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Love in a Box There is still time to make up a shoe box for this year's Love in LEZANT PARISH MAGAZINE a Box appeal. (Please see last month's diary for all details or give me a ring) They are being collected on 12th November, ISSUE 106 so if you could get them to me by Saturday 10th November, then I can deliver them to the collection point in Altarnun. NOVEMBER 2018 Make a child happy this Christmas. Ring on 01566 775676 or 07867 905645 or email [email protected]. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Many thanks! Janet Wild. Christmas is coming! For many people, sending and receiving Christmas cards heralds the start of the festive season and helps to stave off winter blues with steady reminders that family and friends are thinking of each other during the cold, dark weeks ahead. Sending a charity Christmas card not only helps brighten someone's day but also helps support one of the many brilliant organisations Image courtesy of www.haraldthesmith.com working tirelessly to improve lives across the UK. ‘Cards for Good Causes’ helps over 250 charities by selling their cards EDITOR: ROB PETCH in 300 popup shops across the country. It offers an unrivalled selection TEL 01579 370151 of charity Christmas cards, wrapping and stocking fillers and promise to return at least 70p in every £1 to the individual charity you have EMAIL: [email protected] chosen to support. Buying from Cards for Good Causes is a great choice for both you and your chosen charity. ADVERTISING and ACCOUNTS: Pam West You can see a selection at Central Methodist Church Launceston from 1st November to 8th December. TEL 01579 371167 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday EMAIL: [email protected] 10am - to 1pm Saturdays DISTRIBUTION: Jill Price Lavinia Archer TEL 01579 370835 Lezant Parish Magazine is an independent publication, organised and published by a volunteer commit- tee (E and J Sumbler, J Price, R Petch and P.West) for the residents of the Parish of Lezant. It is EMAIL:[email protected] funded by advertising revenue and distributed free of charge to all households in the Parish. Printers: Parish Printing, Whitstone, Bude EX22 6TD. 36 Front cover: A picture of a bloomery furnace. Fuelled with charcoal and using LIST OF ADVERTISERS local iron ore, it is kept burning at a high temperature by the use of bellows; the A J DESIGN (Andy Paton) Chartered Architectural Technician 22 ’bloom’ it produces is a messy lump of iron and slag which has to be further refined by heating in a hearth with more charcoal and bellows again. The end A N JEWELL Painter and Decorator 23 product is wrought iron which can be made into things like spears, ploughshares BEN’S BOILER SERVICES 10 and the like. This method of making iron came from the Roman world almost 2000 years ago. CBL STOVE & CHIMNEY SPECIALISTS 25 Finding one of these furnaces at the bottom of a post hole being dug in our CHRIS LYLE PLASTERING 13 garden was what last month’s cover was about… Fe is the symbol for iron — like ROOT AND BRANCH Tree Service 14 the iron used by the smiths of Trekenner Shop. Irene Woods had a very close guess as to what it was about, suggesting the phrase ’strike while the iron is ESG BOILERCARE 12 hot’ - a phrase with real meaning in the art of smithing. Andrew Hudson realised GLEBE VETERINARY SURGERY 26 that the other element symbols related to metals which had been mined in the GROUP TRAVEL Coach Hire and Excursions 29 Parish or could be found as placer deposits in the rivers. There is the earthwork of a Romano-British settlement only 350 yards from the furnace, so who JOHN CLARK Carpentry/Painting/Decorating 22 knows…? Currently waiting for an archaeologist to take a look at it! LAUNCESTON COMPUTERS (Sales, Repairs & Training) 13 Editorial H.A.G.S. The Clutter Busters ( House clearances and help with household tasks ) 29 As I write this, we seem to experiencing something of an ‘Indian Summer’ which MOBILE FOOT CARE Foot Care in your own home 24 is great if you want to get those last minute jobs in the garden completed. Or should I say ‘ in the waspo-hornetarium’ ? Three hornets drinking the sap MOORLAND FUELS (Local Fuel Supplier) 3 seeping from a shrub I was attempting to trim became quite anxious about the MORWELLHAM QUAY Attraction 11 movement of the pruning-saw inches from their perch. Not as anxious as me when they started circling my head, I have to admit. I let them be… they were N & P SERVICES (N Barnes) General Building 23 European hornets judging by their NAOMI FINCH Mobile Hairdressing 28 yellow thoraxes, and despite their fearsome reputation they do a lot of PENDRAGON COUNTRY HOUSE Restaurant and Function Room 26 good in the garden. A couple of PHIL AND MARK