St Martin-By- News Published and funded by St Martin-By-Looe Parish Council Mar/Apr 2010 Parish Council Update Planning Applications Applications for the construction of a specialist disabled-use holiday cottage at Higher Treveria, No Man’s Land, an extension to the bungalow at Cosy Nook, Cliff Valley Farm, St Martin’s and the construction of 20 affordable/local needs houses at land adjacent to The Coach House, Shortacross, Widegates were all considered by the Parish Council during the January meeting; none were received in February. Donations Requests from Tanya’s Courage Trust, supporting young peo- ple with cancer in and The Cornwall Blind Association, resulted £50 being donated to each organisation. Police Report Since the last report dated 3rd December 2009, a total of 94 crimes have been reported within the area covered by Looe Neighbourhood Team. One of the crimes, (unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle) was reported within the Parish. On January 15th 2010 two searches under MUDA were carried out at two addresses in East Looe. Two females were arrested for posses- sion of a class A drug. PCSO DAVE BILLING 30281 Salt Bins at Millendreath A request has been made for the Parish Council to supply two salt bins for Millendreath; approval has been sought from Corn- wall Council and a decision should be made in the summer. Meeting Dates You are always welcome to attend the Parish Council Meetings. The next meetings are March 4th and April 1st. Public participa- tion is welcome before the meeting starts.

1 Tredinnick Farm Shop & Tea Rooms

Widegates, Near Looe, Cornwall

Local Fruit and Vegetables Fresh meat Farm scrumpy, beers and wines Home made preserves and local honey Fresh bread, cakes, pasties and pies Organic Cornish Ice Creams

Open 7 days per week 9am - 6pm Monday - Saturday 0am - 5pm Sunday Tel: 01503 240992 Signposted on the A387 between Hessenford and Looe Under new management.

2 We want 40 - on the B3253 through No Man’s Land!

A date has been set for a friendly protest meeting to be held near Bindown Stores on Saturday 10th April 2010 from 11.00 to 12.00 (The Saturday after Easter). This has the blessing of the local Police and the Cornish Times have been invited. The County will be told as well as our MP. From what I understand, the original plan was for a 40 mph limit to be introduced but this was lost in translation when the maps and contractors got to work. This is a dangerous stretch of road and I think that since the 50 mph speed limit was introduced it has encouraged people to drive faster through this area. At least 3 times a week I walk my dog early in the morning to buy my papers from Bindown stores. I put my life and my dog at risk to try and safely cross this road. On the dark mornings I wear a high visibility jacket in the hope of not being run over. I heard one local resident say at a local Parish Council meeting that he had been hit by a lorry on 3 separate occasions. Will we have to have a fatality on our hands to get the speed limit reduced or would like BLOOD on their hands? Please support me on 10.04.10. You can contact me, Ross Fisher, on 07810 865599 call or text, Fax 269292 or by email on [email protected]

Looe Police Station contact number. If you need to contact your local Police Station you can use the number below: 01503 266173 If there is no one available to answer your call please leave a mes- sage and a member of the team will contact you on their return.

To report a crime, or for information and advice: 08452 777444 Emergency 999

3 St Martin- By- Looe news

Bucklawren Big Breakfast success We wish to thank all those who contributed to a very successful day at the Big Breakfast event at Bucklawren on 30th January. The sun shone and we served 260 breakfasts and raised £3860 for charity. Rotary Shelter Box will benefit by a staggering £2156, St Martins Church, Looe by £1254 and Children’s Hospice South West by £450. A big thank you to all who came to support the event or made donations and to those helpers from Cornish Farm Holidays and the Rotary Club of Looe Valley who made the day run very smoothly. Robert and Jean Henly Calling All Bookworms History, biography, war, romance or pulp fiction! Whatever your taste in liter- ature, just come and introduce us to it. I have no idea how to run a ‘proper’ bookclub but I have an available living room and loads of tea and coffee, so how about giving me a ring and we can see what comes next! Alison Swann, Penvith Barns, 01503 240772.

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All types of plumbing and heating, Oil, Natural gas LPG. lead work Underfloor heating, landlords certificates/ Gas safety checks, Boiler servicing.

