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MYLOR MAGAZINE June 2012

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Mylor Magazine [email protected] Published by: Mylor Community Publications Group Trustees: Chris Perkins (Chairman) Revd Roger Nicholls (Secretary) David Eastburn Editor: Michael Jeans-Jakobsson 01326 374767 Deputy Editor: Malcolm Clark Community & Advertising: Val Jeans-Jakobsson 01326 374767 Photography: Geoff Adams 01326 374197 Treasurer: Andy Goodman 01326 373975 Editorial Team: Judy Menage (PCC) Roger Deeming Printing: Leaflet Express 01872 865744

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Historical note: Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen on 1 June 1533 Cover picture: Mylor Diamond Jubilee Mug - see page 13 2

Editorial

I am very conscious of the honour accorded by the Trustees in appointing me as your new editor. With it comes the responsibility of working to make the magazine both interesting and informative for the whole of our village community. I must praise Malcolm Clark for the excellent work he did in continuing his predecessors’ efforts to develop the magazine for the entire community. He agreed to accept the role of editor for a limited time but still made it his own and I shall continue to look for ways to make the magazine both relevant and useful. We must also be grateful to our contributors for the varied and fascinating material that they provide and encourage everyone to consider whether they could put pen to paper. Finally, thanks to all our advertisers for showing confidence in us and effectively sponsoring our magazine. Without them, we could not continue to publish free of charge. Michael Jeans-Jakobsson Village Diary June July contd.

2-9 Flushing Art Week 20 Sch End of term 3 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Party 25/6 TH 7pm MS Fascinating Aida con 4-8 Sch half term 27 10am coffee mng Tregunwith Farm

9 TH 7pm Summer con see p8. August 9 10-12 am Coffee morning see p5. 3-4 TH Mylor Art Group exhibition 10 Sch Mylor Triathlon 12 StM 3pm Churchyard Service 11 StM Parish Outing to 12 StM 3:30 Cream teas Old Vicarage 11 OS MFC 7:30 Elaine Reynolds 19 StM Favourite Hymns Outdoors 23 TH 7pm MS Toyah CON 25 StM Churchyard Footpath Closure 27 TH 7:30 MM War Horse 26 StM Patronal Festival & Gift Day

July September

1 Mylor Regatta 4 TH 12:00 Lunch Club restarts 2 OS MFC 7:30 5 School term begins 8 StM FSM 7.30 St Mewan Sinf’a con 10 MGC Flowers for Oct & Nov 14 StM 7:30 Organ restoration con 26 TH MM 7:30 film TBA 17 TH Last Lunch Club before summer 29 TH 7pm History Group lecture

Key: con: concert, FSM: Friends of St Mylor, MC: Methodist Chapel, MFC: Mylor Flower Club; MGC: Mylor Garden Club; MM: Mylor Movies; MS: Mylor Sessions, OS: Ord-Statter Pavilion, Sch: Mylor School, StM: St Mylor Church, TBA: To Be Announced, TC: College, TH: Tremayne Hall. 3 Vicar’s letter— Ascension Day 2012

Back from a bracing pilgrimage with Viv Curnow’s class from Mylor School, a little wind-blown and foot-sore. We walked from Flushing around the point to Mylor Churchtown. It was blowing a gale but the blue sky got bigger and the hedgerows were full of bluebells and campion and what I indiscriminately call cow parsley, the white filigree stuff which seems to appear first. It is the best time of year with the trees just out, the ferns unfurling their bishops’ crosiers and the foxgloves nearly ready. We were all making a pilgrimage to a sacred place, the church of St Mylor, much as the saint himself might have done when he settled here and founded a place and a habit of worship 1600 years ago. By coincidence, this is the weekend when the diocese comes together in celebration of the carrying of the light of the Gospel into the county by so many Celtic saints all those years ago.