KNIGHT Garden & Building Services 10 months ago I watched them R MEARS & SONS Chimney Sweeps 3 predating on the wasps which were in their turn predating on aphids. R J HOSKING Tree Surgeon 12 Everything has its place in nature. SOMETHING NICE CATERING (Judith Scott) Catering Service 28 Spot the shield bug in my photo of SWITCHED ON (Danny Hawley) Electrician 14 the hornet. Must have been a confident one… Rob. TAW VALLEY UPHOLSTERY (Louisa Mogford) 15 THE SPRINGER SPANIEL Pub and Restaurant 9 TREBURLEY GARAGE (R Rowe/R Thomas) Vehicle Repairs 27 RAINFALL FIGURES FOR September TREBURLEY PHYSIO Physiotherapy/Acupuncture 24 1/2 2018 : 60mm (2 “) VICTORIA WILLIAMS UPHOLSTERY 27 2017 : 172mm (7 “) W HALE Plumber 15 Rainfall measured at Trekenner by Sue Barnes. Looks like September didn’t do as well as 2017 in making up for the dry year so far! 2 35 Lezant Horticultural Society Christmas Market Saturday 3rd November is the date of the Society's Christmas Market in Lezant Church Rooms. It starts at 10.30 am, so come along and buy some early Christmas gifts. We will have stalls selling good quality Christmas presents, trinkets and cakes. There will also be tea and coffee available, so start this year’s Christmas shopping in Lezant and have a look at what we have to offer. If you have anything you would like to donate to our sale, please ask any committee member or bring it along on the day. Many thanks! Janet Wild Secretary 34 3 TREBULLETT METHODIST CHURCH (contribution by Jill Price) Planning applications received: Our month began with our Harvest Festival on 7th October when we welcomed Revd Roger Greene to lead our morning service. The chapel had been beautifully decorated by the ladies and there was a good PA18/07958. Mr & Mrs Sheldrake. Change of use of land from attendance at the service which was enjoyed by all. Following the pasture to sand school exercise area for horses. Carool, Trekenner. service, we served a hot lunch in the hall of various casseroles followed PA18/08767. Mr Bagshaw. Amended scheme for the erection of by the usual delicious sweets. Over 40 came to the service and lunch, holiday chalet to replace holiday unit. Land north east of Trekenner some being new to our events and a special welcome to them. We hope Mill. that they come again. Donations given at the lunch were for Farming Community Network in Cornwall and the non perishable goods donated were passed to Launceston Foodbank. Status of previous applications: We are beginning to plan our Christmas events. Our annual meal and entertainment will be on the evening of Saturday 24th November – this is always an evening of fun and laughter as well as a delicious supper so PA18/05796 – Mr P Swann – Retention of timber cabin as mark the date in your diary. Tickets will be available from members at the beginning of next month. (Advert below) temporary accommodation until new dwelling is finished and for the Our Carol Service and Nativity will be on the evening of Sunday 23rd proposed use as a workshop related to alpaca fleece processing, a December and all are very welcome. This is usually followed by tea and, training centre for animal husbandry and craft work, and during the weather permitting, carol singing around the village. summer months as a residential training centre for alpaca farming. Please do join us for these events, all are very welcome. Lowley Brook Farm, Rezare – Approved TREBULLETT COMMUNITY PA18/06515 – Mr R Edwards – Change of use from residential ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MEAL AND ENTERTAINMENT dwelling and annexe to combined residential and B&B. Primrose SATURDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2018 STARTING AT 6.30 PM Cottage, Lawhitton – Approved ADULTS £8 FAMILY TICKET AT THE DOOR Please come and join us for what will be a delicious Christmas Supper followed by an eve- PA18/06925 – Mr & Mrs Jones – Two houses. Land west of Coth ning’s entertainment that promises to make the hall resound with laughter. If you haven’t been to this event before, make this the first time—we are sure you will come back every Meagor, Trebullett – Approved year afterwards! All are very welcome to join in the fun! PA18/06785 – Mr Judge – Reserved matters of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale following outline approval. Rose Cottage Barn, Rezare – Approved PA18/06814 – Mr D J Watkins – Proposed children's play area and installation of flue for pizza oven. Penscombe Farm Shop - Approved 4 33 PARISH COUNCIL CHURCH AND CHAPEL SERVICES FOR OCTOBER St Briochus Church, Lezant HIGHWAYS 4th November 11am Book of Common Prayer Communion The clerk (see below) reports any problems that come to her attention to 11th November 11.15am Remembrance Sunday Service and Eucharist with Cormac.