PARISH NEWS 65p AND RUAN LANIHORNE MARCH 2013

Holy Week & Easter Services

28 March MAUNDY THURSDAY 7 pm Veryan Stripping of the Altars

29 March GOOD FRIDAY 10 am Portloe

Noon Ruanlanihorne 2 pm Veryan Meditation & Veneration of the Cross

31 March EASTER SUNDAY

6.30am Sunrise service, Pendower beach 9.30 am Ruanlanihorne Holy Communion

10.30 am Portloe Morning Worship The ’Lenten Rose’ 11 am Veryan Eucharist

Don’t forget that British Summertime begins on Easter COLIN, SUZANNE & CHLOE Sunday - put the clocks FORWARD an hour on Saturday evening 30 March so as not to be late for WELCOME YOU ALL TO church on Sunday! The New Inn DIARY REMINDERS FOR EARLY MARCH Veryan VERYAN PLAYERS 28 February & 1 & 2 March

MARCH MADNESS SALE Sports club Saturday 2 March 11 am - 3 pm

ST PIRAN’S NIGHT Sunday 3 March 7 pm

VERYAN WI Tuesday 5 March 7 pm

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sun (well, you may remember note! As I put a plastic bag he plants his leek seeds for what I mean by the use of the over the pot to conserve wa- next year. That is obsessional IN YOUR word ‘sun’) and I bought it ter and heat, I then close the dedication to a cause! Admit- because of one I had seen in tunnel doors- with my fingers tedly he is growing in climate GARDEN which flowered so crossed! Of course they will controlled conditions in his well in late January and all of not all root but bearing in home greenhouse but the pho- February. It should be pruned mind that a new plant will tographs make it look more this immediately after it has fin- cost around £20 it has to be like a laboratory and I have ished flowering and if it has worth a go. The clue how- some serious catching up to do become rampant can be ever may be in the cost of as mine were planted in Janu- If it is still raining when you pruned to the ground. the new plant. We pay for ary! read this then you will under- That, of course, will encour- difficulty or for growing It seems that every day I have stand why I am almost at a loss age very vigorous growth. Do time or both. a posted plant or seed cata- as to what to suggest your not be tempted to prune it too [photograph of Nicola’s logue plunge to the mat by the March gardening jobs might late or you will cut off next clematis on page 4 - Ed] front door and at least twice a be!! I have managed to put all year’s flowers. However I I mentioned that I had day I receive emails from the seeds in that should be sown find I have to do a little light planted seeds in the tunnel. wholesale seed and plant mer- now, but only in pots in the trimming, with extreme care, There were the usual broad chants trying to flog me the tunnel and with some gentle or it becomes triffid-like very beans growing away in pots latest hybrid something or heat to aid germination. I have rapidly. I have no wish to and a rather lurid red variety other or the latest in trendy also tried some very early deter you from this wonderful that I am growing for a gardening gadgets. And I ask spring cuttings, particularly of plant. I have no doubt that friend. I have also had some myself, do I need ultra- cush- the winter flowering clematis the top dressing applied to the fun this wet winter sourcing ioned knee pads in ‘day glo’ ‘armandii’. border it is in and the abun- seed from exhibitors who colour of my choice? Would I This particular clematis has dance of water has now pro- grow the ‘largest, longest or use a wooden thing that makes flowered beautifully in January duced this glorious show of heaviest whatever’. plant pots out of newspaper? and throughout February. It was flowers this winter. Its cheery The beauty of this amazing Could I accommodate a string planted three years ago and, blossom and delicate fra- internet is that you can not holder that is three feet tall, true to form, when first planted grance has brightened up the only source these seeds from has a point for ramming in the it sulked for a bit and then grew gloomy days. the exhibition growers but ground together with striation at a reasonable rate. In its sec- I am advised that it is one of you can read their tips for marks to double up as a long ond year it grew at a very un- the most difficult clematis to growing giant cabbages and handled dibber (this is playing reasonable rate and had to be propagate. Mine was not overlong carrots, leeks and havoc with the spell checker!) pruned back and carefully damaged by cold weather this runner beans, and you can Would my days be better if I trained. It can become a real year and was growing apace watch videos that actually had a handy flat- packed wheel thug if you do not take care that with new shoots everywhere show and tell you how to do barrow in a colour to match it goes where you want it to. so I decided to give cuttings a it. my knee cushions, is there any Give it lots of room, a fence or try. It is as simple as picking a A prominent resident of Ver- merit in a knife shaped purely strong trellis to climb along, (or new shoot with two adjacent yan was extolling the virtues to remove weeds from my even better a tree to climb up) leaves and roughly 6cm of of these teaching aids. He paving,( my husband’s chef and remind it regularly where it stem, nipping out the growing needed to make some Eliza- knives are perfect!) a mid- should be before it wraps itself tip, slicing a piece vertically bethan ruffs (don’t ask!!) and handled shrub rake, a Japanese round the neighbouring plants. at the bottom of the stem to he was explaining in great razor hoe or- wait for it-a hand If you have a specimen that is increase the root growth area detail how easy it was to sieve, perfectly crafted to sieve rampant then you may be sur- and putting it carefully around follow a written instruction potting compost on to a four prised to hear that they are dif- the edge of a pot, buried right on a web site and how he inch pot? ficult to establish. up to the bottom of the two found following a video so And whilst I watch those lurid They are not cheap to buy and leaves. much more difficult. red broad beans emerging therefore a failure comes at Very fresh hormone rooting I have to agree it is the same from the pot (suspecting they some cost. I did a fair amount powder may help control fun- with these exhibition veg. will be green when cooked) I of research before I planted gal disease but do bear in However, this year I am de- marvel at a list of cultural mine and then realised that the mind that a pot of rooting termined to have a go at gi- hints for growing transparent research was probably wasted powder that has been in the ant leeks, cabbages, onions, blackcurrants, pink blueberries as I knew where I wanted to put shed for 6 months or more another shot at a humongous and no, please no - yellow ge- it and the location was probably will have lost all its proper- pumpkin and a trio of raniums! not ideal. The experts will tell ties. It may take at least two lengthy runner beans and a And finally, I must politely you to keep it out of cold winds months or more to put down singularly lengthy cucumber. ask Mr Grigg to desist from that may burn the leaves. Mine roots and where the leaves Now it may all end in tears, advising people that mine are was exposed to such winds and were large I have trimmed particularly with the leeks. ‘not proper pigs’. Indeed, as that is probably why it looked a them also. Anyway there are The champion grower, who with so many of my garden bit brown and crinkled and took pots of them on the propagat- finds time to write vast plants, they trace their heritage its time to establish. ing bench and with a little tomes on the internet, grows back thousands of years to the Equally those experts will tell heat and a secret propagating his leeks for shows from South Pacific via New Zea- you it thrives in shade on a trick, I am hopeful. Yes, you June to September. land. My boar, Rusty, would north wall and will flower in want to know the secret As soon as the last show is be happy to discuss ‘proper’ at early April. Well mine is in full propagating trick? Well take over at the end of September close quarters! 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Now, here in the middle of That is the sort of attitude ‘Coracle’ From the Vicarage Lent, I find myself asking that can result in conflict even more questions. either on a personal level, price increase Why? and other questions. which we can often get Archbishop Rowan Wil- around, or more signifi- We were notified at the end I thought it was because of liams has made the point cantly at community or of 2012 [too late to amend advancing age that I seem to that we need to keep the national levels. our subscription forms] be questioning things more question open. Pontius that as from April 2013 the but on reflection I think I al- Pilate gets a bit of a bad Being open-minded is not cover price of ‘The ways have wanted to know press but it is not without the same as being empty- Coracle’ would why, how, when, what, justification that he is re- headed. Asking questions increase from 20p to 30p. who(m) and so on. corded as asking ‘What is and listening to answers

