May 2015

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Issue no. 50 May. 2015 Published by St. Day Parish Council

St. Day Newsletter

Look - no hands

see pages 4 and 39!

In this issue

Feast Events Parish Council News W.I. Cornwall Councillor RSPB Clock Tower update Local churches Cats Birds Flowers

And lots more! Read the Newsletter online at http://issuu.com/St.Day

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From our Cornwall Councillor Dear Residents,

Litter and Fly Tipping. I have continued to report and monitor the cases of fly tipping in the parishes of Gwennap, Carharrack and St Day as unfortunately there is an increase in fly tipping incidents. When out on the recent organised litter pick around St Day some roads and hedgerows were very badly affected with litter, most of it consists of drink cans and bottles and fast food packaging. Areas that have been worst affected are St Day Crossroads / Little Beside/ Church Hill /Crofthandy and United Downs. I must praise Cory Environmental Services for their response and they have dealt with every report and cleared all of the rubbish, either on the same day or the day after. The 6 month review meeting took place in March and I did ask to have the introduced charging scrapped because of the huge increases in fly tipping incidents in and around the mining villages. I was allowed to read out the figures for the committee members to ensure that they knew the problems that are occurring on a daily basis in and around our villages ever since the new charging regime was introduced. Comparing the six month figures for the September to February 2013/2014 period with the 2014/ 2015 period the fly tipping in the mining villages had increased from 62 cases to 116 cases. No committee member wanted to reverse the decision made 6 months ago but they did agree to continue to monitor the cases of fly tipping and suggested that more money is spent on surveillance equipment, such as

covert cameras, to catch more people who commit these environmental crimes.

Highway issues. All reported potholes that I have been made aware of have now been filled by Cormac and many drainage ditches are being cleaned out. Some locations in the area this winter had fallen trees across the highway and again these were dealt with very effectively by Cormac.

Rights of Way. I have very recently supported the planning permission for the reinstatement of a bridleway which was covered over when the United Downs Landfill Site was in operation. This will be a major step forward for everyone who already takes advantage of the existing footpath and bridleway networks. I have also been able to get the contractors to agree to resolve the ongoing bridleway flooding issues at the bottom of Sparry Lane in Carharrack.

Councillors Community Chest Funding. In April this year I will have £2,000 to help community groups and organisations so if your group does require some help with funding then please feel free to contact me.

Charity fund raising. On St Piran’s Day I held a Cornish themed quiz at the Cornish Arms, Frogpool, to raise money for the Merlin MS Centre. The event was very well attended and a total of £185 was raised on the night for the Multiple Sclerosis Charity.

Kind regards Mark

Cornwall Councillor Mark Kaczmarek, Tinner’s Lodge, Pennance Road, Lanner, Redruth, TR16 5TF.

Email [email protected] Tel 01209 211366 mob 07791746210

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A Brief History of St Day Town Clock Maps and surveys dated 1772/7 describe the Market Square area of St Day as ‘St Day Green’.

In 1797 the first market buildings were erected and these, together with what may be railings can be seen on maps of this era. Lysons, writing in 1814, recorded that: “a market on Saturdays, for ‘butchers’ meat and other provisions’, was established a few years ago by Mr Williams for the accommodation of the miners”. By 1826 more buildings had been added, forming a quad-rangle of building surrounding an open market place, which at that time was known as ‘Harvey’s Court’. The market place was an enclosed area, later described as being “protected by iron railings”. In 1831 a "neat stone tower, with a lock-house", the Town Clock we know today, was erected in the market place at an expense of £400. Although there is no men-tion of the clock, it seems likely that it was part of the original design. The clock was certainly in place by 1845 as William Francis refers to it in his lengthy poem ‘Gwennap’. The market was a lively place. In 1844 the constables

had to ask magistrates to impose closing times for the market: 10pm in sum-mer, 9pm in winter. The following year a “mob of 500 people” threatened a bailiff trying to repossess the goods of a stall-holder. In 1851 Elizabeth Evans was given six months hard labour for stealing a pair of shoes from William Mill’s stall in St Day Market. By 1851 the clock was in disrepair. Richard Harvey was refusing permission for anyone to enter the tower to fix it and an anonymous poem was published in the West Briton pleading for access. To add to the tower’s woes, around 1855 the cupola was damaged by a lighten-ing strike. In the 1850-60s the town clock and bell remained "a long time idle”. A letter in the local press on the state of St Day in 1869 refers to “a clock tower, built in humble imitation of one not a great way off, but whose clock has been sadly attended to, judging from the mournful tones from time to time in the county papers”.

The other clock tower ‘not a great way off’ refers to Redruth

Town Clock, built a few years earlier than St Day’s. The situation was not resolved until Richard Harvey died in 1870. The lease of the market buildings reverted to one of the Lords of the Manor, Mr Chichester. The following year a public meeting was held at the Temperance Hall where it

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St Day Parish Council Can you spare a couple of hours to help keep

your environment clean and tidy?? There will be a

LITTER PICK on

Saturday 9th May at

10.00am Meet in the back room of the Community Centre

High visibility jackets, sacks and

grabbers provided

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was decided to restore the clock. Mr Chichester granted access and contribut-ed to the fund. St Day carpenter, John Letcher, replaced the cupola and the clock was restored by local clock and watchmakers, John Veale and Edward Newton. The St Day Clock Committee was formed, later becoming the St Day Clock and Lamp Committee. Meanwhile the market itself had its ups and downs. Robert Keast, a butcher from Illogan, was fined at Penryn petty sessions in 1870 for ‘unjust scales’ at St Day Market. In 1877 there were complaints that the market was still trading un-til midnight but in 1881 a visitor to St Day described: “the deserted market-stalls on which the weather-stained clock-tower looks down, - r egretfully one would say but that the clock’s hands are regilded and gleam hopefully…”. By 1882 trade had revived. Writing in 1889 Herbert Thomas recalled: “On Satur-day nights the streets were impassable… The two market-houses were packed full of the commodities in demand for housewives”, then notes further decline: “The streets were empty indeed… Even the old town clock’s striking seemed like a funeral knell in a churchyard as the sound reverberated over the desolate place.” However, he reported that things had improved in recent years. In 1891 the Market Toll book recorded an “annual clock subscription of £1.1s per an-num”. By 1897 the older parts of the market place had fallen out of use. The roofs had gone on “the old Market House at St Day, which adjoins the present one” and the area was being encroached upon. There were concerns about saving the site for the inhabitants, with the parish council (at that time Gwennap PC) debating who owned the old market-house. That year the St Day Lamp and Clock Committee reported a £5 deficit. Despite this the market area was used in the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations, with the old potato market referred to as ‘Victoria Square’. Nonetheless the decline continued. In 1906 an editorial in The Cornishman noted: “St Day was an important mining town and market town when Redruth and Camborne were struggling villages. Now the grass grows in St Day market house and the stalls are rotten and unused.” By 1909 the market area was described as long disused, its gates “old and in disrepair”. Gwennap Parish Council declined to adopt it as open space for residents. While the market declined around it, the Town Clock tower was revived. £100 was raised for its restoration around 1905. Mr T.R. Tripp collected from St Day miners in South Africa, including Edward Dunn and Arthur Strauss who sent a

guinea. Donations and support came from the Williams family of Scorrier. It is probable that St Day was given the cupola and bell from the modified Redruth clock tower at this time. In 1918 the St Day Clock Tower became the venue for Remembrance Day and the following year fundraising began for the war memorial. The sale of the roof and doors of the Market Square shed contributed to the fundrais-ing. Major John Williams of Scorrier House led the project and the Williams family paid for the granite and woodwork. Mrs John Williams designed the

