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MYLOR MAGAZINE July 2014 Your free magazine — please take one MYLOR MAGAZINE July 2014 Serving the whole community Mylor Magazine [email protected] Published by: Mylor Community Publications Group Trustees: Chris Perkins (Chairman) David Eastburn (Membership) John Symons (Parish Council) Revd Jeffrey James (secretary) Editor: Michael Jeans-Jakobsson 01326 374767 Community contact: Val Jeans-Jakobsson 01326 374767 Photography: Geoff Adams 01326 374197 Treasurer: Andy Goodman 01326 373530 Editorial Team: Judy Menage (PCC) Roger Deeming Wendy Fowler Terry Chapman Penelope Bryan Printing: Leaflet Express 01872 865744 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. E-mail: [email protected] for further details Cover: The new residents of Mylor Creek the day after their hatching. Photograph Michael Jeans-Jakobsson 2 Contents 4 Vicar’s letter 18 Trefusis Singers 5 Church notes 21 Health and Fitness 6 Chapel and Church news 22 New residents welcome 8 Parish Council 23 Who was Robert Rundell? 9 PCSO report 25 Local History - Darlwyne tragedy 9 Parish Plan 26 Centre Spread - D-Day 70 12 Playing Field 30 Wildwatch 13 New Bus Service 34 On the water 13 Quilt Exhibition 41 Farming Notes 16 Book Group 46 More about - Pamela Royall 16 Creative Writing 49 Crossword 18 Flower Club 51 Cartoon 18 RNLI Open Garden 51 Crossword solution Village Diary July July (continued) 3 4.30 Mobile Library 31 4.30 Mobile Library 7 PH 7.15pm Parish Council 7 OS 7.30 MFC meeting - p18 August 12 TH CL Midsummer market - p13 4 PH 7.15pm Parish Council 12 2-5pm RNLI Open Garden - p18 6 PF 7.30 Open air theatre - p12 12 TH 7 Con Trefusis Singers - p18 14 4.30 Mobile Library 14 Quilter’s exhibition ends - p13 28 4.30 Mobile Library 17 4.30 Mobile Library 19 2.30 Dowstall Farm tea - p5 19 Last day for questionnaire - p9 Have a lovely 22 TH 12 Last Lunch Club till Sept. 25 Tregunwith Farm 10-12 CM Summer holiday! 26 TH 10-12 Hist Gp CM –p25 September 26 TH 10 Writing workshop - p16 27 StM 10.30 Family service p6 9 TH 12 Lunch Club restarts Key: AS: All Saints Church, Con: concert, CL: Christmas Lights, CM: coffee morning, FVC: Flushing Vlge Club, FSM: Friends of StM, MC: Methodist Chapel, MFC: Mylor Flower Club, MGC: Mylor Garden Club, MM: Mylor Movies, MS: Mylor Sessions, MYH: Mylor Yacht Harbour, OS: Ord Statter pavilion, PF: Playing Fields, PH: Parish Hall, Sch: Mylor School, StM: St Mylor Church, TH: Tremayne Hall, TL: TDFAS lecture, Mylor Theatre, Truro College. 3 Vicar’s letter ~ Revd Jeffrey James As you read this column, men and women from all parts of England will be preparing to travel to York to meet as the Church of England’s parliament, the General Synod. On the agenda, along with other issues, is the ordination of women as bishops. I know from conversations with all sorts of people that this issue puzzles very many. The commonest question is something like “How can it be that this is still an unresolved question, why don’t you just get on with it?” The answer has as much to do with the way that the Church deals with questions where there are sincerely and strongly held differences of view as it has to whether women can or should be bishops. On the latter question, my personal perspective, based on reflection on scripture and church tradition in the light of contemporary understandings, is that the full participation of women as pastors, teachers and leaders in the Church is not just necessary or desirable, it is essential. The General Synod decides these kinds of questions by discussion, prayer and voting. Deciding important policy questions by voting is a common parliamentary process. Usually, those who win the parliamentary vote aren’t much concerned with the views or feelings of the losers - indeed they may take pleasure in seeing their opponents’ discomfort at losing and disparage their motives. Unlike other sorts of parliament, the Church is concerned with the unity of all its people, especially when views are polarised between differing positions. That’s one significant reason for the protracted time it has taken for the issue of women bishops to be definitively resolved. By many measures of opinion, there has been a majority in support of women bishops for some time, but concern for safeguarding the position of those with a sincere conviction that women cannot be bishops has led to delay while arrangements acceptable to all parties have been worked out. This pattern of taking time to try to keep people