLL The votes are in and counted for the Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Scarecrow Competition. The theme was “Save Our Planet”, with en- tries being made entirely from recyclable materials. There were five entries and peo- ple were able to vote by picking up voting forms from various places in the parish and via The Villager autumn edition. The winner was Dobwalls Knit and Knatter with “Knitty Knatter” and the runner-up was Dobwalls Girls’ Brigade with “Lavender”. The two groups have received their prizes of £15 and £10 and a certificate. Three Members of the winners of the parish scarecrow competition, Dobwalls Knit and Knatter, receiving the first prize on behalf of their group. From left - Sandra Beeke, Sandy Cooper, the scarecrow “Knitty Knatter”, com- petition joint-coordinator Tracey Kitto, and Sylvia Crome. Well done also to the other entries - “Dock the Fisherman” by Lewis and Jake Kelsey, aged 10 and eight, from Dobwalls, “The Story Teller” by Kelly-Ann Horsburgh, from Trewidland, and “Maybe Maurice” by Thomas, Lily, Finlay and Elsa, aged six to 15, from Italy and Bath, who make their scarecrow when they were visiting their grandparents in Dobwalls. Two members of Dobwalls Girls’ Thanks also to everyone who voted. Brigade, Sofia Alambre and Maggie And a special “thank you” to the compe- Sayers, with “Lavender”, the scare- crow made by all the brigade mem- tition coordinators, parish bers, which was, runner-up in the councillors Tracey Kitto and parish scarecrow competition. Ailsa Tween. 2 Neighbourhood Development Plan Local Events The exhibition of ‘NDP Policy proposals and Potential Parish Projects for the future’ attracted a good number of local residents at each of the three venues of Dobwalls, Doublebois and Trewidland. Many of those visiting took advantage of the opportunities to show their agreement/or not for each of the policies on display, and many also took the time to write their own comments and fill in the feedback forms which were available. There was considerable interest in the Housing and Greenspace Strategy tables at the Dobwalls event, with several local people offering to join the recently convened Greenspace Strategy group. The current draft of the Landscape Character State- ment was also on display , and everyone was asked to indicate the areas of the parish that they considered of particular landscape value with green stars. The resulting maps that have emerged will give the LCS team very valuable information to complete this study, with Cornwall Council officers. 3 The event in Doublebois, kindly hosted by Tug Willson in his cabin on the Ho- borne Holiday site, was also well attended and it was interesting to see that the agree and disagree boxes ticked here did not necessarily match up with those from Dobwalls! Many lively discussions took place over the morning, and again we had many helpful issues raised in feedback and several people who are interested in join- ing the Steering group/ Greenspace strategy group to help move forward with the current Landscape / Play areas /walking routes and dog walking area de- bates and proposals. Volunteers from the Steering group were very encouraged to have feedback on how visitors felt the NP process is developing with visitors commenting on the amount of work that was being undertaken by the NP group, and thanking the team for their ef- forts. Visitors commented that much of the work over the past year had been invisible till these events, but that the range of re- search and deliberation that had been going on was now very useful for seeing the direc- tion of the Neighbourhood Plan project. Proposed Policies and potential projects Suggestions for the development and upgrading of Play spaces in both Dobwalls and Doublebois raised several discussions, and one of our younger visitors drew a picture of what she would like to see in her ideal play space. While the parish projects will not be part of the NP Policies, they will provide the Parish Council with a clear set of priorities for future fundraising and community pro- jects. 