BOSCASTLE BLOWHOLE No 46 Summer 2004 £1 Sportspersons of the Year see page 43 for full story Contents: View of the Village p3 Iceland Revisited p6 Parish Council p11 Church & Chapel p12 Marathon Runners p14 Clerihew Compendium p22 Fanfare p32 Crossword p37 Experience of D-Day p38 Sports Review p40 Editorial It was good to see our Village Hall filled and overflowing at the Public Meeting in May. It was good because it made our feelings quite clear to South West Water. But it was also good because it brought together a cross section of our village. (It seemed like the entire village) People forgot their differences and joined forces with a common aim. Understandably these joining of forces invariably happen at a time of crisis and usually at the eleventh hour leaving little time for action. Such situations can be avoided by planning ahead. If people get together when there is more time to spare, deciding what they want to do and making their decision known, there will be a far better likelihood of things being done their way. At present we do not have a Village Plan. Whilst the spirit prevails, let us prepare one, or better still a Parish Plan. Let it be known what we want. We must publish our feelings about housing, roads and traffic, the environment, tourism and leisure, education, services and utilities, transport and education. And we must do it now. Boscastle Blowhole Editorial Team The editorial team reserves the right to edit, accept, or reject any material submitted for publication in The Blowhole. The views expressed within the magazine are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the editorial team. The team are, Jim Castling, Arthur Bannister, Chris Rodda Philippa Arthan, Daphne Rogers, Joan Cork, Hilary Allen and Noel Ward. To advertise in the Boscastle Blowhole, please contact Daphne Rogers on 01840 250244 Copies of the Blowhole are available by post at a cost of £1.75 per issue. Contact Philippa Arthan on 01840 250483 or email [email protected] The Blowhole is published 4 times a year and printed by Swiftprint, Unit104, Carclaze Industrial Estate, Treverbyn Road, St Austell Tel: 01726 70700 THE OLD MILL BOSCASTLE ANTIQUES, QUALITY HOME ACCESSORIES PRINTS, OLD BOOKS, LINEN, SOFT TOYS ANTIQUE FRENCH BEDS, CARDS SOFT FURNISHINGS, CHILDREN’S CLOTHES UNUSUAL GIFTS, TEA ROOMS .AND MUCH MORE! CALL IN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF Tel: 01840 250230 Website: www.boscastleoldmill.com Boscastle Blowhole Summer 2004 page 2 if they can consider View of the Village extending the existing facilities. The Harbour, Boscastle, In Committee would need the Parish of Forrabury to know their exact & Minster requirements before a Namely Opening of decision could be made garden for eight and a meeting was occasions each year for arranged for Wednesday fundraising events for 9 June 2004 at 6.00pm in charitable purposes." the Hall to discuss the proposal. Details will be Boom Shewula Wula published in the next by Arthur Bannister A coffee morning held at issue of the Blowhole. Hole in the Road Forrabury House in On Monday 24 of June Boscastle WI Old Rectory, St Juliot April raised £150 for the New Road was closed People popped into Boom Shewula Wula Open Garden Poppies in Trefleur Close whilst boreholes were Charity. The Charity was Chris and Sally Searle's when June Swanson made to ascertain the set up by Truro College Garden at The Old opened her house in aid of nature of the ground to provide funds for Rectory, St Juliot. raised Boscastle WI funds. The before repair works AIDS orphans in the £1,400 over the weekend "Bring and Buy" together begin to reinstate the Shewula district of of the 8th and 9th of with a Raffle and Cake road and prevent further Swaziland. The money May when it was open to Stall brought in over one subsidence. collected, together with the public for the first hundred pounds. June £75 donated by Trevalga time in 15 years. Criminal Act extends her thanks to all PCC and other college They would like to thank Vandals have visited those who supported the fundraising activities, all the people who Forrabury Church and event. has now reached a total helped in any way to badly damaged the of over £2,000. The floodlights. The police Valency House raise this money and for Jane Castling has received money will go towards all the people who came have been notified and a Notice of Approval for the provision of medical to support it. are treating it as Development. Dated 26 equipment, tables, pens About 280 people came Criminal Damage. May 2004. It reads as and paper in the orphans' over the two days and follows: schools. Anna David and the plant stall, cake stall Public Toilets - Cleaner "The NORTH her fellow