Issue 4

June 2018

Deerpark Forest Holidays QUARTERLY MAGAZINE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE OF ST. PINNOCK

IN THIS ISSUE Defibrillator ‘unveiling’ and Defibrillator ‘unveiling’ Page 1 training event Spring Lunch Page 2 Connon Bridge Landfill Site Page 3 20 people attended the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council Page 4 How to use the defibrillator Page 5 Community Hall on Tuesday evening, Local Government Boundary Commission Page 9 rd 3 April. It started with an ‘unveiling’ of our Park Page 10 own defibrillator sited on the front of the Regular Clubs/Events Page 11 How to contact us Page 12 community hall. This was carried out jointly by Carol Spear – Chair of St.Pinnock Parish cutting as well, but unfortunately no-one Council whose initiative it was and Sue was available to attend. Knapman – Secretary of the East Taphouse Community Hall who provided the The evening then continued with Norman electricity and internet connections. Its Trebilcock of Front Line Emergency installation and support for the next five Equipment Trust (FLEET) giving a very years was funded by SUEZ Recycling & informative talk and demonstration on Recovery UK Ltd. - it was hoped that a how to administer CPR – which, he representative would join us at the ribbon- explained, is a very necessary part of the

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treatment to support the patient until Paramedics arrive. This was followed by a demonstration on how to use the defibrillator to re-start the heart as part of this process in saving lives. Volunteers were then able to practice both of these techniques using a dummy.

It was a surprise to learn of the frequency that defibrillators were used and Norman Trebilcock said that the one sited at Geoffrey Harris Tyres in was used just the day before in an emergency at the railway station. Norman ran in the London Marathon on 22nd April to raise further funds to continue FLEET’s work in upgrading and standardising the equipment used on all of ’s ambulances and a collection at the end of the evening raised £100 towards this.

At the April meeting of the Parish Council, it was agreed that it would investigate the feasibility of installing a defibrillator in the telephone kiosk at Trevelmond.

The centre pages of this magazine contain instructions showing the steps to take when using the defibrillator – you might like to retain them for future reference.

SPRING LUNCH

Fifty-seven St. Pinnock Parish senior citizens and members of clubs using East Taphouse Community Hall sat down to a very tasty and beautifully presented 2-course lamb lunch at the hall on Friday 6th April for the first ‘Spring Lunch’ presented by the hall committee. Like the equally - successful Christmas Lunch, this was prepared and cooked by Laura Rollings, ably assisted by Carol Hoare and was served to diners by a team of volunteers. Sue Knapman drew the raffle and thanked everyone for coming.

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CONNON BRIDGE LANDFILL SITE – LIAISON MEETING UP-DATE

At the Liaison Meeting held on Tuesday The Site Manager reported that there had 15th May, members were told that the been two sludge spillages at the leachate shredder had arrived on site on 23rd April treatment plant due to equipment failures, and that it had taken two weeks of testing but that these had both been contained to get it set up There had not been any within the bund around the plant. noise complaints so far, but it was still not The western flank of the landfill area operating at full capacity. The Transfer (facing the HWRC) had been seeded with Shed was re-opened on 25th April after the grass, but the remainder of the site would fire at the end of October last year and this not be seeded until restoration work with a has resulted in a resumption of the layer of topsoil got underway after the site ‘dustcarts’ and articulated lorries travelling officially closed at the end of the year. through East Taphouse and the B3359. Leachate levels in the landfill cells were The shredding operation brings with it an reported by the Environment Agency as increase in the number of lorries using the being compliant except at one point which site as bulky refuse from Household Waste was currently 3.3 metres. This was an Recycling Centres sited throughout the improvement on the 4.34 meters reported county is being shipped to Connon for in the last issue of the PostHorn, but it was shredding and then the crushed material is still in excess of the permitted 1.2 metres re-loaded and transported to the and the EA would be monitoring this. The incinerator at St. Dennis – an additional Permit Variation request by SUEZ to stop round trip of 50 plus miles per load! monitoring the water quality in the Connon Peter Marsh (Service Director – Stream was still on-going and the EA were Environmental) for said awaiting a response from SUEZ. that there was a feasibility study currently A request was made to SUEZ for members being undertaken into a number of sites to see the shredder in operation – this was (including Connon) to establish the best agreed, with SUEZ to organise a suitable permanent location for the shredder and date/time in the near future. that this would report back by the summer. It was pointed out to him by several Two issues were directed to the Cornwall members that the only sensible location Council representatives: was at the CERC because any other site • To organise litter picking in the area would continue the transporting of before the tourist season began material back and forth across the county • To proactively cut the weeds on the as is currently happening with Connon. sight line outside the landfill site at the

