April 2021 No.487 50P to Non Residents
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April 2021 No.487 50p to Non Residents Julie Satchell Ah! Aren’t they a sure sign of Spring! 1 Mostly Blue Skies in April Annabel Yates Annabel Yates Ella Wickett and her horse enjoying some freedom at The Haven Dizzard Daffs at Glencove Daffs Coast Path at Rusey 2 CONTENTS PAGE Editorial Activities for Children 5 Filling the Gazette during lockdown A Methodist Minister’s View 18 can be a challenging as filling a day Answers to March quiz 39 in Lockdown (this is from a retired Business Index 38 person’s perspective obviously!). Church: From the Treasurer 14 But thank you to everyone who has Directory of Clubs 37 contributed, please keep sending Extracts from 1980 Gazette 10 those photos and articles, quizzes Gardener’s Perspective 16 and puzzles. Gardening Tips 20 Life is about to get a lot busier and Guide News 28 brighter, with added chocolate, for Letters 26 those lucky ones. Notices 8,24 So dust off your walking boots, your Parish Council Elections 39 lawn mower and your welcome pack, Parish Council Minutes 30,33 Easter here we come.. Parish Diary 22 HAPPY EASTER Pearl Exchange 34,35 Heather Scout Group 7 Village Shop News 21 Wildlife 12 The Deadline for submissions to the next Gazette is end of day 17th of this month email: [email protected] Your Editors are: Helen Chamberlain 01840230125 India Skinner 01840 230558 Heather Smith 01840 230976 For business enquiries please contact Jane Wardlaw 01840 230933 The St Gennys Gazette exists for the benefit of St Gennys Parish and its residents. It aims to provide an information service to publicise events and activities in St Gennys and its neighbouring parishes and publish Parish topics of interest. Publishing includes printed, digital and online formats. It takes no editorial positions. The Editors may edit articles, letters, adverts or any other content submitted to the Gazette. They reserve the right not to publish anything that they judge to be counter to the intentions of the Gazette or generally inappropriate for publication. Disclaimer: The ideas and opinions printed in the Gazette do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor and the Gazette Team. The contents of the Gazette, including images, may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, posted, transmitted or displayed in any form or by any means without prior permission of the St Gennys Gazette Team. If permission is sought and given, it is expected that all articles/images be accredited to either St Gennys Gazette or the author of said article/images. The Gazette is available on the Parish Council website - www.stgennys.co.uk 3 DEBBIE ROUTLY HYPNOTHERAPY (PDCH, MBSCH, Reg CNHC) Hypnotherapy can help you change the way you think, feel, and behave so you could live a happier, more fulfilling life. Hypnotherapy can help with: Stress and anxiety Lack of confidence and low self- esteem Insomnia Stopping smoking Phobias Pain management And much more... For more information, contact Debbie: 07774061411 [email protected] debbieroutlyhypnotherapy.com 4 Easter Activities for Children From my mother’s cookery book, circa 1970, but a simple and easy to make Easter treat, shared with very fond memories, but you might need help reading real writing! Heather Why not try finding some un-bloomed cherry blossom from a garden (ask first!) and hang painted eggs from them with brightly coloured ribbons and place in a tall vase. When the flowers open it will look even nicer! How about creating your own Easter Egg family Nicola Johnson 5 A very HAPPY EASTER to all Our READERS 6 2nd Bude (Jacobstow) Scout Group Planning Permission Secured for New Scout Hut near Bude. 2nd Bude and Jacobstow Scout group have secured detailed planning permission for a new Scout Hut near Wainhouse Corner. Construction work can now start with the aim of opening the hut in 2021, the fiftieth anniversary year for the group.The Group have already raised almost £30,000 and have a Crowdfunder Campaign on going to raise a further £10,000. The initial campaign ends on 16 March 2021, the project site is at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/new-scout-hut-for-2nd-bude-jacobstow-scout-group/ backers#start The Group assess the new hut will cost approximately £65,000 in total. With further fundraising and grant applications planned after lockdown finishes. The Group currently has over 35 young people who during COVID have continued to meet and complete tasks via zoom meetings. The group sits between Bude, Launceston and Camelford and supports a mainly rural community. Traditionally numbers of children have been between 50 and 60. The Group left their old site and ageing hut at Wainhouse Corner in 2020. In the last 2 years they have been planning and fundraising. They were fortunate to be gifted by local farmers Jon and Sally Bachelor a plot of land at Gratton’s Farm, Rosecare (EX23 0BE) near their original site at Wainhouse Corner. The Group has various grant applications in the pipeline and has strong support from local councillors and parish councils across the catchment area. Further fundraising events are planned once lockdown constraints are lifted. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts will start meeting again in the week commencing 19 April 2021. The Group is hoping to gain further support from local building suppliers and tradesmen to make it a community project. The Group are also keen to contact old members of the Scout Group. They have opened a Facebook Page for supporters and previous members of the Group.Any questions: [email protected] Thank you for supporting the New Scout Hut Crowdfunder campaign. We have taken the decision to extend the campaign until 13 April 2021 at 2pm. This is for 2 reasons. Firstly, we are still awaiting our reserved matter plan- ning approval, this was due on 2 March and is now not expected until at least 16 March. Secondly, we are hoping that with the lifting of lockdown restrictions we can further raise awareness of the project. 7 Notices Richard Leach 1944—2021 Richard died in Treliske hospital on Thursday 25th February. He was a much loved and respected member of our community, and in the 8 years that he lived in St Gennys he made a great impact on the people that knew him. He was so interested in people and cared about and loved helping them. He was a member of the Parish Council and for several years ran and expanded Teas for the Elderly, that was started in the village by Janey Comber. Richard had been coming regularly to St Gennys for holidays since the 1960’s and when he retired from his career running a garage and car hire business in Reading moved here with his wife Wendy. He leaves behind Wendy and his three sons, Steve, Martin and Trevor and 4 grand- children, Kieran, Mia, Carmen and Summer and his extended step family. He was much loved by them all. He was larger than life itself and when he came to Crackington he was able to Live His Dream. He will be sadly missed. This shield, inscribed St Gennys Gazette Shield came to light when Brian and Carol were clearing out ready to move from Gentle Knight, home of Shirley and Henry Bottinger and much of the history of the gazette. Does anyone know what or to whom, it was awarded, or for? Ed 8 9 Extracts from Gazette number 9 (1980) Not for Us But Our Children (extract from St Gennys Gazette April1980) “Compared with inland parishes, ours has very few elm trees. Oak and Ash perhaps our most common trees, although because of the salt off the sea and the force of the south westerlies even these struggle to grow on the hills, and survive best in the sheltered valleys. Almost any tree will grow inland but here it is always hard to get trees established, so perhaps it is better to concentrate on those common to the area. One fairly quick way is to allow a few hedgerow saplings to grow in the corner of fields and odd places in the hedges where they will not interfere with the crops. Hedge trimmers regularly used can make a neat and tidy fence, but it is so easy to just keep going for the sake of uniformity. Some of the best farm- land in Cornwall around St Tudy, has well cared for hedges, and the trees are still allowed to grow. When you look around at the fields across the valley, what catches your eye? Oh yes! Old so and so has turned out some yearlings, and three fields to the right the seagulls are following the plough, but just try and imagine the picture you are seeing without any trees in it. All hedges, all looked cared for, but boringly the same. We paint our houses and look after our gardens, but trees we seem not to value, although they will still be there when our houses are crumbling ruins, - but only if we allow them to grow.” By RA As pertinent today as it was over 40 years ago. Ed A Story told to Roger Parnell by his father This is a story told to Roger by his father about a couple who lived at Middletown (Middle Crackington), in a thatched cottage with tiny windows. (the ruins of this cottage could still be seen in 1980). The wife Mary was a native of Poundstock and wished to go home on Sunday for the Sunday School Anniversary, but her husband John was not very happy about the walk there and back.