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structure, which was built by local builder Mr Sandoe, with J.H. Arthur & R. Tripp as clerks of works. By the 1930s the St Day Community Council was responsible for the maintenance of the clock and paid £5 a year to have the clock “wound-up and oiled periodically”. Around 1933 W.J Mills offered £125 “to ensure preservation of the clock”, and paid for the building of the ornamental walls and the planting around the tower. Shortly after that responsibility for the building passed to Gwennap Parish Council. Around 1946 the Second World War tablet was added to the war memorial. By this time responsibility for maintenance of the clock had passed to Cam-borne-Redruth Urban District Council. The clock mechanism was found to be ‘beyond repair’ and replacement with an electric one recommended. In February 1948 Herbert Thomas (the newspaper proprietor born in St Day) presented the town with the electric clock at a cost £265. All appears to have ticked along quite happily for some year after that, (but if anyone has any stories about the clock or tower in later years, please do get in touch). We know that Vivian Vanstone had responsibility for restarting the clock as necessary around 1980 and in 1986 the wrought-iron gates were added to the war memorial by St Day Parish Council to protect it from van-dalism. By 1991 the tower was in need of repair again. The cupola was lifted off by helicopter and the pillars replaced. In 2001 it was lifted off again, this time by crane, for further repairs. At that time the building was in the care of Ker-rier District Council, with responsibility passing to Cornwall Council in 2009. In 2014 ownership of the Town Clock and War Memorial Building passed from Cornwall Council to St Day Parish Council and the current works be-gan. This has included extensive renovation work on the building, including having new hardwood windows fitted, the clock faces restored, stonework repaired and repointed, and the clock motor reconditioned and updated. (Our grateful thanks to Lesley Trotter who has carried out this research as part of the heritage work financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund. If anyone has any dates and facts to add to this timeline Lesley would be very happy to hear from you.)

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Carharrack & St. Day Pensioners Club Meets on the 1st Monday of every month ,2pm at The Mills Hall, Carharrack. You will be made very welcome.

Please contact Ellen on 01209 202577 for more information

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Open Studios 2015 will see artists and craftspeople in Cornwall throwing open the doors to their studios.

At Gwennap Pit, Busveale TR16 5HH Saturday 23rd - Sunday 31st May 2015. from 10am - 4.30pm (closed 24 & 26). Sheila Zeat Jewellery. I am currently making jewellery, and occasionally ‘vessels’, that are inspired by a lifelong appreciation of textiles. Working in copper, silver and sometimes gold, I am partic-ularly focussing on incorporating aspects of knitting, cro-chet and weaving into my designs.

Pete Probst Jewellery. Handmade jewellery in silver and gold with precious and semi precious stones. Wide range of jewellery inspired by natural objects, geometric forms, life expe-rience, being retired and enjoying my hobby. And at Richmond House, Higher Albion Row, Carharrack, TR16 5QN Saturday 23rd - Sunday 31st May 2015. from 11am–5pm: 25, 26, 28 & 29 from 1.30pm–5pm. (closed 27) Kathleen Cottell Pottery and print making I make pots that are designed to give pleasure for everyday use in the kitchen and on the table. The clay, slips and glazes that I use have warmth and depth, ensuring that each individual pot has a life of it’s own. I also have a collection of imaginative monoprints and woodcuts, inspired by my love of horses.

Carharrack & St. Day Pensioners Club Forthcoming Trips

4th May 11.30am Sportsmans Arms for lunch then Mystery Trip £8 25th May 9am ‘till 7pm Endsleigh Garden Centre with Fish & Chips on way home £10 19th June 8.30 am ‘till 7pm Tiverton Barge £25.00 15th July 9am ‘till 7pmBarbican and Calstock Boat Trip with Fish & Chips on way home £25.00

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Put ‘spring’ into your

step The RSPB’s Morwenna Griffiths reveals

four easy ways to give nature a home in

your garden this spring.

Nature is struggling, but if we all pull to-

gether in our local communities and do

small actions for wildlife in our garden, out-

door spaces, and neighbourhoods, we can

make a real difference.

In spring I feel most connected to nature.

We both hide our drab winter clothes at the

back of the wardrobe and flaunt bold, col-

ourful prints. This season’s name is spot-

on; nature is a coiled spring ready to burst

into life.

Follow these four easy steps to give nature

home on your own doorstep.

Blooming Marvellous

Grow nectar-rich, flowering plants through-

out the seasons to increase the biodiversi-

ty of your garden. Pollinators, such as

alyssum and candytuft, are a key food

source for many insects, including our be-

loved bees. Even a window box planted

with thyme and lavender, will be a hit with

insects.

Bug B&Bs

Bug hotels are fab for mini-beasts and fun

for families to make. Layer materials such

as recycled masonry bricks; bamboo

canes; piping or even recycled plastic bot-

tles with both ends cut off. Alternatively,

leave a small pile of deadwood in a corner

of your garden - fungi, mosses and lichens

will love it and as the pile rots, voila, anoth-

er bug hotel. Pop any garden pruning on

top of your log pile, to mulch down and en-

rich the site.

Lazy gardening

Leaving a patch of your lawn to grow long-

er over the summer and winter, be-

comes a haven for all sorts of garden

wildlife, including, grasshoppers, moths

and butterflies.

Pond Life

A pond is an effective way to give wildlife a

home in your garden; attracting inverte-

brates including pond snails, pond-skaters

and water beetles. Ponds are also a vital

water source for small mammals, such as

hedgehogs.

Ponds don’t need to be huge. Mini ponds

are great. Take a tub or washing-up bowl

and place small rocks/gravel at the bottom.

Pile the rocks higher on one side to ensure

wildlife can easily climb in and out. Plant

native, oxygen-generating plants such as

Hornwort and fill with water. Position your

pond in a sunny spot, away from trees and

let nature come to you.

For more details on how to give nature a

home, visit https://homes.rspb.org.uk/

By Morwenna Griffiths

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Put ‘spring’ into your

step The RSPB’s Morwenna Griffiths reveals

four easy ways to give nature a home in

your garden this spring.

Nature is struggling, but if we all pull to-

gether in our local communities and do

small actions for wildlife in our garden, out-

door spaces, and neighbourhoods, we can

make a real difference.

