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St Martin-By-Looe
NewsPublished and funded bySt Martin-By-Looe Parish Council Mar/Apr 2010
Parish Council UpdatePlanning Applications
Applications for the construction of a specialist disabled-useholiday cottage at Higher Treveria, No Man’s Land, an extensionto the bungalow at Cosy Nook, Cliff Valley Farm, St Martin’s andthe construction of 20 affordable/local needs houses at landadjacent to The Coach House, Shortacross, Widegates were allconsidered by the Parish Council during the January meeting;none were received in February.
DonationsRequests from Tanya’s Courage Trust, supporting young peo-ple with cancer in Cornwall and The Cornwall Blind Association,resulted £50 being donated to each organisation.
Police ReportSince the last report dated 3rd December 2009, a total of 94crimes have been reported within the area covered by LooeNeighbourhood Team. One of the crimes, (unauthorised takingof a motor vehicle) was reported within the Parish. On January15th 2010 two searches under MUDA were carried out at twoaddresses in East Looe. Two females were arrested for posses-sion of a class A drug. PCSO DAVE BILLING 30281
Salt Bins at MillendreathA request has been made for the Parish Council to supply twosalt bins for Millendreath; approval has been sought from Corn-wall Council and a decision should be made in the summer.
Meeting DatesYou are always welcome to attend the Parish Council Meetings.The next meetings are March 4th and April 1st. Public participa-tion is welcome before the meeting starts.
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Tredinnick Farm Shop& Tea Rooms
Widegates, Near Looe, Cornwall
Local Fruit and VegetablesFresh meat
Farm scrumpy, beers and winesHome made preserves and local honeyFresh bread, cakes, pasties and pies
Organic Cornish Ice Creams
Open 7 days per week9am - 6pm Monday - Saturday
0am - 5pm SundayTel: 01503 240992
Signposted on the A387 between Hessenfordand Looe
Under new management.
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Looe Police Station contact number.If you need to contact your local Police Station you can use thenumber below:
01503 266173If there is no one available to answer your call please leave a mes-
sage and a member of the team will contact you on their return.
We want 40 - on the B3253 through No Man’s Land!
To report a crime, or for informationand advice:
08452 777444Emergency
999
A date has been set for a friendly protest meeting to be held nearBindown Stores on Saturday 10th April 2010 from 11.00 to 12.00(The Saturday after Easter). This has the blessing of the localPolice and the Cornish Times have been invited. The County willbe told as well as our MP.From what I understand, the original plan was for a 40 mph limitto be introduced but this was lost in translation when the mapsand contractors got to work. This is a dangerous stretch of roadand I think that since the 50 mph speed limit was introduced it hasencouraged people to drive faster through this area.At least 3 times a week I walk my dog early in the morning to buymy papers from Bindown stores. I put my life and my dog at riskto try and safely cross this road. On the dark mornings I wear ahigh visibility jacket in the hope of not being run over. I heard onelocal resident say at a local Parish Council meeting that he hadbeen hit by a lorry on 3 separate occasions. Will we have to havea fatality on our hands to get the speed limit reduced or wouldCornwall Council like BLOOD on their hands?Please support me on 10.04.10. You can contact me, RossFisher, on 07810 865599 call or text, Fax 269292 or by emailon [email protected]
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R J REYNOLDSPLUMBING & HEATING Ltd
Phone 01503 240520Mobile 07968741805 / 07843565852
All types of plumbing and heating,Oil, Natural gas LPG. lead work Underfloorheating, landlords certificates/ Gas safety
checks, Boiler servicing.
1 Bucklawren Road, St Martins, Looe,Cornwall, PL13 1QS
St Martin- By- Looe news
Bucklawren Big Breakfast successWe wish to thank all those who contributed to a very successfulday at the Big Breakfast event at Bucklawren on 30th January.The sun shone and we served 260 breakfasts and raised £3860for charity. Rotary Shelter Box will benefit by a staggering £2156,St Martins Church, Looe by £1254 and Children’s Hospice SouthWest by £450. A big thank you to all who came to support theevent or made donations and to those helpers from Cornish FarmHolidays and the Rotary Club of Looe Valley who made the dayrun very smoothly. Robert and Jean Henly
Calling All BookwormsHistory, biography, war, romance orpulp fiction! Whatever your taste in liter-ature, just come and introduce us to it.I have no idea how to run a ‘proper’bookclub but I have an available livingroom and loads of tea and coffee, sohow about giving me a ring and we cansee what comes next!Alison Swann, Penvith Barns, 01503240772.
