August 2010

St. Day Newsletter

Issue No.32 August 2010 Published by Action St.Day

and St.Day Parish Council

In this Issue New Fitness

Equipment

Parish Council News

Local History

Sunny Days Nursery

Pensioners Club

Pop In

Dial a Ride

Copy date for November issue is

1st November. Send in your

Christmas Events and let everyone know about them!

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Saved by Spanish Hospital Ship Following a heart attack at sea Many people will know Kevin Bennets—this article is reprinted from the West Briton website.

A Cornish fisherman who suffered a heart attack far out at sea has told how a state-of-the-art floating hospital attached to a Spanish fishing fleet saved his life. Kevin Bennetts was on board the Newlyn-based boat Ben Loyal while on an expedition hunting for tuna 320 miles off the coast of Land's End. The 18-metre vessel was just two days into its trip when Mr Bennetts started suffering from severe chest pains and breathing difficulties. Having recently undertaken a first aid course, he quickly realised that he was suffering from a heart attack. Skipper Quentin Knights immediately contacted Falmouth Coastguard, but as the boat was fishing more than 100 miles outside of the operating limits of support from helicopters at RNAS Culdrose, near Helston, the future looked bleak for Mr Bennetts. However, Mr Bennetts reckoned without the high-tech help accompanying the Spanish fishing fleet, which at the time was also searching for lucrative tuna nearby. Just 17 miles north of the Ben Loyal, master of the Spanish hospital ship, Juan de la Cosa offered assistance and within 40 minutes a Spanish doctor and nurse were aboard the Cornish boat with an ECG monitor and oxygen. Mr Bennett, who had already taken some aspirin in a bid to improve his chances, was then strapped to a stretcher and transferred on to the Spanish ship. "I remembered that aspirin was a vital first aid measure in such circumstances so I had already taken the recommended dose," he said. Despite being in pain, Mr Bennetts was able to recall the transfer by a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) during a fairly hefty swell. Airport before being transferred to a hospital in Limerick. Kevin is now at home recovering.

We wish you a speedy recovery, Kevin

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St.Day Launderette

12 Church Street, Tel. 01209 820280 Service washes—

Double loaders for duvets etc Monday—Saturday 8.30am to 7.00pm

Sundays 9.30am to 3.00pm Ask for Tom or Ray

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MORE SAVINGS FOR ST. DAY RESIDENTS

Oil Club

Residents of St. Day and Carharrack are saving money on heating oil by having deliveries on the same day each

month. They are also helping in a small way to reduce the carbon footprint of the area by reducing the amount of miles

travelled to deliver oil. 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] Deliveries are made on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Action St.Day

“Making St.Day a better place to live and work”

The next meeting of Action St.Day Group will be on Thursday 9th September, 7.30 at the Community Centre. Open top all

members of the community.

Litter Picking

MEET AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, BACK ROOM FOR 1 HOUR’S GENTLE EXERCISE

Saturday

FREE REFRESHMENTS

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New Cornwall Council Dog Control Orders

If you are a dog owner please read the following very carefully:

On 16th July two new dog orders came into force and now apply throughout the county.

Order one basically states that if a dog defecates at any time on land and the person in charge of the dog does not remove the faeces from the land immediately then that person is guilty of an offence. This does not apply if you have the landowner’s permission not to remove it – obviously in your own garden – and those dog owners who are registered blind or with certain disabilities are also exempt.

A fixed penalty notice can be issued for this offence, based on the evidence of a third party provided that the third party is pre-pared to sign a statement to confirm that they saw a person not picking up after their dog has fouled.

Order two states that it is an offence not to keep a dog on a lead in areas where you are required to or if an officer of Corn-wall Council asks you to. A similar fixed penalty notice can be issued for this offence.

There are several routes in St Day which are regular ‘dog walk-ing routes’ and it is noticeable that many dog owners still do not pick up after their dogs – this is clearly giving the majority of dog owners are a bad name. What is worse is that some own-ers are allowing their dogs to run loose on our playing fields and are not picking up after them. Children and sports teams use these playing fields – surely it is not necessary to say more?

