www.polgoothtimes.co.uk Celebrating 175 years of the Methodist Church (see page 22) 2 Editorial Welcome again to the Polgooth Times. Thank you to those who have contributed to this issue, hopefully as more readers continue to send us articles we will be able to make the magazine one of interest for everybody. I’m sorry if on occasions we do not have the space to include everything submitted. We also hope to shortly produce our second puzzle book. Look out for them on sale in the Polgooth Village Store and the Polgooth Inn. I’m sure by now you are all aware that Polgooth once again has a bus service close to the village. Many thanks to the person concerned who was the driving force (excuse the pun), to having a bus reinstated, I’m sure everyone is very grateful, particularly those who no longer have to walk up the hill to Trelowth. The bus times can be found on page 41. They are also available on our website. (www.polgoothtimes.co.uk) In response to an article in the last issue about obstructions caused by parked cars, I did receive a lengthy letter from a resident who raised the issue about lack of parking in the vicinity of the Village Hall and Polgooth Post Office at certain times of the day. In short, the resident was asking that more people, particularly if they are using the Preschool, could perhaps take advantage of Tanya’s offer to park in the Inn car park and walk to the Preschool. It was felt that the Post Office owners think their trade is affected by the lack of parking; it was also noted that on occasions Polmewan flats parking area is used. At the time of writing we have enjoyed several weeks of good weather (I even have a tomato plant outside starting to turn red). I hope that the summer will continue to be warm and dry and school holidays will have given opportunities to enjoy our lovely countryside and the beach. For the armchair sports fans there has certainly been a lovely variety of sporting events to enjoy. Maybe as Autumn approaches some will be inspired to get fit by joining or forming groups and put into practice things passively enjoyed! On a personal note, sadly I have to inform you that my Dad, Michael Corneby, passed away on 23rd July. His health had been deteriorating for some time. An obituary will follow in the next issue. Di Thompson, Editor. 3 Polgooth Times dates for next two issues 2014 Issue 129 Closing date 3 October Delivery after 14 November 2015 Issue 130 Closing date 2 January Delivery after 13 February Charlotte’s AWARD WINNING VICTORIAN TEA HOUSE A truly Victorian experience from the days when tea was an occasion, not just a meal A rich infusion of past and present which you drink down with your tea, knowing it’s the very essence of Englishness Home-made Cakes and Pastries – Light Lunches – High Teas Selection of teas from the Tregothnan Estate Open: Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm Saturdays 9.45am to 5pm Coinage Hall, 1, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall Tel: 01872 263706 Tea Guild Award of Excellence 2002-2013 H unter’s Moon Bed & Breakfast Chapel Hill, Polgooth. Phone: 01726 66445 Email: enqu [email protected] www.huntersmooncornwall.co.uk Four en suite rooms, providing double, twin or family accommodation. Lovely views, private parking, open all year. For enquiries, please contact Richard or Pauline Scott 4 God’s Perfect Love My first reaction to hearing that finally the doctors felt it time to tackle my heart problem was elation and joy. However, these feelings only lasted for a very short time! The more I thought about it the more my feelings began to change to fear and trepidation! This really bothered me because it tells us in the bible that we ‘must not let our hearts be troubled and neither let them be afraid’. Well, this made me ask myself that if, as the bible says ‘perfect love drives out fear’ is my love for God perfect? Of course not; it can never be perfect because of sin! However, God’s love for me and you IS perfect; and we must respond to His great love to help drive our fears away. I know that I need to spend more time with God so that in times of trouble He will be my first port of call. Every time I feel afraid or anxious I can trust God’s Promises, of which there are many in the bible. Also, there are many accounts of times when people were reassured and told ‘Do not be afraid’. So, guess what, fear is nothing new; people have been afraid of one thing or another ever since Adam told God that he was afraid because he was naked! I believe that with help I can face my fears and dispel feelings of helplessness by relying on God in all situations. I needed to take Him at his word and trust Him for He holds the key to my future. So stand with me and believe that His perfect love drives out all fear. Realising this has helped me to be in a much better place with regard to my forth-coming heart operation. Whatever the days ahead hold in store, let us pray that with God’s perfect love driving out our fears, we can face each new day with the assurance that God is in control and all the help we will ever need is only a whispered prayer away. Angela Champion (May 2014 ) Quote Careful is thoughtful, fearful is emotional Careful is fuelled by information, fearful is fuelled by imagination. Careful calculates risks, fearful avoids risk. Careful wants to achieve success, fearful wants to avoid failure. Careful is concerned about progress, fearful is concerned about protection. Bob Gass 5 Polgooth Village Hall The last meeting of the Polgooth Village Committee was chaired by the Treasurer, Jonathan Childs as I was at another meeting of the Neighbourhood Plan steering group. Jonathan thanked the Pantomime group for their donation of £2,000 from their successful production. He also mentioned the photo- electric panels that are to be installed on the rear hall roof. The fees paid by the St Mewan Under Fives pre-school group are to be increased slightly. Their representative, Mackenzie Waters will tell the playgroup about this. She also said that the group wanted to obscure the glass of some of the windows and asked if fire insurance certificates could be displayed. Sam and Mark Butcher, the new owners of the village shop, have been asked to attend meetings. Kate Spencer asked if a list of Parish Council meetings could be passed on to Michele Taylor who keeps the Hall diary and deals with bookings. The dates of the Parish Council meetings can be found on page 17 of this issue. Martin Barnes 01726 63277 Trelowth, St Austell Barry Marsh - 07887 767630 Do you want to reduce your energy bills? Generating Electricity using the sun will help you to save money and is good for the environment. The Government’s Feed In Tariff pays for all the electricity you generate AND you use the energy in your building to reduce your bills. We will give you honest and clear information that will help you reduce your bills and give an attractive long term investment. Your Local Installer www.stellarsolar.co.uk 6 Alex and Tanya would like to welcome you to The Polgooth Inn Open all day, everyday for food & drink Families welcome Give us a bell on 01726 74089 or email us at [email protected] Tea & Cake Christmas @ The Polgooth Inn Menus The Tea is Brewing, now available The Cakes are Baking @ The Polgooth Inn Available every morning, 9.30am ‘til 12pm Your Local Installer www.stellarsolar.co.uk 7 8 St Mewan Under Fives St Mewan Under Fives has enjoyed a busy summer term with new children joining us throughout the months. Our role play area this term was set out as a Bakers so the children have had aprons and chefs hats to wear, they’ve been busy making playdoh cakes and pastries to cook in their little oven, clanging baking trays and stirring up lovely concoctions in the mixing bowls. We’ve also been busy making real rock buns; following the recipe, children adding the ingredients themselves, mixing it up, baking them and getting to take home their masterpieces at the end of the Session. We held our Summer Fayre on the Goffin in June and what a glorious day we had for it, the sun shone and the children, parents and a few locals enjoyed the cupcakes, some fun games, a bouncy castle, raffle, plant sale, lucky dip, book stall and best of all…..the bacon butty van! Thanks to those that came and helped us to raise some funds for our village Preschool. We had a rather wet start to the term. After organising a trip to the Lost Gardens of Heligan that had to be cancelled due to the rain, all the parents and children met instead at Pentewan and had a great couple of hours playing in the soft play area and having a good chat and a coffee. The weather however was shining on us for our Preschool trip to St Ives on the train. All the children were impeccably behaved on the train from St Austell and loved it at Porthminster beach. They had great fun with their friends, parents and staff building sand castles, chasing each other, paddling, eating yummy picnics and ice creams and chasing the odd seagull! All children came back happy and tired after a busy and fun day out.