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Set in the rolling Cornish countryside just 2 miles east ofLooe, the Bucklawren Granary Restaurant offers a superb
setting to hold any occasion, from dining out, special occasions, private functions, business meetings &
weddings.
All our meals are freshly prepared to order using thefinest local produce!
Why not our try our new Steakhouse menu, where youcan enjoy a wide variety of the finest produce in ourseason changing menus, prepared to order by ourestablished chefs, with a selection of home-made
desserts readily available.
Mother’s Day is just around the corner & we at theGranary are offering our renowned Sunday
Carvery, 1 course £6.95, 2 course £9.95 & 3course £11.95, bookings essential!
The Granary Restaurant is holding its first Wedding Fayre on Sunday March 7th from 11.00am – 4.00pm.
Come along & view our wonderful venue & meet with alllocal exhibitors to cater all aspects of your special day!
Tel; 01503 240778 orEmail; [email protected]
www.granaryrestaurant.co.uk
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Has your house not sold,but still want to move?Why not let it through
FISHER MANAGEMENT19 years experience inProperty Management
01503 262400
The Friends ofKilminorth
Woods, EventsMARCH Sun 14Wood WatchWalk and LitterPick. Tidying thewood for spring.Open to all.10.30am start atthe Millpool Gate.All welcome.APRIL Sun 11Buds, Bonnetsand Bows EasterWood WatchWalk. Come in anEaster bonnet ormake your own atthe event. Prizesfor the best!10.30am start atthe Millpool Gate.All welcome.For more informationplease email the secre-tary on:[email protected]
This is your Parish magazine and should contain as much local contentas possible, therefore the next edition will contain a section (dependanton you) devoted to special occasions:Birthdays, Births, Anniversaries, Marriages,in fact anything YOU WANT TO SHOUT ABOUT,
it’s FREE.....simply let me know. Send your messages to me:Charles Hyde, 8 Trelawny Road, Menheniot, Liskeard PL14 3TS e-
mail [email protected]. Deadline April 20th 2010.
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Dear ResidentsOn Saturday the 20th February, 2010 I attended the BarrattHomes consultation day at Looe Community School regarding thehomes that will be built in the area behind the school and Church-lands.This site has been on the local plan for some time and was agreedby the old Caradon District Council. It went through a publicinquiry when it was agreed that this area could hold 170 newhomes and land for employment.My belief is that this is not the ideal site because of the difficultiesof access to and from the land which will come off the B3252St.Martins Road but I will work to deal with this to make it as safeas possible.During the pre-planning discussions I have highlighted the follow-ing issues:-* Overpowering the local sewage works* Capacity of the local doctor’s surgery and dentist* Jobs* Amenities such as allotments and community space.All of these need to be dealt with in this pre-planning stage andmy reason for not staying at the consultation was to not influenceyour view, as I know many attended and I hope you had your say?This is probably the largest increase that this community has hadin many years and I know you will have concerns and if you havenot already voiced them then let me know as I will put themforward for you.
Pot holes...pot holesI now need to ask for your help, I am trying to build a log of all thepot holes in the local roads so I can call on the local maintenanceteam to come into the area and carry out repairs, please call
01503 264823or e mail [email protected].
Councillor Armand Toms cc Looe East and St Martins
Councillor Armand Toms
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General enquiries (and all services) 0300 1234 100Children, schools and families 0300 1234 101Libraries 0300 1234 111Benefits 0300 1234 121Adult care and support 0300 1234 131Refuse and recycling 0300 1234 141Planning 0300 1234 151Housing 0300 1234 161Council tax and business rates 0300 1234 171Registration services 0300 1234 181Trading standards 0300 1234 191Environmental management 0300 1234 202Environmental health & licensing 0300 1234 212Roads, transport and parking 0300 1234 222Fire and community safety 0300 1234 232
Gettingin touch
No Man’s Land Memorial Hall Committee
It is with regret that we have to inform the residents of HollandRoad that there are no more car parking spaces available to rent.Cornwall Council have been informed, so if you do experienceproblems parking your car in the village please contact CornwallCouncil; as most of you are aware the car park is private propertyand people visiting the hall for functions, events etc must havepriority. If you have paid for using the car park, don’t worry you cancontinue to do so, if you haven’t paid please do not use the carpark.