1 Bucklawren Road, St Martins, Looe, Cornwall, PL13 1QS

4 Set in the rolling Cornish countryside just 2 miles east of Looe, the Bucklawren Granary Restaurant offers a superb setting to hold any occasion, from dining out, special occasions, private functions, business meetings & weddings. All our meals are freshly prepared to order using the finest local produce! Why not our try our new Steakhouse menu, where you can enjoy a wide variety of the finest produce in our season changing menus, prepared to order by our established chefs, with a selection of home-made desserts readily available. Mother’s Day is just around the corner & we at the Granary are offering our renowned Sunday Carvery, 1 course £6.95, 2 course £9.95 & 3 course £11.95, bookings essential! The Granary Restaurant is holding its first Wedding Fayre on Sunday March 7th from 11.00am – 4.00pm. Come along & view our wonderful venue & meet with all local exhibitors to cater all aspects of your special day!

Tel; 01503 240778 or Email; [email protected] www.granaryrestaurant.co.uk

5 This is your Parish magazine and should contain as much local content as possible, therefore the next edition will contain a section (dependant on you) devoted to special occasions: Birthdays, Births, Anniversaries, Marriages, in fact anything YOU WANT TO SHOUT ABOUT, it’s FREE.....simply let me know. Send your messages to me: Charles Hyde, 8 Trelawny Road, Menheniot, PL14 3TS e- mail [email protected]. Deadline April 20th 2010. Has your house not sold, The Friends of Kilminorth but still want to move? Woods, Events Why not let it through MARCH Sun 14 FISHER MANAGEMENT Wood Watch Walk and Litter 19 years experience in Pick. Tidying the Property Management wood for spring. Open to all. 10.30am start at www.fishermanagement.co.uk the Millpool Gate. [email protected] All welcome. 01503 262400 APRIL Sun 11 Buds, Bonnets and Bows Easter Wood Watch Walk. Come in an Easter bonnet or make your own at the event. Prizes for the best! 10.30am start at the Millpool Gate. All welcome. For more information please email the secre- tary on: [email protected]

6 Councillor Armand Toms

Dear Residents On Saturday the 20th February, 2010 I attended the Barratt Homes consultation day at Looe Community School regarding the homes that will be built in the area behind the school and Church- lands. This site has been on the local plan for some time and was agreed by the old Caradon District Council. It went through a public inquiry when it was agreed that this area could hold 170 new homes and land for employment. My belief is that this is not the ideal site because of the difficulties of access to and from the land which will come off the B3252 St.Martins Road but I will work to deal with this to make it as safe as possible. During the pre-planning discussions I have highlighted the follow- ing issues:- * Overpowering the local sewage works * Capacity of the local doctor’s surgery and dentist * Jobs * Amenities such as allotments and community space. All of these need to be dealt with in this pre-planning stage and my reason for not staying at the consultation was to not influence your view, as I know many attended and I hope you had your say? This is probably the largest increase that this community has had in many years and I know you will have concerns and if you have not already voiced them then let me know as I will put them forward for you. Pot holes...pot holes I now need to ask for your help, I am trying to build a log of all the pot holes in the local roads so I can call on the local maintenance team to come into the area and carry out repairs, please call 01503 264823 or e mail [email protected]. Councillor Armand Toms cc Looe East and St Martins

7 No Man’s Land Memorial Hall Committee

It is with regret that we have to inform the residents of Holland Road that there are no more car parking spaces available to rent. Cornwall Council have been informed, so if you do experience problems parking your car in the village please contact Cornwall Council; as most of you are aware the car park is private property and people visiting the hall for functions, events etc must have priority. If you have paid for using the car park, don’t worry you can continue to do so, if you haven’t paid please do not use the car park.

Dates for your diary. Friday 26th March Easter Bingo, 8pm Saturday 20th March Spring Show Whist Drives every Wednesday 7.30pm Yoga every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, contact Maria 263505, Thursdays contact Fiona 230552. There will be NO JUMBLE SALES in February and March but we are still collecting Bric-a-brac, books, clothes etc, contact 01503 240650.

General enquiries (and all services) 0300 1234 100 Children, schools and families 0300 1234 101 Libraries 0300 1234 111 Benefits 0300 1234 121 Adult care and support 0300 1234 131 Refuse and recycling 0300 1234 141 Planning 0300 1234 151 Housing 0300 1234 161 Council tax and business rates 0300 1234 171 Registration services 0300 1234 181 Getting Trading standards 0300 1234 191 Environmental management 0300 1234 202 in touch Environmental health & licensing 0300 1234 212 Roads, transport and parking 0300 1234 222 Fire and community safety 0300 1234 232