truth?’ It is not that truth is enriches our lives and en- Our ‘magazine and I guess I must have been one relative; it is that we do ables us to build up rela- Coracle’subscriptions for of those awkward children not possess the intellectual tionships. 2013/14 were based on the who were never satisfied with capacity to know anything 2012 cover price of 20 per the answer given and it has absolutely. If we did there May God hear your ques- issue. been an attitude that has would be no need for tions and help you hear some times brought me into faith. answers. We currently distribute 25 conflict with authority - even copies of the ‘Coracle’. though I have always tried to I am cautious about people In view of the late ask politely. who are totally convinced Fr Doug. notification, Veryan PCC that their view is right. will honour the original subscription rate for the remainder of this year and cover the additional cost . Below: The winter clematis ‘armandii’ flowering at Trewartha TREVERBYN HOUSE & TREVERBYN LODGE BED & BREAKFAST & SELF CATERING ACCOMMODATION

Tel: 01872 501201 VERYAN WI Tuesday 5 March 7 pm Email: [email protected]

www.treverbyn.co.uk ANNUAL MEETING

FURTHER DETAILS FROM SUE DAY [501673] Visitors and new members welcome

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ST SYMPHORIAN CHURCH, VERYAN NEW CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL - 2013 EVENTS 2013 Every Church of England parish has an Electoral Roll. For anyone who wants to play a part in local church affairs and/or to vote at the Annual Parish Meetings it is necessary Burncoose Nurseries to be on the Church Electoral Roll. at near Every year the parish electoral roll is revised to keep it up Open daily for Trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous plants. to date but every sixth year, across the whole country, old 01209 860011 Church Electoral Rolls are deleted and completely new Church Electoral Rolls are prepared. Caerhays Gardens are now open until 16 June This year, 2013, is a year when a completely new Electoral Caerhays Castle open 11 March - 31 May for Roll will be prepared. guided tours

Under the Church Representation Rules a formal notice has NATIONAL MAGNOLIA COLLECTION been placed on the Veryan Church notice board to say that RHS recommended lecture, 15 March at Caerhays a new roll is being prepared and giving the terms of eligi- bility. To be eligible an individual has to be over 16 years GARDENING IN COASTAL LOCATIONS of age, baptised, be a member of the Church of England or RHS recommended lecture, 5 April at Burncoose a member of a church which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, be a parishioner and have signed a form For more information please contact the Estate of application for enrolment. Office 01872 500025

Everyone who is on the present roll will be receiving an Email: [email protected] enrolment form in the very near future. The new roll will be drawn up on the basis of the existing roll plus any new www.thevean.co.uk www.caerhays.co.uk enrolments.