There is a meeting at County Hall on 24th junction with the B3359.

May to review (amongst other issues) the It was noted that the frequency of liaison opening times for HWRC’s. This issue had meetings had been slipping and a return to been raised at the last liaison meeting as it the original two-month interval was was felt that the early closing time of 4:00 requested. This was agreed, with the p.m. was the cause of local fly tipping of proposal to schedule meetings for a full ‘domestic’ waste. twelve months ahead. 3

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING and At this meeting the Chair and Vice Chair to

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PARISH hold office for the year ahead are elected COUNCIL by the Councillors themselves. This year The year of the Civil Parish (as distinct from Carol Spear (Chair) and Doug Mills (Vice Chair) were both re-elected to these posts. the Ecclesiastical Parish) starts in May and there are two events that take place then:

THE PARISH COUNCIL IS NOW UP TO Annual Parish Meeting is the forum where local government electors of the parish can STRENGTH! discuss parish affairs. There is no statutory The number of parish councillors is set by definition to determine what constitutes a the county council, based on the number of “parish affair”. It is generally accepted that electors in the Parish. For St. Pinnock, there a parish affair includes an issue, activity, or are eight seats, but as Geoffrey Pearce and subject which specifically affects the parish Wesley Hoskin did not stand for re-election and which the parish meeting may wish to at the last election in May 2017 and as discuss, debate and potentially influence. there were no other candidates, their seats At , this meeting normally were left unfilled. precedes the Parish Council meeting and After advertising the availability of these disappointingly does not usually attract any seats for co-option, John Emmerson parishioners – this year was no exception! volunteered to be co-opted in June of last It is your opportunity to tell the Parish year. This left one vacancy remaining and Council what you want (or don’t want) so at the Parish Council meeting in April of this should they advertise this more widely? – year, Alan Jeavons also volunteered for co- let the PostHorn know your views. option. He officially joined the Parish Council at the May meeting. Annual Meeting of the Parish Council. The So, one year on, the Parish Council is now May meeting is the first meeting of the back to its full complement! Parish Council’s year.

PARISH COUNCILLORS Carol Spear (Chair) Howard Knapman Doug Mills (Vice Chair) 10 Highway Bodrawl Bungalow Penwhite, West Trevillis East Taphouse St.Pinnock 01579 320015 01579 320904 01579 320286 [email protected] John Emmerson Mrs.Janise Philp Dereck Stevens West Trevillis House East Trevelmond Farm Poppy Cottage West Trevillis Trevelmond Trevelmond 01579 326806 01579 320328 01579 320359 [email protected] [email protected] Graham Crabb Alan Jeavons Clerk to the Parish Council 25 Highway Skelton House Jenny Hoskin East Taphouse East Taphouse Phone: 01208 72789 01579 326806 Email: [email protected] [email protected] http://www.stpinnockparishcouncil.org.uk/ 4

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6 STOP PRESS!

The Local Government Boundary Commission has just issued its Draft Recommendations which, with minor exceptions, accepts Cornwall Council’s submissions to them.

As regards St. Pinnock, this means that from the next elections in May of 2021 onwards we would be transferred to the electoral division and our County Councillor will represent this enlarged division.

