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Issue no 96 March 2020 Issue no 88 November 2018 HARVEST HOME Speedo Mick Passes through the parish on his charity walk to Lands End from John O’Groats. More details & lots of other parish news inside. 1 Parish Council Update By Rebecca Frame, Parish Clerk The Parish Council held a Parish information event on 22nd February in the Methodist Church Hall. Launceston Medical Centre Patient Participation Group and the Speed Watch group were able to join us. Below I’ve provided an overview of the information provided at the event. The Community Governance Review: stage 3 is almost complete and the parish council will be submitting their final comments at the next parish council meeting. The proposed parking restrictions in the area of the telephone box and toilets: the online consultation is still being prepared by Cormac, the parish council are hastening this. Speeding traffic in the village: Cormac will be carrying out a traffic speed survey in the vicinity of the Methodist Church Hall; no date has yet been given. Also the Speed Watch Team is looking for volunteers, please let me know if you are interested (see page 32 for more details). Launceston Medical Centre Patient Participation Group (right): the medical centre building work is on schedule to be completed before Christmas. Climate Change working group: Councilor Rachel Jeffery has volunteered to start a parish group which will link into other parish groups and the Town Council. South Petherwin Emergency Defibrillator (SPED): the SPED committee dissolved on 15th January 2020 and the Parish Council will be taking over responsibility. The Photo by defibrillator requires a weekly check and volunteers are requiredSue Vernonto help with this task, please let me know if you are interested. Highways: the edges of the road from South Petherwin to Petherwin Water have been ploughed by Cormac which has reduced the amount of excess water on the road. This has not, however, completely solved the problem. Trekelland Bridge: the bridge received some significant damage recently but repairs are now complete. Tregadillett footpath: Cormac have carried out a very thorough clearing of the Treburyse to Tregadillett footpath where the grass had encroached onto the path. For any further information please do not hesitate to contact the parish council or attend a parish council meeting. The Parish Council AGM will take place on 13th May in the Village Hall and the Annual Parish Meeting will take place towards the end of May in the Methodist Church Hall. Rebecca 2 Parish Council Update By Rebecca Frame, Parish Clerk Link to Cornwall Council website for more information on the Coronavirus: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-cornwall/ information-about-coronavirus-covid-19/ To contact the Parish Council: South Petherwin Parish Council Clerk: [email protected] Parish Council Chairman: Phil Parsons; philparsouthpetherwinpc.gmail.com Tel 01566 777179, mobile 07597 383685 Parish Council Vice-chair: Rachel Jeffery - [email protected] Contact your local MP: SCOTT MANN (Con) Westminster: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Constituency office of Scott Mann: 10 Market House Arcade, Fore Street, Bodmin PL31 2JA Telephone 01208 74337 Rain, rain go away… We are living in very uncertain and troubling times at the moment. Worries over the weather, Brexit and now — and most concerning – Coronavirus. Please stay safe and follow guidelines — see above for the link to the Cornwall Council website. Meanwhile. life goes on in our parish and there are many events that have happened or are yet to come to give us some good cheer and something to look forward to. Alison Barham, Editor We loved this photo of a soggy long-tailed tit looking rather forlorn, by David Montgomery 3 SPEEDO MICK On February 16th there was great excitement in the parish as news spread that Mick Cullen aka Speedo Mick was about to pass through on his way to Lands End. He had set off from John O’Groats in December on a 1,000 mile trek to raise money for Leave The Light On — a community interest company that works with disadvantaged people. On his website, he said: "For a long time, I was in need of that very same help and support that I am now offering to others. "I have been the homeless person you see in the shop doorway, the addict, the alcoholic, the hopeless case that had made so many bad decisions that there was surely no way back." Parishioner Ness Elcock made sure she gave him a Cornish flag that she could see was still in his rucksack when he reach his end goal. She said: “Speedo Mick is such an amazing person who has inspired people all over the country.” An avid Everton fan, Speedo Mick recently announced that he had been given a cheque for £140,000 from the Chairman of Everton Football Club, so his total