New enrolments would be extremely welcome and addi- tional enrolment forms can be obtained from Sarah Rundle, Trevarthen Cottage, Veryan Green. Tel (01872) 500950. Email address [email protected] Londis Late Shop As the new electoral roll has to be completed at least 15 days prior to the Annual Parish Meeting of the PCC (24 th April 2013), all completed enrolment forms should be J. J.HARRIS & SON (ENGINEERS) LTD th returned to Sarah by 9 April, 2013. Treworran Superfast Broadband

The plan of bringing Superfast Broadband to over 85% of Garage businesses and residents in our area is under way and is expected to ‘go live’ between May and July this year. BT Bessy Beneath, , Openreach says that detailed planning is in progress. Truro, Cornwall.

If you haven’t yet signed up, please visit 01872 530 304/5 www.roselandonline.co.uk as soon as possible for information on how to do so. This is a non-binding registra- tion, but will help to support our interest in Superfast and Off Licence/Groceries/Newspapers could help areas that might otherwise be overlooked. MOT TESTING CENTRE The editor of Roseland Online, Mark David Hatwood, along General Engineers - Arc Welding- with Martin Edwards, is helping to negotiate Superfast for Steel Fabrication, Sun Electronic Tuning our area. They will do all they can to make sure that the 15% ’marginalised’ element of the area gets consideration Calor Gas and Solid Fuel Stockist too, but in order to prove local interest and put forward the Mon-Sat: 8.00am-8.00pm strongest possible case, the do urge everyone to register an interest as soon as possible. Sun: 9.00am-7.30pm

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PORTLOE years old). So I promised iliary motor. Fishing was Customs and Excise were to try to find out. ‘with nets and lines’ less efficient when dealing FISHING BOATS though I remember him with the various owners of The Customs and Excise proudly producing huge ‘Netta Anne’. Built in Me- A chance conversation with records are listed and the lobsters from withy pots. vagissey in 1919 she was my Aunt Dorothy inspired list is available on the Re- originally registered as FH me to go to the Cornwall cord Office on-line cata- The boat was examined 263, owned by Henry Record Office to look for logue (go to annually by Gorran Haven Johns who used her for records of Customs and www.cornwall.gov.uk and coastguards, to make sure crabbing and fishing with Excise, Falmouth, specifi- follow the links, or that she was seaworthy and net and lines. She was in- cally those relating to the Google crocat to find the displaying the registration spected regularly from registration of fishing boats. on line catalogues). There number in accordance with 1919 up to 1940, the begin- are 15 entries for boats the law, from 1923 to 1950 ning of the war. Auntie Dorothy’s father working out of Portloe, when she was sold. was Edward James Parker, mainly around the later In 1946 the registrar at Fal- who after a career in the 1940s after the end of the The registrar at Custom mouth wrote to the coast- merchant navy and surviv- second World War. The House wrote to acknowl- guard at Gorran Haven. Mr ing the first World War, reference code is CE/F/12/ edge receipt of the registra- Clarence Johns had applied married a Scillonian girl, followed by a unique tion document, and to ask to register ‘Netta Anne’ as Annie Collett, and brought number for each set of whether the new owner a sea-going boat, but in her home to Portloe. They documents. wanted to re-register the September 1941 the regis- lived in Chapel Terrace, and boat for fishing. The reply trar had been informed by Uncle Eddie (as I knew him ‘Laura’ was registered to was prompt, courteous, but the coastguard station that - he was my grandfather’s joint owners Edward characteristically brief: she had been burnt and the cousin, his mother being a Parker and John Henry ‘I don’t know anything registration certificate had Rundle) had a fishing boat. Profit in January 1923, about the present owner. been lost. In the circum- with Edward Parker as When he bought the boat stances her registration as a ‘What was the name of his skipper. Just over 17 feet from me he said he was fishing boat had been can- boat?’ I asked. ‘Laura, FH long, 6 feet broad and with going to use her as a pleas- celled. 171’ was the prompt reply. a 16 foot keel, her tonnage ure craft’. ‘Any other information?’ was 1.78. She was lug- The duty coastguard de- ‘Not that I can remem- rigged, with lug and miz- nied all knowledge, saying ber’ (she is after all 92 zen sails, and had an aux-

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that the officer who had The Falmouth registrar reported the matter had asked the Ministry of ‘Ag ‘moved away’. and Fish’ at Plymouth what he should do, their reply be- ‘Mr H Johns’ was con- ing ‘as the applicant is a tacted, who replied fairly fisherman and intends to use testily that he had not ap- the boat for commercial fish- plied to re-register the ing’ there was no objection boat, he had no idea where to the re-registration. that information had come from, the boat was not Most of the records date burnt but had been in store from 1946; most are the for- for some years and there- mal registration certificates, fore had been crossed off but occasionally letters and the register. ‘I believe’ he notes enhance the ‘bare wrote ‘that HM Coastguard bones’ of the official re- knew about it’. It was, he cords. said, Mr Clarence Johns CRE who was applying to re- register the boat. ‘trusting that this will simplify the matter for you…’

‘Netta Anne’ was eventu- Right: James Edward Parker ally registered to Clarence with a fine catch Johns as FH 181 in January 1947, but in December of that year there was a new application for her from James Henry Blamey of Veryan, ‘for fishing’.

