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Happy Easter Weekend April 2nd - 4th Lostwithiel - A Railway Town One of the unexpected things I’ve really missed over the by fire in the late 1980s and subsequently redeveloped as past Covid year is travelling by train, whether to see family Brunel Quays. We’ve spent hours over the years waiting at who’ve settledP Uin theBL North,ISHE oldD friends BY inT ,HE LOS a tripT WIthe levelTHI crossing,EL BUSINE our toddlers wavingSS GR to theOU engineP drivers. to the Tate Gallery in St Ives or just a pootle round the shops in . A mainline station in the town makes all the Since February the railway is again at the forefront of difference. Lostwithiel life, with the replacement of the railway bridge at the entrance to Coulson Park, the gigantic crane, towering Lostwithiel has been a railway town since the above the trees, which lifted the new bridge into place and, Railway opened ‘the handsomest station on the line’ in for many of us, weeks of sleepless nights illuminated by May 1859. Originally there was also a large goods shed, a floodlights and the cacophony of heavy machinery. carriage shed, a stationmaster’s house and of course the Brunel designed railway workshops, all of which employed Still, as we look forward to life opening up again this a significant number of townspeople. By 1869 the Cornwall summer, the railway is a tempting reminder of life beyond Minerals Railway had constructed the Lostwithiel – Lostwithiel. Whether recent proposals to reopen the Fowey branch line, still in use, as originally, for China Clay transport. line to passengers, regain a footbridge across the tracks Some of us can remember the original station with its and build a much needed station carpark come to fruition canopied buildings and its palm trees, and the elegant we’ll have to wait and see – but all would be very welcome Brunel workshops, in use as light industrial units until gutted in our railway town.

Photo courtesy of Richard Brassett WHAT’S ON WHERE – MARKETS, EVENTS & GROUPS - APRIL WHAT IS LOSTWITHIEL FOOD SHARE? LOSTWITHIEL LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET – Lostwithiel Scout Hut, 4th SATURDAY Lostwithiel Food Share has been going for just over a of each month: April 24th from 10am -1pm Socially distanced & one-way year now – but what is it? system. During Covid check Lostwithiel Farmer’s Market Facebook Page or Helen [email protected] It’s a Community project set up with a dual purpose:- EVENTS: Environmental – to reduce the amount of perfectly good food Thurs April 8th – U3A Online Chairman’s Quiz & Entertainment 7pm - Members being sent to landfill by food retailers. Only Social – to make food that would otherwise be wasted available Sat April 17th - Zoom AGM & Talk ‘Fruit Schooners’ FHHSoc – 2.30pm to all locally at minimal cost. Members Only Lostwithiel Food Share work with a number of local food LOSTWITHIEL COMMUNITY CENTRE & CAFE: retailers, including Lostwithiel Co-op, who donate perfectly CLOSED FOR APRIL except P.O. good on-date or surplus food items which would otherwise be See Community Centre Facebook Page or www.lostwithielcommunitycentre.org.uk disposed of as waste. POST OFFICE COUNTER SERVICE in Long Room – side door About ten local volunteers, coordinated by Antonia Eden and Lostwithiel Memory Cafe CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE : for info on Anna Maria Ingleby-Oddy, collect the donated food each day, and Memory Cafe email [email protected] or ring 01208 872 490 organise a daily Covid-safe session where ANYONE can bring a bag and pick up food items available that day for £1 donation : SCOUT HUT (MAIN CAR PARK) per household. It is not just for people in need, it is a way of PRODUCE MKT 4th Friday (see above) OTHERWISE CLOSED sharing surplus food with the whole community. Currently, the DRILL HALL (next to Co-op): CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Food Share sessions are held at St Bartholomew’s Church, from 9.15 to 9.45pm Monday to Friday. CHURCH HALL, CHURCH LANE: Enquiries John Gilbert -01208 Deliveries can sometimes be organised for those unable to 873 673 mobile 07437 013 173 or [email protected] Lostwithiel Community attend due to ill health or childcare. The £1 donations go back Church now meets at the Hall 5pm Sundays into food projects for the town eg: the Covid-19 Support Group foodboxes. LOSTWITHIEL SOCIAL CLUB, FORE STREET: CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE You can find updates and contacts for Lostwithiel Food Share Lostwithiel Town Band: contact Ian 01726 817 100 or Jane Richards from their posts on the Lost Voice Community Facebook Page, 01208 871 278 and more about the nationwide initiative by on the Food Share Project Facebook Page. It’s a great movement. LOSTWITHIEL BOWLING CLUB, ROAD: Hoping to reopen to Members Saturday 17th April at 2pm – see page 6 for details IN TOWN & AROUND Steve Gardner Health Visitor Under 5s Clinic: For info ring Penrice 01726 74969 Lostwithiel Pre-School: For info ring 01208 872 243 ELECTRICAL [email protected] 24 Hour Emergency Service Lostwithiel Badminton Club – ring Eddie Sugar 01208 871 111 for info All types of Electrical work Undertaken WEEKLY BANK & POST OFFICE Fault Finding A Speciality SESSIONS Estimates and Advice are Free Lloyds Bank Van in the Main Car Park Over 40 Years Experience alternate Mondays only : Mondays 5th and 19th April and 3rd May NB: THE VAN IS NOW HERE 10am-11.15am ONLY. There may be times when routes/stops are not operational, therefore it is strongly recommended you call our mobile branch hot line 0345 601 6943 before you travel. Nearest Lloyds Bank Call Steve branches in and open M-F 10am-2pm Post Office in the Community Centre every week: 01208 872946 / 07811 153076 Mondays: 2.30-5.30pm Thursdays 10am-1pm Brydai, The Uplands, Lostwithiel

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DISCLAIMER: Lostwithiel Newsletter is an independent non-profit publication by and for the people of Lostwithiel and surrounding areas. It is published ‘under the umbrella’ of Lostwithiel Business Group but views and opinions expressed in the Newsletter do not necessarily reflect those of Lostwithiel Business Group. The editor reserves the right to refuse material for any reason whatsoever, and cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur in this publication. Debenie Morse - Editor 2 FROM THE MAYOR COMMUNITY CENTRE NEWS Contact us on: 01208 872 207 One and All or [email protected] elcome to Spring. With the hugely or find us on Facebook. successful vaccination programme well www.lostwithielcommunitycentre.org.uk W under way, it’s likely we will soon be able to return to some semblance of normality. The Well, the Centre is still closed to the public throughout April, Town Council has been able to reopen the skatepark, multi- use apart from the Post Office sessions on Mondays and Thursdays, games area and outdoor gym from March 29th. which continue as usual. I have been informed that the planning application for Gillyflower BUT that doesn’t mean nothing is going on! In fact, for the whole Farm is being amended by the developer in response to some of the of April, a film crew is taking over the Centre for rehearsals - concerns raised by residents, and that revised access plans will be and our Car Park will be out of bounds for parking throughout submitted in due course. While I appreciate some people are finding April (Cattle Market Car Park not affected). They’ll have a 24hr the delay in the Town Council coming to its collective response to security guard on site and will be working every day. Very this application frustrating, it remains critically important that such exciting! a significant application is considered in the light of all available information. As a result, Council will be considering what impact DIARY DATES: this has on the timetable for reaching a decision at the next meeting Sunday May 2nd: Blood Donor Sessions on 30th March. Week commencing May 3rd – Children’s Activities re- Following a decision of the Council, the Town Clerk and I have met start with RW Rail, the contractors replacing the railway bridge. They Thursday May 6th – Local Government Elections, Polling have kindly offered to make some improvements to the access Station 7am-10pm to KGV Playing Field, providing some steps up onto the riverside Monday May 17th - Garden Cafe re-opens to the public path, and hopefully replacing two gates at either side of the field. Their very necessary work replacing the railway bridge has been conducted with great consideration for our community; I thank them for that and also their generosity in completing the park project.