So on Saturday morning I shall pick a sacred flame from our deanery collection point at St Gluvias. It will have been lit from a torch at Chapel Carn Brea on the evening before the arrival of the Olympic torch. Somehow I shall keep it burning (Health & Safety, Risk Assessment boxes ticked, rest assured) ready for our Sunday service when we, along with parishes throughout the diocese, will celebrate the coming of those old Celtic saints to our shores, bringing with them the flame of the Gospel; it will be the centrepiece of a service of prayer for renewal and revival. We shall pray together:

Lord of our lives, your saints of old brought the message of your love to these lands many years ago. As we give thanks for them, we rejoice that you call and commission us as your saints today to pass on the light of your glorious gospel to the people of our own time.

Perhaps I am wrong to do so, but I picture our saint up to his belly button in the cold sea, singing, along with the psalms he would have known by heart, ‘St Patrick’s Breastplate’, which ends:

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me. Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

Christ be with you this Pentecost.

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Parish of St Mylor With the Mission Church of All Saints Church, www.stmylor.org.uk

Services for June 2012 Sunday 3 June Services

Sundays In view of the road closure and 8am Holy Communion, 1662, St Mylor 9am Holy Communion, CW, All Saints Diamond Jubilee Celebration

10.30am Parish Eucharist, St Mylor 8am BCP Holy Communion

4pm BCP Evening Prayer, All Saints (said), St Mylor Tuesdays and Fridays 9am Parish Eucharist, St Mylor 9am Morning Prayer, All Saints Wednesdays No 9am service at All Saints 10am Holy Communion, St Mylor No 10.30am Service at St Mylor

11am Holy Communion, All Saints No Evensong at All Saints

Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Roger Nicholls (01326 374408) The Vicarage, 17 Olivey Place, Mylor Bridge, , TR11 5RX Lay Reader: Dorrit Smith (01326 374361) Churchwarden: Judy Menage (01326 259909) email:[email protected] Parish Church Clerk: Pauline Bryant PCC Secretary: John Clark (01872 865974)

5 Community News and Views Book Group: Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey This complex and, at times, quite challenging book, charts the histories of Parrot and Olivier and their arrival, from post revolution France, to mid 19th century New York, with its very different attitudes to social class, democracy and the acquisition of wealth. The book has some wonderfully witty, descriptive and Dickensian moments as the past and present are tantalisingly revealed through the twists and turns of the plot, seen through the differing perspectives of the two main protagonists, who also give the book its narrative structure. Olivier, a young French aristocrat is drawn, by Carey, almost as a caricature of a pampered and snobbish product of his class and the older Parrot, son of an English printer who, when his father is arrested for forgery, ends up by circuitous routes and with varying talents, in Paris. Their lives are controlled and bound together by a shady, enigmatic and manipulative Marquis who is responsible for dispatching them to America, initially in the roles of master and reluctant secretary/servant. However,an unlikely friendship develops as each embarks on a voyage of self discovery and takes advantage, or not, of the opportunities of this New World. It is well worth persevering with this book. Joanna Robertson

Mylor Local History Group held an excellent social event in the Tremayne Hall entitled Music and Song of Cornwall and Beyond, featuring a performance by Roger and Vivien Bennett from , who sang a variety of Cornish songs, many of which the audience joined in singing. There was also a delicious buffet supper and the whole evening was thoroughly enjoyed by members and visitors alike. Thanks to Jill Quilliam and her helpers for organising a lovely evening. Michael J-J

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7 Community News and Views ~ cont. The Mylor Singers’ Summer Concert entitled ‘A Diamond Celebration’ is to be held on Saturday 9 June in The Tremayne Hall. It will start with a buffet supper at 7 pm and there will be much audience participation during the concert. Rousing patriotic songs will be sung (we will expect you to join in) plus other songs from Cornwall, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, thus making a very varied programme. A raffle will be held and the tickets are £5.00, available at the door. The choir has loved rehearsing and we hope you will get as much pleasure in watching as they have in practising. So far this year, the choir has been asked to give their concert at five other venues. Irene Gardiner

Litter Fairies You may not have seen them but they do exist. There are several public-spirited people in Mylor who regularly pick up litter on their walks. Thank you, litter fairies - we need more of you, or better still, less litter!

