St. Day Newsletter

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Issue no 34. February 2011 Published by St. Day Parish Council

In this issue Free Glass of

Cornish Mead Wine, with meal and voucher

- see inside

New rules for

Household Waste

Disposal Centres

Sunny Days Nursery

New Puzzle Page

Local History

New Vicar for St. Day

Pop-In

Oil Club

Jokes Page

Pensioners’ Club

Cricket Club

Christmas Lights

Next Lantern Parade

Children’s Centre

Copy date for next issue is

1st May

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New Rules for

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What vehicle can I use to dispose of

Household Waste?

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POP-IN Pop-In Soup and Dessert Lunches are

held at St. Day Methodist Church monthly. We start at 11 am for coffee and a chat, followed by soup and dessert at 12 Noon.

We are joined by six children from St. Day and Carharrack School.

At Christmas time we held a service and tea to celebrate our tenth anniversary. Reverend Danny Reed took the service, Joanna Courtney was pianist and a duet was sung by Ralph Gilbert and his Grandson Sam Goldsworthy. The tea was enjoyed by 60 people. The team of lady helpers had been busy preparing the food, our thanks to them for their support over the ten year period.

There was no meeting in January, but we are looking forward to seeing everyone on:

Monday 7th February

Monday 7th March

Monday 11th April

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS The Christmas lights committee would like to wish you all a happy new year. Christmas seems such a long time ago now. We didn't get off to the best start when we tried to renew the insurance for the lights which had soared from £200 to £500.

We have renewed the lights for the market square which we think are a lot brighter and more energy efficient. The tree was a lot bigger than anticipated, which proved to be one of our biggest challenges. Eventually, we enlisted the help of a local plasterer and

A warm welcome if you would

like to join us. Contact Anita 820774

or Esther 821100

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his workforce to assist us and with the aid of 1 van, 8 men, and 1 woman, the tree was finally up (all 22 feet of it)!!

Going back to our street collection night on 4th December, all went very well with thanks to Emlyn Stone for the assistance of his lorry and speaker system. A big thank you to all of the helpers who turned out to collect the money from the generous people of St Day, and of course not forgetting Father Christmas, who took time out of his busy schedule, to see the children of St Day. Each child received a chocolate lolly from him. We ended the night, as always, at the St Day Inn, with thanks to Gary & Sue. We had our count up for the night and also held a raffle and auction of goods donated by local shops and business. The St Day Inn also has a collection bottle which is used throughout the year to collect any loose change for the Christmas lights, for which we are grateful.

We are very grateful to the three local charities who have generously given us donations to cover the cost of the insurance. The total money collected from the street collection, bottle, raffle and auction was a staggering £912.33. Thank you for your donations in these difficult times - we do appreciate it!!

There will be a meeting in September for anybody interested in helping with the lights in any way, from printing posters to putting up the lights. This will be advertised in the newsletter - watch this space!

Once again a big thanks goes to the band of "Merry Men and Women!" who are tireless in their duty to get the lights up and running in their spare time.

Many Thanks to all, From the St Day Lights Committee.

St Day Feast is on July 4th 2011

will be on July 4th

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Oblig8tion Write in the remaining eight

numbers, from 1-9, around each of

the nine shaded numbered

boxes, the number in the box + the

other eight. Numbers may only

appear once around each box; i.e.

a ‗2‘, ‗3‘, ‗4‘ or a ‗6‘ cannot go in the

* box. One number around each box

has been given to get you

started.

© mgap

This puzzle and the ‗Bomb‘ puzzle in the last issue have been submitted by Colin Leamon. This one,

he says is a little more challenging so there is one solution printed at the back of the Newsletter.

1 2

3

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7 3 6 1

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8 4 2 6 9

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Community Litter Pick

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Meet in the back room at the Community Centre, West End.

Please come along and lend a hand to tidy up your village

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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

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Friendly fellowship,

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Mondays 9:00 am Prayer meeting (Prayer

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Second Monday of every month - Pop

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Tuesdays 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Bright Hour (a

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Wednesdays 4th Wednesday of the month

12 noon for 12.15 Luncheon Club

1st and 3rd Wednesday—Ray‘s Bargain Bin

10.30-4pm

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 activites -

Ralph Gilbert 821100

Junior Church –

Steven Pomfret 07791950980

Hirings –

Gerald Triggs 821327

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We are very patient and enjoy pampering your dog, in

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Please phone Wendy for further details on 01209 821905.