is up to £500,000 and still growing. You can visit Mick’s GoFundMe page here: https:// leavethelighton.org.uk/ Thanks to all those who sent in photos: Simon Harry, Ness Elcock, Jackie Bateman, Mandy Day 4 Lawrence House Museum Your local free museum re-opens on the last Monday in March. What’s new? Well from now on the museum will be open every Saturday so all of you who have not been able to visit in the past because you were working can now treat yourselves to seeing Launceston’s own “little gem”. We have a new curator, Dr Damon Dennis, who has previously worked in the Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers museums in Oxford and who has lots of new ideas for our museum. We start the year with “Prayer & Persecution”. This tells the story of religion and worship in Launceston and the surrounding community. In April, local artist Karen Howse will begin her project “The People’s Herbarium” inspired by William Wise’s wonderful 6 volume Herbarium on permanent display in the museum. Nature walks and print workshops to appeal to all ages are planned. The event will run from the museum’s opening at the end of March until it closes in October so spanning the seasons. In August the museum will be hosting the Launceston & North Cornwall Motor Club Centenary exhibition in the Mayor’s Parlour. To help make the exhibition really special, the club would like to hear from anyone who has personal or family memories, photographs, video, film, programmes, results, awards, certificates etc. related to the club from the past 100 years which they might be willing to lend. If you can help please contact Joe Caudle phone 07495 358904 or email [email protected] To find out more about the club visit http://www.lncmc.co.uk/. The museum continues to host the monthly “Fake or Fortune” free valuations of your treasures by Richard Hamm of Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood. He will be in the museum from 10am – 12 noon on Tuesday17 March. We are open Monday to Saturday and all Bank Holidays until Saturday 31st October from 10.30am – 4.30pm – last entry at 4.00pm. Contact us on 01566 773277 or by email [email protected]. Check out our website www.lawrencehousemuseum.org. In memoriam: Phyllis Edwards We are sorry to have said goodbye to Phyllis Edwards at the end of January, aged 88. She was born at Beneath Wood in Linkinhorne, schooled in the local area & worked in Henwood, coming to the South Petherwin area when she married John in 1955. For many years she was a keen follower of the Hunt, loved Old Time Dancing with John, and rode his motor cycle with him. She was also an excellent cook. We send our heartfelt condolences to John. 5 Recycling for Charity SHARE have set up over 20 collection points, locally outside the Sunday School entrance at the Methodist chapel, at Tre, Pol & Pen, inside Tesco Launceston and Launceston Library and for all empty, clean, dry plastic pet food bags and pouches Pets at Home on Hurdon Rd. You have helped SHARE save a massive amount of items which would have been wasted and incinerated. These specific items are sent to Terracycle and made into park benches, water-buts, chil- dren’s toys and credit our nominated charity Kicks Count who aim to reduce the UK still-birth rate. To date you have helped us raise over £1000 Thank you! The manufacturers sponsoring the program dictate the items that can be accepted. Here’s the list. 1. Empty Crisps packets, all sizes & brands & multipacks, inc, Kettle chips, Quavers, Doritos, Wotsits, Squares, French Fries, Monster Munch, Sunbites, Hoola Hoops, Nik Naks 2. All empty snacks packets, popcorn, pretzels, nuts, pork scratchings & non crisps packs 3. Pringles brand only, whole tubes with plastic lids and foil 4. All chocolates and sweet wrappers, individual, packets & multipacks, no foil, trays or paper 5. Kinder products all packaging inc. plastic egg 6. All biscuits, crackers & cakes wrappers. Inc Mini Cheddars, Soreen, mini rolls & multipacks 7. Baby food pouches + lids & Ella’s, Kiddilious, Goodies snacks 8. Used toothbrushes, electric heads, toothpaste tubes, dental floss packaging 9. Triggers & pumps off bottles, plastic in hair dye kits, roll on deodorants, latex style gloves 10. Flexible packs from cleaning wipes, dishwasher tablets, refill packs, plastic air fresheners. 11. Soft tubes from lotions, gels, creams, ointments +lipsticks, mascaras, eye shadow compacts 12. Clean, dry and bagged together separately pet food pouches & biscuits, treats from all pets If it’s not on this list we can’t accept it For updates join Recycling for Charity FB page & www.south- hill.co.uk/charity-recycling . If you would like to be involved, help with collecting, sorting or have questions email [email protected] or Text Ali 07305 044049 Thank You for your support and Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.