together when they disagree has much to commend it in our broader civic life. It begins by recognising the sincerity of the convictions of the person with whom you disagree strongly. In place of the sterile power game of winners and losers, there’s a real desire for maintaining relationships and developing understanding. This way of dealing with difficult decisions usually takes longer and is more costly in many ways but it offers the prospect that communities can learn to live creatively with differences rather than be divided by them. 4 Parish of St Mylor: Regular Services St Mylor with All Saints, Mylor Bridge www.stmylor.org.uk Sundays 8am Holy Communion* St Mylor 9am Holy Communion All Saints 10.30am Parish Eucharist St Mylor 4pm 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, Judy Menage, can be contacted on 01326 259909 or at [email protected] Friends of St Mylor Church Registered charity number 1129030 Alfresco CREAM TEAS Dowstall Farm, Bells Hill 2.30 pm on Saturday 19 July Tickets £4.00 Available from Committee Members or 01209 820357 - 01326 373128 Raising Funds for St Mylor & All Saints 5 Church and Chapel News Church News: Traditionally, red is the colour of Pentecost (formerly Whitsun) representing the spiritual tongues of fire which descended on the disciples of Jesus. Red was certainly in great evidence on the Playing Field on Pentecost Sunday – scarves, hats, flowers and lots of balloons – when a combined Service of the Word was held incorporating members of St Peters Flushing, Flushing Methodist Chapel, St Mylor, All Saints and Mylor Methodist Chapel. The weather had threatened to dampen the celebrations, but brightened so much that we needed to find extra seating and even had to ask people to share service sheets. Nearly 90 people attended this wonderful service led by Jeff James, Parish Priest of Mylor, who also gave a thought provoking sermon. Lessons were read by Megan Gaston and John Ollerenshaw. Laura Kitts and Ellie Jewell (left), among the youngest present, sang two worship songs very confidently and the intercessions were led by the Tetley family- Patrick, Lizzie, Tommy and Mimi (right). Andrew Stevenson, Parish priest of Flushing, gave the final blessing. The consensus was that this was the best Pentecost celebration for years, and long may it continue. Judy Menage Chapel news: On 18 May we held another of our Family Services led by Maggie Rogers and the children. Laura and Ellie (see pic. above left) performed a humorous play based on our annual Tea-Treat to St Ives. They also sang and read prayers, Michael played the piano beautifully, Vera did a reading and members of the congregation chose their favourite hymns to sing. Well done everyone! At time of going to press we are already planning our big Fundraising Weekend. This will include a sponsored walk followed by a traditional cream tea in the Chapel on Saturday. Then on Sunday the children will lead the service for their Sunday School Anniversary, more details next month. Hopefully after all that hard work we will hold our Tea Treat to St Ives on 5 July, weather permitting. We hope to spend a day on the beach/in town, ending with digging a traditional mound of sand on which to eat our Tea Treat buns, followed by fish and chips on the way home. The children then take a summer break and re-start in September. Contact Martin for more details on 01326 377491 or me on 01326 376241 Vyv Curnow 6 7 Community News and Views Parish Council: Monthly meeting was at Mylor Parish Hall on 2 June. Concern was expressed by a member of the public regarding the possibility of some of the new affordable housing on Bells Hill being allocated to families outside the parish. The Chairman will investigate this further. It was pointed out that, only recently, in response to a Cornwall Council consultation on proposed changes to the Homechoice Register, the Parish Council were unanimous in wishing for affordable houses to go to local people. The poor condition of the roads throughout the parish is slowly being rectified by Cornwall Council. If you have any concerns, contact their Highways Department on cornwall.gov.uk. The Leats Car Park is Parish Council property; the pot holes have now been filled in. The Council has had complaints about cars being abandoned in this car park. These vehicles are not taxed and have been reported to the relevant bodies. Parking is limited within the village, so this is very inconsiderate.
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