Drop - In The Friday Evening Drop- in at the community centre has now finished. The young people that we opened up to entertain, have now outgrown the need for somewhere safe to go.

We do thank those who helped us, and hope that if the need arises

someone will find the time to give the next generation of young people a place to meet.

There is still an opening, if anyone is available, for a youth club, the room and the equipment are waiting in the Enterprise centre at Vogue.

We would like to thank the young people who came over the last three years, we have enjoyed your company and hope to see you all becoming part of of our community.

Anita, Joyce, Ray, Janet, Alice, Steve and Steve. St. Day Methodist Church

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Parish Council News

Parish Council normally meets on the second Monday of each month, (except in August), at 7:00pm in the Committee Room of the Community Centre. 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 applications. 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

Pippa Bray 820446 Bobby Dyer 820021

Geoff Nankivell 820201 John Newcombe 820841

Steve Penny 820774 George Ross 821927

Lesley Trotter 820733

Clerk to Parish Council Steve Edwards 821829

Cornwall Councillor Mark Kaczmarek 211366

Council Vacancy As there was no request for an election the vacancy was advertised locally and two people put their name forward. At the January meeting the Council selected Lesley Trotter who has been very active in parish affairs since moving to St.Day, having been involved with Action St.Day, the preparation of the Parish Plan and Litter Picks etc. Remembrance Day Service This was well attended and our thanks to Carharrack & St.Day Band for leading the procession and playing at the service. Christmas Carols Again our thanks to Carharrack & St.Day Band for leading the carol singing and to the ladies of the Women‘s Institute for serving the mince pies. The attendance was very good considering the weather but a sudden hail shower brought the singing to a premature finish. Christmas Lights When thelLights committee found that their insurance was increased by a large amount they felt that they could not proceed, however the ParishCcouncil made a gran, and we put them in contact witht another charity to cover the extra cost. Again our thanks to the little band of helpers who put up the lights, often in poor weather. Unfortunately there were not as many lights this year as many of the older lights failed to meet current safety standards. Rubbish Collection The streets of St.Day were remarkably tidy over the Christmas period. Our thanks are due to our street cleaner for diligently picking up the litter and to all those residents who put their rubbish out at the correct

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times and also to the lorry drivers who maintained their schedule despite the bad weather.

Action St.Day Despite the article in the last newsletter there was no improvement in attendance and there were insufficient people willing to take office, so it was decided to close the group. This will make it more difficult to attract funding for projects as some funders will not fund a Parish Council and most will only give money to a properly constituted organisation.

Newsletter The newsletter which has been published jointly by the Parish Council and Action St.Day will now be published by a committee of the Parish Council. Nigel Knight has agreed to continue collating the news and Mike Tapp will liaise with the printer and advertisers and they will be members of the committee. The use of colour for the last edition was a big improvement to the appearance and it is proposed to continue in colour.

It is a big disappointment that local clubs etc. do not make use of the newsletter to publicise their events. There is no charge to community groups.

Helping the Community

Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has said: "There should be no barriers getting in the way of community action. I want to send out a strong message that clearing a path and helping your neighbours should no longer be subject to icy bureaucracy and health and safety zealotry. Common sense is now the order of the day.”

Council Tax The Parish Council has precepted for £15,427.98 for the coming financial year. Although this is an increase of 26% over last year, last year saw a reduction of 19% over the previous year. Nevertheless we are still at only about 50% of the average for parishes in Cornwall. One nearby parish council with a smaller population is precepting for over £28,000

In the debate at County Hall when the Cornwall Council budget was set several councillors objected to it on the grounds that it would cause the parishes to increase their council tax in order to provide a reasonable standard of service. At the moment we do not know where all the cutbacks will occur. The effect of the cut backs is already obvious in the state of the roads, despite complaints from this council pot holes are not being repaired, indeed it is difficult to get a reply from Cornwall Council on any matter.

The Town Clock The Parish Council has been successful in obtaining a grant for a full structural survey, the results of this will enable the council to apply for funds to carry out the repairs. If these are successful the council will consider the acquisition of the clock tower, and it has been offered a grant to cover its legal costs. However we will need to build up reserves to cover ongoing maintenance. Many residents have expressed the view that the Clock must be maintained as it

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is such a feature in the town centre.