Church Notes The first fund raising event for the Organ Fund is a coffee morning in the garden of Greystones, Passage Hill, on Saturday 9 June from 10 am to 12 Noon. Transport available from the village – tel. 374262. Cakes, books, raffle. If wet, in Parish Room. There will be an evening of music, poetry and songs entitled ‘The Organ Builders Entertain’ on Saturday 14 July in St Mylor Church at 7.30 pm. Tickets are £7 each, available from the Churchwarden and include a complementary glass of wine and nibbles. This evening is also in aid of the Organ Fund. We are very grateful to the people who have already donated – please make cheques payable to St Mylor PCC (organ fund). The plant stall outside the Bell Tower at St Mylor church looks sadly empty. Is there anyone who would be willing to stock it with unwanted plants/seedlings etc. and maintain it? In the past, money raised from it has made a very valuable contribution to the maintenance of the churchyard. Contact churchwarden on 01326 259909 Judy Menage

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9 Community News and Views ~ contd. Mylor Movies in the Tremayne Hall at 7.30 pm (tickets £4.50 at the door) War Horse 27 June (12A) Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jeremy Irvine, Emma Watson, David Thewlis. Nominated for six Oscars. Dartmoor 1914: To his wife's dismay a farmer buys a thorough-bred horse rather than a plough animal, but when his teenaged son Albert trains the horse and calls him Joey, the two become inseparable. When his harvest fails, the farmer has to sell Joey to the British cavalry and he is shipped to France where he is captured by the Germans and changes hands twice more before he is found, caught in the barbed wire in No Man's Land four years later and freed. He is returned behind British lines where Albert, now a private, has been temporarily blinded by gas, but still recognizes his beloved Joey. However, as the Armistice is declared Joey is set to be auctioned off. After all they have been through will Albert and Joey return home together? Bluebell Walk at Carclew Daphne Neale kindly threw open her house and gardens on 5 May to entertain a good crowd who came to see the bluebells and to eat a delicious cream tea. The sun shone and everyone seemed to enjoy it enormously. The Carclew Gardens were also open and the afternoon raised over £500 for the RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association).

The Butterworth Exhibition Many people will remember Betty Butterworth, who lived in the village for many years before moving away to be near family. Before she left, she generously gave a collection of famous second world war cartoons done by her husband, George, to English Heritage and they are now exhibited in a room above the shop at Pendennis Castle. John Collins

We have another talented cartoonist in the village, see p43 - Ed. 10 Cockwells Modern & Classic Boatbuilding Ltd

Cockwells has been nominated for excellence in its marketing strategy at the Cornwall Business Awards. The innovative marketing strategy took advantage of a wide variety of channels to promote its new semi-production motor boat, the Duchy 27, the first in a new range of Duchy motor launches. The campaign was built round a strong brand and an innovative web presence, mixed in with strategic marketing of industry press, which led to being featured in national and international marine media, and participation in the major UK boat shows at Southampton and London.

The marketing campaign started before the first Duchy 27 was built, to explain the concept and feel of the Duchy 27. William Grill created a 1930s style holiday poster a to give a flavour of how the retro- styled Duchy 27 would look: - The first Duchy 27 semi-production motor yacht, fitted with a 200hp engine capable of 25 knots, was launched to wide acclaim by Princess Anne at the yard in an event that established Duchy Motor Launches as a brand that stands for the highest quality.

The Cockwells team also attended a number of boat shows to demonstrate the new boat. The 2012 Tullet Prebon London Boat Show was a particular success, with orders valued in excess of £300,000 placed for the Duchy 27. Cockwells' strong presence at these events has been backed up by a considered campaign of press releases, advertising, email marketing and social media activity, all of which have worked together to raise awareness of the Duchy Motor Launches brand.

Increased interest in Duchy Motor Launches, buoyed by Cockwells marketing efforts, prompted the company to create two new positions for experienced shipwrights earlier this year to address rising demand. The awards took place on May 17th at the St A Duchy 27 at the gig racing Mellion International Resort.

Follow Cockwells on Twitter at @cockwells, on Facebook at facebook.com/cockwells and on the web at cockwells.co.uk 11 Community News and Views ~ contd.