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homework, but finding phantly down to the under- Anne Meering says that service time was ap- ground on his way home. ‘One just had to laugh!’ proaching, snatched up There was quite a crowd his notes and rushed over trying to get on the train, to church ready for the and our friend was one of My family has a sprinkling of a vulnerable position on service. When he opened the last to board. He members of the clergy. In the pulpit, and yes, it the notes before the ser- squashed in with the root fact, our son, a nephew and suffered the same fate. mon he found to his dis- end of the tree, but the his wife, and a grandson still Another eloquent may that he was looking doors suddenly closed, actually at theological col- speaker got very excited at algebraic theorems snapping the tree in half. lege , so I tend to hear of exclaiming ‘deeds, not instead. He had to rely on The train rolled out leaving laughable episodes that have words!’ as his dentures memory and inspiration, an empty platform except befallen their colleagues. flew out, leaving him but to his surprise was for the lovely flowering top During a flower festival an speechless. congratulated on ‘a most of the vicar’s tree. ambitious arranger had built A holidaymaker with a interesting sermon’. The same friend was asked up a column of flowers and guide dog thought he At a recent baptism he to tea by a parishioner, and foliage in front of the pulpit, would like to attend a was presented with a a accepted a fairy cake. He ending on the rail with a large service. They chose a hefty two-year-old who was asked a question, to bouquet. The visiting pew at the back. The dog suddenly snatched Laur- which he replied with vig- preacher, a demonstrative settled down and went to ence’s glasses and threw our, forgetting the cake man, was given to expressing sleep. But at the first them into the font. Fortu- which he squeezed be- himself with vigorous hand hymn there was first a nately there was plenty of tween his fingers, to the gestures. Of course he hit the low rumble, then a water, and they floated consternation of his wife top of the column, and sent it hearty wail. Did he ob- unharmed. and the delight of his audi- crashing into the front pews: ject, or was he joining A clergyman friend of ence. not a sound from the congre- in? Either way his ours, a keen gardener, Very soon we shall put the gation but I fear there were owner didn’t want to used to visit the Chelsea clocks forward to start many silent convulsions of spoil the service, and left Flower Show, and one British Summer Time. Do laughter. before the next hymn. year joined the auction not forget this. We did That same priest on another On one occasion our for plants at the end. He once, and arrived in church occasion bore up with him a son, Laurence, had been purchased a flowering just as the collection was glass of water and placed it in helping his son with his tree and carried it trium- being taken...

Lenten eggs, mediaeval style

The church in the Middle Ages required much more serious fasting than we attempt nowadays: not ‘giving up chocolate’ but a ban on eating eggs in any shape or form. Inventive cooks however came up with an ingen- ious alternative. ‘Lenten eggs’ were made by blowing hens’ eggs and inserting into the shell (no instructions survive on how!) first some thick white milk of almonds mixed with sugar, ginger and cinnamon, then a portion of the same mixture coloured yellow with saffron to represent the yolk, and then some more of the white to fill up the remaining space. The shells with their new Our collective good wishes to Julia who contents were roasted in the ashes ‘in the manner has recently had surgery to a foot - but of real eggs’. what is she saying?

Why not suggest a caption - suitable for ‘Almond milk’, used instead of cows’ milk on fast inclusion in our next issue! days, was made by blanching and grinding al- monds and mixing with water to reach the de- sired consistency. It could be used in sweet or savoury dishes depending on what you added to it.

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What a discovery! This photograph shows the building of Veryan’s Hall [the ’Legion Hall’ ] in the 1920s. Can you name any of the workmen shown? Photograph lent by Trounce Guy We will have a larger version on display at our St Piran’s celebration.

VERYAN SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB

will re-open on Friday 8 March!

The club has been closed for the past three months, but will open again under new management - The local, family run Nursery Andrew Tregunna, a name synonymous with Veryan With home or locally grown stock

- and Matt Dixon, who has captained the village’s Perennials and evergreen plants and shrubs

cricket club for 13 years. Cacti and succulents

Herbaceous plants for perennial summer colour

The club will be re-named the Elerkey Bar, a name Exotic plants hardy within our local climate

Bedding plants for all seasons that didn’t take too long to conjure up given the club’s Planting service to your own tubs or baskets, new or situation in Elerkey Lane. It has undergone a facelift refills with new furniture, lighting and redecoration aimed a Vegetable seeds, composts and plant foods

giving it a warmer and cosier feel. Terracotta and ornamental pots

In season fresh garden produce and eggs from happy hens, and ice-cream! Doors will be open from 7 pm on the first night, with National Garden Gift vouchers sold and accepted live music starting at 9 pm. Garden advisory service - planning, design, sorting Andrew and Matt want to restore the club as a social problems

meeting place for the community. They say that they Planting and hard landscaping can be arranged want to provide ‘great entertainment throughout the Full floristry service is available for funerals, weddings, parties or just your home. Cut flowers are sourced ethically from Cornwall and flower markets to summer and into the long dark nights of winter’. suit your requirements