Arts Project Our thanks to our local artists, led by Claire Summerson and Kim Pilgrim, for their latest project of displaying their colourful art work in various windows in order to brighten the street scene at Christmas. Our thanks also to those who helped by allowing their windows to be used for the display

Census The census which is conducted every 10 years will be held on 27th March. It is a legal requirement for everyone to complete the census form. The results of the census are used to plan services and facilities, like schools, hospitals, housing, roads and emergency services. As a result of the last census St.Day was identified as an area of need and resulted in the building of the Children‘s Centre.

Planning A Duty Planning Officer is available for advice over the telephone, or you can book a 15 minute interview between 9am and 3pm by ringing 01209 614450

Empty Houses. Cornwall Council is trying to get empty properties occupied to reduce housing lists. The council has been in contact with the owners of the overgrown house at Vogue and is able to help financially with renovations etc.

Anybody with a property which has been vacant for a long period should contact the Housing Dept at Cornwall Council.

The Outdoor Fitness Equipment at Wheal Jewel Playing Field is now completed. Have you tried it? It is your chance to improve your fitness at no cost! There is something at Wheal Jewel for all ages.

The Household Waste Recycling Facility at United Downs is open so residents are still be able to use the facility with their cars. However, from 01 February, there will be restrictions on the size of vehicles allowed on the site. Leaflets are being handed out at the site to explain this.

United Downs Landfill Site Since the closure of the landfill site the heavy traffic along the main road through Scorrier and Tregullow has reduced considerably.

Household Refuse Collection Please do not put your rubbish out for collection earlier than necessary to avoid litter being scattered around the streets by birds and animals ripping open the bags. In some places rubbish is being put out on Fridays for Monday collection.

Your Guide to Organising a Street Party or Fete A new step by step guide on to how hold a community event has been published online. The guide, which includes one simple form to let a local authority know about planned activities, can be downloaded from www.info4local.gov.uk/filter/?item=1700510 Such events will no longer be policed and organisers need to ensure they are competent by attending one of the courses being held by Cornwall Council.

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What’s on You can promote local events and organisations with the new Cornwall online events directory on www.cornwall.gov.uk.

The new directory brings together all of the old online events systems in one place, making it quicker and easier to find out what‘s going on in your area or to tell people about local groups and activities.

If you register online as a user, you can add and update your events and organisation details whenever you want.

Further information on initiatives from Cornwall Council is available on their Web Site and from One Stop Shops (The nearest is opposite the Railway Station at Redruth).

Police The phone number for our local team for non-urgent messages is 01209 202324 but this number is not staffed continuously; matters reported on this number are not be added to the crime statistics. For real emergencies dial 999 but for other matters 08452 777444.

Chairman John Newcombe 820841

Clerk Steve Edwards 821829

Police Report Firstly we would like to start by congratulating the community. The number of calls the police have received regarding incidents in St Day over the past quarter has reduced dramatically in comparison to the previous year. There has also been a significant reduction in reported crime and anti socialbBehaviour. As you would have heard in the press, the Police budget has been cut and as a result there will be a number of changes taking place to the structure of the force. At this time we are still unsure as to how this will affect the policing in St Day. If any parishioners wish to speak with the neighbourhood Policing Team, please do not hesitate to contact us on the numbers below.

For urgent police assistance dial 999. For non-urgent police assistance dial 08452

777444

For crime stoppers call 0800 555111. For general points of local concern dial 01209

202324 and leave a message.

PC 6976 Stuart CHURCH – Neighbourhood Beat Manager

PCSO 30403Karen MORLEY PCSO 30043 Paul FERRIS

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St. Day‘s Fourth

Midwinter Lantern

Celebration

Let’s make March a month to

remember!

This years event is planned for Friday

March 4th, and we hope that you will all

be able to come and celebrate St.

Piran’s eve. It is expected to be another

magical event, consisting of lanterns,

music and refreshments. As usual the

event will start at the Clock Tower at

7pm and we are hoping again to be

able to parade around the village, calling in at the Old Church and

finishing up at the School, where you will be able to view all the art -

work made during last year’s Day - Light project.

For the past 3 years this event has been organized by Clare and Kim, but

this year there will be greater community involvement, and as part of

that we are planning a big lantern build on Sat 26th Feb, to which all are

invited to come and build a giant St. Piran puppet lantern. (Look out for

details of this in Clare’s window - 6 Church Street.)