Dates for your diary. Friday 26th March Easter Bingo, 8pm Saturday 20th March Spring Show
Whist Drives every Wednesday 7.30pmYoga every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, contact Maria
263505, Thursdays contact Fiona 230552.
There will be NO JUMBLE SALES in February and March but we are still collecting Bric-a-brac, books, clothes etc,
contact 01503 240650.
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History SnippetWhat goes around comes around! History repeats itself! I was bemusedat a television programme extolling to virtues of a new concept ineco-living – an earth closet! An earth closet is now regarded as a “must”in our eco-bio-degradable sustainable organic world. I was pleased tosee that the thing was built down wind of the dwelling and that therewere seven acres in which to recycle the contents!Earth closets were good fun. Grandfather had one. It was built againstthe back wall of the cottage and you went up steps to the throne roomand chose one of the three holes in the lid and hoped there was a supplyof torn-up Farmer’s Weekly threaded on the nail at the side. EachSunday morning Grandad would dig two buckets of earth from histrench, lift the lid and bury the business of the week. Good Friday wasthe day the side doors below were opened and trench re-filled ready forthe runner beans.Not everyone had an earth closet. Cottages by streams had a privyoverhanging the water – a nightmare for a small child! Great AuntGladys up Cheriton Bishop had a bridge across a brook with a three-holer on the crest. With our war-time lingo we would shout “bombsaway’! As a privy it wasn’t that private as you could go down the bankand look up! The more modern concept built into early 20th centurydwellings was the chemical closet – the Alsan – which had a seat overa pail. The pail had disinfectant in it which made oily patterns on thesurface and smelt. Uncle Charlie used to empty his under the hedge tokeep the ditch clean! In towns the night-soil cart would come round toempty pails and provide manure for local nurserymen- - not unlike thelavender carts of today. There were always strict laws about emptyingprivies. You couldn’t throw it in the road and at one time you had to keepurine for the nitreman to make gunpowder – by law!I found a curious reference to local sanitary aspirations in the old schoolrecords. In 1892 the Parochial School Committee were sanctioningfunds to build a privy at Mrs Symons’ cottage. This had little to do witheducational standards and a lot to do with keeping Mrs Symons sweet!The building was to be 5ft long and 6ft broad. Wood was ordered for acabinet 6ft x 3ft x 2ft4ins. The budget was £4.But Mrs Symons and the proud new owners of the eco-earth closetshould be aware that outside lavvies were never places to visit in badweather or after dark. Perhaps there will be a surge in sales of thechamber pot! Ah! Fond memories of the early days when we all had anen-suite! Jenny Wallis
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Purely Cornish NewsAdvertiser’s Announcement
Purely Cornish are on the move and, in keeping with our policy of the‘Farm Shop that cares about Food Miles’, we are not going far andhave secured the lease on the Ex Threshers Wine Store in ForeStreet, East Looe.The opportunity to move to a high profile location that can betterserve both locals and visitors is a great opportunity for us to continueour commitment to keeping business local. It is a tough commercialworld out there at the moment but we have proved that ‘local’ doessell if done well. We will be closing the Farm Shop and the Deli andconsolidating into the one large new premises enabling a very solidbusiness base to continue our expansion of the Purely Cornishbusiness.The extra space will allow us to run workshops for local producers toassist them to understand what it takes to actually sell their product.Workshops will cover topics such as how to create a marketingpromotion for retail, factors to consider with labelling, packaging andpoint of sale, and legal requirements for trade descriptions as it is nogood having the best, most delicious product in the world if a retailercan’t put it on their shelves or it is not going to get noticed byshoppers.Bring this article to our official opening on Easter Saturday
3 April at 12 noon and claim a 10% on any purchase.
Holiday Activities in Cornwall
Check availability and bookon-line for: Horse Riding,Coasteering, Surfing, 4x4,Canoeing, Paddle Boarding,
plus much more.
