Issue 119, Please Watch for Notices Around the Village
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Polgooth Times Editorial Edition 118 I hope that everyone has had a Merry Christmas and the New Year has started well for you. Sadly times are getting tough and we all have to tighten our belts and watch our finances. The Polgooth Times will continue to arrive on your doormat for free BUT it will be a better read if we receive more local news and articles! Thanks must go to all our advertisers whose support ensures that the Polgooth Times is free to Polgooth residents, please show YOUR support to them. As I write this it still hasn’t got really cold in the village and after last winter’s very cold snap and snow at the end of the 2010; the warmer weather may be welcome to many of us. The current Cornwall Council waste collection contract terminates on 31 March 2012, please see the article on what will be happening after that. As yet whether we will see any changes in Polgooth is not known, but we may have changes to the collection day and how the collections are made, i.e. whether in plastic sacks, boxes or bins. As someone who probably needs to think more about healthy activities, I was hoping to take part in the New Year’s Day Walk around the village. Sadly this year it didn’t go ahead. I realised that Janice had co-ordinated the walk and when she left nothing was organised. I am therefore planning to have a walk later this year, ideally this would take place during one of the school breaks so that we can maximise the number of young people taking part. I am proposing that we have a walk to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee and I will be organising a short walk around the village on Sunday the 3 rd of June during the Spring Bank Holiday and Jubilee Weekend. Full details will be published in Issue 119, please watch for notices around the village. Chris THORN is an artist who has a gallery in Little Polgooth and I had hoped to have one of his pictures on the cover of this issue. I will have to hold this over to a future issue and so I am passing on my apologies to Chris in my editorial. If you want to know more about his gallery, which has just opened on the outskirts of Little Polgooth, see his ‘Oldthorns‘ advert inside. There are two articles about issues in the village in this edition the first is about the next phase of ‘The War on Brambles’ and the second is about parking in one of our estates. Both of these articles show that village matters are important to us and we would welcome any articles for future issues. CHRISTMAS MUSICAL PERFORMANCE By the children of the Friday Club The deadline for articles for the next edition is 6 April 2012. PLEASE NOTE this is the deadline, the arrival of the Polgooth Times in your homes will be about 6-7 weeks later so please consider any date critical events you are advertising or when you are www.polgoothtimes.co.uk 2 1 asking people to respond to competitions etc. Please leave any handwritten or typed Our Postmaster items in the red box in the Polgooth Stores or better still email them to me. The website at http://www.polgoothtimes.co.uk/ is up and running and more back issues I know that I shall be voicing the opinion of everybody are being put on-line. Also check the home page for our new Facebook Page, if you are when I say how good it is to see David back on regular on Facebook please add us as a friend. Please let me know if you do visit the site and what you think. Any help in running the site would be greatly appreciated. duty at the post office counter, after his period of ill health, and to wish him and Dawn all the best for the future. They do a great job. David Holman M.D.C Polgooth Times Editor [email protected] COMPETITION NEWS *********************************** Thank you to everyone who responded so generously to the Karen TAYLOR would like to thank all the competition that was held in the last issue of The Polgooth Times. people who attended a Coffee, Cake & Chat We received lots of photos and other items relating to the history Morning in aid of Cornwall Hospice Care. of Polgooth, and they are now on display at The Polgooth Inn, £460.50 was raised please come down and have a look, someone you know may be on our wall ! The Winners were ************************************* 1st Prize – Christmas Dinner for 4 with a bottle of wine – Frank & Hayley The Polgooth and District Bridleways Group 2nd Prize - Meal for 2 for the value of £25 - A number of riders in the Polgooth area have formed the Polgooth and District Bri- Marilyn Thomas dleways Group . The aim of this group is to promote safety for riders, sharing infor- 3rd Prize – A bottle of Camel Valley Sparkling