If you would like to be involved either making lanterns, baking a cake,

providing some entertainment, putting up posters, setting up on the day

or help with stewarding, we would love to hear from you.

[email protected] 821684

[email protected] 820027

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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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These things have been in St. Day and Gwennap

by Richard R Blewett Part VIII (cont)

Poverty and the Poor Law – first published in February, 1963

When visitors from the outer world beyond the Tamar and over the seven seas come to St Day we proudly tell them of the Saturday night markets of a century or more ago, of the crowded streets of what was nothing more than a big village, of the naphtha of flares, of the ‗stanins‘ that lined those streets, of the people from not-very-big Redruth doing their marketing at St Day and all the fun of the fair. It is natural to tell of the glories of one‘s native place, but it was all mere outward appearance – a façade. Behind it all was poverty, hunger, despair, pain and death.

On November 25th, 1837, clothing for the poor included Elizabeth Wasley

who was given shoes for two girls and – guessing is impossible – a door for

her cottage! One might imagine that her husband had built the cottage with

the proceeds of a lucky strike – ‗sturt‘ – after a period of working ‗tribute‘ in

the mine where he worked. Before he had quite finished the building and

was only a door short he was killed. So the Parish Vestry handed her a door

for her cottage! On that same day 19 cases were relieved with gifts of

clothing, five of which were for children only. Ann Williams was given a suit

of clothes for her boy ‗to go to work‘ and pay for Ann was suspended. It was

certainly the boy‘s first job. He was about eight or nine years old. He has the

honour of becoming the breadwinner of the family. Five of the applicants

were refused clothing on account of their having two shillings a week pay.

Furnish your wardrobe out of that! The Vestry had become alarmed that the

cost per head of keeping a pauper alive had increased from 1s 3d (6p) to 2s

2d (11p). There was a certain John Martin who had recently become the

father of a ‗base-child‘. It was a warm day in June, 1836 and the overseers

were sent to John to see if a compromise can be made for the maintenance

of the said ‗base-child‘. They had better take Constable Charles Hawke with

them. The fear of the law is the beginning of wisdom.

In November, 1837, it was decided to move the children from Gwennap

Parish Workhouse to Redruth Union Workhouse. It was the decision of the

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Redruth Board of Guardians and it made the blood of the Gwennap Parish

Vestry rise to fever heat. They threatened to secede from the Redruth Union

of Parishes. Brave language! 23 years later the southern states of the USA

threatened to secede and it led to civil war. If the Vestry‘s threat led to war

between Redruth and St Day it wouldn‘t be the first time as we have already

seen. The Minutes stated that a ‗spirited‘ letter was written to the

Commissioner on reading which I imagine the Commissioner exclaiming,

‗The devil run away with the Gwennap Parish Vestry!‘ Every change brought

protests. In January, 1838, there was another protest and, again to the

Redruth Board of Guardians – ‗that widows with their children receive relief

only in the House, perpetuating pauperism by taking by taking the children

away from the scene of their future employment and the widow from the

kindly assistance of her friends.‘ Still another protest against the building of

one central Union House at Redruth.

On July 17th, 1839, there were 57 applicants for clothing, only 4 of whom

were men. Imagine all those people lined up in front of what is now

Burnwithian Terrace – each must make a personal appearance in order to

be fitted! Only 5 were refused.

In October, 1840, the Workhouse was let by tender for a term of 7 years; the

kitchen apparatus and other sundries were sold. In August, 1842, the tender

of William Isaacs for removing paupers was accepted. It was the law that if

any person coming into a parish from another parish became a derelict and

dependent on the parish of visitation, he or she was to be taken to the place

whence they came, to languish in the home Workhouse till released by

death. William Isaacs would take them back at 5d (2p) a mile to the extent

of 15 miles; 7d (3p) a mile to the extent of 30 miles and 10d (4p) a mile to

the extent of 50 miles. We should be right in concluding that William Isaacs‘

job was a very undesirable one. Margaret Knotwell and her children had left

St Day and gone to Callington to live. She had fallen on evil times and had

become a burden on the Callington poor rate, and she and her children had

to be returned to her native place. At 10d a mile it must have cost £2.10s

(£2.50) to bring her home – a considerable sum of money in 1836.