Open 9-5 - closed Sunday afternoons The function room will also be available for Or ring for your personal appointment weddings, birthday parties, christening parties etc; The Roseland Nursery, Trewartha Chapel, Trewartha, Veryan TR2 5QJ tel: 01872 501825 For bookings contact Andrew or Matt at the club (01872 501773) or on mobile (07531 605501) or by www.theroselandnursery.co.uk

email: [email protected] a super-fuss when it comes to clothes. They have to be clean March 2013 page 9

SKYPE 2013 . The other unexpected thing is the number of pages “Do you….?” that leap out advising you to get this or that and sign “I certainly will, as soon as I can get set up.” up here at a certain cost. Ignore these firmly. This snippet of conversation led to a request for The only thing you need to do is register yourself. something for the magazine, even though it will soon The registration page is a beautiful pale sky blue be obvious that I am not an expert in the subject. with little white clouds on top, and soon after dealing One grand-daughter is living in Los Angeles, and last with that, I was able to hear my daughter from Lon- September whilst staying with her parents I met don. SKYPE for the first time. Sitting in front of their com- As I had to type my answers that became rather tedi- puter, suddenly we saw Helen looking straight at us. ous. (She was muttering “come on Mum, - come She was on the end of the bed, and grinning hugely. on”.) so we have reverted to the telephone for now. “It’s so easy, Granny,” she said, “ so get joined up However, I have a birthday soon, so a microphone when you go home.” and even a camera might come my way ,and some- What a challenge, which of course I am doing my best where in the family I guess there is some-one who to accept. will help me manage the last few steps to really “All you have to do is “Google Skype,” I was in- truly SKYPEing. formed, “then follow the on-screen instructions” (This I have already sent invitations to lots of people to probably works fine if you have a lap-top with inbuilt add me to their list, and am looking forward to some microphone and camera. My 1990s model computer replies… does not.) Joyce Goldie

A few days before her birthday Joyce fell and broke her arm. After several days in hospital she’s home again, and we all wish her well and a speedy recovery.

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FORTHCOMNG EVENTS MARCH St Piran’s night MADNESS! Sunday 3 March

SATURDAY HOUSE Easter 2 MARCH VERYAN PARISH HALL CLEARANCE/ 7 PM Craft Fair Sale of ‘pre-loved’ GARAGE SALE and second-hand Saturday 23 March Shout, clothes, toys, Trounce Guy, 10 am to 4 pm VERYAN household items Rosemor House, pasty supper, etc. quiz & raffle Veryan PARISH (Former Roseland VERYAN SPORTS HALL £6-50 per person, Motors site) & SOCIAL CLUB £15 family ticket

100s of items from Saturday 23 March JAZZ FOR GERALD Booking essential! teaspoons to freezers, steamers to an 10 am - 4 pm The Jacka Jazz 5-piece adjustomatic bed, band is putting on a Old Cornwall Society paintings, special concert to Memorial Hall Wednesday 13 March dining room suite, VERYAN PLAYERS remember their 28 February & 1 & 2 tenor 7.30 pm china, glass, bedding, sax man March rugs, phone system, ‘Boy’ Gerald. THE Bose music centre, Ticket availability: DUKE OF CORNWALL’S single mattress etc. ring 501670 Tuesday 2 April LIGHT INFANTRY Portloe church CREAM TEAS 7.30 pm Major Hugo White In aid of Veryan church VERYAN SPORTS All welcome ‘after service’ coffee £6 on the door, & SOCIAL CLUB Details 580540 CONIFERS includes hot pasty Prize Bingo WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 14 March 7.30 pm from 2.30 pm C.RUDRUM & SONS (CORNWALL) LIMITED Veryan DIPLOMA COAL MERCHANTS

Country

Market Reliable and Regular Deliveries 50 Kg Open Bag Deliveries Fridays 1010----3030 to 1111----3030 am Pre-Pack Fuels in Clean Sealed Plastic Bags (Feb(Feb----Dec)Dec) Quality Fuels Real British Coal Veryan Parish Hall TRURO (01872) 274942 Home cooked produce, MEVAGISSEY (01726) 842365 ST. AUSTELL (01726) 850462 preserves, handicrafts, REDRUTH (01209) 215561/213365 FALMOUTH (01326) 377345 plants, local vegetables (01326) 573661 BARTON HOUSE Refreshments PARC ERISSEY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NEW PORTREATH ROAD Orders: 01872 501559 REDRUTH TR16 4HZ