www.activecornwall.co.uk
Local Farm Shop and Deli
Help to preserve choice. Buy local and support local
Cornish producers
18 Fore Street East Looe
www.purelycornish.co.uk
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50-plus volunteering opportunity,
Many of you will know that for several years, Point Europa hasbeen offering volunteering opportunities for young people to ex-pand their horizons in Europe.In 2010, we are also able to offer places to the over fifties to sharetheir skills and life experience on an expenses paid volunteerplacement abroad. This exciting new project “Senior Volunteer-ing” begins this summer when the first group of senior Europeanvolunteers arrives in Cawsand. The group, from France, will workwith young people and migrant workers and in various settings inthe local community.In the autumn, we will be sending the first volunteers from the UKto France and there will be future exchanges with Sicily. We arelooking for participants from the local area. If you think you maybe interested, please call Jane Riggs on 01752 822444 for moredetails.Point Europa are also offering free “Skills for Life” training onvarious dates throughout February and March in Millbrook. It is agreat opportunity to help improve your English and Maths skillsand can help with managing work or life in general. For moreinformation or to book places, contact Tricia Stubberfield on01752 829414.Rame Kids Club and the Millbrook Charity Shop continue to behugely successful. Numbers are increasing at the After SchoolClub and the activities on offer to the children now include classesin French and computer studies.The charity shop in Millbrook is doingfantastically and we are recruitingnew volunteers all the time. Of coursewe are always grateful for your dona-tions. The shop was recently de-scribed by a local resident as “aninvaluable part of the community”. Forinformation on Rame Kids Club or thecharity shop, please contact Michelleon 01752 829414.
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C J BUILDERSGENERAL BUILDINGBrick & Block work, plastering,
patios and paving.
The list is endless
FREE ESTIMATESCALL ON 01503 240821
Ingredients :1 Cup Sugar2 EggsHalf Cup MilkOne and a half Tbls Cocoa100gm melted Butter1 tsp Baking Soda1 tsp Vanilla EssencePinch SaltOne & half Cups Flour1 & half tsp Baking PowderHalf tsp coffee in half cup of boiling water
How to Prepare :Mix all dry ingredients together. Add cooled melted Butter. Beat ineggs and add vanilla essence. Make up coffee and add Baking SodaMix together well. Pour mixture into sprayed round baking tin andbake at 175-180c for 40 mins. Leave to cool and ice with chocolateicing.This recipe can be doubled and baked in a Roasting DishDisclaimer:The recipe above has been supplied by a member of the public and has not beenindividually tested by FreeRecipes.co.nz. FreeRecipes.co.nz does not accept anyliability in relation to publication of this recipe. - Admin
Moist Chocolate Cake recipe
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Great British Fish and Chip Supper – 21st May 2010
Want to do something different? Want to raise money where youlive or work? Want to eat Fish and Chips, while raising money forcharity? Hold a fish and chip supper on Friday 21st May 2010whilst raising awareness of spinal cord injury and supporting SIA’sinformation and support services.You can hold a fish and chip supper in your own home, at work orhold a larger supper at your local community centre.SIA will provide a fundraising pack containing hints and tips,recipes, invitations and donation envelopes. By inviting 7 friendsand asking them to donate an additional £5.00 means you willraise at least £35.00 from your supper but we will also give youadditional fundraising ideas to raise even more money for SIA.Last year we had over 80 suppers taking part in England andWales. In 2010 we want to double that figure and ensure we canprovide more support to spinal cord injured people.The money raised from the suppers will help the Spinal InjuriesAssociation offer support to individuals who become paralysedand their families, from the moment a spinal injury occurs, and forthe rest of their lives by providing services and publications whichenable and encourage paralysed people to lead independent lives.Every year in the UK over 1,000 people experience a spinal cordinjury and there are an estimated 40,000 spinal cord injuredpeople in the UK alone.Community Fundraising Officer, Elizabeth Wright, says, “The Fishand Chip Supper is a wonderful opportunity for a great eveningwith friends and family. We are also encouraging people who workto hold a Fish and Chip Lunch in their work places to raise evenmore funds. You may be even a local community group wantingto run a fun evening with your group.Be a part of something special and make a real difference to helpspinal cord injured people gain access to the information andsupport they need to enable them to live full and independent lives.”For more information or request a fundraising pack call ElizabethWright on 0845 6786633 etn 229 or [email protected] or visit www.spinal.co.uk
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Parish Councillors contact details:Chairman Robert Henly 01503 240738
Vice-Chair Kim Smith 01503 262269Councillors:
Roberta Powley 01503 240650Barbara Reynolds 01503 240520
Ron Matthews 01503 262845Lynne Burt 01503 240383Mike Elford 01503 265922
Clerk: Charles Hyde 01579 [email protected]
Fully Stocked for all your groceryrequirements at sensible prices
INCLUDING
Beers, Wines and Spirits
ALSO
Daily & Sunday Newspapers
OPENING HOURSMonday to Saturday, 7am - 6pm
Sunday 8am - 2pmElaine & Martin look forward to seeing you soon.
