St Martin-By- News Published and funded by St Martin-By-Looe Parish Council Jan/Feb 2010

Parish Council Update Youth Shelter Project Following further discussions with residents of No Mans Land and Council the Parish Council has decided to abandon the Youth Shelter project, all funding has been returned to the relevant organisations. Planning Applications Applications for the construction of a dwelling at the Watch House, Millendreath, the variation of condition 1 at Bay View Farm, the siting of polytunnel and tool shed for agricultural use at Land Pt OS 443, St Martins and change of use of redundant coach house at Windsworth were considered by the Parish Council during Nov and Dec 2009. Precept The Parish Council carefully considered the required precept for the next financial year and an amount of £8600 was agreed upon. Donations A request from The Cornwall Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre was received; a donation of £50 was agreed. Holland Farm Salt bin The salt bin purchased by the Parish Council was stolen in early December, a request was made to to replace the bin, which was promptly done and the bin filled (see article on pg 4). Police Report, December 3rd 2009. Since the last meeting on 5th November 2009 there have been 42 crimes reported within the area covered by Looe Neighbourhood Team. None of the above crimes was reported within the Parish. Meeting Dates You are always welcome to attend the Parish Council Meetings. The next meetings are Jan 14th and Feb 4th. Public participation is welcome before the meeting starts.

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2 St Martin- By- Looe news Salt Bins Last year the Parish Council purchased two salt bins for use in the Parishand these have been well used during the cold spell. However it has also been noted that salt has been removed from the bin at Holland Farm for private use. The salt is provided by Cornwall Council for use on the highways and under no circum- stances should be removed from it’s intended area of use. Should this unlawful practice continue, Cornwall Council will refuse to refill the bins leaving the Parish Council to pick up the bill, which, of course, is ultimately paid for by you the Council Tax payer .

B3253 Speed The Cornish Times recently met with residents of No Mans Land to publicise the dangers on the B3253 caused by poor visbility and excessive speed. The article was published in December, howev- er in order for something to be done the campaign must not be allowed to die a death, we urge all residents of No Mans Land to consider further protests and to write to your MP, and County Councillor. Cornwall Council are adamant that the speed limit will not be changed! ‘People power’ does work, so if you want something done get together and continue where the Cornish Times article left off.

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3 History Snippet

One of the delights of living in Millendreath is to go beachcombing. There is a fascination for collecting ephemera that the tide brought in! There are the collections of buoys, oars and broken lobster pots that serve as garden ornaments: fish boxes for flower beds: driftwood sculptures. I have a bowl with shells, a plastic dog, the severed arm of an action man, a little fairy and some fossils. I suppose our predecessors began this ritual when the sea would have delivered both useful and exotic artifacts. Elizabeth I granted the Bucklaw- ren Manor the right to use Mil- lendreath Beach (as far as the low tide line) to collect seaweed to ‘sweeten’ the soil. They also had the right to fish and take ‘the wreack of sea’. As our coastline is protected from the south west by Looe Island, our bit of shore is not littered with the memories of past disasters as most stricken ships foundered on the Rannies and sank off-shore. So the ‘wreack of sea’ would have been a perplexing jumble of battered and broken timbers, ropes and cargo. Doubtless all could be recycled in some way – to mend the roof, patch the barn, build the sty. January was a particularly profitable month for the beachcomber when storms lashed the coast. The wrecks are recorded in the Shipwreck Index. In January 1749 the brigantine Swift carrying wheat was a total loss and a similar vessel plying between London and Falmouth was lost in 1750 when all perished. There was a terrible storm in January 1791. The Ellis from London had unloaded her cargo of tin ingots at Falmouth and was going about to with passengers. She sank 1 mile east of Looe and not a man was saved. The same day another coastal brig went down off Looe Island. In 1753 a Dutch Dogger – a sailing ship - was lost with all hands but the crew of the Crowned Herring that sailed between

4 History Snippet

Danzig and Bordeaux were saved with some of the cargo. Bad weather in January 1786 saw the Bilbao to Teignmouth ‘Speedwell’come to grief but their Captain Bevans was saved along with his crew who found lodgings in Looe. A note in 1809 says that the Falmouth packet, Rose, sailed from on Monday morning and was lost on Monday night near Looe Island. All drowned. ‘Bits washed ashore on Tuesday’. However, we did get one boat on the beach! A severe gale drove a sailing ship from Oporto to shore ‘east of Looe’ on 13th January 1834. 50.21.24N by 04.26.20W. So if you have any staves, barrels or hemp stashed away it was probably due to a Georgian beachcomber who thought it might come in handy one day.