8 History Snippet

What goes around comes around! History repeats itself! I was bemused at a television programme extolling to virtues of a new concept in eco-living – an earth closet! An earth closet is now regarded as a “must” in our eco-bio-degradable sustainable organic world. I was pleased to see that the thing was built down wind of the dwelling and that there were seven acres in which to recycle the contents! Earth closets were good fun. Grandfather had one. It was built against the back wall of the cottage and you went up steps to the throne room and chose one of the three holes in the lid and hoped there was a supply of torn-up Farmer’s Weekly threaded on the nail at the side. Each Sunday morning Grandad would dig two buckets of earth from his trench, lift the lid and bury the business of the week. Good Friday was the day the side doors below were opened and trench re-filled ready for the runner beans. Not everyone had an earth closet. Cottages by streams had a privy overhanging the water – a nightmare for a small child! Great Aunt Gladys up Cheriton Bishop had a bridge across a brook with a three- holer on the crest. With our war-time lingo we would shout “bombs away’! As a privy it wasn’t that private as you could go down the bank and look up! The more modern concept built into early 20th century dwellings was the chemical closet – the Alsan – which had a seat over a pail. The pail had disinfectant in it which made oily patterns on the surface and smelt. Uncle Charlie used to empty his under the hedge to keep the ditch clean! In towns the night-soil cart would come round to empty pails and provide manure for local nurserymen- - not unlike the lavender carts of today. There were always strict laws about emptying privies. You couldn’t throw it in the road and at one time you had to keep urine for the nitreman to make gunpowder – by law! I found a curious reference to local sanitary aspirations in the old school records. In 1892 the Parochial School Committee were sanctioning funds to build a privy at Mrs Symons’ cottage. This had little to do with educational standards and a lot to do with keeping Mrs Symons sweet! The building was to be 5ft long and 6ft broad. Wood was ordered for a cabinet 6ft x 3ft x 2ft4ins. The budget was £4. But Mrs Symons and the proud new owners of the eco-earth closet should be aware that outside lavvies were never places to visit in bad weather or after dark. Perhaps there will be a surge in sales of the chamber pot! Ah! Fond memories of the early days when we all had an en-suite! Jenny Wallis 9 Purely Cornish News Advertiser’s Announcement Purely Cornish are on the move and, in keeping with our policy of the ‘Farm Shop that cares about Food Miles’, we are not going far and have secured the lease on the Ex Threshers Wine Store in Fore Street, East Looe. The opportunity to move to a high profile location that can better serve both locals and visitors is a great opportunity for us to continue our commitment to keeping business local. It is a tough commercial world out there at the moment but we have proved that ‘local’ does sell if done well. We will be closing the Farm Shop and the Deli and consolidating into the one large new premises enabling a very solid business base to continue our expansion of the Purely Cornish business. The extra space will allow us to run workshops for local producers to assist them to understand what it takes to actually sell their product. Workshops will cover topics such as how to create a marketing promotion for retail, factors to consider with labelling, packaging and point of sale, and legal requirements for trade descriptions as it is no good having the best, most delicious product in the world if a retailer can’t put it on their shelves or it is not going to get noticed by shoppers. Bring this article to our official opening on Easter Saturday 3 April at 12 noon and claim a 10% on any purchase.

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10 50-plus volunteering opportunity,

Many of you will know that for several years, Point Europa has been offering volunteering opportunities for young people to ex- pand their horizons in Europe. In 2010, we are also able to offer places to the over fifties to share their skills and life experience on an expenses paid volunteer placement abroad. This exciting new project “Senior Volunteer- ing” begins this summer when the first group of senior European volunteers arrives in Cawsand. The group, from France, will work with young people and migrant workers and in various settings in the local community. In the autumn, we will be sending the first volunteers from the UK to France and there will be future exchanges with Sicily. We are looking for participants from the local area. If you think you may be interested, please call Jane Riggs on 01752 822444 for more details. Point Europa are also offering free “Skills for Life” training on various dates throughout February and March in Millbrook. It is a great opportunity to help improve your English and Maths skills and can help with managing work or life in general. For more information or to book places, contact Tricia Stubberfield on 01752 829414. Rame Kids Club and the Millbrook Charity Shop continue to be hugely successful. Numbers are increasing at the After School Club and the activities on offer to the children now include classes in French and computer studies. The charity shop in Millbrook is doing fantastically and we are recruiting new volunteers all the time. Of course we are always grateful for your dona- tions. The shop was recently de- scribed by a local resident as “an invaluable part of the community”. For information on Rame Kids Club or the charity shop, please contact Michelle on 01752 829414. 11 Moist Chocolate Cake recipe