Tel: 01503 240840
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The depths of winter are over and spring is starting to creep intothe garden. Tips of bulbs can be seen peeping through the soil –a sure sign that spring is on its way. This is a turning point forgardeners everywhere as it means we can get back outside anddo what we love.But don’t be too hasty. A couple of warm spring days and it’stempting to buy, dig and plant before all danger of frost haspassed. Be sure that there are no more frosts forecast or you runthe risk of losing your tender plants. Instead concentrate ontidying and preparation.Spring can be split into two gardening periods: early spring andlate spring. There is no clear line between the two, but once dayslengthen and there’s more sunlight and warmth on the ground youcan feel confident that it’s nearly time to plant out your preciousseedlings.As each spring day passes and the daffodils, tulips and crocusesbloom the garden will become alive again. Blossom will suddenlyappear and birds and insects will reappear. Enjoy the awakeningof the new gardening year!
Jobs for Spring*Rake and aerate the lawn and remove any debris to allow it tobreathe.*Tidy borders and weed, weed, weed! Getting rid of the weedsnow will stop them self-seeding.*Don’t be tempted to dig and turn the soil until it is dry enough.*Sow seeds – hardy outside and non-hardy in a propagator orgreenhouse.*When the ground warms plant or move any shrubs before theycome into bud.*Prepare the vegetable garden for all the succulent vegetablesDig the soil and add compost and manure
Spring Gardeningarticle courtesy www.gardenguide-uk.co.uk
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GreatDaffodil
WalkSunday 11th April 2010 - 10.30am
At The National Trust’s Cotehele EstateSt Dominick, Saltash
5km or 10km walkEntry £10
(includes entry into thehouse)
Prize draw for walkers whoraise over £50 in sponsorship
Entry forms are available by calling the Marie Curie Cancer Care Fundraising Office
on 01872 260 500 or [email protected]
By kind permission of The National Trust
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Delivery ServiceAvailable
Purely Cornish Farm Shop, St Martin-By-LooePLENTY OF FREE PARKING
Tel: 01503 263898Flowers for all occasions: weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, Special days,
funerals, hand tied aquapack and arrangements made to order,champagne and chocolates.
Personal consultations for weddings.Ready made “grab ‘n’ go” bouquets from only £5.
Open Monday to Friday, 9am - 4.30pm & Saturday 9am - 1pm.www.stemsflorist-looe.co.uk [email protected]
Is it dangerous to use the phone while driving?A few St Martin’s drivers use their mobile phone while drivingespecially on Bucklawren Road. However, this can be bad forroad safety. Motorists can be physically distracted if they drive avehicle and operate a mobile phone simultaneously.However, the greatest danger is cognitive distraction because thedriver needs to concentrate on both driving and phoning. Theability to divide one's attention between simultaneous tasks islimited, thus leading to possible dangerous situations. For exam-ple, it can result in drivers not noticing pedestrians in time, brakingtoo late, or not adapting adequately to awkward traffic situationssuch as slipperiness. Mobile phone users have a greater chanceof being involved in a crash, but this increased crash rate is notexclusively due to mobile phoning: mobile phone users also weartheir seatbelt less and show risky behaviour such as drink-drivingand speeding more frequently.