An interesting minute appears in the Minute Book for February, 1838 –

‗Resolved that the proceeds of the Workhouse Farming Stock be

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appropriated to the payment of the salaries of the Masters and Mistresses of

the parish schools‘. And again in November of that year, ‗The Relieving

Officer must inspect each individual application for clothing … feeling

assured that supplying the poor children who work at the mines with

necessary clothing will be the means of enabling them to continue their

labour during the winter months‘. Amongst the 57 applications for clothing in

July, 1839, Selina Colliver was given bedding for her sick daughter but Sally

Harris was refused help ‗on account of her son having large property‘ – a

‗means test‘ to the second degree.

By December, 1842, disaster was apparent in the Parish. ‗That this Vestry

do earnestly entreat the Board of Guardians to take into their serious

consideration the present unhealthy state of the Parish arising in a great

degree from the want of sufficient food and clothing whereby great numbers

of children are prevented from following their daily labour and their families

reduced to a wretched state of poverty and sickness‘. In May, 1846, a large

quantity of bread sent from Redruth for the paupers was of very inferior

quality. The bread was returned and money was given to the paupers

instead. In September the Vestry discussed the problem of ‗how to collect

the poor rate from the paupers inhabiting houses‘ – paupers whose ‗parish

pay‘ was 2s 2d (11p) a week, with no grant of clothing! Where were they

supposed to dwell? In a wooden shed in the back garden? In July, 1847, it

was discovered that certain paupers were in possession of smallholdings,

whatever the prefix ‗small‘ might mean. The Vestry spent some time in

‗considering whether it is advisable to compel them to sell their property or

enforce the rates on the said premises‘. To the people with imagination of

the modern Welfare State this should provide some shocks. It seems as if

one generation must be crucified that later generations may enter into

resurrection, for the social history of the first half of the 19th century in the

parish of Gwennap and the township of St Day is the story of the crucifixion

of two generations whilst men like Collan Harvey with his great ‗truck shop‘

in Fore St (now Williams Court) and his great house next door – Carew

House – with a wine cellar capable of holding 5,000 bottles, instead of being

crucified with the thieves, flourished in luxury. The story of the climax of

tragedy has yet to be told. It must await the next issue. In the meantime

there are some loose ends of past articles to be tied.

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Who murdered Loveday Lean? The problem was never solved. On

Wednesday, March 27th, 1839, the judge at the Bodmin Assizes told the

grand jury that the evidence did not sufficiently point to any person as to

induce him to charge anyone whatever and it was left in a state of

uncertainty. ‗Where that was that case‘, he said, ‗it was very often the duty

of the magistrates to enter into a further enquiry and to endeavour, if

possible, to unravel the mystery; for there was nothing that distinguished

this country so predominantly, above all others, as the fact that no person

could die a violent death without the most minute enquiry into the cause of

death. I have examined all the depositions taken before the magistrates and

it was a case of circumstances and circumstances only, and the mystery

should remain in the hands of Providence‘. The bill of indictment was

withdrawn by the grand jury so Jesse Lean was saved from the humiliation

of appearance before a Common Jury and returned a freeman to Trevarth.

He came back to his work at Wheal Jewell Mine and was welcomed by his

workmates. The excitement died a natural death, fear of the night subsided

at Trevarth and eventually the memory of the tragic events faded into

oblivion – until, on a day in 1934, more than a century after the murder – the

minutes of the Gwennap Parish Vestry were examined and the legend of

Loveday Lean came into recorded history. For her, let us say, ‗Requiescat in

pace‘. News of the murder and the consequent events occupied 2 columns

of the ‗West Briton‘ of the period, a most unusual amount of space for an

event of that class and an indication of the wide interest caused throughout

West Cornwall in the ‗Gwennap Murder Case‘.

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Spring Newsletter

Children at Sunny Days really enjoyed the cold and snowy weather. We

have made lots of outings to the field, albeit sometimes very short visits

(Brrr). We have enjoyed lots of active games as well as bug and treasure

hunts as the weather has begun to warm up.

As Christmas approached we shared our

excitement and ‘wrote’ letters to Father

Christmas for ourselves and our families. We

watched the St Day and Carharrack School

Nativity and had our Christmas Party at St Day Chapel. We created

Christmas decorations and role played the nativity story - with lots of

babies named Jesus.