Ingredients : 1 Cup Sugar 2 Eggs Half Cup Milk One and a half Tbls Cocoa 100gm melted Butter 1 tsp Baking Soda 1 tsp Vanilla Essence Pinch Salt One & half Cups Flour 1 & half tsp Baking Powder Half tsp coffee in half cup of boiling water How to Prepare : Mix all dry ingredients together. Add cooled melted Butter. Beat in eggs and add vanilla essence. Make up coffee and add Baking Soda Mix together well. Pour mixture into sprayed round baking tin and bake at 175-180c for 40 mins. Leave to cool and ice with chocolate icing. This recipe can be doubled and baked in a Roasting Dish Disclaimer: The recipe above has been supplied by a member of the public and has not been individually tested by FreeRecipes.co.nz. FreeRecipes.co.nz does not accept any liability in relation to publication of this recipe. - Admin C J BUILDERS GENERAL BUILDING

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12 Great British Fish and Chip Supper – 21st May 2010

Want to do something different? Want to raise money where you live or work? Want to eat Fish and Chips, while raising money for charity? Hold a fish and chip supper on Friday 21st May 2010 whilst raising awareness of spinal cord injury and supporting SIA’s information and support services. You can hold a fish and chip supper in your own home, at work or hold a larger supper at your local community centre. SIA will provide a fundraising pack containing hints and tips, recipes, invitations and donation envelopes. By inviting 7 friends and asking them to donate an additional £5.00 means you will raise at least £35.00 from your supper but we will also give you additional fundraising ideas to raise even more money for SIA. Last year we had over 80 suppers taking part in England and Wales. In 2010 we want to double that figure and ensure we can provide more support to spinal cord injured people. The money raised from the suppers will help the Spinal Injuries Association offer support to individuals who become paralysed and their families, from the moment a spinal injury occurs, and for the rest of their lives by providing services and publications which enable and encourage paralysed people to lead independent lives. Every year in the UK over 1,000 people experience a spinal cord injury and there are an estimated 40,000 spinal cord injured people in the UK alone. Community Fundraising Officer, Elizabeth Wright, says, “The Fish and Chip Supper is a wonderful opportunity for a great evening with friends and family. We are also encouraging people who work to hold a Fish and Chip Lunch in their work places to raise even more funds. You may be even a local community group wanting to run a fun evening with your group. Be a part of something special and make a real difference to help spinal cord injured people gain access to the information and support they need to enable them to live full and independent lives.” For more information or request a fundraising pack call Elizabeth Wright on 0845 6786633 etn 229 or email [email protected] or visit www.spinal.co.uk

13 Parish Councillors contact details: Chairman Robert Henly 01503 240738 Vice-Chair Kim Smith 01503 262269 Councillors: Roberta Powley 01503 240650 Barbara Reynolds 01503 240520 Ron Matthews 01503 262845 Lynne Burt 01503 240383 Mike Elford 01503 265922 Clerk: Charles Hyde 01579 340905 [email protected]

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OPENING HOURS Monday to Saturday, 7am - 6pm Sunday 8am - 2pm Elaine & Martin look forward to seeing you soon. Tel: 01503 240840

14 Spring Gardening article courtesy www.gardenguide-uk.co.uk The depths of winter are over and spring is starting to creep into the garden. Tips of bulbs can be seen peeping through the soil – a sure sign that spring is on its way. This is a turning point for gardeners everywhere as it means we can get back outside and do what we love. But don’t be too hasty. A couple of warm spring days and it’s tempting to buy, dig and plant before all danger of frost has passed. Be sure that there are no more frosts forecast or you run the risk of losing your tender plants. Instead concentrate on tidying and preparation. Spring can be split into two gardening periods: early spring and late spring. There is no clear line between the two, but once days lengthen and there’s more sunlight and warmth on the ground you can feel confident that it’s nearly time to plant out your precious seedlings. As each spring day passes and the daffodils, tulips and crocuses bloom the garden will become alive again. Blossom will suddenly appear and birds and insects will reappear. Enjoy the awakening of the new gardening year! Jobs for Spring *Rake and aerate the lawn and remove any debris to allow it to breathe. *Tidy borders and weed, weed, weed! Getting rid of the weeds now will stop them self-seeding. *Don’t be tempted to dig and turn the soil until it is dry enough. *Sow seeds – hardy outside and non-hardy in a propagator or greenhouse. *When the ground warms plant or move any shrubs before they come into bud. *Prepare the vegetable garden for all the succulent vegetables Dig the soil and add compost and manure

15 Great Daffodil Walk Sunday 11th April 2010 - 10.30am At The National Trust’s Cotehele Estate St Dominick,

5km or 10km walk Entry £10 (includes entry into the house) Prize draw for walkers who raise over £50 in sponsorship Entry forms are available by calling the Marie Curie Cancer Care Fundraising Office on 01872 260 500 or e-mail [email protected] By kind permission of The National Trust