The Boundary Commission acknowledges our Parish Council’s objection, but dismisses it with: "St Pinnock Parish Council requested in their submission that the parish of St Pinnock be included in the neighbouring Liskeard South & Dobwalls division. A local resident asked for the same division arrangement. We recognise the strength of feeling behind the submissions here, but to include the parish in the neighbouring Liskeard division would result in a variance of -15% in Lostwithiel and 18% in Liskeard South & Dobwalls by 2023, and we do not consider that sufficient evidence has been provided to justify such poor levels of electoral equality."

At the beginning of this exercise, the Commission stated that one of its goals was to 'aim to ensure that the pattern of divisions reflects the interests and identities of local communities as well as promoting effective local government.' However, in our case it seems that Cornwall Council just shuffled us around playing a numbers game and both they and the Boundary Commission have disregarded this goal!

To complicate matters, the County has been divided into ‘Community Network Areas’ so that Cornwall Council can foster a degree of ‘localism’. St. Pinnock is currently in the Liskeard and Community Network Area and it is proposed that we shall remain in this group (acknowledging our close relationship with this area?). However, Lostwithiel is in the St. Blazey, and Lostwithiel Community Network Area. Our Cornwall Councillor will therefore have a foot in both areas, but their foot in the latter will be much larger than the former, as St. Pinnock will be the only parish with this dual identity in the division.

St. Pinnock Parish

The Parish Council’s submission to the Boundary Commission can be read on page 9 of this magazine and this gives the reasons why it felt that the proposal should not be accepted. It will be discussing this latest development at the Parish Council meeting on 18th June – go along and let them know your views!

This is a draft recommendation by the Boundary Commission and they say: “We are consulting on our draft recommendations for a 15-week period, from 5 June 2018 to 17 September 2018. We encourage everyone to use this opportunity to contribute to the design of the new divisions – the more public views we hear, the more informed our decisions will be when analysing all the views we received.”

If you wish to comment on this recommendation, the commission says that: “The Commission has an open mind about its draft recommendations. Every representation we receive will be considered, regardless of who it is from or whether it relates to the whole county or just a part of it.” Their website has a special consultation area where you can explore the maps and draw your own proposed boundaries. You can find it at consultation.lgbce.org.uk

Submissions can also be made by emailing [email protected] or by writing to:

Review Officer (Cornwall) The Local Government Boundary Commission for 14th Floor, Millbank Tower Millbank London SW1P 4QP

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Don’t return the defibrillator to the cabinet after use as it will need new pads fitted before it can be used again. As soon as it is convenient, please phone: Doug Mills  01579 320015 07454 875007 or Debbie Ackerley  01579 326132 07741 492952 One of us will arrange to collect it, get the pads replaced and return it to the cabinet.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION – the saga continues!

Below is the text of a submission that St. Because of this close identity and affiliation Pinnock Parish Council has made to the with Liskeard we consider it important that Local Government Boundary Commission: our County Councillor also shares this close link and has his/her division wholly “We are dismayed with Cornwall Council's within the Liskeard and Looe Community proposal for this Parish! Network Area. We are firmly of the opinion The Boundary Commission states that one that Cornwall Council's proposal for of its goals is to ‘aim to ensure that the St.Pinnock Parish to be merely appended to pattern of divisions reflects the interests and a division which is part of the St.Blazey, identities of local communities as well as Fowey and Lostwithiel Community Network promoting effective local government.’ But Area and being represented by its county Cornwall Council's proposal has totally councillor will not promote effective local ignored this aspect and has just juggled government! The reduction in the numbers parishes in a misguided attempt to achieve of county councillors will already increase exact numbers. their workload as regards maintaining links Liskeard Town Council has recently with more parish councils and a greater emailed you suggesting two electoral number of constituents, so to ask them to divisions for the town with the attachment extend this relationship to a second of the parishes of Dobwalls to the west and Community Network Area as well can only Menheniot to the east. They have also given lead to a dilution of their effectiveness. logical justification for this which we copy below. Cornwall Council has made previous ‘Furthermore, the electorate of these perfectly workable attempts (CNA15-1 and neighbouring parishes look to Liskeard for CNA15-2) both of which keep St.Pinnock the provision of health services (doctors, Parish within a division which is wholly hospital, dentists, vets) education provision within the Liskeard & Looe Community (primary schools feed into the Liskeard Network Area and both were within School and Community College), Council the +10% tolerance, but they appear to services (Unitary Cornwall Council offices have caused this potential disruption and at Luxstowe House), employment (Liskeard diminution to our representation at County Business Park, Miller Business Park, Hall just to further refine these figures Moorswater Industrial Estate and without good reason.