The amount of rubbish that fails to make it into the bin provided at the Skatepark remains a source of much annoyance for many. If any users of the Skatepark have any ideas as to how to resolve this, the Council would be pleased to receive them. This area is well used and much enjoyed by many people, and collectively there must be a solution to the rubbish problem, even if it’s as simple as taking some collective responsibility for the site.

On a different tack, I was approached recently by someone with a lot of enthusiasm for developing a ‘Pump Track’ at KGV field, which I thought was a great idea.

Finally, on 6th May there are elections to both , and the Town Council. There is one vacancy for Cornwall Councillor, and 16 vacancies for Town Councillors, and it would be great if we had significantly more than 16 candidates for the Town Council elections, to allow the community to choose who they want to represent them. There has always been much passion, drive and enthusiasm for all matters relating to Lostwithiel, and now is your opportunity to step forward and get involved with your Town Council.

It has been a privilege and a pleasure to serve as Mayor of this Community for two years now, and I must take this opportunity to thank not only all Councillors for their valuable commitment and contributions over the last four years, but equally both the Town Clerk and Admin Assistant for their dedication to our Community. Thanks for reading Tim Hughes, Mayor of Lostwithiel LOSTWITHIEL FOOD SHARE Landlords MONDAY - FRIDAY 9.15 - 9.45pm Bringing Tenants and Landlords Together In St Bartholomew’s Church Visit our website Deliveries available on certain days for those www.mipadlettings.com unable to come due to health or childcare or give Debbie a ring on £1 donation per household Please observe social distancing Contact Antonia Eden or Anna 01208 872171 Ingleby-Oddy via Facebook for further info.. 3 The Benefice of Lostwithiel Parishes LOSTWITHIEL GARDEN SOCIETY ‘BEWARE THE BLACKTHORN WINTER’ Services for APRIL It’s difficult for gardeners to resist the urge to get planting and sowing at this time of year,but we should heed the countryman's warning “Beware the Blackthorn Winter!” Buds on the Blackthorn are about to burst open, and by the time you read this there will be Thursday, 1 [Maundy Thursday] a mass of white blossom. St Bartholomew Eucharist 7.00pm Gardeners and farmers have gained, through centuries of observing Friday, 2 [Good Friday] the natural world, the knowledge that there is a high chance of a spell of cold weather when Blackthorn is in flower. They’re quite Good Friday Liturgy 10.30am correct - weather records show that snow is more likely in March St Bartholomew The Last Hour 2pm than December! There are many other sayings about forecasting Sunday, 4 [Easter Day] the weather, which are often fairly accurate, and can be explained scientifically: Eucharist 9.30am Bradoc Eucharist 11.15am “When ditches and ponds offend the nose, look for rains and stormy St Bartholomew Eucharist 11.00am blows”. Aromatic molecules, hydrated by increasing humidity as rain approaches, attach themselves more easily to the moist surfaces of Eucharist 9.30am the nose.The same effect can be noticed with the scent of flowers. Eucharist 11.00am “Doors and drawers stick before rain”. Humidity again, the sign of St Winnow Eucharist 11.00am low pressure and incoming poor weather, causes wood to expand. St Nectan Sunrise Eucharist 5.30am “A ring around the sun or moon, means that rain will come real Sunday, 11 soon”. These rings are caused by light from these bodies passing Boconnoc Matins 9.45am through ice crystals in the upper atmosphere, either over high, Bradoc Eucharist 11.15am approaching storm clouds or from high cirrus clouds, often the first St Bartholomew Eucharist 11.00am indication of an incoming low pressure system. St Brevita, Lanlivery Eucharist 9.30am Unfortunately the well known prediction “Red sky at night, St Veep To the benefice shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning” is St Winnow Outdoor church 3pm rather complicated as there are a number of specific details, such as the shade of red and position in the sky, which are required to Sunday,18 ensure its accuracy. It might well have been more accurate in the Boconnoc Eucharist 9.30am days before so much atmospheric pollution. Bradoc To St Winnow For info on Lostwithiel Garden Society, please contact St Bartholomew Morning Prayer 11.00am Val Strout: 01208 872 359 St Brevita, Lanlivery Morning Prayer 9.30am St Veep Family service 11.00am GILLYFLOWER FARM PLANNING APPLICATION – UPDATE St Winnow Family service with Holy Communion 11.00am As we go to print, Lostwithiel Newsletter has just received the Sunday, 25 following update from Situ8, who are the developer’s agents for this Boconnoc Matins 9.45am proposal: Bradoc Eucharist 11.15am “We are regrouping and addressing some of the objections received St Bartholomew Eucharist 11.00am and in agreement with the planning officer we will be making St Brevita, Lanlivery Eucharist 9.30am updated submissions to Cornwall Council in the coming months. St Veep To the benefice Please also be aware that increased security has been installed around the site including security cameras and fencing.” St Winnow To Bradoc 11.00am No time scale for these changes is given, so it is a matter of wait Regular Weekday Services and see what changes are proposed when they are submitted to Wednesdays - St Brevita - Evening Prayer at 5:15pm Cornwall Council’s Planning Department. The Planning Reference Thursdays - St Bartholomew - Celtic Eucharist at 10:00am is PA21/00038. You can email your comments on the application to Third Friday of each month- Church Rooms-Messy Church-4-6 pm [email protected] . Look out for the posters around town to find out when Messy Lostwithiel Town Council is discussing the application on Tuesday Church will be starting. March 30th. Vestry Hour Revd Paul is available in St Bartholomew’s Church on Tuesday mornings from 09:30am to 10:30am to discuss any issues that you might have. Lanlivery, St Bartholomew's, St Veep, and St Winnow are open every day.