This term our role play area in pre-school has been

converted into a cottage hospital. In the nursery room

we have been having lots of messy play and discovering

how to explore using all our senses.

We have purchased a range of large books and rhyme books

through kind donations raised at the St Day General Store.

These books have proved extremely popular. Thank you to

everyone who donated.

As the term goes on we will be starting to grow things and have already

started to prepare the beds and containers.

Sunny Days is a happy, busy nursery. If you would like to find out more

about us please contact Bobby or Rachel on 01209 281868 or call in.

Sunny Days Nursery

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New Vicar for St. Day

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”

This is a well known quotation from Dickens‘ novel, a ‗Tale of Two Cities‘, and it has been in my mind over the last few months. These months have been exciting and very affirming for me personally. The Bishop of Truro and people from eight local congregations have asked me to become ‗Priest-in-Charge‘ of a new cluster of churches. St Day with Carharrack are two of these churches and one early pleasure after my licensing at St Piran‘s, Carharrack will be the service of welcome at St Day on Wednesday 26th January 2011. I will take my first Sunday service at St Day on Sunday 30th January 2011. I have enjoyed meeting people from all these churches and my wife Yvonne, and I look forward to getting to know you all over the next few months. It has been for me, in many ways, the ‗best of times‘.

However, to take on this new responsibility, I have retired from my former profession as a dentist working for the Primary Care Trust Dental Service. Since my ordination, I have worked four days a week in Redruth, treating people who present with a problem and do not have their own dentist. It has been very rewarding professionally and I have worked with a great team of colleagues. So the build up to Christmas and then my last day as a dentist on New Year‘s Eve, were emotional, and in some ways, the ‗worst of times‘ for me.

The new cluster of churches comprises, alphabetically, Chacewater, Devoran, Feock, Gwennap, Perran-ar-Worthal, St Day with Carharrack and Stithians. Six of these churches have been in vacancy for some time, and my appointment, together with a colleague, Tony Neal, ends a period of uncertainty. And for you at St Day and Carharrack? Until quite recently you had your own priest living in the village. You have a distinctive and valued Anglo-Catholic tradition. Previous year perhaps ‗the best of times‘? Now you have a new priest, resident elsewhere, with wider responsibility, from a different church background and I expect you understandably wonder what the future will hold? Bishop Tim tells us - we are to ‗Discover the Kingdom and Grow the Church‘.

I have been meeting with my colleague priests and readers who serve across the cluster. I have met with retired clergy and lay people who have helped keep the churches vibrant in vacancy. I have met your Church Wardens, Annette and Sue, and I have met many of your PCC members. I feel confident that together, we can move forward positively and succeed in our shared calling to make known the love of God as shown in Christ Jesus. Dickens includes in the above quotation the following: ―it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.‖ One priest responsible for eight congregations is a big job, a ‗winter of despair‘ without the wider involvement of all God‘s people. As we move into 2011, I pray we shall experience the ‗spring of hope‘ - the shared hope that we have in a God who is able to make all things work for good for those who love Him.

Every Blessing - Peter Knobs Rev Dr Peter Knobs, 01209 842005, [email protected]

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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 equipment that is there

was well past its sell by date years ago and the Action 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 Neighbourhood Community Chest Grant Fund, Lt. Comdr. J Mills, the

St Day Jubilee 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 involved.

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

exhibited at St Day & Carharrack School to be commented on by the pupils 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 understand 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 monster 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.

Action St Day is moving on from the play area and will be keeping up the

litter picking, bulb planting and etc. and the Annual General Meeting will be

at the St Day Community Centre (committee room) on Tuesday the 11th of

October at 7.30 pm. Everybody in St Day is a member of ASDG and this an

opportunity to take part in the action. It has been said “what action ?” but

the play area project shows that, like a swan, “it‟s quiet and serene on the

surface but paddling like mad underneath !” It would be very nice to see a

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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America. MARIA: Here it is. TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ? CLASS: Maria. ____________________________________ TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables. __________________________________________ TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?' GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L' TEACHER: No, that's wrong GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it. ____________________________________________ TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water? DONALD: H I J K L M N O. TEACHER: What are you talking about? DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O. __________________________________ TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago. WINNIE: Me! __________________________________________ TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty? GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are. _______________________________________ The person to blame for these is Steve Edwards! Can you do better? Why not send us yours?

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