In spring I feel most connected to nature.

We both hide our drab winter clothes at the

back of the wardrobe and flaunt bold, col-

ourful prints. This season’s name is spot-

on; nature is a coiled spring ready to burst

into life.

Follow these four easy steps to give nature

home on your own doorstep.

Blooming Marvellous

Grow nectar-rich, flowering plants through-

out the seasons to increase the biodiversi-

ty of your garden. Pollinators, such as

alyssum and candytuft, are a key food

source for many insects, including our be-

loved bees. Even a window box planted

with thyme and lavender, will be a hit with

insects.

Bug B&Bs

Bug hotels are fab for mini-beasts and fun

for families to make. Layer materials such

as recycled masonry bricks; bamboo

canes; piping or even recycled plastic bot-

tles with both ends cut off. Alternatively,

leave a small pile of deadwood in a corner

of your garden - fungi, mosses and lichens

will love it and as the pile rots, voila, anoth-

er bug hotel. Pop any garden pruning on

top of your log pile, to mulch down and en-

rich the site.

Lazy gardening

Leaving a patch of your lawn to grow long-

er over the summer and winter, be-

comes a haven for all sorts of garden

wildlife, including, grasshoppers, moths

and butterflies.

Pond Life

A pond is an effective way to give wildlife a

home in your garden; attracting inverte-

brates including pond snails, pond-skaters

and water beetles. Ponds are also a vital

water source for small mammals, such as

hedgehogs.

Ponds don’t need to be huge. Mini ponds

are great. Take a tub or washing-up bowl

and place small rocks/gravel at the bottom.

Pile the rocks higher on one side to ensure

wildlife can easily climb in and out. Plant

native, oxygen-generating plants such as

Hornwort and fill with water. Position your

pond in a sunny spot, away from trees and

let nature come to you.

For more details on how to give nature a

home, visit https://homes.rspb.org.uk/

By Morwenna Griffiths

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Parish Council News The Parish Council normally meets on the second Monday of each month, (except in August), at 7:00pm in the Community Room in Mills St.. There is car parking available in Barracks Lane.

The meetings are open to the public (unless an item has to be taken in private) and agenda item 3 is always for public participation (limited to 15 minutes). It is sometimes necessary to arrange extra meetings, often concerning planning ap-plications. Notices of all the meetings are displayed on the notice board at least 3 days before a meeting. Minutes of meetings are displayed on the notice board and also on our web site www.stday.org

Parish Councillors

Bobby Dyer 820021 Vacancy Donna Jones 820573

Jim Moores 820160 Geoff Nankivell 820201 Steve Penny 820774

John Newcombe 820841 Cornwall Councillor Mark Kaczmarek 211366

Clerk to Parish Council Steve Edwards 821829

Resignation Due to pressure of work Sandy Hatcher has decided she cannot de-vote sufficient time to the council and has resigned. We thank her for her valued con-tribution over the last 2 years. We now seek nominations to fill the vacancy creat-ed, either by means of an election or by creating a casual vacancy if no election is requested. Notices have already been posted about this so please keep a look out if you are interested. Chemist’s Shop Day Lewis, a national chain of chemist shops, has applied to NHS England to open a shop in St. Day. Ini-tially this would appear to be an asset to St. Day, but it has serious implications, as anybody living within 1.6 km of the shop would not be able to have their prescrip-tion dispensed by their doctor’s surgery. Obviously surgeries earn money from dis-pensing and the loss of this income will end the possibility of a new surgery in St. Day and would possibly force the closure of the present branch surgery. Carharrack falls within 1.6 km of the shop at St. Day

and if they are patients at Lanner they would have to take their prescriptions to a chemist for dispensing. Residents of St. Day who are patients at Chacewater Sur-gery would also be affected. The 3 surgeries affected, together with other village surgeries are objecting, and this Parish Council is of the opinion that it is more important to have a dispensing doctor’s surgery than to have a chemist shop; it is also difficult to see sufficient turnover for the shop especially if it results in the closure of the surgery in St. Day. The Mining Villages Regeneration Group has objected and it is expected that the other 4 parishes affected will also object. Housing There is nothing to report on the proposed development in Telegraph Hill as the doctors will not be able to commit themselves until a decision is reached on the proposed chemist shop. Town Clock We do hope that the work done on the Town Clock and War Memori-al has been appreciated by as many people

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as possible but, inevitably, there have been a few complaints, mainly about the style of pointing used and hopefully the following information will explain the rea-sons why it was done in this way. We have all become used, over the last 50/60 years, to seeing the building point-ed up with a sand and cement mortar brushed in to the gaps between the stones. Sadly it has been this type of mor-tar, applied in this way, which has caused a lot of the problems in the walls of the building. A lime and sand mortar should be used on all buildings erected prior to WW2 as cement and sand mix is very hard and causes damage to the existing stone by trapping water within the stone. Equal-ly the mortar has been tamped in, rather than brushed, as the action of tamping serves four purposes; it improves the con-tact between stone and mortar, it helps to clean any material on the edge of the stone, it textures the surface, thus increas-ing the actual surface area of the joint and allowing for better evaporation and it also exposes the aggregate within the mortar, improving the overall appearance. The work was carried out in this way on the advice of an architect who specialises in the conservation of old buildings and it was done by a company which specialises in historical restoration. We are sorry if the appearance of the pointing is not to everyone’s liking but, just because it has been done differently for the last 60 years, that doesn’t make it right! Town Clock Heritage Events Our pro-gramme of events to celebrate the project to restore the Town Clock and War Memo-rial got off to a great start last October with a wonderful Lantern Parade on the theme of Time. The many lanterns, both big and small, made a wonderful display

around the streets of St Day and, with the Hayle Storm Samba Band providing the sound, really got the project off to a bright and colourful beginning. Once again the project was expertly guided and organised by Clare Summerson and the Day-light Group and we are very fortunate to have such a creative and enthusiastic group of people in St Day. For the future there will be displays of the Digital Art Project on two evenings in Oc-tober, the 23rd and 24th, when the work which the Day-light Group is currently pro-ducing with the help of many schoolchil-dren will be projected onto the Town Clock building. Please make a note in your dia-ries and make sure that you are able to come and support us on at least one of the two evenings! If the display itself isn’t enough to tempt you – and it should be – then you will also see, and hear, the debut performance of the St Day Choir! The in-augural meeting of the choir was held on Sunday 29th March at the Star Inn and amazingly around 30 people turned up – and some could even sing! We have a fan-tastic choir leader in Emma Mansfield and she will be helped by John Cleave of the Fisherman’s Friends (the one with the big moustache) when he is available. So, if you didn’t turn up on the 29th but you still fan-cy singing, don’t worry, new members are always welcome and practice starts in ear-nest every Sunday between 5.00 – 6.30pm at the Star Inn. There’s no pressure and there are no auditions – if you’re willing, you’re in, so come along and give it a go! Our final community event which is being timed to coincide with the finish of the restoration work will be in Spring 2016. This should be a really big celebration with the Day-light Group once more to the fore and there’s even a rumour the St Day