The Benefice of Lostwithiel Parishes Revd Paul Beynon(Rector) - Tel No: 01208 592765 If you are thinking of selling or Revd Sheila Bawden(Associate Priest)-01208 871344 renting your house this year, Church Centre [Administration office-open Monday-Wednesday morning] just leave everything to us... St Bartholomew’s Church, Church Lane, Lostwithiel PL22 0EG Tel No: 01208 872232 CATHOLIC CHURCHES St. Mary and St. Petroc, Bodmin 72833 St. Augustine and St. Monica, St. Austell 73838 For Lostwithiel enquiries and Cornish/Catholic information phone Fr. Robbie Low 01208 871517 4 ENJOY SPRING — COVID 19 KEEP LOSTWITHIEL SAFE! INFORMATION & CONTACTS The successful NHS vaccination programme continues – those LOSTWITHIEL MEDICAL PRACTICE - 01208 872 589 8am– over 50 can now book their first vaccination online. New Covid 6.30pm hospitalisations and deaths are continuing to fall, and Covid regulations are gradually easing. From the start of April, we will COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAMME: We continue to hopefully be able to meet outside in groups of 6, which makes vaccinate patients for Covid-19 at Bodmin, as and when we are many more activities possible. However, the pandemic is by no notified of the next cohort and/or the next delivery date for means over, and could still go either way, especially with new vaccines. We will contact patients as soon as we are told we variants emerging. We need to continue social distancing and can. Lostwithiel patients are doing wonderfully well, thank you hygiene precautions, even when vaccinated. everyone. Check our website below for a wealth of useful up to ABIDE BY THE RULE OF SIX – and don’t meet friends or family indoors. date information: www.lostwithielmedicalpractice.nhs.uk AT HOME or AT WORK, keep rooms WELL VENTILATED. Open windows each day.The virus can remain in the air indoors for a considerable Please telephone to request an appointment. A GP or nurse will time. ring you back to advise, and arrange a face to face appointment if necessary. For routine tests and appointments please wait for If you have symptoms, don’t hope they’ll go away – you could be the Surgery to contact you. If you have a booked appointment, infecting others who are at risk if you don’t report them and just please wear your facemask when entering the surgery and carry on as usual, so IF YOU FEEL UNUSUALLY HOT, HAVE A PERSISTENT COUGH, OR LOSE YOUR SENSE OF TASTE OR SMELL – DON’T LEAVE YOUR use hand sanitiser or soap and hot water. If unable to tolerate HOME, STAY INDOORS. wearing a facemask, please say so as you arrive. In wet weather bring an umbrella, as safe distancing may sometimes mean a BOOK A CORONAVIRUS TEST ONLINE at NHS.UK/CORONAVIRUS or RING wait outside. The NHS 111 Covid-19 website is regularly updated 119 and we are encouraging everyone to look there for the most up- RING YOUR GP SURGERY TO LET THEM KNOW YOU SUSPECT YOU MAY to-date news: www.111.nhs.uk HAVE THE VIRUS. RING FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR LOSTWITHIEL COVID-19 LOSTWITHIEL COVID-19 SUPPORT GROUP : SUPPORT GROUP TO DELIVER FOOD AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES WHILE YOU’RE SELF-ISOLATING AND CHECK YOU ARE OK. Though Covid cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue to fall, and many older people have now received their first vaccination, All members of your household should stay at home until you have infection is still a risk. Our local group supporting those in self- been tested and received advice on what to do next. isolation or in need is still here for you. Our volunteers are also assisting the public at the vaccination centres, and providing food help in Lostwithiel – for more details ring: Anthony 07597 ‘LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL’ 935 037 - Emma 07731 837 107 - Kirsty 01208 872 207 presented by:- or contact us on Facebook. Lostwithiel Jazz Cafe and the Nursery HEALTH & MENTAL WELLBEING SUPPORT: abichanning@ in support of Cornwall Hospice Care nhs.net Contact Abi Channing (3 Harbours Surgeries) on It’s been a long time coming but we have something very special for the email above for advice and link to specialist services (eg you to look forward to, so save the dates now. On 20/21/22 August at bereavement counselling, mental health support, volunteer the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery we’ll let the good times roll! befrienders) if you feel in need of some help locally. Friday 20th August (evening) - The Pete Canter Quartet one of the OUTLOOK SOUTH WEST www.outlooksw.co.uk have flagged best Latin/Swing Rhythms in the South West. Supported by JAVA 5 up . . . . Saturday 21st August (evening) - the fabulous and funky Blue CORNWALL NHS 24/7 Mental Health Support Line on 0800 038 5300 which is there for everyone. Bottles again supported by JAVA 5. Dancing to Jazz Funk at its zenith. SAMARITANS – A listening ear Free Phone 116 123 24hrs Sunday 22nd August from 11am to 4pm the now famous and free 365days. ‘Jazz/Blues Jam’ hosted by the Simon Latarche Trio. SANE - 0300 7000 4.30-10.30pm - Professional support, Throughout the weekend, a superb menu from the talented team at guidance and info for anyone affected by mental illness. the Duchy Nursery café and a licensed bar. CALM – Campaign Against Living Miserably 0800 58 58 58 Look out in June for further updates and information on tickets 5pm-12 365 days Especially for men with suicidal thoughts (fingers crossed!) PAPYRUS – Prevention of young suicide – 0800 063 4141 M - F 10am-10pm, weekend 2-10pm Especially for young people with suicidal thoughts. MAN DOWN – Preventing suicide www.mandown-cornwall. co.uk and Facebook. MIND - 020 8519 111 – Mental health advice and support MOUNTCHASE PHARMACY Ring 01208 872 368 Free HIGHHIGHWWAY GARAGE delivery of prescriptions, call and collect service on other items. CARRIAGE WORKS DENTAL PRACTICE Ring 01208 873290 HIGHWAY, , PAR, CORNWALL, PL24 2RN or email [email protected] for current situation re appointments and treatment www.carriageworksdental.co.uk elehone: 0172 1271 10 PELYN VETS Ring 01208 872 254 to check arrangements www.highwaygarage-par.com and see our Facebook page for any updates. VOLUNTEER CORNWALL 01872 265 305. They can put you in touch with volunteer befrienders to call you on the phone if the CV group can't help. SILVERLINE - for older people Ring 0800 4708 090 CORNWALL COUNCIL - Ring 0300 1234 100

BOCONNOC CHURCH BODYWORK SPECIALISTS Matins/private prayer Sundays at 9.45am CAR LI CMMERCIAL Sung Eucharist April 18th at 9.30am REPAIRS SERICI Easter Day Eucharist April 4th at 9.30am EEL ALIME EICLE RECERY BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

5 LOCAL ELECTIONS ST BARTS’ NEWS April used to be the month of showers, but with Global Warming, THURSDAY 6th MAY 2021 it seems showers come any time in any month. Hopefully frosts are well and truly over though. It’s a wonderful month for those lovely By the time the May issue of the Newsletter is out on May 7th, we spring flowers which bring such joy and hope for the year. We hope will have been able to vote for a new Devon & Cornwall Police and Easter Day dawns fair for everyone to enjoy their Easter Eggs. Crime Commissioner, a new Cornwall Councillor for Lostwithiel and We are so pleased to resume our Services, but still a bit apprehensive surrounding villages, and 16 Lostwithiel Town Councillors. Do take in case of another lockdown. We must be positive though; most of us part and make your vote count! older ones have had our first vaccinations and many also the second. It has given us a feeling of relief, but we still have to stick to the The Polling Station will be open all day and into the evening at rules and keep safe. Lostwithiel Community Centre, and you must be registered to The first service this month is a Family Service at 11am with Rev’d vote by midnight on Monday 19th April. The deadline to apply Sheila. She has to start thinking of interesting things to do with us for a postal vote is 5pm on Tuesday 20th April. You can find out each month, so be ready to join in with whatever she brings along. how to register to vote and all the other details you need at www. Maybe we’ll get a few youngsters so we don’t have to make a fool of electoralcommission.org.uk . ourselves! We hope to get Messy Church up and running soon - look out for more info on the notice boards. Candidates announced so far as we go to print: Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting has been held and Brenda DEVON & CORNWALL POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER: Gilbert and Bernice Gresswell were voted in as Churchwardens for Brian Blake: Liberal Democrat - Gareth Derrick: Labour another year. Thank you to all our congregation, who support us and make our jobs less onerous. If you have any questions to do Alison Hernandez: Conservative with the church don’t hesitate to contact us. CORNWALL COUNCILLOR FOR LOSTWITHIEL, , Our treasurer pointed out that the shortfall in income has been quite , and LANLIVERY: serious: we have barely been able to cover running costs to keep the Church going. Insurance, heating, electricity bills etc continue even Tim Hughes: Conservative - Colin Martin: Liberal Democrat when the Church is closed. Our Parish Giving Scheme has helped, though it is undersubscribed. We know many look on St Barts with Brendan Parkinson: Labour fondness as part of memorable occasions throughout their lives; However there is still time for other candidates to declare themselves, we hope some who’d like to see this wonderful building’s future secured, may be able to give us a little support. A Direct Debit and there may yet be Green Party, Mebyon Kernow or Independent monthly, three monthly or six monthly would allow us to plan our candidates to come forward. finances more securely. Every little helps, so if you feel you could LOSTWITHIEL TOWN COUNCILLORS - Existing councillors are:- help support us, please contact the Churchwardens or Roger Smith, our treasurer. Cllr Chrissie Anders Cllr Tim Hughes We helped supply 20 boxes to Lerryn School for half term meals. Cllr Amanda Barrass Cllr Pam Jarrett Well done everyone! Food Share continues from Monday to Friday at Cllr Mina Clarke Cllr Tim Jarrett 9.15pm, from the main porch of the Church. Please bring a bag and Cllr Ann Duffin Cllr Karen Lindley a £1 donation and chose what you need. Do keep in mind our poor tower, which is deteriorating even more Cllr David Guiterman Cllr Adrian Morgan with all the inclement weather. We’ll soon be launching our Save Cllr Victoria Hatton Cllr Karen Ross Our Spire appeal, so watch this space! Any ideas to bring in funds Cllr Karin Henderson Cllr Dai Sweeney would be welcome. Cllr Tim Hensman Cllr Phil Wisdom We hope to see you in Church soon; please stay safe and follow the rules. Brenda LOSTWITHIEL COMMUNITY CENTRE GARDEN CAFE Kitchen Assistant WANTED Kernow Starting Monday 17th May Window Repairs 10hrs per week – Minimum Wage Affordable quality window repairs! Baking skills a bonus! Contact Kirsty via email: We offer a fully comprehensive repair and BUSINESS [email protected] replacement service for the following services:- AS USUAL Glass Unit Replacement: We replace all glass from greenhouse to top of the range A-rated energy efficient units. Handles & Hinges: A vast range of sizes and colours. Door & Window locks: We can repair or replace 99% of door and window locks. New Window or Door: We are Certass registered and supply a long guarantee on all new doors and windows. Full Window & Door refurbishment: We offer a full refurb Thinking of selling? service on doors and windows to make them great again. Conservatory clean: We will clean your conservatory inside and out There’s a new name to make like new. Drafty or Leaking Windows: We can cure this problem for you right here, in town. nice and easy. Our Fowey-based property sales professional has all the tools at OAP Discount: A nice 10% discount every time. his ngertips to sell your property, eciently and cost-eectively. To book a FREE valuation, just call or email Peter Robinson: FREE no obligation quote! 07714 032757 / [email protected] Call: 07711 350 226 www.oceanandcountry.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] You can also visit our o ce: 2a Barbican Parade, www.kernowwindowrepairs.com Barbican Road, Looe, Cornwall PL13 1EZ ● Tel: 01503 266980