Mylor Sessions in Tremayne Hall:

April saw our biggest booking to date, with a performance at Tremayne Hall from the well known comedian Jack Dee. Another sell -out for Mylor Sessions, Jack entertained the packed house with his trademark sardonic take on life. The show was billed as part of a ‘work-in-progress’ mini tour of the UK -and a chance for Jack to try out new material. Considering this, it was, however, an hilarious and slick performance and everyone in attendance seemed to relish the chance to see such a big star in our intimate venue. May will feature two musical acts. The Good Lovelies on the 21 May – a group of upbeat, sassy, Canadian folk singing ladies who have squeezed an extra night into their UK tour to visit our village to help us raise money towards the Mylor Playing Field Fund.

Then on 29 May, the hugely respected and famous guitar hero Albert Lee will be taking to the stage for a sold-out performance in collaboration with the band Hogan’s Heroes. Reports on both these shows will appear here next month. If you are quick, there are still some tickets for the second night of Fascinating Aïda on 26 July. Thanks once again for everyone who has helped to put on, or support, Mylor Sessions. Join our mailing list via www.mylorsessions.co.uk if you’d like to hear about future shows. More exciting acts are definitely on the way! Celia Fraser 12 13

14 Community News and Views ~ contd. Diamond Jubilee Mugs (see front cover) will be on sale at the Mylor street party on 3 June. They are locally made from bone china and cost £2. They will continue to be available while stocks last, from: - Sue Moon (01326 377328)

Mylor Flower Club At the May meeting members welcomed back popular demonstrator and friend of the Club, Mrs Glynis Beard from Chacewater. Using examples of driftwood, spathes, stripped ivy and bark combined with a variety of foliage and colourful blooms, she took the audience from the hedgerow to more exotic places under the general title of ‘Nature’s Harmonies’. Mrs Beard is a qualified floral art judge and throughout the demonstration she gave useful advice relating to competitive work and the interpretation of class titles in a schedule. The Club holds a regular competition at its monthly meetings and the demonstrator kindly took the time to talk through each exhibit from the judge’s point of view. She also explained the wider role of NAFAS, the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies, for the benefit of new members. This was the first meeting since the Club held its antiques, collectables and craft fundraising day, which had been a great success, and the chairman, Margaret Underwood was pleased to announce that the club funds had received a useful boost and that a donation of approximately £178 was being made to Cornwall Hospice Care. The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on 11 June at the Ord Statter Pavilion when the demonstrator will be Elaine Reynolds from Delabole with ‘A Love of all Things Floral’. Visitors will be most welcome. Anna Cruise

Tremayne Hall Lunch Club is open to all over 60’s every Tuesday from 12 noon until 1.30. A nourishing home-made meal is served at a cost of £2.50. Soups and desserts are followed by tea or coffee and a raffle. There are a few spaces available and if you know someone who would like to join us, please encourage them to get in touch. We may be able to help with transport. The Lunch Club is popular, not just for good food served in pleasant surroundings but as an ideal meeting place for a friendly chat. Sarita Perkins (01326 375670)

15 Community News and Views ~ contd. Christmas Lights Like so much else in the village, the Mylor Christmas Lights Committee was deeply affected by the sad loss of Tony Andrew. We, the new Committee, have been thinking hard about to how we can keep the display going without his tireless efforts. I’ve been elected as Chairman, Terry Chapman is now Vice -Chairman and Tony Deacon, after many years as Secretary has become our Treasurer. So the first thing we need is a new Secretary. No previous experience necessary, just a willingness to help and with every initial assistance being provided by Tony. Please let me know if you think you could fulfil this vital role. Next, we’ll probably need to reorganise ourselves a bit, perhaps simplifying our committee structure. We hope to continue with all our previous fund raising activities, although given the weather over the last few years, will probably accept that we should plan on the Street Fair being in the Ord-Statter. Later in the year, we’ll probably also have to try rationalising the display as it has just about reached the limits of our bunch of volunteers. Which brings me to my last point: everyone seems to enjoy and take pride in our Christmas Lights. This important part of village life can only continue with your backing. Please continue to support us, not only financially but more importantly practically. We need supporters and volunteers to assist at the various fund raising events including the Street Fair, help in erecting the displays and at the switch-on event. In addition we need willing and active committee members to assist in the organisation of these events. Without your help and support the lights cannot happen. If you think you may be able to help, give me or Terry a call on either 01326 379279 or 01326 374073. Mike Winn