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Margaret Welch DIARY DATES FOR 2013 Many of us will have enjoyed the varied and witty articles in ’Parish News’ contributed by Margaret Welch. What Additional information about forthcoming events can be sent to some of our readers may not have known is that Margaret our church websites for inclusion in the on-line diary: [email protected] , [email protected] or was Val Hunkin’s mother, and mother-in-law to ‘our Bill’ [email protected] as well as to the editor of here in Veryan. She moved to Skye with her daughter a ’Parish News’ at [email protected] few years ago, and kept in touch by sending her thoughts on an amazing range of topics as articles for our church ADDITIONS TO THE DIARY magazine. Margaret was, as she said, ’really old’: sadly her sight CRAFT FAIRS in Veryan parish hall Saturday 23 March began to deteriorate quite severely but she persevered and Saturday 14 September continued sending items for publication long after most of Saturday 30 November us would have given up. She retained her sense of humour even when she became very ill, and sent ‘not for BINGO at the sports and social club, Veryan publication, mind’ a photograph of herself with her head 14 March, 11 April, 9 May, 13 June

swathed in bandages after surgery to remove growths from close to her eye. ‘COME DANCING’ Veryan parish hall Sadly age and ill health caught up with her and she died at 10 & 24 March, 7 & 21April, 5 & 19 May, 2 & 16 June the end of January. I for one will miss her very much. Ed. NARE HEAD BUNKER open days Friday 12 April Sunday 26 May Sunday 30 June Monday 12 August CREMATION All at 11 am & 1.30 pm AT INVERNESS BOOKING ESSENTIAL - ww.roc-heritage.co.uk ‘other museums and collections’ to find Veryan ROC Post Thursday 7 February 2013 Museum Or phone Lawrence Holmes 01872 278234 MARGARET WELCH Aged 94 CONCERT at Ruan 2 April 2.30 pm

R.I.P. CREAM TEAS at Conifers 24 April 2.30 pm

ROSELAND FESTIVAL 21 September-5 October

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Daytime low tides at CARNE in March

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat

31 1 2 14.09 13.50 14.24 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15.02 15.48 16.51 18.18 7.15 8.50 9.55 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10.48 11.34 12.17 12.55 13.28 13.56 14.21 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 14.43 15.07 15.43 16.53 18.33 7.21 8.30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 9.25 10.13 10.57 11.38 12.18 12.56 13.33

Times are GMT EXCEPT 31 MARCH [BST] New moon 11 March Full moon 27 March British Summertime begins Sunday 31 March

MELINSEY MILL is a local family business: it’s an interesting mix of working water mill, craft gallery, café and tea room. We serve morning coffee, traditional snacks and light lunches, afternoon teas and Cornish cream teas. We also sell cider, beer and wine. All our cakes, pies and pastries are home-made in the mill kitchen. Melinsey is wheel-chair friendly, and welcomes dogs on leads outside.

We open in April until the end of October: 10 am - 5.30 pm. Closed on Mondays in April, May, June, September and October, but OPEN on bank holidays. Telephone 01872 501049 TR2 5PX

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VERYAN PARISH CHURCH \Round the Churches... Electoral roll happy to play for us occa- NEWS You will see on page 5 sionally - she has other Ruan FROM that our church electoral playing commitments but roll is to be entirely re- loves our organ - and Lanihorne PORTLOE newed this year. If you will help when she can. are already on the roll, Soup lunches end - please complete and re- St Paul carving Our Easter services will begin alas! - on Monday 4 turn the form which will Fr Doug has received some on 29 March with a Good Friday March, so please come shortly be delivered to information about the service at noon. On Easter Day and join us for the you; if you are not, and background to our re- there will be a Communion ser- Grand Finale! would like to be, do cently-acquired carving of vice at 9.30 am. A diary date for early contact Sarah. St Paul: it was discovered We will be decorating the many years ago in a house church for Easter on Saturday 30 April: cream teas begin Organising the organ basement in London, it march from 10 am. All help and/ on Tuesday 2nd at 3 rota seems to be Flemish in ori- or donations of flowers will be o’clock, and on that gratefully received. PF We were so very sorry gin, and it is likely that it same evening Jacka that Joyce has had to dates from the sixteenth Jazz will be playing at withdraw from playing century. A MUSICAL AFTERNOON 7.30 pm [see separate our organ for a bit; let’s Tuesday 2 April notice on page 11]. At hope that her broken arm 2.30-4.30 pm Easter flowers least two very good rea- will soon mend. If you would like to THE ROGER MINERS DUO sons to be in Portloe Meanwhile we are hugely contribute towards our Ruanlanihorne reading that day . JH grateful to Doreen Free- Easter flowers in memory room man for stepping in at of loved ones, please very short notice on two contact Margery Truscott LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, Friday 1 March successive Sundays. [501302] at Annadale, RAFFLE Women’s World Day of Doreen says that she is Veryan Green. Entrance by donation Prayer

St Mawes Catholic In aid of St Rumon’s Now that we have the church web-sites up and running window restoration fund Church 2 pm well we would like to create photographic archives for ALL WELCOME each church. If you have any photographs of Veryan, Ruanlanihorne Roseland Churches’ Choir diary 2013 or Portloe churches in particular, or of the villages Sunday 24 March Palm Sunday evensong, St Just 6 pm generally, and would be happy to have them copied on to the appropriate website, please let Fr Doug have them; Sunday 19 May Pentecost evensong, Gerrans 6 pm make sure that your name is clearly shown on the enve-

Sunday 11 August Patronal festival evensong, Gerrans 6 pm lope in which the photographs are sent to make sure you get them back! Sunday 25 August Patronal festival evensong, Ruan 6 pm If people are included it would be helpful if you could Sunday 6 October Harvest evensong, Veryan 6 pm identify them and it would be of interest to say when the photographs were taken. October [date to be confirmed] Organ centenary celebration service, Veryan CHANGES TO SERVICES - VERYAN AND PORTLOE Sunday 13 October Harvest evensong, Ruan 6 pm From January 2013 the services on the second and fourth Sun- Sunday 24 November OR days will change: 1 December Advent evensong, Gerrans SECOND SUNDAYS