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Choir will be in action again, so, as always, it’s watch this space for more information! Churchyard The closed part from the gates down to the concrete posts behind the Old Church is the responsibility of Cornwall Council. We were told in early March that instead of paying the Parish Council £1350 per annum to cut the grass in this section, a sum which has been the same for several years even when Kerrier District Council was responsible, the figure is to be cut to £547.73, based on the cost of 3 cuts per an-num. As our precept and budget were set last December and cannot be changed at this late stage, we have decided to reduce the number of cuts on the closed part to 5 and on the open part, which the Parish Council pays for as the Church is unable to fi-nance this, to 8 per annum. The alternative of leaving the work to Cornwall Council would mean even fewer cuts as their costs are higher. New Burial Ground Following the article in the last newsletter no suggestions on where to site a new burial ground were received. Parking Please see separate article. Litter Pick, Saturday May 9th Volunteers required for Litter Pick, meet at rear of Com-munity Centre at 10am to tidy up the area around St. Day. Please come along and help and enjoy a cup of tea, a biscuit and a chat afterwards. Defibrillator A decision was taken at our March meeting to try to raise the funds to provide a defibrillator in St Day. In cases where a patient suffers a cardiac arrest, im-mediate treatment with a defibrillator can make a significant impact on the outcome for the patient and we think the people of St Day should have a defibrillator readily available in case of emergency. It would be sited in the centre of the village with round the clock access. To date we have a guarantee of £250.00 with the probability of a further £250.00 towards the cost. This leaves a further £1,000.00 to find and we have asked local groups and businesses to help with the fundraising. Police The Beat Manager is P.C. Mark Pearce assisted by P.C.S.O. Paul Ferris To report incidents and suspected crimes ring 101 If it is an emergency ring 999 To speak to the local officers ring 01209 202324 Chairman John Newcombe 820841 Clerk Steve Edwards 821829

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Here we are already well in-to spring and weren't we lucky with a glorious sunny Easter, hope you all got out and about en-joying it. Even more let's hope

it's the forerunner of a lovely summer. We started off the year with our post Christmas meal, this year the venue was Tehidy golf club, we all agreed that it was a very successful evening. We did get caught in a bad hailstorm on the way over but luckily it had cleared and we all had a trouble free journey home.

February. The annual meeting,

with the election of officers. The only change to the committee was Lesley Rance retiring from the post of vice president; Maureen Ashman has vol-unteered to take over the position. The monthly competition caused some amusement. We had to try and guess who was who from a collection of baby photos. We were all wander-ing around scanning each others fac-es to see who could be the angelic child or who was in a fairy dress, even the little prize fighter in her pram (that was me!)

March proved to be a very inter-esting evening. Lesley Trotter was our speaker, her subject " The wives left behind" something that is rarely spoken of. We have all heard tales of the miners in the 19c who travelled

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throughout the world in search of work, you may even have had some-one in your own family. Virtually no mention is made of how the wives and children fared on their own at home. Some were reasonably com-fortable as they received money di-rect from the husband’s employers or the husband managed to send a rea-sonable amount back to them. The other side of the story was absolute poverty, in some instances up to 28 families sharing one privy. These fam-ilies had to rely on either their extend-ed family giving some help or assis-tance from the parish and the in worst scenario they ended up in the work-house. Not all families suffered sepa-ration as some intrepid wives plus young children travelled out to join the men. They must have been tough la-dies to endure long sea journeys in poor conditions and then ending up in very basic living conditions. I am nor sure we could cope as well. Also in March we held our annual Ba-con Butty and dessert morning. We are very grateful to the people who, despite poor weather, came to sup-port our charities and us. We hope to donate just under £100 pounds each to The Cinnamon Trust and Marie Curie

April. You can't say we don't have variety in out programme from history to the Wild West. We donned our jeans and boots for a Country and western evening with Jess Clint. We were lucky that we were able to per-suade Jess to come out of retirement for the evening. What a great evening with songs old and new, we happily sang along with old favourites from our younger days.

Regular meetings second Wednesday of the month. 7.00 pm

in the church hall. We do have an interesting programme to suit all tastes. We invite you to come along one evening to meet us, have a cup of tea and a chat and find out more about us.

Future events May

No speaker. Resolu-tions meeting, followed

by a quiz or beetle drive.

June No meeting. Feast

Fayre and cake stall on Feast Monday

July

Flowers and Sparkle with Linda Cole

August

David Lay valuing antiques.

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Stray Cats.. The little furry seemingly

homeless and hungry cat outside your back door may not be homeless at all! ..Cats are notorious for invading other people's and other

animal's space. They look so helpless and appealing and demand to be fed! In reality they may well be from not far away and have a perfectly good home of their own! Of course if they are offered a lit-tle (especially nice )titbit they will eat it and probably come in and make themselves at home!....that's the nature of cats. ...Unfortunately their real Owners(servants?) are probably at home worried sick about their little furry friend who has gone missing and not turned up for their dinner. ...So, what should you do if it happens to you? ...Firstly, real strays are usually thin and bedraggled and not very people friendly if you try to touch them. They often have problems you can see such as sores or they are limping and are seeking help in their own way. If they are not amenable to being picked up and they need help then don't try or they are likely to bite or scratch you .Cat bites are potentially very dangerous and anyone who is bitten should seek medical advice. Also call one of the cat rescue societies and they will advise you what to do and lend you a de-vice to catch the little animal without injury to you or it. In the meantime provide food and shelter but leave well alone. If the little one outside your door looks well fed and cared for then try ignoring it and if it has an owner it will go home when pester power fails .However if is staying around for several days and you can safely pick it up then take it to your nearest Vet and ask them to check for a microchip. Obviously if it is chipped it can be re-turned to its (very worried) owner. ...No chip? put up notices ,inform the rescue centres , local ra-dio ,social media and anything else you can think of. Take it home if you are willing and then feed it but remember it may well belong to someone and you are only caring for it temporarily. ...If no one claims it then either a rescue centre will take or you can take it i yourself if you are willing......but please re-member that cat you are feeding may well have an owner so please don’t’ do it until you have followed the above advice!