6 LIBRARY NEWS TAPRELL HOUSE, NORTH STREET LOOKING FORWARD: Spring has sprung! We can at last feel more optimistic CLICK & COLLECT YOUR BOOKS and start to look forward to new beginnings and opportunities that lie ahead. We A click and collect service is available in the Library courtyard be- are very much looking forward to welcoming both volunteers and visitors back tween 12.30 & 2.30pm on Wednesdays. You can order books on to the Museum when we are officially allowed to reopen from the 17th May. In Cornwall Council’s Library webpages and then collect them from the meantime there’s a lot going on behind the scenes, designed to give you a whole new experience when you next visit the Museum. Improvements include: a us when they are ready. Please see the Town Council website below Timeline to highlight 1,000 years of Lostwithiel’s fascinating history; a new display for instructions and also new books available depicting some key local people involved in the emergency services during WW1 www.lostwithieltowncouncil.gov.uk and WW2; a touch-screen facility to allow easy access to local archive photographs and information; a video loop displaying film footage and archive photographs with and on the Cornwall Council website below: captions. The enforced closure due to the pandemic has given us both the time www.cornwall.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/your-lo- and the opportunity to make these major improvements, and we have more ideas in development. cal-library/lostwithiel-library/ FAREWELL TO ROSIE AND JOHN SMITH: John was already a Museum Steward LOSTWITHIEL BOWLING CLUB – NEW SEASON when he took over the position of Treasurer in 2017, a role he has conducted most ably. With his commitment to financial efficiency and sustainability we have been The club is due to open to members for the 2021 season on able to implement Gift Aid, online banking and a contactless payment system. With Saturday 17th April at 2pm. However pending further guidance an eye for detail, Rosie has been responsible for compiling the many ‘cuttings’ from Bowls and Bowls Cornwall we are not sure exactly highlighting key events within Lostwithiel’s history. We wish John and Rosie how it will be organised: many Covid rules will still be in place and every happiness in their new home in Hampshire. Cornwall’s loss will surely be there will almost certainly be number restrictions. As soon as we Hampshire’s gain. have the information, it will be published on our website www. WELCOME TO OUR NEW TREASURER: A very warm welcome to Chris Burrough lostwithielbowlingclub.co.uk who has taken over the role of Treasurer from John Smith. We are fortunate to have Normally we would also be holding ‘Taster Day’ sessions for Chris as a member of our team and very much look forward to working with her. potential new members on 24th and 25th April, but we are not sure Chris brings a wealth of experience which I’m sure we will benefit from. In turn we yet what form these can take. Bowls is a great outdoor social game hope that her experience of volunteering at the Museum will be a rewarding one. for all ages, and we are a friendly club based in one of the most VOLUNTEERING: We are looking for more volunteers so if you think you might be beautiful settings, half way along Restormel Road. If you would like interested please contact Maggie Lancaster on 01208 873 093 or Christine Walton to give Bowls a try, under controlled conditions, please contact Club on 01208 871 456 for further information. You might be interested in meeting Secretary Chris on 01208 871 784 and I will keep you informed. people and helping visitors to find out more about our fascinating town, or you might prefer to be involved in a special project or to lend a hand with routine tasks behind This month, if plans go ahead as expected, we will say goodbye to the scenes. We are also looking for guides to help conduct the Town Heritage Walks John and Rosie Smith and David and Julia Lean, who will be moving (see separate advert in this newsletter) so if fresh air and exercise is an attraction up country to be near family. All have played significant roles at the this could be the perfect solution. Whatever your interest or preference we’ll have Club on committees, as players, on the green and in catering - we a role to suit you, and previous experience isn’t essential as we can provide any will miss their input and friendship. training needed. If you’ve recently moved to the area, volunteering is an excellent LOSTWITHIEL MUSEUM way of meeting new people and getting to know more about Lostwithiel. Your involvement can make a massive difference to what happens -or doesn’t happen WALKS GUIDES WANTED - within the community! We look forward to hearing from you. If you love history this could be the volunteering job for you. TOWN HERITAGE WALKS: We are delighted that our popular Town Heritage Walks Join our dedicated band of heritage walkers will officially be allowed to re-start from Monday 12th April. Whatever the weather, leading visitors back in time to Lostwithiel’s the weekly walks, conducted by our experienced guides, will continue until the end “Tin Town” glory days. of October. Walks start at 11am on Mondays from outside the Community Centre, We’ll teach you all you need to know from the Romans to the Roundheads. take about 90 minutes, and cost £4 per adult (no charge for children). No need to For more information contact: book in advance unless you want to arrange a special group walk at a different time or on a different day, in which case please contact Shelley Barratt on 01208 Shelley Barratt at [email protected] 872 657. or 01208 872 657 NEW WINDOW DISPLAY: This features the Lostwithiel branch of the Old Cornwall Society, started in 1952. The original embroidered and appliqued Old Cornwall Society Banner features some of our key buildings and the Town Seal in green, gold and grey, the Town colours. It was due to the determination of this dedicated group that Lostwithiel Museum was finally officially opened fifty years ago in 1971. The Lostwithiel branch meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month (in normal times) and is currently arranging a programme of talks for later this year. Thank you to CHARTERED SURVEYORS & VALUERS Mary Mitchell (Chairman of Lostwithiel OCS) who arranged this display, and to her AUCTIONEERS & ESTATE AGENTS Committee for their generous sponsorship in support of the Museum. MUSEUM MATTERS MAGAZINE: If you are a Museum volunteer or a fully paid up YOUR MOST EXPERIENCED member of Lostwithiel Museum Association, Issue 10 of Museum Matters should have landed on your doorstep. If not, then please contact Ian Gillett (Editor) on LOCAL ESTATE AGENT 01208 872 040. We hope you will enjoy this ‘bumper issue’ and very much look forward to receiving your comments. Your involvement in future issues would be welcomed. You might have an idea for us to research or an article you’d like to THINKING OF SELLING OR LETTING YOUR HOME contribute. We are always looking for writers so don’t hesitate to contact Ian. TALK TO US NOW IT COULD BE YOUR BEST MOVE YET. RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP OF LOSTWITHIEL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: It’s not too late to renew your membership ,so if this has been accidentally overlooked 5 Fore Street, Lostwithiel or you’ve mislaid your renewal form, please contact the Membership Secretary at the Museum. The membership fee is only £7 per household and your much 01208 872245 appreciated support is vital to our survival. See www.lostwithielmuseum.org or post your request to Lostwithiel Museum, 16 Fore Street, PL22 0BW www.jefferys.uk.com With many thanks for your interest and support, Christine Walton (Chairman) e-mail : [email protected] www.lostwithielmuseum.org Facebook Instagram https//twitter.com/lostm