4 Key: TVH Trewidland Village Hall DMH Dobwalls Memorial Hall DCH Dobwalls Church Hall DFC Dobwalls Football Club SKC St Keyne Church 5 6 Trewidland Local NP Event What the morning lacked in Quantity—with only eight attendees—it more than benefited from in terms of the quality and detail of the responses and comments made. Once again it was a great opportunity to receive detailed local knowledge about key aspects of the built and natural environment of the area and to get a sense of both the agreement and differ- ences in preferences between the three communi- ties. Visitors spent time going through the tick box sheets on the Policies and Projects and on identi- fying the areas of the parish which they thought to be of particular importance in relation to the Landscape character study. We have now analysed the results of the exercise to help us to identify which Policies and Projects have most support and how the written feedback will moderate and/or add to the detailed policies that we are now writing. This has been a great help with refin- ing the developing Policies which will become part of the final Plan docu- ment. What happens next ? We hope to have the first full draft of the Neighbourhood Plan Document available for consultation with local people and with Cornwall Council by April/May 2020. This will allow us to move towards a Referendum on the Plan for all on the parish electoral role by December 2020. 7 Christmas events December 2019 Dobwalls Chapel Tuesday 3 6.00pm Christingle Service. Monday 9 7.30pm Ladies Group Carol Service. Sunday 15 3.00pm-4.30pmFree tea and Cake afternoon Sunday 22 9.30am. Nine Lessons and Carols Service. Sunday 22 4.00pm Children’s Nativity Dress Up Service. (costumes provided.) Tuesday24 8.00pm Holy Communion Service. Wednesday25 10.00am Christmas Day service THERE IS NO SERVICE IN DOBWALLS CHAPEL ON DEC 29th. From Saturday 30th Nov, Christmas Tree festival.. Church open from 10 am to view trees and nativity scene Monday to Saturday 10.00 to 12.30 until Christmas Eve. st 10 am Café Church and Toy Service with Sunday 1 Dec Revd Andy Day. Gifts of toys and money to be donated to Liskeard Action for Children SW, Methodist Friday 6th Dec at 10 am ‘Get in the Picture’ Come and Church have fun dressing up in our nativity scene and learn about Invites You the Christmas story Sunday 15th at 6 pm Church and Liskeard Mayor's Can- to dlelit Carol Service with Revd Andy Day broadcast live on Liskeard radio. Christmas Eve Christingle Service at 5 pm led by From Saturday 30th Revd Andy day. Make your own Christingle at 4 pm in the November, Christmas Tree festival. The Main Hall. church will be open from 10 am to view the Christmas Day Celebration Family Service at 10.15 am trees and nativity scene with Revd Andy Day. Monday to Saturday 10 am to 12.30 pm until Christmas Eve. Sunday 1st December 10 am ST Keyne Church events (all in Church) Café Church and Mon16th Christingle with Trewidland Toy Service with School Revd Andy Day. Wed.18th Concert with Polperro Fishermans Choir 7.30 pm. Gifts of Sun.22nd Carol Service 4.00 pm. toys and money to be do- Tues.24th Christmas Family Communion 9.30pm. nated to Action for Children SW, 9 10 Remembering the Fight for Dobwalls Bypass This year, 2019, marks the 10th anniversary of the official opening of Dobwalls By- pass - by a Government minister. The two-mile dual carriageway, which ended up costing more than £50 million, actu- ally opened on December 19, 2008. In August that year villagers and locals were allowed to walk the length of the new road before traffic got to use the first of the two carriageways. But it was actually on Thursday, April 23, 2009 that Paul Clark, Parliamentary Under -Secretary of State at the Department of Transport, came to Cornwall to officially christen the road. He planted a tree to commemorate the opening of the new A38 Dobwalls Bypass. Beneath the tree is a plaque marking the occasion. But the tree and the plaque are hidden away off to the left towards the end of the eastbound car- riageway. That might be about to change. Parish Councillor Hugh Francis believes the plaque should be relocated to a promi- nent position in the village of Dobwalls, with, perhaps, another plaque alongside to recognise the “splendid community effort” behind the provision of the bypass.Before the bypass was partially opened to traffic, villagers and others had a mass stroll down the new road. That was the culmination of a splendid community effort which had gone on for over 10 years. The villagers have never been so energised to work together,” said Cllr Francis.“Villagers played an important part in highlighting the need for the bypass. They took part in marches through the village at weekends, chanting: “What do we want? A bypass. When do we want it? Now!”. They carried 11 12 out peaceful protests by constantly using the pedestrian crossing on the road through the village to keep the traffic lights on red. Now Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Council support the investigation to find a new home for the plaque, the only physical acknowledgement on the ground of the achievement of the bypass.