16 Using the mobile phone while driving

Is it dangerous to use the phone while driving? A few St Martin’s drivers use their mobile phone while driving especially on Bucklawren Road. However, this can be bad for road safety. Motorists can be physically distracted if they drive a vehicle and operate a mobile phone simultaneously. However, the greatest danger is cognitive distraction because the driver needs to concentrate on both driving and phoning. The ability to divide one's attention between simultaneous tasks is limited, thus leading to possible dangerous situations. For exam- ple, it can result in drivers not noticing pedestrians in time, braking too late, or not adapting adequately to awkward traffic situations such as slipperiness. Mobile phone users have a greater chance of being involved in a crash, but this increased crash rate is not exclusively due to mobile phoning: mobile phone users also wear their seatbelt less and show risky behaviour such as drink-driving and speeding more frequently. Be warned, extra Police checks have been requested.

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17 Ecowarmth Advertiser’s Announcement Another hard winter has shown up many new cases of inadequate and/or expensive heating systems and together with the need to reduce our individual carbon footprint, different and more controllable types of heating are required. The Ecowarmth range of electric radiators utilising the exclusive “Intelligent Thermostat with Power Management Sytem” (PMS) pro- vides a very affordable and controllable heating system for all types of properties. The recent two hard winters have provided many power surges, which can negatively affect German made thermostats not designed for such fluctuations, whereas the Ecowarmth thermostatic control is especially designed to cope with such problems prevalent in rural areas of the UK. It is manufactured by Teddington Electronics of St. Austell who also supply rugged yet sensitive control systems for the MOD. Ecowarmth are therefore proud to have the slogan: “Germany Technology fine tuned by Cornish Engineering” The Ecowarmth Intelligent Thermostat is now available as a WIFI Digital control version where one central controller (with or without programmable timer) can control a large number of radiators. The Ecowarmth system still allows individual manual turning down of the heat in rooms where a different heat level is required to the main living areas, because we leave the manual control in place. This has the added advantage of automatically taking over the control of the heat should the central controller have a defect. All other systems do not have this feature and so if the central controller is defect then, “sorry no heat”! Recent independent tests of the Ecowarmth heating system by a UKAS accredited laboratory confirm the low energy use for Ecow- armth radiators. Unfortunately for the public many other companies make claims which are not backed up by independent tests. Who would you rely on? So “Plug in and Warm Up” with Ecowarmth, secure in the knowledge that you have a top quality product providing cosy controllable warmth with affordable running costs in a guaran- teed reliable manner and from a local family company company who are passionate about customer service. Ecowarmth - finalist in the 2009 DEBI Environmental Awards. www.ecowarmth-sw.com 18 PLUG IN AND WARM UP with

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19 Events Diary

Regular events in the Memorial Hall

Every Every Every Every Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Line Dancing Stretch & Tone Mother and toddler group Art 7.30pm for the over 50’s 9.30am, 1.30pm - 10am - 11am Yoga Emma 01503 240497 3.30pm Contact Maria Yoga Whist Club, 01503 263505 7.30pm Yoga Other Dates and Events March 2-7 Cancer Research Annual Exhibition and Sale of Art & Craft. The Public Hall, Liskeard. 01579 342821 March 4th Parish Council Meeting, Memorial Hall, 7.30pm March 5th St. Piran’s Day March 7th Wedding Fayre 11- 4, Bucklawren Granary Restaurant March 14th Wood Watch Walk and Litter Pick. See pg 6 March 14th Mothering Sunday March 17th St .Patrick’s Day March 26th Easter Bingo, 8pm, Memorail Hall March 20th Spring Show, Memorial Hall March 28th British Summer time begins March 28th Monkey Sanctuary opens April 1st Parish Council Meeting, Memorial Hall, 7.30pm April 2 - 5th Easter April 10th B3253 Speed Protest meet at 11am Bindown Stores April 11th Great Daffodil Walk, 10.30am, at The National Trust’s Cotehele Estate, St Dominick, Saltash, April 11th Buds, Bonnets & Bows Easter Walk, See pg 6 April 23rd St. George’s Day

Good quality jumble and bric-a-brac always required, collection can be arranged. Call Roberta on 01503 240650 Disclaimer: St Martin-By-Looe Parish Council and the editors will try to report accurately at the time of publication and require similar factual accuracy from contributors. We accept no responsibility for any views expressed by contributors or advertisers in this publication. Editor Charles Hyde 01579 340905.

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