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Since it was established in 2001, Lostwithiel Town Forum has worked to promote the social, economic and environmental enhancement of Lostwithiel through projects related to grant funding or the encouragement of In 2020, apart from our February Seed Giveaway, we were unable community activities. to run our usual Saturday morning Plant Swap sessions in St Many members of the community Bart’s churchyard, due to the ongoing Covid pandemic. However have been involved in the last 20 years, we were determined to find a way to re-start sharing plants and produce one way or another for 2021. Through March, we have devoting many years to committee roles or taking part in individual been experimenting with a small garden gate Plant Swap, Friday projects. Several organisations emerged from the Forum's activities, to Sunday, outside South Wing, Summers Street; Lesley has been and have gone on to become major contributors to the success of the posting the plants etc available on the Lost Voice Community Not Lostwithiel community - Lostwithiel Business Group, Lost in Film Political Facebook page. and Lostwithiel U3A to name just three. Many smaller organisations Because of our ten years of enjoyable plant swapping in the beautiful have also benefited from grant funding raised through the Forum - setting of St Bart’s churchyard, we decided that all donations for Lost in Play, Giggles Baby Group, Lostwithiel Skatepark, Cool Kids plants etc this year will go to the St Bartholomew’s Spire Appeal, as Group, LostFest, Lostwithiel Royals, Lost in Song, and Covid-19 the tower and spire is in urgent need of works to make it watertight Support for Lostwithiel. and repair weather damage. So far we’ve collected over £50 in donations for bamboo canes, plants and last week, fresh local duck Lottery funded projects were completed in relation to Shirehall eggs (someone’s ducks are getting in the mood for Easter!). Moor, the Town Heritage Trail and the Medieval Bridge. Latterly, From Friday April 9th we aim to have a weekend Plant Swap table Town Forum members have also contributed to The Neighbourhood back in its old place in the churchyard. Spreading it over three days Plan and Edgcumbe House Working Parties. instead of one morning should prevent any crowding issues, and The Platform Meeting Room on Lostwithiel Station was renovated Covid-safe measures will be in place - we know that outdoors is by the Forum as a well used meeting room for many small groups much safer from Covid. We’ll miss the gardening chat as the table won’t be staffed – though we’ll pop round to keep an eye on things within the town. Sadly, given the costs and responsibilities, this is - but Lostwithiel gardeners will be able to donate, swap and share no longer viable for the Forum. Another town organisation is in plants, seedlings and produce just as before. discussion with GWR about the possibility of taking on the lease. Good growing and good sharing everyone!

