thek Polgooth Times ilo6 Autumn Dear Reader, Did you wonder what had happened to Spring this year? Ttrere were unavoidable delays in publishing our No. 5 issue until nid-Jr:ne and, although that number was intended to be the Spring issue, it seemed wrong to bring it out in the St&mer. lYe decided therefore to call it the Sunmer issueo Otr apologies if anyone thought that they had missed an issue. The recolleetions of sone of our residents in regard to a particuLar iteur in our last issue are at variance with those of the originator of the article, We are not able to undertake to carry out a detailed verification of the material subnitted to us and, even if we couldt it is unlikely that we could reach any certainty about things that happened 50 or more years ago. To onit al-l such accounts would seriougly emasculate some of our itens eoncerning the history of the village and we ean only say that we do our best not to include obvj-ously eontroversial stories to which orception night be taken by the descendants of people involvedo We will gladly include alternative accounts of particular incidents if it will help to ensure the accuracy of the details of the history of Polgooth in our pagePo Many articles are sent in to us which may not appear in the next issue of The Polgooth Tiures. lVe cannot under- take to enter into correspondence about these itens as we all have other commitments on our time but you can rest assured that afuaost all material passed in to the Editorial Comnittee is included eventually unless of too specialist a nature which we think may not be of general interest to most of us in Polgooth. We tharrk all our contributors for their interest ald tine and hope that they will continue to agree that the itens which we do include together make up a stimulating and worthwhile Polgooth Tines Our emphasis in this issue is on PEOPLE'who were prominent in the village in years past and who are remem- bered affectionately by present residents. @@@@@@@@@ Pol $oot h llilla$e I,A}ID\{ARK STONES Oee of the stones mentioned in the article on page 2 of the No. 5 issue has been discovered by JACKIE BASSETT who has duly received the promised 8I reward. This stone was found near the spring in the sketch map on page 3 and leaves 3 others yet to be revealed. It will be of great interest to find the remaining Boundary Stones so we will leave the reward offer open hoping that someone will be clever enough or lucky enough to see where they are and to let us know. @@@@@@@@@ RARE PLANTS IN POLGOOOH Pauline Bassett Watching a TV progranme one lunch time, my interest was taken by the mention of information needed about some rare plants" I remembered the unusual primrose I had planted in my garden from East Rand some 2O years agp" I look for it every Spring and it has rewarded me by blooning every year and also forming a few more plants" -2- I have seen nothing sinilar to it anywhere else, even in Polgooth, and the original plants have died out. Perhaps you have noticed in your garden a prinrose of the usual col-our and skrap€ of flower but with a collar of 5 leaflets around the outside of the flower. I wrote to the address in Bodmin and as a result a lady called and collected a sample piece of th* plant which she will try to cultivate under ideal esnditions so that it can be preserved. It has been identified as a rJack-in-the-Greenr or tMaid ltdarion t primrose. Recently I wrote to then again as I recalled an unusual fern which grows in our woods and which I could not identify fron my reference books. I have sent in a pressed leaf and await their reply. @@@@@@@@@@ GARDEN PARIY on.I7th June - A big thank you to everyone who helped in any way toward the success of the on lTth We I Garden Party held in the lnstitute June. Mount Edgcunbe Hospice Cancer Ii. raised 818O for the for After Care. Well done, Everyone! Pat Weaver. @@@@@@@@@@ -3- F A nost successful COFFEE MOH\ING was held on 18th July at the horne of Dr. and Mrs. Camus in Sycamore Close in Polgooth in aid of the first Hone in Cornwall for Autistic Children at St. Erme near T?uro, which is pro- vided for by voluntary support. The sum of 855 was raised and the highlight of the event was the palm reading by Madame De1la from Worcester- shire. Many thanks to all who supported this very worthy cause and anyone interested further about the Home can contact l\drs. Betty Partridge at Tleyarnon Farm, Nr. Padstow, tel: O841-520160. REPORTS ON INSTITUTE EVENTS The .IIIMBLE SALE at the end of June produced the sum of S60. Thanks to all for unfailing support. 