Be warned, extra Police checks have beenrequested.
Using the mobile phone while driving
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EcowarmthAdvertiser’s Announcement
Another hard winter has shown up many new cases of inadequateand/or expensive heating systems and together with the need toreduce our individual carbon footprint, different and more controllabletypes of heating are required.The Ecowarmth range of electric radiators utilising the exclusive“Intelligent Thermostat with Power Management Sytem” (PMS) pro-vides a very affordable and controllable heating system for all typesof properties.The recent two hard winters have provided many power surges,which can negatively affect German made thermostats not designedfor such fluctuations, whereas the Ecowarmth thermostatic control isespecially designed to cope with such problems prevalent in ruralareas of the UK. It is manufactured by Teddington Electronics of St.Austell who also supply rugged yet sensitive control systems for theMOD.
Ecowarmth are therefore proud to have the slogan:“Germany Technology fine tuned by Cornish Engineering”
The Ecowarmth Intelligent Thermostat is now available as a WIFIDigital control version where one central controller (with or withoutprogrammable timer) can control a large number of radiators. TheEcowarmth system still allows individual manual turning down of theheat in rooms where a different heat level is required to the mainliving areas, because we leave the manual control in place. This hasthe added advantage of automatically taking over the control of theheat should the central controller have a defect. All other systems donot have this feature and so if the central controller is defect then,“sorry no heat”!Recent independent tests of the Ecowarmth heating system by aUKAS accredited laboratory confirm the low energy use for Ecow-armth radiators. Unfortunately for the public many other companiesmake claims which are not backed up by independent tests. Whowould you rely on? So “Plug in and Warm Up” with Ecowarmth,secure in the knowledge that you have a top quality product providingcosy controllable warmth with affordable running costs in a guaran-teed reliable manner and from a local family company company whoare passionate about customer service. Ecowarmth - finalist in the2009 DEBI Environmental Awards. www.ecowarmth-sw.com
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BE SMART - SAVE ENERGY - SAVE MONEY3 Radiator package from £2,147 – 5 Radiator Package from £3,342Contact Ecowarmth on 0800 027 3799 for a free
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* Contact us too if you want a copy of the summary of the test report
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Events DiaryRegular events in the Memorial Hall
Other Dates and Events
Disclaimer: St Martin-By-Looe Parish Council and the editors will try to report accuratelyat the time of publication and require similar factual accuracy from contributors. Weaccept no responsibility for any views expressed by contributors or advertisers in thispublication. Editor Charles Hyde 01579 340905.
Good quality jumble and bric-a-brac always required,collection can be arranged. Call Roberta on 01503 240650
EveryMonday
Line Dancing7.30pmYoga
Contact Maria01503 263505
Every Tuesday
Stretch & Tonefor the over 50’s
10am - 11amYoga
EveryWednesdayMother and
toddler group9.30am,
Emma 01503 240497Whist Club,
7.30pmYoga
EveryThursday
Art1.30pm -3.30pm
March 2-7 Cancer Research Annual Exhibition and Sale of Art & Craft. The Public Hall, Liskeard. 01579 342821March 4th Parish Council Meeting, Memorial Hall, 7.30pmMarch 5th St. Piran’s DayMarch 7th Wedding Fayre 11- 4, Bucklawren Granary RestaurantMarch 14th Wood Watch Walk and Litter Pick. See pg 6March 14th Mothering SundayMarch 17th St .Patrick’s DayMarch 26th Easter Bingo, 8pm, Memorail HallMarch 20th Spring Show, Memorial HallMarch 28th British Summer time beginsMarch 28th Monkey Sanctuary opensApril 1st Parish Council Meeting, Memorial Hall, 7.30pmApril 2 - 5th EasterApril 10th B3253 Speed Protest meet at 11am Bindown StoresApril 11th Great Daffodil Walk, 10.30am, at The National Trust’s Cotehele Estate, St Dominick, Saltash,April 11th Buds, Bonnets & Bows Easter Walk, See pg 6April 23rd St. George’s Day