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While our church is closed please see www.lostwithielmethodist.co.uk  26 Fore Street Lostwithiel Sally Kington Cornwall PL22 0BL PGDip MCFHP MAFHP Telephone 01208 872728 ESTATE AGENTS • LETTING AGENTS FOOT HEALTH PRACTITIONER Toe Nail Cutting • VALUERS • Reduction of Corns and callus SURVEYORS • AUCTIONEERS Ingrowing Toe Nails Contact Ritchie Bartlett for professional and unbiased property advice. General Foot Care Advice Free valuations on a no obligation basis. Evening and weekend appointments always available. Please call:  07768 613894 To arrange a home visit Telephone 01208 872728  email: [email protected] Email [email protected] 9 LOSTWITHIEL - FOWEY RAILWAY LINE In light of the ongoing endeavours to get the Fowey railway line reopened I thought it might be a good idea to enlighten newer townsfolk of our previous efforts. In 1964 it was decided, by Mr Beeching and the government, to cease passenger services on the Fowey line. My mother immediately As Spring approaches we hope that the route out of lockdown will joined a committee campaigning to keep the service running, as eventually lead us back to ‘normality’. By April we hope to be able to I worked in Fowey and commuted daily. They got off to a fairly meet in groups of 6 outside – small steps, but progress nonetheless. good start, but she frequently told me that if the committee started Group Contacts are working hard to get this underway safely and making progress the rail companies changed personnel and they responsibly. had to start again. This seemed to be an official delaying tactic, and OPEN MEETINGS the line eventually closed to passengers. Following the success of previous Open meetings via Zoom we’ve People who commuted daily included Fowey Grammar School scheduled further talks: pupils and railway and dock employees. Among them were Danny Daniels from Bodmin Hill, Ken Gillibrand from North St and Charlie On May 10th Canine Partners will present an outline of their Pope from near the Monmouth. work. Canine Partners is a charity training dogs to bring greater independence and better quality of life to people with disabilities, Once passenger services ceased, a Western National Bus was put on learning to perform tasks which are difficult, painful or even from Lostwithiel Station to Fowey Station via Penquite (where the impossible for their partners to carry out. Dogs are provided for bus turned as it couldn’t get right down to ). This was later replaced by a minibus run by George from the Odd Spot Café in people with complex disabilities such as cerebral palsy, muscular Fowey, adjacent to Caffa Mill car park and the ferry landing. The dystrophy and spina bifida. Odd Spot later became Chuffers restaurant. On July 5th Sarah Slater will talk on ‘Working with the Ghosts of The rail sidings at Fowey were taken up, and the holiday rail carriages Hampton Court Palace’. As a Hampton Court Tour Guide, Sarah will disposed of. Fowey Station was demolished, new security gates fitted tell us what it is like to wander the galleries late at night in the dark, and a Public Library built nearby. The old Stationmaster’s house fell and the history, stories and sightings of ghosts over the years. into ruin, but has been renovated in recent years. We’re aware that not everybody has access to Zoom or feels Meanwhile in Lostwithiel the old Brunel station buildings on comfortable using it, but at the moment this is the safest way for Platforms 1,2 and 3 were scandalously disposed, of along with our some of our activities to continue. We hope to return to face to face footbridge and the water tank at the end of platform 2. Harry Pope’s meetings as soon as sensible later in the year. pride and joy, the Station garden also fell into neglect – though it QUIZ now blooms again. We are also pleased to announce the return of The Chairman’s During the 1990s George managed to organise a couple of excursions Quiz. On Thursday 8th April at 7pm we present our second online on the riverside line. These were successful, but would have been quiz with musical entertainment included. Details will be sent to better if there was a station at Fowey for passengers to alight and members nearer the time. enjoy a proper visit, rather than a there-and-back trip to Golant. 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The Bridge players now have two tables running each week, each player in their own home, using computers and screens. They would love a few more players to join them so if you are interested please get in touch with Jenny MacDonald Members of our newest group, Art Experiments, are producing all sorts of varied work. Again they’d love more people to join them, so have a look at their webpage on our website to see examples of their work and get in touch with Heidi Swire. The Garden Visits Group have been enjoying some virtual garden tours promoted by the National Garden Scheme and are hope to restart small group visits soon. The Photography Group have been sharing their work via Zoom, and had an online training session from a professional photographer. They plan to get out in groups of six very soon. Another group taking advantage of online learning is the Family History Group which has had several speakers. 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10 LOSTWITHIEL OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY 1860 - 1926 MY LOSTWITHIEL Emily Hobhouse was born in , one of five children of Reginald Hobhouse and Caroline Trelawney, daughter of Sir William Trelawney. Her father was an Anglican priest and Archdeacon of WHEN 'HAVE A GO' VISITED Bodmin from 1878 to 1892, and Emily helped him in caring for poor parishioners, visiting the sick and founding a Library. LOSTWITHIEL She found attending Finishing School in London unchallenging, Just after WW2 the quiz programme 'Have a Go' was a great turning her attention to the plight of Cornish miners in Minnesota. source of entertainment on the wireless. It ran from 1946 -1967, The outbreak of the Boer War between the South African Republic each Tuesday evening on the Light Programme (now Radio 2). and Britain saw Emily become the foremost campaigner against The show travelled around the country visiting various towns British involvement, and she travelled to South Africa to help the and villages, and in 1958 residents of Lostwithiel were thrilled men, women and children in concentration camps. She found to hear that the show would be broadcast from the Church horrific conditions, with thousands dying from malnutrition and Rooms on Tuesday 6th May. Host of the show was the very well disease. Emily offered practical aid and fought constant battles with known broadcaster of the day, Yorkshireman Wilfred Pickles, the authorities both in South Africa and Britain, so much so that accompanied by his wife Mabel. Lord Kitchener called her “That bloody woman”. After the war she sought to improve life for Boer women, even going to Venice to An audition was held in the Royal Oak where local characters learn lace making so that she could teach the skill as part of her were chosen to appear on the show. Lostwithiel Silver Band was home industries scheme. invited to provide entertainment but due to space were seated Emily was regarded as a heroine by the South Africans, but to the outside in Brewer's Yard (then adjoining the Church Rooms), with British government she was a renegade, and her statements about transmission equipment being fed through the window. Residents the concentration camps were considered inflammatory. Mahatma unable to obtain a ticket for the show were all at home, gathered Gandhi said in her obituary around their treasured wireless sets; television was still in its “Miss Hobhouse was one of the noblest and bravest women. She infancy in the town. Two local lads were engaged to collect tickets worked without thinking of any reward . . . she thought Britain at the door, and at 7.30pm with everyone seated, including the was wholly wrong . . she had a soul that could defy the might of town's first lady Mayor, Cllr Doris Liddicoat, the Band opened emperors with their armies.” proceedings with the 'Flora Dance' Emily Hobhouse was made an honorary citizen of South Africa, First contestant was local draper and outfitter, Mr William and her ashes interred at the National Women's Monument at Beswetherick, a unique character in the town and with the Bloemfontain. Yorkshire and Cornish banter much laughter was provided. The Her passing went unrecognised in the Cornish press, due to her main question of the night was 'What are ladies always looking reputation in this country. However her courageous humanitarianism for but never hope to find?' With a negative answer the next has now been recognised, and a museum dedicated to her life is question was 'What is Cornwall's main export? With the correct being constructed at her birthplace, St. Ive. answer of China Clay Wilfred said “Give him the money Mabel”. For information about Lostwithiel Old Cornwall Society please Prize money was anything up to a guinea (£1.05). William left the contact Val Strout 01208 872 359 or [email protected] stage to the sound of Harry Hudson playing the piano, followed by the local musicians of Joe Pearce's Skiffle Band, 'The Globe Trotters' from the Globe Inn playing 'My Dixie Darling'. Next on stage was local lady, Marjorie Stone, who with her witty replies to Wilfred's questions sparked more laughter from the audience. Although she didn’t answer correctly, Wilfred instructed Mabel to give her the money anyway! Local postman and Silver Band member Richard (Dick) Parsons was next. Wilfred asked him what he would be able to do if his wife was ill and he had to manage the family. Dick replied confidently 'Anything except give birth'. He then answered his question correctly, knowing a campanologist was a bellringer, and earned his prize money. Fourth contestant was musician Margaret Parkyn, originally from , who came to live in Lostwithiel on marriage. An accomplished accordian player and singer ,she’d been in a local all- girl Dance Band and could also impersonate musical instruments. Wilfred asked her to entertain, whereupon Margaret played 'Now Is The Hour' on the saw. For this enjoyable performance, Mabel gave her the money without having to answer a question. Lostwithiel Silver Band followed, with their rendering of 'Deep Harmony'. Finally Wilfred interviewed the vicarr, fellow Yorkshireman Reverend Albert Sykes who was happily settled in Cornwall. He too received his prize from Mabel. The programme ended with Wilfred announcing the answer to 'What are ladies always looking for and never hope to find?’ “A ladder in their stocking!” The finale was the Jackpot, with prizes of: a salmon from the , two huge Cornish pasties, a tin of clotted cream and £4.10s (£4.50). The Jackpot question, thrown out to the audience, was “What was King Arthur's sword called?'” First to shout '”Excalibur'” was Charlie Stephens, an accomplished pianist from the Skiffle Band, who went off with all the prizes. Following the broadcast all who had participated were invited by the organisers of the show to a party at the Royal Talbot Hotel. Gillian Parsons

11 MAYDAY MAYDAY! The Lostwithiel and District Branch needs your help! Since March 2020, our income has fallen sharply, as we have not been able to hold any fundraising events. The shortfall to date is approximately £3,000 and it is unlikely that we will be able to run any events until summer at the earliest. We have therefore decided to set up a JustGiving page and From March to April it’s changeover time here in Cornwall, with set a target of £2,000 - it would be great to reach it and even exceed one lot of visitors heading home and a new lot taking up residence it by the end of this Mayday Appeal. Remember: all money raised to enjoy the spring and summer. I am of course talking about our goes the Fowey Lifeboat. migrant birds! You can either: It dawns on you that you haven’t seen a redwing or fieldfare for a • use the link: https://www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/lostwithiel-rnli-lifesavers- few days, or a woodcock fly-past at dusk; perhaps they are already fund-2021 crossing the water to their breeding grounds in Europe, Scandinavia • or use our QR code: or Russia. No firecrests for a week or two either. DO SOMETHING EXTRAODINARY ON To make up for the exodus, the spring migrants are flying in. THE RNLI’S 197th BIRTHDAY Wheatears arrive early, but it’s often the chiffchaff we hear first. HELP SAVE A LIFE - THANK YOU This year I saw a blackcap first – a male – and another next day near Lanlivery, eating ivy berries. I’ve only heard one sing so far though. They’ll fill the air with their distinctively different songs; LOSTWITHIEL SOCIAL CLUB APPEAL the soundtrack to spring. As you know, Lostwithiel Social Club in Fore Street has had to In the first two weeks of April we should see our first swallows, remain closed so far during the Covid pandemic. followed by house martins, willow and reed warblers and We are now looking ahead to be able to re-open to our members and whitethroats. The swifts will come in May without warning, like an hirers when Covid restrictions allow. air-raid on the town with their aerobatics and exhilarating screams BUT – such a wonderful sight and sound. We URGENTLY need 6 – 12 existing members to step up and serve There will be other exciting summer visitors too; garden warblers, on our Committee, otherwise re-opening won’t be possible. It’s not wood warblers, spotted flycatchers and redstarts, but they’re not a big commitment, just one meeting per month for an hour or so. If often seen. Nor is our most iconic, yet threatened, summer visitor, you’re a member and willing to join the committee, please let the the cuckoo. I’ve only heard one in the last three years, but perhaps Club Secretary know in writing AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I’m not in the right place. Cuckoos can be very localised - familiar in Once the new Committee is in place, we will be able to re-open one place but never seen or heard just a short distance away. membership, which is temporarily closed. Help keep YOUR Social Club going – not going, going, GONE. Let us know your sightings this spring: [email protected]