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A Girl's Night Out was a super evening which raised £1,000 for Mylor School’s KS1 reading scheme and nearly raised the roof of the Tremayne Hall! The atmosphere was fantastic, so much so that we have had several requests for it to become an annual or even monthly fixture - very flattering but not entirely realistic as the organising committee is still recovering!! The star of the night had to be our ‘Butler in the Buff’ - who shall remain nameless for fear that he be mobbed in Mylor Stores! - suffice to say he is one of the dads from school and proved to be a great sport. Delicious food, good wine and a mad DJ playing rocking tunes created an infectious mood which had 90 ladies of varying ages boogy-ing the night away on the dance floor. The pictures show The Tremayne Hall as it has never been seen before complete with disco lights, glitter balls, balloons, bunting and fairy lights - what more could a girl ask for? Louise Misselbrook The hall before ...... and during !

Mylor Garden Club has had two garden visits so far this summer. The first to Fox Rosehill Gardens was on a rather dull day but the two gardeners who showed us around were so enthusiastic and knowledgeable that the visit was very enjoyable. A bonus was to see behind the scenes where all the plants are grown for many gardens and roundabouts. The second visit was to Carminoe Valley Garden near Gunwalloe. This is a private garden only open occasionally for charity. It covers several acres of steep hillside and although only fairly recently established is already very attractive. We had a good wander around and then enjoyed tea and a wonderful selection of cakes and scones. Maggie Farley 18 GET THE BEST RESULTS from LEVICK AND JENKIN WINDOWS

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27 Community News and Views ~ contd. Mylor Bowls Club 7 April saw the opening of the green for the forthcoming outdoor season. The weather so far has not been too kind to the bowlers with several matches having to be postponed. The club has a full programme of matches for both men’s and ladies’ teams with May being a particularly busy month. In addition to both league and friendly games, many players enter County and National competitions which are played on a knock-out basis and can lead to finals later in the season. The Mylor Over 60 mixed doubles rink made a winning start to the defence of the trophy they won as National runners up last season by beating Mawnan Smith at Mawnan on 6 May, 46 - 28. The game was played on a cold blustery morning on two difficult rinks which offered all players a challenge in itself. On the morning of 29 April the club held a recruitment drive and coaching session which saw seven new faces try their hand at the game. Further coaching sessions will be held for these new faces in the coming weeks. The club is always looking for new people who would like to try the game and welcome all to try their hand at what can be a social or competitive sport. Derek Sherman

Toby Weller - Photographer Toby and his family have recently moved into the village. He is known to many as a West Briton photographer and has captured events in the village for five years. He also does a lot of freelance work. This is one of his most spectacular images which was spread across the front cover of the paper recently. A tragic fire which has removed a popular local hotel and even caused some residents to evacuate the swimming pool. Have a look at: - www.tobyweller.co.uk (photo courtesy of West Briton)

28 29 30 Wildwatch June is such a rich time for the nature lover. We sometimes treat ourselves to a trip ‘down west’ if the weather is fine. We watch the sun go down from Pendeen Light and then wait around until it is dark and make our way to Carn Galver Mine car park; about 1.5 miles on the B3306 from Morvah and just wait in the dark and silence to hear the strangest sound of the summer - the Nightjar. If you want to hear it before you go, Google RSPB Nightjar and you can hear a recording. It is worth doing because, if you do hear them, you may wonder if your hearing is playing tricks. The clapping sound is not someone trying to shoo them away - it is part of their nocturnal mating communications! For the best sounds, cross the road from the car park and walk a little way in either direction and wait in the velvet silence to enjoy the experience, but find a safe place to stand as the road is well used. You can hear them from about midsummer and into the first week of July but it must be dark and you may have to wait an hour. Fantastic! You can also look out for other creatures of the night. May-bugs, or Cockchafers are flying about, booming at you at this time of the year. They are large, bumbly beetles - harmless but heavy - which eat leaves and like carrot tops. But perhaps best of all you might find a glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca). It is not a worm but a beetle. Only the wingless female glows to attract the flying males. The glowing season is mid-June to July. Adult glow worms cannot feed, so they live for only 14 days or so. Once the female has mated she turns out her light, lays eggs and dies. After a few weeks the eggs hatch into larvae which live for one or two more years feeding on slugs and small snails which they paralyse before sucking them dry. Then the cycle begins again. Each year you are seeing the ones which were hatched two years previously. The light from glow worms is cold and is a form of bioluminescence. It is caused