Jennifer Williamson B.Vet.Med.,MRCVS Acuvets

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30 years of progress in the Parish (To mark the first 30 years of St Day Parish Council : May 1985 – May 2015) As St Day was part of an Urban Dis-trict it had no Parish Council until 1985 and since then a lot has been achieved, as those who were resident at that time will recognise, either by the Parish Council working with many other organisations from within and outside the parish or by other organi-sations in St Day who have provided the knowhow and, sometimes, the fi-nance. Foremost amongst these are: Kerrier District Council and its Regen-eration Team Cornwall (County) Council and our lo-cal councillor The Mining Villages & Kerrier North Regeneration Groups The European Regional Development Fund The Heritage Lottery Fund Sita, Cory and County Environmental Trusts The Day-light Group The Action St Day Group The Action St Day Group was formed by the Parish Council to access funds which are not available to the Parish Council and to involve residents. (This Group is sadly now not operating but could be resurrected if volunteers are prepared to come forward ) Market Square has been resurfaced, the old toilets and play equipment have been removed, a new telephone

kiosk has been erected in a less prom-inent position and the overhead cables were removed. Gates have been provided to the War Memorial. The names on the War Memorial and the gates have been repainted. Working with the Mills Trust the dere-lict site at the rear of Market Square was cleared and 3 houses were built. The Parish Council has taken over ownership of the Town Clock and War Memorial and the building and clock are in the process of refurbishment. In 1987 the new burial ground was provided. With the help of volunteers the church-yard was cleared of trees and shrubs which had overgrown the area and the Parish Council took over the grass cutting in the old closed (top) part with grants from Kerrier District Council and now Cornwall Council. The Parish Council cuts the grass in the open (lower) part on behalf of the parish church The Old Church was stabilised by the Old Church Group Interpretative boards giving the history of the area were placed in the Old Church Details from headstones were record-ed and put on a website - www.cornwallminingvillagechurchyards.net Interpretative boards were placed at the entrance to the churchyard and at the Town Clock. The Lantern Parade has become es-tablished, thanks to the efforts of the Day-light Group, and the Parish Coun-cil has regularly contributed to its fund-ing.

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W J Mills (Cottages) Trust The W J Mills (Cottages) Trust is looking to recruit additional Trustees. The Trust, which owns 42 properties, was set up in 1933 to provide afford-able accommodation for people aged 60+ who live in or have a strong connection with St Day and the surrounding area. We have 7 voluntary Trustees who form the management committee for the Trust, making policy decisions and providing guidance for the devel-opment of the organisation. Meetings are held quarterly on a weekday morning. Ideally, but not essential, candidates should have experience in the hous-ing sector, building or charity management and have local knowledge. For more information on this opportunity please contact: Carol Freeman, Secretary, WJ Mills (Cottages) Trust, The Community Room, Mills St., St Day. Email: [email protected]

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St Day Churchyard Every year in late Spring/early Summer there are concerns about the churchyard and the grass cutting which is done there. Every year Parish Councillors explain that the churchyard is not cut back vigorously until later in

the year so that the seed heads from the wild flowers have time to drop. The photographs below

show exactly why this is allowed to happen. If you haven’t been down the churchyard lately then you really should; the wild flowers, especially the primroses and celandine at the moment in mid April/May, look absolutely wonderful, and later in May the bluebells and wild garlic will look just as magnificent. If these are cut as soon as they finish flowering then this wonderful display won’t be repeated next year. Go on, spoil yourselves, have a look at the churchyard, but don’t leave it too long!!

For sale – one granite gatepost St Day Parish Council has a large granite gatepost for sale. It is currently lying in the burial ground in Church St just the other side of the wall from the bus shelter. If you are interested, please go and have a look and make us an offer. No sensible offer will be refused but you will have to move it! If you are interested please call Steve Edwards on 821829 or contact any Parish Councillor.

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St Day Feast Events We would appreciate more volunteers to join us during Feast week –

please contact Geoff at St Day Post Office.

Dance Practices Please come along to practice at the Church Children 7pm, Adults 7.45 pm. Please call Linda on 01209 842408 to book your place.

Charity Euchre Drive Monday 8

th June at St Day Inn, 7.30 pm, £2 entry. Cash prize.

Bingo Tuesday 9

th June at the Community Centre, 7.30 pm, in aid of the Christmas

Lights and the Community Centre.

Street Fair & Entertainment Wednesday 10

th June, 7pm, in Market Square.

St Day Methodist Church Thursday 11

th June, 7.30 pm.

The evening of SONGS OF PRAISE will be led by Geoff Nankivell.

Illustrated Talk Friday 12

th June at the Community Centre, 7pm.

The History of St Day Town Clock and War Memorial by Lesley Trotter.

Star Inn, Vogue (See Star Inn advert in this Newsletter) Saturday 13

th June, 11am-11pm. Ale & Music Festival

Sunday 14th June Defibrillator Day—local team games raising money for a vil-

lage defibrillator

Feast Sunday 14th

June St Day Parish Church, 9.30 am Feast Parish Mass. Feast Concert by City of Truro Choir, chaired by Mr Chris Peters, 7.30 pm. Programmes £5 & a retiring collection.

Feast Monday 15th

June Procession and Tea Treat Led by Carharrack & St Day Silver Band from the school at 2 pm, proceeding to the war memorial at the town clock tower to commemorate the end of the 2nd World War 70 years ago. Then down to the playing field. Adults wishing to join the procession are asked to follow the children at the back. Feast Dance Assemble outside the Parish Church. Children’s Dance 6.30 pm, Adult’s Dance 7.15 pm.

Dress Code for Dance Ladies – long dress, gloves, flower in hair. Gentlemen – shirt, bow tie, dark trousers or kilt.

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Feast Dance Practices Please come along to a practice at the

Church Hall

Wednesday 27th May and Monday 1

st June.

Children 7 pm Adults 7.39pm

If you are unable to attend please call Linda on 01209

842408 as soon as possible to book your

position in the dance.

We would like MORE Adults to join in the

FEAST DANCE.

Scorrier Christian Fellowship

SCORRIER CHAPEL (Opposite the Crossroads Lodge)

ARRANGES THE FOLLOWING

MEETINGS EACH SUNDAY Morning Meeting 10.00am

Prayer Meeting 6.30pm

Evening Meeting 7.00pm

For further information please contact

Tim Jenkin 01209 899009 and visit our website www.scorrierchristianfellowship.org.uk

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Our Easter Promise and our Vocation As I write we are only just approaching the second week of Lent, a time when we reflect on our own relationship with God and his people as we prepare to journey through Holy Week and into the Easter season. If we think of Christ’s Resurrection at Easter as simply an event from the past, then its impact on our lives is lost. If the power of our Resurrected Lord is to affect our lives now, we need to meet with the Risen Christ. The question: ‘Where do we see Jesus?’ has occupied the minds of Christians since the time of the Gospel writers. When the Christian Church came to birth at Pentecost, those who had known the earthly Jesus were still alive; they had first-hand experience of his Resurrection. When those witnesses began to die, the Christian message had to be handed on. St Luke, writing of the first Easter Day, tells the story of two men walking from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus. They are joined on the road by the Risen Jesus, but fail to recognise him. It is only at the evening meal, when Jesus takes the bread, blesses it and breaks it, that their eyes are opened and they realise who he is. Luke is telling us that our eyes are opened to the risen Christ when the Chris-tian family meets for the breaking of bread – or as we would say - the Eucha-rist or Holy Communion; and this is a part of the Christian experience. Christ commanded us to do this in remembrance of him, in order that our eyes may be opened to his Risen presence in the world and in each one of us. Our Lord is alive today and every day, and wants us, his people, to bring the joy of living to a jaded world in whatever way God has called us to do this as we re-affirm our Baptismal promises each Easter to turn to Christ and to follow Him. ‘Vocation’ is one of those words that we hear a lot in the Church. We even have a ‘Vocations Sunday’! But what does it actually mean? The word ‘vocation’ comes from a Latin word which simply means “calling”. There is a tendency to think that only ‘super-spiritual’ people have a vocation –people like monks, nuns or even priests! But actually, that’s not the case. Eve-ry single Christian is called by God. The Psalmist in that wonderful Psalm 139, talks about how God knows each of us even before we were born. God has a plan – a calling – for each one of us. That calling begins at our baptism. When we become baptised Christians, we become part of the Church of God, with all the rights and responsibilities that come with being followers of Jesus Christ. One of those responsibilities is to use the gifts that God gives us for the benefit of others whether fellow Chris-tians or not. There are many, many different vocations in the Church. The New Testament talks about some of them – vocations like teaching, hospitality, service, to name but a few. Some people have a vocation to pastoral care for others. Some have a vocation to live out their faith in their place of work. Some have a vocation to music. There are lots and lots of vocations! They are all equally im-