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5 How to Create a Butterfly Garden By Kathy Anderson

People who love to garden also tend to enjoy watching butterflies flitting about. After all, butterflies are just as pretty to look at as the flowers that they visit. Gardeners can entice even more butterflies to visit their gardens by creating gardens specifically for butterflies. It’s quite easy to create a butterfly garden. You may even find that you already grow some flowers that attract butterflies. With just a little effort you can create a beautiful haven for these lovely winged creatures, and the butterflies will appreciate your efforts. If you’re starting from scratch and will be creating a new planting bed for your butterfly garden, you’ll first want to learn how to properly create a planting bed for your plants. You can find information on preparing raised planting beds at http://www.freeplants.com When deciding where to locate your butterfly garden, choose a spot that is not isolated from other plants. Butterflies will be more likely to find your garden if there are other flowers nearby to lead them to your butterfly garden. But if your butterfly garden is the only patch of flowers in a vast sea of grass, butterflies won’t have much reason to be in the area. If you have a border of flowering shrubs and other butterfly-enticing plants are scattered around your yard, the butterflies are much more likely to spend time in your garden. The butterfly garden should include a variety of plants that attract butterflies, and those plants should be in a variety of colors and heights. Consider planting azaleas, rhododendrons and lilacs for height. Fragrant ‘James McFarland’ lilacs seem to be especially attractive to butterflies. Weigela, with its flowers like dainty trumpets, is another good shrub for attracting butterflies. No butterfly garden should be without Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa). C J BUILDERS GENERAL BUILDING

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6 Not only will the bright orange blossoms attract many butterflies, but the plant will also provide food for caterpillars. Without the caterpillars there would be no butterflies. Dill and parsley also provide food for butterfly caterpillars. If you’re lucky, you may even have Monarch butterflies laying their eggs on the milk- weed and you can watch the entire life cycle, from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. Many other commonly grown flowers will attract butterflies, including holly- hocks, purple coneflowers (Echinacea), Black-eyed Susans (rudbeckia), cos- mos, huechera, zinnias, beebalm and cleome. Buddleia, also known as butterfly bush, is a must in any butterfly garden. If you have room for this large plant, Mexican sunflower (tithonia) will attract many butterflies and humming- birds with its sunny orange blooms. Plan your butterfly garden so there are blooms all season long. The rhododen- drons, azaleas and lilacs will provide a spring snack for butterflies, followed by summer-blooming plants such as the buddleia and asclepias. In the fall, butterflies will sip nectar from asters and ‘Autumn Joy” sedum. In addition to providing food for butterflies, your butterfly garden should also provide a resting place along with shelter from the wind and cold. Include flat rocks in your garden where the butterflies can sun themselves. It’s even better if the rocks have shallow depressions where water will puddle and provide a place for butterflies to gather for a drink. A small log pile will provide shelter from the weather for butterflies. You can also purchase butterfly shelters that look rather like tall, narrow birdhouses with several slots for entrances. These may attract butterflies, but in my experience wasps tend to move in, discouraging any butterflies from entering. One final thing that every butterfly garden should include is a comfortable bench placed where you can sit and admire the beautiful butterflies. After all, you’ve created this garden not only for the butterflies but also for your own enjoyment. http://www.freeplants.com/resellers.htm

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8 Antony’s New Year Woodland Winter Ramble

If you fancy a New Year’s walk through Antony House’s sleeping gardens and woodland wonderland in South East Cornwall, then this next ramble could be for you. Organised in partnership be- tween Cornwall Council, Antony Estate and the National Trust, the Antony Gardens guided history ramble starts at the car park near the entrance to the gardens at 10.00 for 10.30am on Wednesday 20th January 2010. Brian Langley, Antony’s Guide and Gardener, and regular walk leader and botanist Martin Summers, will act as our guides leading walkers around Antony’s historic park and gardens, exploring the estates Tudor roots right up to today’s role in cinema. The ramble’s a little over three miles long and offers a gentle lead into the 2010 walking for health programme, with an opportunity to enjoy a well-earned lunch at the Wilcove Inn along the way. As with previous events this woodland winterscape ramble is free of charge, but it would be helpful if places were booked in advance and walkers will need to bring or buy their own lunches. For further details of this and other walks, or to book a place, contact Dave Readman on 01209 310062. Age Group: All ages welcome Cost of event: FREE Meeting Place: Car Park adjacent to the gardens entrance. How to get there: Turn off along the A374 for at the Trerulefoot traffic island on the A38. Follow the A374 for approxi- mately eight miles until you pass through the village of Antony (don’t blink or you’ll miss it). Approximately one mile beyond Antony and before entering Torpoint, turn into Antony House on the left. Map ref: SX 419 564 and Sat Nav – PL11 2QA Clothing Required: Dress for the weather. Suitable footwear for walking along woodland tracks, and wet grass. Dogs Allowed? I’m afraid not on this occasion. Further Information Contact: Dave Readman on 01209 310062

9 Cornwall Turnpikes Trusts

During a recent Parish Council meeting a milestone was reported missing at Great Tree. This got me thinking about the history of these stones and in particular the origins of the Turnpike Trusts; the article below is from www.turnpikes.org uk.