Sunday 15 December Nine lessons & carols, Ruan VERYAN 11 am Eucharist

Sunday 22 December Nine lessons and carols, Veryan PORTLOE 10.30 am Anglican Service of the Word

The choir is available to sing at other services: contact the FOURTH SUNDAYS chairman,. Graham Pauncefort, at [email protected] or on VERYAN 8.30 Holy Communion [BCP] 01872 580001. 11 am Mattins [unless a major feast]

PORTLOE 9.30 am Eucharist

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The parishes of CHURCH SERVICES FOR March Come Dancing! VERYAN and Veryan Ruan Portloe RUAN LANIHORNE VERYAN PARISH Priest-in-Charge: Sunday 3 March Lent 3 The Revd Canon Douglas Robins 11 am Eucharist 9.30 am 10.30 am HALL The Vicarage, Veryan TR2 5QA Canon Doug Holy Communion [BCP] Morning Worship Sunday 7 pm 01872 501618 Canon Doug Ivor Cresswell 10 & 24 March VERYAN Sunday 10 March MOTHERING SUNDAY contact Ann [501035] 11 am Eucharist 10.30 am (St Symphorian) or Pat [501479] Canon Doug & Anglican informal worship Parish Church Angela Cooper for details Churchwardens Mr David Elliott Sunday 17 March PASSION SUNDAY Boswague, Tregony 11 am Eucharist 9.30 am 10.30 am [501230] Canon Doug Mattins Morning Worship MEDITATION GROUP & Canon Doug Jean Baines VERYAN Mr Robin Rundle Trevarthen Cottage Sunday 24 March PALM SUNDAY Third Thursday in the Veryan Green 8.30 am 9.30 am [500950] Holy Communion Eucharist month 2.30 pm Canon Doug Canon Doug Hon. Secretary 11 am Eucharist Mr David Elliott Canon Doug 501650 or 501565 for [501230] Details Treasurer Thursday 28 March MAUNDY THURSDAY Mr Robert Pepper 7 pm stripping opf the altars There is a warm welcome [501670] Organist Friday 29 March GOOD FRIDAY Meditation & veneration of the Cross for everyone and we can Mrs Joyce Goldie arrange transport if 2 pm 12 noon 10 am [501565] needed. Envelope Treasurer Sunday 31 March EASTER DAY Mrs Marilyn Veness 6.30 am Sunrise service Pendower beach [501704] 11 am Eucharist 9.30 am 10.30 am Canon Doug Holy Communion Morning Worship Canon Doug Rachel Carbis PORTLOE Magazine Editor (All Saints) United Church Church Stewards Christine Edwards Miss Jeanette Blamey VERYANgalleries [501727] 1, Homeyard Homes, Veryan [501539] [email protected]

Advertisements vacancy Did you Know? Pat Raine [501479] Hon. Secretary Mrs Jeanne Hitchings We have PAINTINGS by artists such as [email protected] End Cottage, Portloe [501114] William Nash, Robin Leonard, Distribution coordinators Hon. Treasurer Jenny Wheatley and many more! Sarah Rundle and delivery team Mrs Joyce Gilbert Porthjulyan Plus beautiful Jewellery, It would be helpful if Pendower Road contributions for the Veryan ceramics, cards, and bags, magazine sent by e-mail could be [501365] sent as a Word 2003 document - perfect for gifts. attachment RUAN LANIHORNE We also paint favourite VIEWS, flowers , DEADLINES (St Rumon) Parish Church Churchwardens Portraits and MURALS

Mrs Joy Evans for a present. It takes several days’ work to Robin Hill special produce the final magazine Ruan Lanihorne Come and see us - between the two copy and disc, so we need copy [501229] usually by 16th of the previous Mrs Pat Farr Roundhouses Lambourne Barn month for inclusion in the Ruan Highlanes at VERYAN GREEN following month’s issue: occa- [501599] sionally our printing deadlines require earlier delivery of the Hon. Secretary disc. PLEASE CHECK Mrs Pat Farr DEADLINE DATE ON BACK Tues - Sat 10 - 5-30 PAGE - and early copy is Hon. Treasurer always much appreciated! Mr Clive Farr 01872 501469 [501599]

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REGULAR EVENTS The Parishes March Diary Church Rotas AllStars for ages 7-12 fort- of Veryan & Ruan nightly in Veryan School 5- Friday 1st : Veryan Lanihorne 6.30 pm [contact school for Women’s World Day of Prayer, READINGS AND READERS details] 2 pm [page 14]

Church Services Services in March Brownies meet Mondays in

term time, Veryan Parish Hall 1st & 2nd Please exchange with someone if you VERYAN VERYAN PLAYERS [page 11] can’t read on the day allocated. Parish Church of 6.15-7.30pm