when a molecule called luciferin is oxidised by a catalyst to produce oxyluciferin. It is far more efficient than most light sources we are familiar with. If you are lucky enough to find them in a hedgerow, disused railway embankment, Cornish wall or even in your garden leave them where they are. Don’t take them away. They are rare and need specialised care ... but the wonder of seeing them will make you smile to yourself for months to come. Dorrit Smith 31 On the Water ~ Malcolm Clark

World Pilot Gig Championships Local gig clubs were well represented at the 23rd championships on the Isles of Scilly from the 4 - 7 May. Flushing & Mylor Pilot Gig Club took three gigs with nine racing crews taking part. They had their best results ever, testament to the growing strength of the club despite a number of illnesses and last minute changes. Ladies A broke the club record by finishing 18th overall out of 125 boats. Records were also broken by the Ladies Vets crew (10th), Ladies B (42nd). Ladies C finished 79th, with two never having raced before and four of the crew enjoying their first ever Scillies. Men’s A equalled their best ever finish of 3rd in the Veterans and came 11th in the Open event out of 120. This is even more remarkable in that the Men’s A and Vets were the same crew apart from one member in each who had to stand in at the last minute due to illness. Men’s B (35th) broke the club record and the Supervets (above), in the first year for this category, established the club record of 11th out of 16. This is for rowers of 50 and over. To gain this and come 108th in the men’s open is a remarkable achievement with an average age of 68. They were missing one team member who has had a hip operation but he hopes to be back next year at age 88! Never too old for gig rowing.

Nankersey Rowing Club fielded six crews. 45 members travelled to the Islands to take part in the racing, a steady increase since NRC's first World’s in 2009 when the club sent 14 rowers and supporters. The conditions were far more favourable than in past years and crews fought competitively in north/north easterly winds. The veterans crews rowed on Friday night, taking 47th and 49th place out of the 59 boats racing. On Saturday, Ladies A in the first race from St Agnes achieved 38th place and they stayed in the top 40 all weekend, wining one heat and finally finishing 34th, a huge leap from last year's 70th position. Likewise Ladies B worked hard over the weekend, finishing 55th overall, a huge improvement on last year's place. Both Men's Crews did fantastically well. Only two rowers had attended the World’s before and the crew, many new to rowing, had only been together for five months. Men's B won their final heat earning them a podium position.

32 NRC work alongside Tremough Campus and encourage students who wish to take up gig rowing, the proof being that 22 of the competing NRC crews are students from the Campus. The club holds evening sessions most days and are out training every weekend. Whether you wish to row socially or train with a race crew, you will be made to feel most welcome. Check out the website on www.nankerseyrowingclub.com for more exploits or call 01326 376922 for more information. NRC looks forward to seeing you....

Devoran Pilot Gig Club were also racing at the Scillies, and besides taking part in the gig rowing, also took part in the gig sailing which takes place on the last day, for the Pilot Widows Trophy. Competitors sail a triangular course. Gigs are not the easiest of boats to sail, which is perhaps why only seven boats entered the event, five started, and four finished. Devoran's Fear Not (pictured) finished third. Malcolm Clark