Cornwall County Topology and Wealth during turnpike era Cornwall is an isolated county, surrounded on three sides by the sea and on the fourth side bounded by the . It was dependent on fishing and the mining of minerals, including metal ores, slate and china clay. The rivers run north / south so any traffic along the peninsula is obliged to cross several valleys; all traffic must cross the Tamar to enter by road. The height of Moor restricted travel down the spine of the county. Due to the difficult terrain but perhaps also the relative poverty of the area, packhorses were more common than wheeled vehicles for carrying goods, well into the 18th century. Hence, the roads were particularly narrow and twisting, often running in gullies between steep banks and keeping to the hilly ground rather than the wet, tortuous river valleys. The county town, , is 256 miles from London. Old Routes through the County The main Post Road from London via Exeter crossed the Tamar at Cremyll Passage and ran along the southern coast through Looe and to Penzance. The main Post Road by land enters the county at Launceston and went around the northern edge of Bodmin Moor to reach Truro. Turnpike Pattern Like other counties that were distant from London, turnpiking came relatively late to Cornwall. The first turnpike Act covering Cornish roads was the creation of the Truro Roads in 1754. Sections of the main Post Road were turnpiked in 1760; the Launceston Trust bringing the road over from Devon, and the Haleworthy road continuing the route along the northern edge of the county through and . In quick succes- sion, the main town based trusts were created; , 10 & in 1761, Creed / St Just and in 1762, Penryn 1763 and in 1764. Finally the Bodmin turnpike Trust was created in 1769, providing a route through the centre of the county, over the moor. Thus, by 1770 there were three turnpiked routes into the county, the road from Okehampton through Launceston, the road over Dartmoor through Tavistock to Callington and the road from Plymouth across the three ferries on the lower Tamar. These fed three principal roads to Truro; from Launceston through either Wadebridge or Bodmin and through Liskeard from either Calling- ton or the ferries. Each of these trusts re-newed and extended their powers of the subsequent decades. In the early 19th century, new Trusts were created to better roads to meet particular mining needs; Trebarwith Sands Road in 1825 to move sand in and slate out, Causeway in 1825 to 1839 and Penzance & St Just, very late in 1863, to serve the metal ore mines. The NE of the county had no turnpike trusts but seems to have been served by a very good Highways Board centred on Stratton and on Holswor- thy in Devon. Traffic levels in this area were probably insufficient to warrant the cost of turnpiking to assist the basic parish road maintenance arrangements. The Cornwall trusts were affected by the arrival of the railways in the 1850s and after a period of steady decline were progressively wound up in the late 1870s onwards and the roads transferred to local Highways Boards and later the County Council in 1888. Tollhouses Almost 50 of the original 180 still survive in some form; this is a relatively high rate of survivals compared with other counties in the country. Milestones The majority of milemarkers erected by the Cornwall Turnpike trusts were milestones; a few metal posts are found on the road leading from Torpoint Ferry – probably influenced by Plymouth Highways Board. Unlike other counties, hard and less workable stone such as granite was often used for the milestones. Each trust adopted a different pattern of milestone, presumably be- cause they contracted with local stonemasons who used individu- al designs. 11 Crockpot Veggie Beef Soup recipe

Ingredients : 3/4 lb stew meat, cut into bite-size pieces 1 can (28oz) stewed tomatoes 1 can (15oz) green beans 1 can (15oz) corn 1 can (15oz) sliced carrots 1 can (15oz) sliced potatoes 1 can (4oz) sliced mushrooms 1 envelope dry soup mix (eg. garlic & herb) How to Prepare : Add all the ingredients to a large slow cooker and do not drain the veggies. Cook on low for 8 hours. Disclaimer: The recipe above has been supplied by a member of the public and has not been indi- vidually tested by FreeRecipes.co.nz. FreeRecipes.co.nz does not accept any liability in relation to publication of this recipe. - Admin

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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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Questions 1. Which farm shop sells ‘Organic Cornish Ice Creams’ 2. Who’s ‘list is endless’. 3. What is the name of ‘The Farm Shop & Delicatessen’ 4. What is the number for Cornwall Council general enquiries. 5. How many years has Fisher Management been in business. 6. When is the Big Breakfast at Bucklawren. 7. Who carries out ‘Boiler Servicing’. 8. Who claims ‘German Technology By Cornish Engineering. 9. Where will you find Elaine & Martin. 10. Who offers ‘Personal consultations for weddings’.

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15 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 Events 14th Jan Parish Council Meeting. Memorial Hall 15th Jan Cinema by the Sea presents ‘Looking for Eric’(15). The Community Hall, Looe’s Children Centre, Barbican, Looe. 20th Jan Antony’s New Year Woodland Winter Ramble 30th Jan Jumble Sale, Memorial Hall 31st Jan Pensilva Antiques & Collectors Fair, 10-4pm 3rd Feb Bird Box Maintainance, 10.30am start, Millpole gate to Kilminorth Woods, Looe 4th Feb Parish Council Meeting. Memorial Hall 7th Feb Antiques & Collectors Fair, 9.30-3.30pm, St Mellion, Saltash. 16th Feb Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day. 27th Feb Jumble Sale, Memorial Hall

Good quality jumble and bric-a- Quiz Answers brac always required, 1. Tredinnick Farm Shop. 2. CJ Builders 3. Purely Cornish. 4. 0300 1234 100 collection can be arranged. 5. 19. 6. January 30th. 7. R J Reynolds Call Roberta on 01503 240650 8. Ecowarmth. 9. Bindown Stores & PO 10. Stems Florist.

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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