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portant in the Church – As St Paul says about the Body of Christ in 1 Corinthi-ans chapter 12 about the many members making up the one Body and all parts being different yet being important. This should too remind us that we are now Christ’s body here on earth. So during the Easter season as we go forward to live out lives in the full light of the Resurrection, let us remember that the risen Jesus calls each of us by name and let us pray we will each of us recognise him when he speaks our name and calls us to be whatever he wants us to be and respond with the greatest gift of all, the gift of love. With love and prayers Fr. Simon

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St Day Horticultural 40th Spring Show

The beautiful sunshine on the day was matched by the brilliant and varied selection of flowers on display at the Spring Show held in the Community Centre in March. The Floral Artists also put on a wonderful show.

The needlework and craft showed the proof of many hours of work on dark winter evenings making a hard job for the judge to choose between the items. There were mouth watering displays of cookery tempting everyone who passed by and some brilliant decorated tray bakes.

The Show draws in from all age groups from the pre-school group to some well in their 80's and everyone who enters seem to enjoy the show and the fun of competing against each other. This year was our 40th Spring Show and hopefully it will continue to many more years.

A note for your diary - the Annual Autumn Horticultural Show will be held on Saturday 17th October 2015 so look out in the shops for the schedules in August/September. Now is the time to think about planting up your veg and flowers for the autumn show.

If you have any questions or would like to help with the Show just give Mandy Mitchell a ring on 01209 820 157.

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Parking – your thoughts Following on from the article in the last newsletter we were very pleased to receive a couple of re-plies from residents offering their ideas on possible solutions to St Day’s parking problem. We have ex-plored these suggestions further and had a discussion at the March Parish Council meeting on the sub-ject. As a result of this we have de-cided to put the proposals in this newsletter and would really like to hear your comments on them – the more feedback we get, the bet-ter informed we are about what you want. In brief, the proposals were to:

Use some of the land at the bottom of Chapel St, adjacent to Springfield Way, to form a car park Introduce in the centre of St Day (possibly Fore St., Church St. and Scorrier St.) a resi-dents’ parking scheme, such as currently exists in parts of Truro, so that, during certain periods, say 6pm – 6am, only residents/visitors with parking badges would be allowed to park in those streets. Find a suitable location and establish a car park in St Day

All of these proposals have their own problems: Would people use a car park in St Day? Most people seem to want to park as close to their own houses as

possible. Residents’ parking permits have to be bought - £25 per annum for one vehicle, £58 for two. Would people be prepared to pay? It would cost the Parish Council, therefore the Council Tax payers of St Day, around £10,000 in fees to establish a residents’ parking area. Where could we put a car park? How would we pay for it? It is important to realise that there is no perfect solution for St Day as we do not have an ideal piece of land for a car park in the perfect spot owned by someone who is willing to sell at an affordable price and resi-dents’ parking, as you can see above, has its own cost implications. It is worth pointing out here that there is quite a large area of tar-maced land in front of the Wheal Jewell play area at the end of Church Street which is available for parking and, apart from school drop-ping off and picking up times, this area gets little use. It is free for any-one to use!

One thing is, however, certain – the parking problem is not going to go away and is only going to get worse unless something can be done to solve it and for this we need your ideas and cooperation. Please let us know what you think, either by contacting a Parish Councillor (contact de-tails are elsewhere in this newsletter) or by emailing [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you!

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More Parking! Inconsiderate parking is putting the bus service to St. Day un-der threat! Parking at the junction of Fore Street and Church Street blocks the junction and prevents larger vehicle turning. In par-ticular buses and drivers are apparently refusing to come into the village Please be more considerate where you park.

Next Mobile Library Gwennap Pit at 09.45 and Town Clock at

10.20 on Thursday 28th May

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The ‘Oil Club’ helps more people save on their fuel bills Residents are saving money on heating oil by having deliveries on the same day each month. By using an independent local supplier we not only get a discount but also have experienced good service in extreme weather!

To join in and save on your oil costs you need to order through Nigel Knight on 820441. You can also order online by emailing your

details and order to [email protected].

In order to receive a discount you must place your order with Nigel, please do not phone our supplier direct, this could result in you getting a double delivery!

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Bus shelters were bought and installed in Church St and at Vogue. The Oil Club was set up by Action St. Day. A street cleaner has been employed and regular, quarterly, litter picks are or-ganised. Vogue Terrace has been surfaced, new steps and railings fitted and landscap-ing provided. The following areas have also been landscaped Entrance to Bosawna Close Flower bed at the top of Church Hill Area at the end of Chapel St. Entrance to Trenant A new Cornish hedge with a large St. Day stone has replaced the broken iron fence at the Playing Field crossroads. Daffodils have been planted and a mine truck provided for year round planting. The gardens in front of Buckingham Terrace have been established and main-tained. The grassed area in Carew Road on the site of demolished houses have been established The memorial stones in the Playing Field at Tolgullow have been relettered. At Wheal Jewel mine shafts have been capped and the area levelled and grassed. New play equipment (working with the Action St Day Group) and new exercise equipment were installed. Shrubs and trees have been planted and a tarmac parking area provided. The school car park was landscaped and the Children’s Centre built. A teenage village, basketball area and skatepark were provided for teenagers at Vogue. The Enterprise Centre at Vogue was built with the cooperation of St Day Youth & Sports Association. Working with the Action St Day Group the quarterly Parish Newsletter was es-tablished. The parish website www.stday.org.uk was built and this includes minutes of Parish Council meetings. After the removal of the public conveniences in Market Square the toilets at the Community Centre are open to the public through Parish Council funding. St Day stones have been sited on three approach roads to St Day. Speed restrictions have been introduced on some main roads. Gateway features have been installed to slow traffic at Vogue and Vicarage Hill. New pavements have been installed at Vicarage Hill, Tolgullow and Tresaddern Hill. The cobbled paving by the Community Centre and at West End has been relaid. There are improved visibility splays at the bottom of Telegraph Hill and Church Hill (the latter funded by St Day Holiday Park).