33 More About ~ John Collins

To say that John has led a full life is an understatement and this profile cannot be more than a snapshot of a polymath! He was born in London and went to five schools with an education inevitably disrupted by the war. After Winchester and University College London he qualified as a civil engineer and worked in England and New Zealand. John comes from a farming family at Menorlue, Stithians. Later the farm was submerged under Falmouth reservoir. He married Felicity in 1956 and describes her as ‘the spark of my life’. They have four children and ten grandchildren. Their married life began in Oxford with John working at the AERE, Harwell and Felicity as a County Almoner in Bucks. Later they moved north where John lectured for thirty years in civil engineering and public health at Manchester University, specialising in radioactivity and environmental protection. He worked on systems to augment the protein content in cattle feed and took on a farm in addition to his university work. Felicity played an important role on the farm as a skilful tractor driver and a caring ‘midwife’ at lambing time. We often think of John and Felicity in relation to Judith Harvey, their 39 foot ketch moored in Mylor Creek for many years. She is named after a family boat called Judith, built in 1759 - a 180 ton privateer with an interesting history. Judith Harvey was custom built for John and Felicity to their own design. They kept her in Scotland originally, sailing regularly to Norway. They moved her to Mylor in 1991 and Judith Harvey played an important part in their life until 2011. She is now owned by a family in Bristol. “Don’t forget the shooting” says Felicity as she reminds us that John was a crack shot in earlier days, winning trophies at Bisley and elsewhere. John is still closely involved with a radiological consultancy in Macclesfield that he runs with one of his sons. He and Felicity also play an active role in the community of Mylor and they enjoy their lovely garden overlooking the creek, with its constantly changing views of tides, boats and sunsets. Val Jeans-Jakobsson

34 From the Waterside ~ Vincent's Spicy Chicken Stir Fry

Ingredients 1 Chicken breast 1 peeled Lemon, cut into chunks 1 chopped Garlic clove 2 large handfuls of fresh Spinach 1 pinch of Chilli flakes 2 tablespoons of sweet Chilli sauce 2 tablespoons of dark Soy sauce (dilute with lemon juice and water, or Vincent says it's too salty!) Method Add a little oil to a wok and gently fry the chicken until lightly brown. To this, add your lemon and garlic and cook for a further minute. Add soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce, chilli flakes and spinach. Keep the spinach nice and green, so further cook for a maximum of one minute. Serve with rice. To make this really special, see next month's recipe for Vincent's Homemade Sweet Chilli Sauce – delicious!

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8 Laban complained he had not been allowed 4 The components of the crown that Jesus was to kiss them when Jacob fled with his family made to wear before his crucifixion (John 19:2) (Genesis 31:28) (13) (6) 9 In favour of (3) 5 Colour of cloth which was to cover holy ob- 10 ‘The child’s father and mother — at what jects in the tabernacle when moving camp was said about him’ (Luke 2:33) (9) (Numbers 4:6–12) (4) 11 Swagger (Psalm 12:8) (5) 6 One of the gold articles plundered from the 13 ‘Terrors — him on every side and dog his Midianites offered to the Lord by the Israelite every step’ (Job 18:11) (7) army ‘to make atonement’ (Numbers 31:50) (6) 16 Bay bits (anag.) (7) 7 ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the 19 Preach, address an audience, speak in pub- children’s teeth are set — — ’ (Jeremiah 31:29) lic (5) (2,4) 22 Holy Communion (9) 12 Ate (anag.) (3) 24 ‘On their way to — out the land, Joshua in- 14 ‘We ourselves... groan inwardly as we wait structed them, “Go and make a survey of the eagerly for our — as sons’ (Romans 8:23) (8) land”’ (Joshua 18:8) (3) 15 Abram’s nephew (Genesis 14:12) (3) 25 Joseph advised Pharaoh to appoint these to 16 Rupture (Job 30:14) (6) administer his grain storage plan (Genesis 17 ‘Yet to all who received him... he gave the 41:34) (13) right to — children of God’ (John 1:12) (6) 18 ‘I... asked him the true meaning of all — . — Down he told me and gave me the interpretation of 1 ‘Assyria’s pride will be brought down and — these things’ (Daniel 7:16) (4,2) sceptre will pass away’ (Zechariah 10:11) (6) 20 Military units (Exodus 14:20) (6) 2 ‘And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and 21 ‘Joseph her husband was a righteous man in — with God and men’ (Luke 2:52) (6) and did not want to — her to public dis- 3 The descendants of Esau (Genesis 36:9) (8) grace’ (Matthew 1:19) (6) 23 Diva (anag.) (4)

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