students and teas were busy both In spite of numerous CORNWALL DISTRICT extend their thanks to all afternoons. advertisements in local COUNCIL, being the those who supported the The money raised is newspapers and the District Planning event. being split between the Blowhole there have Authority HEREBY Boscastle group of been no applicants for Sure Start Parishes and the Sunrise the job of cleaning the APPROVE permission for Having abandoned their the development proposed centre in Truro where public toilets. For the search for a plot of land Sally had her time being they remain by you in your application in Boscastle Sure Start dated 10 March 2004 in radiotherapy treatment. open and are being have decided to ask the serviced Under the respect of land situated at: Village Hall Committee Valency House, The NCDC contract. Boscastle Blowhole Summer 2004 page 3 View of the Village …10 years ago items from the Blowhole of Summer 1994 Wind Power Worthyvale and Otterham. The debate continues ....... Janet Latham completes London Marathon Now we come to the highlight of the year with our first Boscastle woman, Janet Latham, completing the London marathon in the official time of 4 hours, 56 minutes (which comes down Effie Brewer clutching her 10 minutes if you allow for Maundy Purse the massed start). Well done as result of her devotion New Seat on coastpath faithfully and diligently perform the duties of their Janet. Have we any others to the Church and to the The old seat, on the cliff path waiting to emulate her next facing the Blowhole, had office. community that she was year? recommended to receive come to the end of its days The twelve churchwardens the Maundy purses. and was due to be removed for the Boscastle Group of Visitor Centre Effie, now living in and replaced by the Parish Parishes remain unchanged. The Boscastle Visitor Centre Lanivet, will be 90 on the Council. The National Trust They are: is open and is already offered to dispose of it but Davidstow: Jack Sanders and proving popular. The doors twenty first of June went further. They built an David Lamond. were opened at 2.00pm on (2004). Happy Birthday attractive new structure in Forrabury & Minster: Bob 21st May (1994) and 150 Effie. stone with a curved elm seat, Clark and Shirley Bannister. visitors took advantage of it Webbie's Birthday which blends in beautifully Lesnewth: Simon McNair- before teatime. The Centre with its surroundings. Surprise Scott and Don Henderson will be officially opened in Miss Webb (Webbie) had (pictured above) St. Juliot: Colin Wadey and late June, but Boscastle the surprise of her life Phillip Taylor Churchwardens Admitted residents will be invited to an when the taxi arrived to Otterham: Beryl Northcott th "The office of Open Evening on June 15 , take to take her to her one and Ken Clarke churchwardens is a venerable from 6.00pm to 9.00pm. hundredth birthday party Trevalga: Arthur Nicholls one" according to the nd and Bob Pethick Effie's Maundy Money on 2 March (1994): her st Handbook for 31 March (1994), was a taxi turned out to be the Churchwardens and Computer Classes rather special day for Effie helicopter used by Parochial Church At the time of going to press Brewer. It was the day on Anneka Rice in her Councillors. The book goes there is no news of further which the Queen came to television programmes. on to cover all aspects of the computer classes so look out Truro Cathedral to distribute Miss Webb had always office and lists the functions for the Adult Education wanted to fly in a of churchwardens. One of the Maundy Money and Effie brochure. Meanwhile, your helicopter and thoroughly these functions is the was one of the recipients. correspondent will notify Effie has been a faithful enjoyed the flight from maintenance of order and it those on the last course as member of Forrabury church St. Minver to Beeny on seems that a churchwarden soon as any information is for about thirty years and a such a beautiful morning. could "properly remove a received. man's hat if he refused to churchwarden for ten. It was remove it during divine Thanks service after being requested Shirley and I would like to to do so". extend very many thanks to all those who conveyed their Before entering upon their best wishes when I made a duties the nominated hasty departure from the churchwardens must be village. It is wonderful to admitted to office. This takes live in this beautiful place place at a visitation, which is and have so many caring sometimes performed by the friends. It is also most bishop. To this end the comforting to know how nominees assembled at efficiently the Medical Werrington Parish Church Centre and the emergency where Bishop Bill officiated.