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Family Information

Service The Family Information Service (FIS)

offers confidential and impartial advice

to help parents and carers of children

and young people find the right sup-

port.

As Cornwall’s main signposting service

for families with children aged up to 20,

or 25 if they have a special educational

need or disability, FIS will try to point

you in the right direction.

Offering information both over the tele-

phone and through its website, FIS can

provide guidance on a wide range of

family related matters.

Examples of queries it can help with in-

clude:

Finding childcare

What can we do as a family

Who gives advice on parenting

and where can I find groups and

classes

Do I qualify for tax credits

How do I complete my child’s

school application form

I want to become a childminder,

how do I do this

What support services are availa-

ble to help my child with…

My child has an additional need, I

need help with…

Children’s centre details and activ-

ities

My family needs a support worker

Do I qualify for any funding to-

wards childcare costs

Youth centre details and activities

Local Offer

Aimed at families with children and

young people with special educational

needs and disabilities (SEND), its pur-

pose is to provide information, in one

place, about services families can ex-

pect locally and how to access them.

The Local Offer was launched in Sep-

tember last year, every Local Authority

in England must publish one. Corn-

wall’s Local Offer is hosted by the FIS

website.

Within it details about Education Health

and Care (EHC) assessments and

plans can be found.

The Local Offer is growing everyday as

service providers add their details and

it responds to local needs and de-

mands. As it expands, it will include

lots more information on subjects such

as:

Childcare and the expertise the

childcare providers have with

SEND

Teams available to support at key

transition times, e.g. moving from

nursery to primary school

Health services

Schools

Leisure activities

For further information look at the FIS

website or contact the team.

Contact FIS

Freephone: 0800 587 8191

Landline: 01872 323 535

Available Monday to Friday between 9am

and 5pm. An answer phone is provided

at all other times.

Text: 60030 starting with the word ‘FIS’

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.cornwallfisdirectory.org.uk

Facebook: cornwallfis

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The Methodist Church in

St. Day warmly welcomes you to share with them in their events and activities. Methodism has been present in St. Day for many

years. The Methodist Church and family seek to serve and fol-low Christ's teaching as a group of believers and individuals.

We extend the love of God to all.

Friendly fellowship, transport no problem, Comfortable surround-ings, genuine love and support offered to all

Second Monday of every month Pop In 11:00 am to 1:00 pm . A chance for a soup and sweet lunch, chat and fellowship.

Tuesdays 2:30 pm 4:00 pm Bright Hour - a fellow-ship meeting for ladies and men. (Not in August)

Wednesdays 4th Wednesday of the month 12 noon for 12.15 Luncheon Club

1st and 3rd Wednesday - (not in Aug.)

Ray’s Bargain Bin 10.00-3.30pm

Thursdays 10.15 am Coffee, Prayer and Bible Study

Other special events are organized, details can be found on the Church door or notice board.

Contacts

Church services and activities -

Ralph Gilbert 821100

Junior Church – Bobby Dyer 820021

Hirings – Janet Homer 820881

Notices all around the town with latest

details of services and events

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Town Trail leaflets and associated interpretative boards were produced. A booklet of local walks has been produced and is available from the Post Of-fice. The Coast to Coast Trail, passing through St Day Parish, was established. The website www.cornwalltrails.net was created through working with the other mining villages. A Parish Plan was produced (now being reviewed) following public consulta-tions, which led to the Affordable Housing developments at Springfield Way and Fairfield. St Day won the Village of the Year Award in 2008 through the efforts of the Ac-tion St Day Group. The Parish and Methodist Churches have new kitchens and seating. Scorrier Chapel has been refurbished and the Gwennap Pit Visitor Centre has been es-tablished.

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Carpet Bowls Club

St. Day Carpet Bowls club meets at Trinity Church Hall

every Thursday evening, 7.00pm.

Ladies and Men are welcome, a £1.00

fee includes refreshments.

Phone Cliff on

01209 719034 for more details

Holiday Villa in

Cyprus Available to rent all the

year round

Just 3 minutes from the beach

www.cyprus-villa.info

01209 820441

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Contacts:

For weddings, funerals and baptisms

Fr. Simon Bone, Vicar : 01872 822862

The Rectory, Church St,

St. Day

Churchwardens:

Annette Hillman 821030

Sue Manley 820187

Hall Bookings

Sheila Braddon 820285

We have many varied fund raising events during the

year. Please do come along and join us.

Holy Trinity Church

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St Day Town Clock and War Memorial building

It looks as though this could be the beginning of the end!! No, not the end of the building, just the end of the repair works! At the time of writing the repaired and regilded weather vane has been put back in place and is sitting proudly on top of the cupola, the protective sheeting has been removed from the scaffolding (much to the relief of the residents living nearby!) and the scaffolding itself has been removed. All of the work which needed external, high-level access has been completed and the contractors have a few more low-level jobs to do in the next couple of weeks – they should be finished by the time you read this – and then we sit back and wait for the walls to dry out. This may take up to a year be-fore the contractors are able to come back and repoint the inside of the building and the clock repairers can refit the hands and movement. Obviously they could do this now but, with work left to be done inside, it would be foolish to risk dam-age to the movement while this is going on. So, what’s been done? Here’s a list of the big jobs:

New hardwood windows have been fitted throughout The pointing on the outside of the building has been dug out and repoint-ed with a lime mortar The rear door has been repaired and repainted The damaged granite stonework – and there was plenty of it – has been replaced The granite hoods and moulds above the windows have been replaced where necessary New steel joists have been fitted to support the cupola base The cupola base (underneath the pillars near the top) has virtually been rebuilt as it was in a parlous state The guttering around the cupola base has been reshaped to permit proper drainage The cupola has been reroofed and the legs repainted New steel bell hangings have been fitted to support the bell in the top of the cupola The bell has been rehung The four clock faces have been cleaned and repainted The weather vane has been refurbished and refitted The pointing on the garden wall has been dug out and repointed with a lime mortar .... and this is just a list of the big jobs

In addition to the physical repair work we have also: Organised a fantastic Lantern Parade in October to launch the project – thanks to the Day-light Group

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Put plans in place for a digital art work display in October – again thanks to the Day-light group for organising and running workshops Carried out research work into the history of the Town Clock building (look out for Lesley Trotter’s talk during Feast Week) Started research into the history behind the names on the War Memorial – again thanks to Lesley Trotter

So, what’s left for 2016? Repoint the inside of the building Replace the flooring on the first and second floors and repair the floor joists Fix the new hands Replace the electric movement which, in the meantime, will have been re-paired, reconditioned and updated