Heathlands Business Park), retail with both We would therefore implore you to reject edge of town supermarkets and a traditional this proposal by Cornwall Council as we town centre with many independent shops. consider that being part of one Community The town also has the Lux Park Leisure Network Area but being represented by a Centre which adjacent football, rugby and cricket pitches.’ county councillor who has a majority interest in an adjoining CNA with which we All of this self-same justification also have few tangible links will not serve the extends to include the parish of St.Pinnock best interests of this community and and we would also add that potentially present the councillor with St.PinnockParish is geographically closer frequent conflicts of interests.” to Liskeard than it is to Lostwithiel.

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“DOUBLEBOIS PARK”

By Brian Jewell One of the aspects of Doublebois that Behind the chalet was a lengthy strip of land disappeared when the roads were widened that Skip Plummer of No. 6 Railway was the ' Park ' as we called it. The apex Terrace used as an allotment. (I lived at no. of land between the A38 & the B3360 (Cold 2). Also, behind the chalet was an open Wind Lane). water tank. Percy Libby, my neighbour at Within, being ten or twelve mature trees, No.1, showed us how, by immersing mostly beech & chestnut. Sadly, they were sycamore sticks in the water, whistles could sacrificed for the wider roads. be made. A simple process I’ve never Recently I observed that one had been forgotten. spared because it was so close to what was Forward from the chalet was a large wide a boundary hedge between the Park & land trunked tree, perhaps an oak. Having found owned by Mr Venning of Tagley . A new some old eggs one day, they were duly hedge now exists, suitably positioned to splattered on the trunk. After which it was embrace it. declared to be humming. I approached it, Entrance was through a small gate, about hand to ear. I could not hear it! opposite that of No. 2 Railway Cottages The proximity of the aforementioned lone where Jim Peters lived. He used to cut my surviving tree to the original hedge was hair for 6d. ideal for us to construct a ' camp ' , or ' den ' The Park was contained, if that is the right to some people . The hedge & the tree word, by a couple of strands of thick wire provided us with two sides of our camp & through steel posts, so easy to get over, who simplified construction. Using anything we needs a gate?! could find, wood, sacking, bits of There was an open space in the centre of this galvanized sheet, string, nails ..... bits & small area with two pairs of trees - maybe pieces that enabled us to create a secluded 8ft apart, in opposition, about 30ft apart. & cosy? retreat from the world. Ideal for two boys and a football. Perhaps But I digress! My intent was to tell you this deliberate when the trees were planted? ….. Autumn often brought golden brown leaves The point of interest just over the original from these tall trees which deposited on the hedge was a cherry tree. From year to year road side of the lane, there was little traffic it's fecundity varied & us boys were content there to disturb them. Disturbance came with windfalls. from us boys! When dry, we would shuffle Then, one year an abundance of cherries them with our feet into huge piles – just to coincided with us being big enough to climb be able to throw ourselves into them with the tree. Which was our undoing! gay abandon! Mr Venning's son John spotted us from In the left-hand corner just beyond where afar! And his arrival on the scene took us by the boundary hedge turned 90 degrees away surprise. Ordered to come down from the to run parallel to the lane, was a wood-built tree, he grabbed each of us by the back chalet barely discernible through the collar, one of us in each hand and, as if bushes. Very occasionally - almost never - enacting a cartoon, marched us to the water we saw the owners, Mr & Mrs Holman of tank & ducked us, only just, into the water ! . Perhaps they owned the Park? I A fair cop! We went home with wet hair! don’t know.