ith government publishing the roadmap for lifting WCovid restrictions over the coming months, local businesses are making plans to reopen their doors to the public. One such business is Fowey Valley Cider and Distillery, who moved up-river from Hybadore, Golant, during the first lockdown to the Old Dairy on Restormel Industrial Estate. Now in our new larger space here in Lostwithiel, we’ve expanded the range of all-natural Cornish products made on-site from award-winning Castledore Cider and our famous Champagne-style Vintage Cider to include Vodka, Gin, Eau-de-Vie, Brandy, and Pommeau, all distilled in our new 500litre still, entirely from our own cider. Lostwithiel locals can now visit the Fowey Valley Shop upstairs at Unit 11 on the Industrial Estate, which features not only the full range of alcoholic drinks, but also Chutneys, Hampers, our new Apple Juice, and our best-selling Olive Oil. For a limited time we are even offering an in-shop launch discount of 10% off! As restrictions start to lift further, our Cider Tours will resume, and if you’ve ever fancied having a go at making your own cider you’ll love our Cider Making Classes, where you can learn all about the process and start your own cider fermenting the same day. Finally a new Gin Making Class will allow you to experience distilling your own gin: learning about the different flavour profiles, selecting your favourite botanicals for a bespoke personalised taste, rectifying your gin in a mini copper alembic still, and then taking home a bottle of your own gin, made by you. Perfect to impress your friends in a G&T over the coming summer nights. Until then you’ll still be able to visit the shop in person, or purchase online at FoweyValleyCider.co.uk, with free delivery over £40 or next day click-and-collect.

12 Saturday 17th April at 2.30pm - Via Zoom, for members only AGM 2021 HERITAGE SOCIETY Followed by a Talk: ‘Fruit Schooners’by Roger Barrett (postponed from February 2020) Awards for Young Writers and Artists 2021 - Extended closing date Built for speed, the clipper fruit schooners of the nineteenth 18th June 2021 century were the ocean racing yachts of the day, carrying cargoes We invite children and young people to create their own original of highly perishable fruit from the Azores, the Mediterranean and story, poem or picture and enter our competition to become the the Bahamas. For many years Salcombe and its neighbour Brixham Fowey Festival Young Writer or Young Artist of the Year 2021. were the dominant players but, in the later days of the trade, Fowey This year’s challenge is to produce an original picture, poem or short established a reputation for producing fast fruit schooners such as story on the theme of Stepping Through a Door. It could be just the Jane Slade and Silver Spray. Roger Barrett is the curator of both an ordinary door or a door to the future, the past or an imaginary Salcombe Maritime Museum and Salcombe Lifeboat Museum and world. author of a number of books on local maritime history including The competition is open to all children and young people living ‘Salcombe: Schooner Port’, which tells the story of the Salcombe in Cornwall and the aged 4 to 16 years on the final Schooners and the trades they engaged in. entry date of Friday 18th June 2021. Pictures, poems and stories Joining Fowey Harbour Heritage Society costs just £10. Although can be entered independently or by schools. Thanks to generous this is our last talk of the season, membership will allow access to sponsorship, there is no entry fee. Full entry details can be found at this excellent Zoom talk and you will receive a copy of our annual www.foweyfestival.com publication, The Barquentine. Back copies of The Barquentine can Short Story Competition be viewed on our website and are available to purchase for £5. For Our 2021 short story competion has now closed. We received over further details, please visit our website or contact andrew@gardner. 70 entries on ‘The Breaking Point’. be https://www.foweyharbourheritage.org.uk Thank you to all who entered. Entries are now being evaluated by a panel of judges, and the best five selected will then be judged FOWEY RIVER LIONS by Raynor Winn, author of ‘The Salt Path’. Winning entries will be - Donations to local Primary Schools published on the Fowey Festival website. We are delighted to be donating £300 each to Fowey, If you would like to support the Festival, our donations page is still Lostwithiel, , St Winnow and Tywardreath open at: Primary Schools. This money is to be used for their https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/ IT departments to help with home schooling. During earlier displayCharityCampaignPage.action?campaignId=11702 lockdowns, many children were unable to access lessons as there www.foweyfestival.com Email: [email protected] were not enough computers to go round. Along with fundraising initiatives by the schools, this donation will help supply computers LOSTWITHIEL BROWNIES - for age 7-10 yrs for the children. Computer technology is now an important part of We are looking forward to returning to Brownies as soon as possible, every child’s education and Fowey River Lions are pleased to be able so we can get back to having fun with our Friends again. Some of to support our local schools. the older Brownies will be moving up to Guides, and we should be Fowey River Lions area extends from Fowey and Polruan through all welcoming new Brownies to our group. the villages either side of the river up to and including Lostwithiel. If you would like your daughter to join our group and have fun with We also cover Par, as far as the railway line, and Tywardreath. If friends, then please apply by phoning 0800 169 5901 you’d like to support our charities, you can make a donation to Fowey River Lions Club: or visit www.girlguiding.org.uk/joinus Account Fowey River Lions Sort code 30-97-28 Account number 28977568 All money raised goes to help the local community, plus some national and international appeals at times of crisis. A Big Thank You to all who have donated already, it is greatly appreciated and helps us to help others. Fowey River Lions have a business meeting the first Monday of the month at 8pm at the Ship Inn, Par and a Social Evening once a month (in normal times). We’d be delighted to meet you, so do contact us if interested in joining us. email: foweyriverlions@ gmail.com Duel System Diagnostics • Repairs and Servicing facebook: foweyriverlions Tel: 0345 833 7484 Bodywork and Respraying • MOT testing arranged Stay Safe