It has not been an easy 6 months since work started in November and there have been a few unexpected and unwanted surprises, such as the need to re-place all of the windows when the surveyor had allowed a sum of £1,000 for re-pairs – this created a £7,000 hole! The additional steel joists and extra work to the cupola base have also added a further £3,000 to the bill. We have managed to secure and extra £3,800 in funding from SITA but if anyone out there had in-tended to make a contribution towards the repairs and hasn’t yet done so ....... now would be a great time! And what’s going to happen before 2016? Look out for the digital art work dis-plays in October, preparation work is already going on for this event which has been organised by the Day-light Group. The St Day Choir will also be perform-ing there and hopefully lots of people went along to the Star Inn on 29 March to sign up for the choir? If you didn’t, don’t worry, look out for the notices and you can always turn up at the next rehearsal! And then finally ...... to coincide with the end of the repair works in 2016 there will be a grand opening event. Plans are still being finalised but keep a look out in this newsletter and in shop windows and make sure you don’t miss it! It will be choir time again! Above all, please support us – we all want the clock back in good working order and every little bit you do, every time you turn up to support one of our events, helps that little bit and brings the project a little bit closer to completion. We have been very fortunate to have an excellent contractor in Shaun Rothwell of RHR Historical Restoration who clearly loves the job he does and cares for the buildings he restores. Shaun has saved us a considerable amount of mon-ey with the additional work he has done. We are also indebted to Joe Davidson and David Scott of Scott & Co, Surveyors, who have worked very hard on the project and have supervised all of the works. And a last big thank you to ...... all of those people in Market Sq and Fore St whose nights have been disturbed by the protective sheeting flapping in the wind. We hope you are now sleeping much better and can’t wait for the clock to start chiming again in 12 months’ time!

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LIVING & LEARNING IN ST DAY

Action St Day Group

to make St Day a better place to !live

and work

Two and a half years of work have paid off and St Day is to have a

whole new play area at the Wheal Jewel Playing Field. The play equip-

ment that is there was well past its sell by date years ago and the Ac-

tion St Day Group with the help of Scott James, Bryony Nicholls and

Mervyn Smallwood of Kerrier District Council Regeneration team have put

together £65,474 of funding granted by the Liveability Community Pot,

Cornwall County Playing fields Association, Cory Environmental Trust,

St Day Parish Council, the Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chest, Devon

& Cornwall Housing, Living Spaces, the Local Network Fund, the Neigh-

bourhood Community Chest Grant Fund, Lt. Comdr. J Mills, the St Day Ju-

bilee Committee and the Action St Day Group. Quite a list but it’s

quite a sum of money and it shows that the support is wide based.

The project started with the selection of potential contractors and

Rolf Necked of Kerrier DC Engineering Service provided a select list

and has kept in touch with the project right through and, since the

completed play area is to be maintained by KDC, he will always be in-

volved.

Five contractors were asked to submit a scheme and their designs were

exhibited at St Day & Carharrack School to be commented on by the pu-

pils and their parents. As well as being shown at the school a public

display was viewed at the Action St Day Group Annual General Meeting

and from the comment forms completed one contractor came out on top.

The prices submitted were keen and "best value", other than just price,

determined the final choice. The chosen suppliers are Company, who also

supplied the play equipment at Tucking Mill. Up until recently Company

were part of the Lego Group so we are dealing with people who under-

stand children very well, and adults who like playing, sorry, designing

with Lego.

The final design is made up of eleven separate pieces that set out to

appeal to young people from two or three up to fifteen or sixteen.

There are two sets of swings, two twizzley sticks, these are real fun,

two very modern roundabouts (one you can sit in and the other you can

use in all sorts of ways), a rocking ‘wasp’, a spinning bowl, a ‘stand-

up’ seesaw, a play house, come slide , come climbing frame and a mon-

ster climbing frame the likes of which you will have never seen before.

It is 18 feet (5.5 metres) across and about 10 feet (3 metres) tall and

is certainly the most exciting piece of kit you will have seen in a

long time. The whole set up is to provide interesting and challenging

and exciting "FUN" and it will belong to the young people of St Day

and, please can I have a go sometimes.

The order for the installation has been placed and completion will be

around the end of September. When it has been completed an official

opening will be held with all the pupils from St Day School doing the

honours. The date for the opening has yet to be fixed but there will be

notices giving the date, time and place.

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Holy Trinity Church As I write this it is the Easter week and it doesn’t seem long since Christmas. We have been busy since then with our weekly services, Messy Church and also fund raising events that included a quiz evening, table top sale, beetle drive and an Easter hamper draw. Fund raising takes a great deal of our time during the year but has to take place to raise our share of the Church of England’s Missions and Ministry Fund. Each year every church has to contribute a share to enable us to keep our churches open and to have a Vicar. This year St. Day and Carharrack’s contribution is in excess of £12,000! A massive sum to be raised when there are only approximately 40 people able and willing to do this so we do ask support from everyone possible when we put on an event.

We are happy to announce that on Mothering Sunday Rev. Steve Fletcher was li-censed as Assistant Curate to the 8 Saints’ Cluster to work alongside Fr Simon. You will probably have seen Steve in and around St Day walking his dog Bailey. This July we will also welcome Fr Dom Jones to the Cluster. Please remember that you are always welcome to join us at any time. Sunday Mass is at 9.30 a.m. and there is a weekday Mass on Tuesdays at 10 a.m.

Sue Manley, Churchwarden

Summer Events 14

th June Feast of St Day 10.00 am Holy Trinity Church

5th July Cream Teas 2.00 - 3.00pm at Carew Cottage, St Day

24th July Family Beetle Drive 7.00pm in the Church Hall

7th Aug Barbeque 6.00pm in the Vicarage garden

11th Sept Coffee Morning 10.00am – 12.00 at “Kennedy”, Carharrack

Please do come and join us for these events

Messy Church – St Day It is hard to believe that we have been up and running for 3 years now and we are still growing. Our last session saw around 40 attend and the theme was Noah’s Ark. The children enjoyed a number of craft activities ranging from making paper rain-bows to constructing (and eating) an edible ark. There was a great deal of hilarity when, during storytelling, the children had to become animals and enter the ark two by two and we are happy to say that the snails eventually made it! This was followed by an enormous tea, as acting makes you very hungry indeed. If you haven’t joined us yet, please do. The session venues alternate between the church and the chapel. Children do have to be accompanied by an adult and it is completely free. Keep a lookout for advertising posters.

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Janet and David welcome you to their new B&B. Set in its own grounds with off street parking, situated in the middle of Church Street. We have 2 double rooms, 1 twin room and a family room, all with on suites, free WiFi,

TV, DVD, tea and coffee facilities. From the conservatory enjoy our full English breakfast while overlooking lovely views of the garden and

unwind in the evening in our comfortable lounge. If you have friends or relations looking for somewhere to stay, you are more than welcome to

check us out.

The Cedars 22 Church Street, St Day,TR16 5JY

01209820288 Janet-07976887979 David-07968313137

www.thecedarsbandb.co.uk [email protected]