wine - mation, keeping up to date with regard to Bridleway conditions as well as other related subjects. We meet about every two or three months and if you know anyone who might Ian Brockenshire & friends be interested in finding out more please contact [email protected] The Polgooth Inn Gina Harvey 4 3 Alex and Tanya would like to welcome you to The Polgooth Inn Open all day Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays throughout the winter, and all day, every day during the Easter break. Keep an eye out for a wonderful St Piran’s Day celebration on 4th & 5th March and some Egg-citing Easter Day Activities Families welcome Meat Draw every Friday Cosy winter quiz every Tuesday night from 8.30pm Give us a bell on 01726 74089 or email us at ************************************* Websites Are you aware that St. Mewan PC has a website? This covers the villages of Polgooth, Sticker, Hewaswater, Trewoon & Trelowth. The website contains information about the villages, including Planning, Footpaths and also our articles from Polgooth Times. The site can be found at www.stmewanparishcouncil.co.uk See also a new website for The Village Hall at www.Polgooth.net NOW LIVE! Servicing Welding Body Repairs Crypton Tuning—Engine Management Fault Diagnosis www.polgoothtimes.co.uk M.O.T. While U Wait Free Collection & Delivery Service Free Courtesy Car Contact Gary Phillips J.V. CLARK & SONS 01726 74056 Little Polgooth Electrical Contractor MOT 01726 76880 All NICEIC ApprovedContractors VAT Reg no. 131 611 907 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS & REPAIRS *****Between January and April we will be re-locating to new premises ****** Suppliers of Electrical Appliances We will be expanding our range to include class 7 MOT which covers goods vehicles. Telephone 01872 530 361 Estimates Free Mobile 07779 103928 29a Tregony Hill, Truro, Cornwall. TR2 5RU River Valley Garage Contact Kevin Clark Kingswood, London Apprentice Sunningdale, Recketts Rd, Polgooth. Tel 01726 65300 01726 74056 6 5 Mobile For Free Estimate SERVICING AND REPAIRS KINGSWOOD RESTAURANT GENERAL AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS LONDON APPRENTICE RECOVERY SERVICE 01726 63780 EAST RAND · POLGOOTH EAT, DRINK & ENJOY 01726 72959 MEAL DEAL 2 COURSES @ £9.95 3 Courses @ £12.95 Excluding Sundays Catering for all your needs from Traditional food to A La Carte style. Functions for up to 80 people. Bring this advert Buffets available. with you, spend Opening Hours £5 per head and Tuesday to Friday 12.00 - 2.00, 6.00 - 9.00 get a ½ price cake Saturday 6.30 - 9.00 Sunday 12.00- 2.00 7.00 -9.00 2 Meals for £10 - Tuesday to Friday 12.00 noon to 2pm 8 7 OLDTHORNS Public Rights of Way Oldthorns is the name of my art studio on the outskirts of Little Polgooth. My place is on the left side as you go uphill towards Carnmoggas. For a number of years now I have had a special interest in Public Rights of Way ‘Young Buck’ picture is on the building. in the areas around Polgooth. Private parking is available right outside my door and visitors are welcome. During the 1980s and 1990s there were a number of issues with regard to access Please call me to make sure I am in before you visit 07770 277986 over these paths particularly for horse riders. Some became so overgrown/ Wildlife drawings and contemporary blocked that even walkers struggled to gain passage. About this time I met a X-ray pictures are always on display lovely lady who campaigned hard to keep these ways open over many parts of Chris Thorn Cornwall. Susan Milln lived in Polgooth and was a mine of information. She spent many hours going through a very complicated legal process including quite literally bags of correspondence to/from the then Council, in addition she attended a number of public enquiries, she was passionate that access would be assured for future users. Sadly Susan has had dementia for some time. Fortunately she shared her detailed knowledge with me which has allowed me to continue her work. I believe that had it not been for her foresight we would not have access to many of the paths we have today. Over recent years I have followed Susan’s example and continue to communicate with Parish Councils (PC) and Cornwall Council in order to keep these paths cleared from vegetation and unblocked from obstructions such as fallen trees. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Budge, Clerk to St Mewan PC who has been most helpful. As an example I was recently made aware that the lane that goes between Polgooth and Little Polgooth is likely to become overgrown with vegetation again this Spring (depending on weather) particularly the stretch on the brow of the hill and a little way on each side.