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As your Cornwall Councillor, I have always worked hard to represent One and All the whole community and not just those who share my politics. But some of my biggest achievements have come from working with my Some of you may know me as Tim, others as Restormel Property Liberal Democrat colleagues on our shared priorities: Services, and many as Lostwithiel’s Mayor for the last two years, but today I write as the Conservative Candidate for Lostwithiel and Public transport in Lostwithiel has been transformed after we Lanreath division, for the Cornwall Council Elections happening on invested in a new bus route and a greatly upgraded train service. I May 6th. have also secured funding for a brand-new footbridge at our level crossing. I am acutely aware that parking remains one of the biggest This election is about two things; which party you believe will serve headaches in our town, and I am working with Network Rail and the best interests of Lostwithiel at County Hall, but much more Cornwall Council to look at creating a large car park at the railway importantly to my mind, which of the people who are standing for sidings. election will best represent you and our Community at Cornwall Council. We have fought to protect our communities from unwanted developments, whilst still delivering affordable housing. Over 30% Many people have asked me why I am standing as a Conservative of new homes built in Cornwall have been reserved for local families Candidate, and I have answered that standing as a Conservative at a discounted price. Sadly, this work is being undermined by new does not mean I shall lose my passion for this Town, and it does Government policies which give more freedom to developers and not mean that I shall be pushed into anything I don’t think is best remove planning powers from local communities. for the Community. What it simply means it is that I believe that As well as being your councillor, I have a part-time job teaching any representative of the Town will be able to get more done for the children who are too poorly to attend mainstream school, and Town by being inside the tent looking out, rather than outside trying I also have caring responsibilities within my own family. Juggling to look in ! these roles has been a challenge at times, and I haven’t always Over my career, and with particular relevance to the Town Council, responded to correspondence as quickly as I’d like, but behind the I have always sought to build working partnerships with other scenes, I am always working long hours on your behalf. I believe organisations rather than fighting against them. I believe that this these extra roles make me a better councillor because I have a real is best demonstrated by the last eight years of working to achieving understanding of the difficulties faced by those living with physical some of the ongoing improvements to the station, including more and mental health conditions. stopping services and the holy grail of the footbridge. Most recently But of course, the role of a Cornwall Councillor involves far more I was able to contribute to the latest proposal for reopening the than just individual and local issues. The most effective Councillors Fowey Branch line to passenger traffic. If elected, it is my intention specialise in one area and campaign on it at a Cornwall-wide level. to work closely with every Town and Parish Council to help us all make things happen. Since 2017, I have become an expert in the structures and finances of the NHS. I have uncovered many instances of “funny money”, I am not a fan of the constant delays and kicking of ideas into the where cash promised to the NHS in Cornwall turns out not to be long grass under the guise of feasibility studies. I believe in getting as good as it looks, leaving our local services facing huge financial things done and making things happen. It is four years since shortfalls. Cornwall Council offered to pass ownership of the Cattle Market carpark back to the Town Council, FOUR YEARS, to process a We are working closely with the NHS to deliver more for less, but despite these savings, the annual cost of Adult Social Care to relatively simple land transfer. With this completed the Town Council Cornwall Council is now almost £1,000 per household! At every would be able to better use the area to maximise the number of election, the Conservative Party promises to introduce a fairer spaces to help with the parking issues in Town. That is one of many funding system, but once in power, they simply tell us to increase examples. your Council Tax… I think there was a massively missed opportunity to include on- The Government deserves praise for its successful vaccine rollout street recycling when this current council re let the waste contract, and the cautious approach to lifting the third lockdown, but almost again this is something that could easily be reversed for the benefit everything else it has done in the past year has cost lives, damaged of us all and our environment. That is just one example of how the economy and wasted vast amounts of money, especially the the Lib Dem/ Independent coalition currently running the Council privately-run test and trace system which has repeatedly failed, is tired and has a legacy of over promising, under delivering, and despite costing £37 billion. wasting what is our money. I want to dedicate the next four years to tackling the climate Cornwall Conservatives have some great ideas in their manifesto for emergency: Cornwall Council already has plans in place to make Cornwall which has been delivered to every home, and more detail itself carbon-neutral, and now I want to support every household, can be found at business and landowner in Lostwithiel to do likewise. www.cornwallconservatives.com/conservatives-plan- You may not have voted for me before, but I hope you can see I have cornwall-2021 never let party politics stand in the way of doing what’s right for Lostwithiel. I hope you’ll give me the chance to spend the next four Cornwall needs change, Lostwithiel needs change, please vote for years working even harder for you. Contact me at making things happen and getting things done, and vote for Tim Hughes to be inside the Cornwall Council tent. [email protected] www.colinmartin.org 14 As we settle into April, it is a joy to welcome Spring with all the delights BRENDAN it brings. So much to enjoy; bird song, beautiful flowers in our gardens PARKINSON and hedgerows and the warmer lengthening days. After such a difficult year, it’s good to feel hopeful that we Labour Candidate are beginning to emerge into a brighter future. However, the need to still be vigilant is evident, so we must still be mindful of our own safety and that of others. Easter will lift Cornwall Council our spirits as we prepare to embrace the coming months. All members have been consulted on a date to resume our meetings. Elections 6th May 2021 The result is that, subject to any alterations in government requirements, we plan to start our meetings again on the 2nd Monday of July. This will give us a chance to catch up with each Grow Cornwall - For Cornwall - With Cornwall other and plan future meetings. In this Pandemic we have all pulled together, to keep healthy and We’ve all had time to decide what speakers we would like, and our support each other. I clap for Health, Care and Essential Workers programme planner will be delighted to hear our views so she can every day of the week. These committed public servants are our formulate a schedule. One date definitely on the list is our Harvest family, friends and neighbours; they live and work with us, looking Auction in October, so ladies, any (smallish!) pre-loved items you after us all. I am proud to be able to work for and represent them may no longer want will be very welcome for the auction. as a part of my job. If any lady reading this has been feeling a little bit down recently and would like to make some new friends, we will be more than I feel strongly that the decision by the Conservative Government to pleased for you to come to our meetings where we will make you break their pay promise to health workers, and cut real earnings, very welcome. For any further information regarding our W.I please is unforgivable. Our NHS and Care staff continue to fight Covid to contact Val Strout on 01208 872 359, who will be pleased to chat to protect us. A reward IS affordable. The Government’s promise to you. them must be honoured. I would like to pay tribute to our essential local businesses that have remained open throughout Covid, providing a much-needed lifeline to so many in our community. They have risen to the challenge of COVID, working within restrictions, diversifying services and showing an understanding we have come to rely upon. Many hardworking businesses are fighting to avoid closure while others, unable to trade over the last year, are keen to re-open. Local businesses deserve our support as we move forward out of lockdown and look to rebuild our economy together. Lostwithiel and the surrounding villages of Lanreath, Lerryn, Lanlivery, and Luxulyan are beautiful and historic places which deserve our consideration and protection for the future. It is, however, our sense of community that resonates most strongly within our part of Cornwall. As our Council Tax bills arrive in the post, it is a good time to consider who we want to represent us in Building Back Better for the next 4 years. This will not be an easy task: Cornwall Council’s budget has been cut by over £300 million since 2010. While real incomes for most people in the County have fallen, the need for essential Council services like Elderly and Child Social Care have continued to rise. Cornwall Council’s Labour Group have a locally focussed solution which will grow Cornwall’s economy, for Cornwall, with Cornwall’s Choughs taxes. Our Labour Councillors proposed and gained cross-party Crafty Upcycling support at County Hall for this policy, ensuring new Council Monday – Saturday - 10.00am – 5.00pm contracts go first to Cornish suppliers. Contractors will be judged We have over 30 crafters displaying and selling their work. on the social and environmental value they provide to Cornwall, to our communities, and to our future economic stability, keeping Woodturning, painted glass, ceramics, jewellery art, soaps and your money in Cornwall. As your Labour Candidate, I’m backing scrubs, candles, up cycled drums, porcelain jewellery, pottery, art, photography, graphic design, cushions, lampshades, jewellery, Cornwall by ensuring our election material is printed locally, not in driftwood, cards, resin work to name a few. Manchester, London, Yorkshire or even Dundee. We also have a rather interesting vintage corner. If elected I will fight to support Cornish business and protect Cornish And lots of furniture, painted and unpainted. jobs. I am committed to keeping our support for local business and We also stock these two wonderful paints . . . the local economy high, and our carbon footprint low. Annie Sloan Chalk Paint - Cornish Milk Mineral Paint Please call to learn more about these beautiful paints. I would be honoured to use my 30 years of experience in industry to represent you, the people and the community that I am part of. Vicki 07801 953446 Lita 07967 323903 Vote for me on May 6th to put YOUR voice in County Hall [email protected] 32 Fore Street, Let me know YOUR concerns : Lostwithiel PL22 0BN contact me at [email protected] 15 A P Bassett Solicitors nn’s Galler All Sorts of Legal Problems Resolved A y est 1977 Conveyancing We shall be re-opening on 12th. April and are looking Disputes forward to welcoming you all back. 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