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REGULAR CLUBS/EVENTS THIS COMING QUARTER

Slimming World meets in the East West Country Embroiderers – Taphouse Community Hall every Lostwithiel Group. Meets on the 2nd Thursday morning from 9:30 to 11:30. and 4th Monday of each month at East For more information. Call Rebecca Taphouse Community Hall. For more on 07980 171679 information, contact: Secretary Mrs G. Johnson 01503 220730 Connon Chapel holds a service every Treasurer Mrs P Stratton 01822 614677 Sunday morning commencing at 9:30 Group Rep Mrs G Sanders 01579 320721 with tea/coffee afterwards. General Sunday Auction Every other Knit and Natter meets at Connon week at East Taphouse Community Hall. This quarter they will be on: Chapel on the first and third Monday th th of the month for two hours from 3:30. June: 10 and 24 July: 8th and 22nd You don’t have to knit – just come and th th. natter and enjoy some tea and lovely August: 5 and 19 homemade cakes. Just £1 covers Lots taken from 1:00 p.m. Viewing everything. starts at 4:30 and selling from 6:00 p.m.

St.Pinnock Band - Band practice at Womens Institute – St.Pinnock and East Taphouse Community Hall from District Womens’ Institute invites new 7:45 to 10:00 on Mondays and members to join our really friendly Thursdays. group. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at the East Vintage Motorcycle Club meets on Taphouse Community Hall at 2:15 the second Thursday of the month at p.m. Ring Pauline Salt on 01579 the East Taphouse Community Hall at 320197 for more information 7:00 p.m. Parkinson’s Drop-In Group Every East Taphouse Short Mat Bowls Club third Wednesday of the month - East plays every Thursday afternoon in the Taphouse Community Hall from Community Hall from 2:00 to 4:30. 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. As well as the Come along and give it a try, or Parkinsons nurse talks, speakers on ‘phone Doug Mills on 01579 320015 many different subjects and a chance for more information. to try out new activities ranging from art to Zumba. For more information ring Sue Whipp on 01503 262166

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Bingo – First Saturday of each month Tea and Chat Meet at Trevelmond at East Taphouse Community Hall. Chapel on the first Friday of each ‘Eyes down’ at 7:00p.m. month from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Chiropodist at East Taphouse Mobile Library – Each month at East Community Hall – 2018 visits: Taphouse Community Hall Car Park 18thJune, 30thJuly, 10thSept, 22ndOct from 3:45 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on and 3rdDec from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 Fridays: 8th June and 6th July. The p.m. Appointments now needed - mobile library provides a library ‘phone Christine on 01579 321311 or service to rural areas in Cornwall Neil on 07828 737814. where there is no static library or St.Pinnock Parish Council Meetings micro library. The mobile library holds are now held on the third Monday of a selection of books on many each month in the Chapel Room at subjects, novels, large print books, the rear of Connon Chapel at books for children and talking books. 7:30p.m. (re-arranged to enable our Other materials, such as DVDs, music County Councillor to attend). If you CDs and music scores can be have any item of concern, you can borrowed on request. Customers can either raise it with your local request books for free from the Councillor beforehand or you can online library catalogue or for a small speak to the Parish Council at the charge if placed by a Library Assistant. meeting - there is fifteen minutes The stock is updated regularly. allocated at the start of the meeting for this. The agenda is posted on the Parish Council notice board which is ACKNOWLEDGMENT on the forecourt of Valley View The PostHorn acknowledges the continued support Garage on the Wednesday before the of SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd in printing this magazine for us. Its publication would not be meeting. possible without their help!

Sunday roast dinner at The

Community Hall, East Taphouse. TO CONTACT THE POSTHORN: Two courses £8.00 (Bar open). Every other Sunday at 6:00p.m.

This quarter they will be on: June: 3rd and 17th July: 1st, 15th 29th Editor: Doug Mills August: 12th and 26th.  01579 320015 Booking essential – ‘phone Laura on [email protected] http://posthorn.btck.co.uk/ 07792 900987 12