8th July - Mr. Vic Harrison gave a talk on the topical issue rTtre Falkland Islands r. He showed a very different story to the one that we have become accustomed to seeing, that of war and devastation, and showed the way of life of the Fa1kland Islanders - a hard but interesting and dedicated one. e36 was raised for the South Atlantic Fund. Thank you, lvlr. Harrison. Home from the Falkland.s War - TIM COCKING of T?elowth. A collection was made in the Village Shop which raised €33. T?ris, combined with the efforts of lvlrs. Bone at The Pol- gpoth Inn, purchased an inscribed silver tankard, 2 bottles of champagne and a bouquet for lvlrs. Cocking. Itrs. Bone provi.ded food for the party evening and her daughter, Amanda, made a cake. I{rs. Mitchell again showed. her generosity and skil1 by producing another mastenpiece in the form of a cake. We would like to thank publicly ldrs. Mitchell for her support at aLL our local events. ITe1l done, Tim, and welcome homet @@@@@@@@@ FORTTICOMING EVF{TS Ttrursdav. 23rd September lTe welcome back lvlr. James of [dayWtretterarrdGYoseforanotherdiscussiononantiques and objets dtart which you may own. Bring along up to 2 pieces of your choosing for l\rb. Janes to talk about. 7.3O pn. Monday. 27th Septenber Ttre Autunn Session of the popular SCRABBLE EVH,{INGS resumes tonight at 7.3O. Prize for the highest game score of the evening and a raffle. Refresh- ments halfway through. Playing in ability efoups Adnission 5Op. Tfrursday. 3oth September Village Meeting to discuss the Old PoJ-gooth Mining History and to talk about our Local History generally. If you are one of our older residents in the village, you will be particularly welcomed. 7.3O p.m. Adnission F:'ee, refreshments available. Ttrursday. 14th October A concert not to be nissed - those up and coming talented youngsters, the MOUI{I CIIARLES JUNIOR BRASS BAND x,ilI be playing for us at 7.3O p.m. (C,one early to get a seat.) tVednesday. 2Oth October JULIA BARNETT from S.W.E.B. will be demonstrating and talking to us on iDEEP FREEZE and MICRO-WAVE COOKING|. We always enjoy her talks (and her sa^urples ) and this should be a particularly interesting one so come along at IO.OO a.m. Saturday, 13th Noven-ber Ttre CIIRISTI\IAS IIIARKET at 2 p.n. As you will be awerre from other years, this is a special event. So much work goes into it to produce the end result. We are indebted especially to Pat Weaver who works so hard both physically and artistically for our Christmas Fair. But, please, may we appeal for nore help and nake this a cornmunal effort. @@@@@@@@@@ 5O/5A AUCTION. Ttris was planned for 22nd October but, owing to unforeseen circunsflnces, must now be postponed until a later date, probablf in the New Year. @@@@@@@@@@ -5- w I FIRS ON TIM DOWNS I would like to thank anyone who was concerned enough to ring for the Fire Brigade on Ir,Iay 2nd when our downs were on fire. Although the smoke can be seen for niles a\tay, those of us who live nearby cannot see what is happening and the sne1l of smoke was accepted as a garden bonfire. It was a surprise when relatives and neighbours suddenly arrived with saucepans and buckets of all sizes demanding water. Ivtrany thanks to the firenen of Mevagissey, St. Dennis and St. Austell, who had to negotiate two lanes and the golf course with fire engines, and who were thorougbly worn out after four hours of clinbing our hill nany times, ochaustincJ - and t}re }:'azards of open mine shafts too. Pauline Bassett" STRANGE SIGIITING - TTTI MAY MIDNIGIIT AT LONDON APPREI.TTICE I went outside, glancing toward St. Aqrstell (north) intending to check ny washing. I noticed a large star-Iike object moving towards me. It had a beautiful radiating light. I sized it up against the telegraph pole to see if it was moving as I could hear no sound. It was much Iarger than a star. Now I could see it plainer I would. describe it as larger than a star, a cigar shaped object with a kind of halo around it. As I watched, it suddenly moved off in a westerly direction and then disappeared. It had no rear ligbts as a plane would have. Shirley Bnookfield. -6- t A CORNISH SUMTMR . ...... ANON. tTis Emmet Tine in C.ornwall , A swar'm ov um is tere, Theyrm clutterinr up the beaches, Theyrn drinkint up the beer, Theyrm fallinr from the cliff tops Anr drowninr in the sea, Nurses up the rospitals Are as busy as ca.n be.