is but if the amount of news supports it, then it will be produced more frequently – it would be great to get back to a monthly edition. If you have any news items or articles that you would like to share, or an event that Issueyou would 3 like to publicise, please contact the PostHorn - details Our telephone box at Trevelmond resplendent in its of how to find us are at the bottom of the back new coat of ‘currant red’ paint, courtesy of Brian March 2018 Jewell page. QUARTERLY MAGAZINE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CIVIL PARISH OF ST. PINNOCK Rural areas in our patch to IN THIS ISSUE get fibre optic broadband ‘to Rural area broadband Page 1 Find us on Facebook Page 1 the premises’! Regular Clubs/events this coming quarter Page 2 Sunday roast dinner Page 3 In November of last year BT Openreach Local Government Boundary Commission Page 4 were surveying our local area ready for the Public Access Defibrillator Page 5 Doublebois was a great place to grow up in Page 6 third phase of Superfast Cornwall. Part Spring Lunch Page 7 funded by the EU, Cornwall Council and BT, Christmas events Page 8 this program was announced on 22nd August 2017 and will aim to upgrade more than 7,000 of the slowest 16,000 sub- 15Mbps premises remaining in Cornwall at the end of 2017. In our area this will be to the following PL14 postcodes: 4LZ, 4NA, 4NP, 4QT, 4RA, 4RD, 4RE, 4RS. The PostHorn understands that if The PostHorn also has a Facebook page – the costs do not exceed £4000 per house, find us @PostHorn. the page and ‘fiber optic to the premises’ should be you will get up-dates on local news and installed in 2018/19. Wow, what will we do events as and when they happen in with ourselves not having to watch paint between the quarterly printed issues. dry anymore? Reader’s article They do of course add the proviso: We have our first article by a reader of the ‘unforeseen circumstances can mean that PostHorn on Page 6. Let us hope that this is upgrade plans for a given area may change. In some cases this can mean an area the first of many! If you would like to becomes economically unviable to submit an article or details of an event or complete.’ make a comment, our contact details are at the bottom of Page 8. 1 REGULAR CLUBS/EVENTS THIS COMING QUARTER East Taphouse Short Mat Bowls Club General Sunday Auction Every other plays every Wednesday in the week at East Taphouse Community Community Hall from 7:30 to 9:30. Hall. This quarter they will be on: Come along and give it a try, or March: 4th and 18th ‘phone Doug Mills on 01579 320015 April: 1st, 15th and 29th for more information. May: 13th and 27th. Lots taken from 1:00 p.m. Viewing Slimmer’s World meets in the East starts at 4:30 and selling from 6:00 Taphouse Community Hall every p.m. Thursday morning from 9:30 to 11:30. Womens Institute – St.Pinnock and Connon Chapel holds a service every District Womens’ Institute invites new Sunday morning commencing at 9:30 members to join our really friendly with tea/coffee afterwards. group. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at the East Knit and Natter meets at Connon Taphouse Community Hall at 2:15 Chapel on the first and third Monday p.m. Ring Pauline Salt on 01579 320197 for more information of the month for two hours from 3:30. You don’t have to knit – just come and Parkinson’s Drop-In Group Every natter and enjoy some tea and lovely third Wednesday of the month - East homemade cakes. Just £1 covers Taphouse Community Hall from everything. 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. As well as the Parkinsons nurse talks, speakers on St.Pinnock Band - Band practice at many different subjects and a chance East Taphouse Community Hall from to try out new activities ranging from 7:45 to 10:00 on Mondays and art to Zumba. For more information Thursdays. ring Sue Whipp on 01503 262166l West Country Embroiderers – Vintage Motorcycle Club meets on Lostwithiel Group. Meets on the 2nd the second Thursday of the month at and 4th Monday of each month at East the East Taphouse Community Hall at Taphouse Community Hall. For more 7:00 p.m. information, contact: Bingo – First Saturday of each month Secretary Mrs G. Johnson 01503 220730 Treasurer Mrs P Stratton 01822 614677 at East Taphouse Community Hall. Group Rep Mrs A Taylor 01579 326005 ‘Eyes down’ at 7:00p.m. 2 Chiropodist at East Taphouse Tea and Chat Meet at Trevelmond Community Hall – 2018 visits: 26th Chapel on the first Friday of each March, 7th May, 18th June, 30th July, month from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. 