Saturday 2nd Mad March Sale Sunday 3 March Lent 3 St Symphorian Country Market every Friday Veryan sports club 11 am Isaiah 55, 1-9 in Veryan Parish Hall 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Sundays: [page 11] Peter Gardner [530591] 10.30-11..30 am 11 am Parish Eucharist 1 Corinthians 10, 1-13 4th Sunday 8.30 am Parish Council meets on third Sunday 3rd St Piran’s night 7 pm Luke Dunstone [713] Monday, 7.30 pm, Veryan Parish Hall [page 11] Holy Communion [BCP] 4th Sunday: 11 am Veryan Parish Hall Sunday 10 March Monday 4th soup lunch, Portloe MOTHERING SUNDAY Mattins [BCP] unless Eucharist committee room 12.30 pm [page 14] Exodus 2, 1-10 for special feasts Pre-school: at Sports and

Blair Jobson [530288] PORTLOE UNITED Social club, Veryan, Mondays Tuesday 5th Veryan WI AGM, 2 Corinthians 1, 3-7 11.15am-3 pm, Tuesday, Parish Hall 7 pm [page 4] Julia Pound [741] CHURCH Wednesday, Thursday 9.15am- All Saints Friday 8th Veryan Sports Club bar Sunday 17 March 1.15 pm reopens 7 pm [page 9] PASSION SUNDAY Methodist services 1st, 3rd & 5th Ringing Practice at Veryan : Isaiah 43, 16-21 Sundays at 10.30 am 4th Tuesday most months, but Sunday 10th Christine Edwards [727] 2nd Sunday: Service of the Word contact 501203 for up-to-date MOTHERING SUNDAY service Philippians 3, 4b-14 [Anglican] at 10.30 am information at Veryan 11 am [page 15] Sue Truscott [609] 4th Sunday: Eucharist Roseland magazine delivery Come Dancing Veryan Parish Hall Sunday 24 March at 9.30 am arranged by local coordinator 7 pm PALM SUNDAY Isaiah 50, 4-9a RUAN LANIHORNE Roseland Youth Group meets Monday 11th Caerhays castle John Veness [704] St Rumon in Social Club Tuesdays opens [page 5] Philippians 2, 5-11 7-9.30 pm for ages 10-14 Wednesday 13th Old Cornwall, Marilyn Veness 1st Sunday: School open assembly : 9.30 am Holy Communion [BCP] talk on DCLI 7.30 pm [page 11] Maundy Thursday Fridays at 9.15 am in church 3rd Sunday: Thursday 14th Bingo at Sports Exodus 12, 1-4, 11-14 9.30 am Mattins [BCP] Whist drive : every Friday, 1 Corinthians 11, 23-26 Veryan Parish Hall 7.30 pm Club 7.30 pm [page 11]

Readers to be arranged on the Yoga: every Tuesday Friday 15th talk at Caerhays day CHANGES TO THE USUAL Veryan Parish Hall [page 5] Good Friday TIMES, 10.am-12 noon Isaiah 52, 13 to 53, 12 FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL Saturday 23rd CRAFT FAIR ZUMBA class: Wednesdays, Hebrews 10, 16-25 SERVICES WILL BE Veryan Parish Hall [page 11] Veryan Parish Hall 7.30 pm Readers to be arranged on the ANNOUNCED IN THIS [07739 468142] Saturday 23rd House clearance day MAGAZINE sale, Rosemor [page 11] Sunday 31 March Sunday 24th PALM SUNDAY EASTER DAY FROM THE REGISTERS Evensong St Just 6 pm [page 14] Acts 10, 34-43 Come Dancing Veryan Pariah Hall Robin Rundle [500590] Burial of ashes at Ruanlanihorne 7 pm [page 15] 1 Corinthians 15, 19-26

David Elliott [230] 24 January 2013 HOLY WEEK AND EASTER Veryan Flowers and Brass PAULINE ALISON LEWARNE aged 63 SERVICES - see page 1

FLOWERS none in Lent, but APRIL see Easter list Tuesday 2nd Cream teas, Portloe BRASS: Baptism at Veryan 3 pm [page 14] Mrs J Pound And JACKA JAZZ concert 7.30 10 February 2013 pm [page 14]

ISAAC WILLIAM FREDERICK Tuesday 2nd CONCERT AT Ruan Lanihorne RUAN 2.30 pm [page 14] son of Christopher Nigel and Joanne Frances Long CLEANING & FLOWERS Veryan parish website 3 Mar: Mrs Mihalop/ www.veryan.org Mrs Hamblett All local news and information 17 Mar: Mrs Redley/Mrs Bowen ‘Parish News’ is printed by ‘Quay Side Print’ of Truro and distributed by volunteers in 7 Apr: Mrs Abrams/Mrs Wasley our two parishes.. welcome: contact is Toby Copyright in layout and design is owned by Veryan PCC. The copyright in articles submit- Robinson at the shop ted for publication remains with the authors whose permission should be sought through NB NO FLOWERS IN LENT the editors if reproduction in any medium is contemplated. If no author is attributed the editors may not be able to reproduce items as it may not be DEADLINE FOR possible to establish the copyright status. Portloe United Church APRIL MAGAZINE FLOWERS AND CLEANING Articles which have appeared in print elsewhere must have authors’ names attached and copyright clearance. see notice board 19 MARCH March 2013 page 16