10th Sept, 22nd Oct and 3rd Dec from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Appointments Mobile Library – Each month at East now needed - ‘phone Christine on Taphouse Community Hall Car Park 01579 321311 or Neil on 07828 from 3:45 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on 737814. Fridays: 16th March, 13th April, 11th May, 8th June and 6th July. The mobile St.Pinnock Parish Council Meetings library provides a library service to are held on the second Monday of rural areas in Cornwall where there is each month in the Chapel Room at no static library or micro library. The the rear of Connon Chapel at mobile library holds a selection of 7:30p.m. If you have any item of books on many subjects, novels, large concern, you can either raise it with print books, books for children and your local Councillor beforehand or talking books. Other materials, such you can speak to the Parish Council at as DVDs, music CDs and music scores the meeting - there is fifteen minutes can be borrowed on request. allocated at the start of the meeting Customers can request books for free for this. The agenda is posted on the from the online library catalogue or Parish Council notice board which is for a small charge if placed by a on the forecourt of Valley View Library Assistant. The stock is updated Garage on the Wednesday before the regularly. meeting. 3 LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION – CONTINUED! As part of this exercise, the Boundary representation at County level to reflected Commission has now confirmed that the this and not the views of an area with number of County Councillors in Cornwall which it has few tangible links: will be reduced from 123 to just 87. • Liskeard has more facilities than Lostwithiel and St. Pinnock Parish is This gives a target figure of 5163 electors geographically closer to Liskeard per division and it would seem that, despite • The County Council have just there being a +10% tolerance, the County launched a new planning and Council have been shuffling Parishes enforcement team based in Liskeard around trying to get as close as they can to which covers (amongst others) our this figure with little regard to the present CNA including St. Pinnock “interests and identities of local Parish communities.” • Our police area is based in Liskeard • Our secondary school is in Liskeard The County Council’s final • Liskeard is our nearest town for recommendation for St.Pinnock Parish, is shopping that it will remain in the Liskeard & Looe • Church circuits are based in Liskeard Community Network Area, but • Our Doctor’s surgeries are all in AMAZINGLY its county councillor will be Liskeard the one for the Lostwithiel division - which is part of the St.Blazey, Fowey and Lostwithiel Community Network Area! This is the proposal that will be submitted to the Boundary Commission for their ratification. The county council will also be submitting an alternative proposal which is to have 88 councillors instead of the 87 that the Boundary Commission have set - this will see St.Pinnock part of an electoral division wholly within the Liskeard & Looe Community Network Area. As the lower number of councillors (87) is the figure set by the Boundary Commission, there seems little chance that the higher option will be accepted, so the Parish Council has submitting an objection to the Local Government Boundary Commission stating its reasons for wanting This map shows the latest published to stay wholly aligned with Liskeard, in the ‘Recommended’ proposal It shows St.Pinnock hopes that it can get this overturned. It felt (with the red arrows) being part of Liskeard & it was essential for the Parish’s Looe CNA, but having its county councillor in the Lostwithiel Division 4 PostHorn Supplement to Issue 3 St.PINNOCK BAND ‘MUSIC CAFÉ’ An audience of thirty- The age range of the plus people were treated band members varies to an entertaining widely from the youngest evening of St.Pinnock – Lily at nine years old to Brass Band music at 70+ and it was good to Trevelmond Chapel on see that there was a Sunday evening, 4th cross-section of ages in March. between too. Most of the younger members also Not only was the music outstanding, play in youth bands as well – Lily and but the repartee of the band’s new her 11-year-old sister Jasmin play in the St. Dennis Youth Band as well and this is currently Cornwall’s champion youth band. The band played five pieces of music during the evening: • The British Legion March • Concerto de Aranjuez (known as “Orange Juice” from the film ‘Brassed Off’) – Flugel horn soloist Tim Whitehead (below) conductor David Thompson was both informative and witty too! 1 Obituaries It is with great sadness that the PostHorn has to record the passing of Hillary Yeo and Sandra Hansell - two stalwart members of East Taphouse Community Hall.