If you are a dog owner please act properly and clear up after your dog – there are lots of dog/litter bins around. If you see someone not clearing up after their dog and wish to report them, then the number to call is 0300 1234 212.

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Community Networks

Cornwall Council has set up 19 Community Networks across Cornwall to manage the way that council and other partners deliver their ser-vices. The Community Network that covers Camborne also includes Redruth, Pool, Illogan, Portreath and the Mining Villages of Stithians Lanner, Carharrack, St.Day and Gwennap.

Each of the Community Networks is producing a Community Network Programme that will form the basis of a work plan for Cornwall Council and its partners. The Community Network Programme for the Camborne, Pool, Redruth Community Network contains 4 headline priorities:

The delivery of local affordable housing Maintain and improve the vitality of Towns and Villages Maximise local Employment opportunities Promotion of the areas status as a World Heritage Site to increase visitor numbers

The Programme is in draft form at the moment and we would like peo-ple to read the document and comment on its content. Specifically we would like to know if there is anything missing from the programme or if you agree with the priorities. The Community Network Programme can be found on the Cornwall Council website at http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=17654 or if you would like a paper copy then please ring 01209 614362. Copies of the Community Network Programme can also be obtained from the One Stop Shops in Camborne and Redruth.

Mark James Community Network Manager (Camborne, Redruth & Mining Villages)

St. Day W.I.

Meets at St. Day Church Hall. 7.30pm, every 2nd Wednesday of month

Secretary Marlene Richards Tel 01209 821333

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Sundays First Sunday of the month Family Worship at 10:30 am 6pm Evening Worship Other Sundays 10.30 Informal Worship 10.30 Junior Church 6pm Evening Worship Mondays 9:00 am Prayer meeting (Prayer requests can be left in the prayer box on the Chapel gate) 7:30 pm Fellowship & Bible Study (5 Carew Road, St. Day) Second Monday of every month - Pop In - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - A chance for a soup and sweet lunch, chat and fellowship. Tuesdays 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Bright Hour (a meeting for ladies) 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 organised and details can be found on the Church door or notice board. Contacts Weddings, Christenings & guidance:Rev Danny Reed 01209 217573 Church services & activities: Mr Ralph Gilbert 01209 821100 Junior Church: Mr Steven Pomfrett 07791950980 Hiring contact: Mr Gerald Triggs 01209 821327 Friendly fellowship, transport no problem, Comfortable surroundings, genuine love and support offered to all.

St. Day Methodist Church 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 follow Christ's teaching as a group of believers and individuals. We extend the love of God to all whether regular worshipper, seeker or visitor.

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Holiday Villa to rent in

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people, just 3 minutes walk to safe, sandy beach. at

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bookings ‘phone 01209 820441 or visit our website

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ROOM TO LET Large adaptable room

in Country cottage. Convenient for

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Car parking and garden. Working

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Drop-in for young people in the Community Centre

We will re-start on Friday September 10th, 8-10 pm. Although coming under the banner of the Methodist church, for child security reasons, we need more volunteer helpers so that we can have a rota system operating, we need to have a minimum of three people with at least one of each sex.

The leader of the group is Steve Pomfrett, but you can contact Steve Penny on 01209-820774 if you are interested in helping.

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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 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 ar-range 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 Broderick Ross 822258 George Ross 821927 Clerk to Parish Council

Steve Edwards 821829 Cornwall Councillor

Mark Kaczmarek 211366 Councillor Kaczmarek is now responsible for Planning as well as Hous-ing at Cornwall Council

Council Tax As you are probably aware the Government are cutting the amount of money they are giving Cornwall Council and are also lim-iting increases in Council Tax by the councils. In order to reduce their expenditure Cornwall Council are looking to off-load some of their responsibilities onto the parishes and towns. In some cases they say they will pay the parish to carry out work on their behalf, but we know from experience with footpaths that the money provided is insufficient to carry out the work to a reasonable standard. With the footpaths we are told what must be trimmed and when and the money allocated is based on the length of path to be cut. If the parishes do not take on the work it is likely that even less work will be carried out.

Cornwall Council has prepared a long list of tasks, which they will con-sider handing over to parishes e.g.

Street cleansing (including litter picking, sweeping and grafitti removal)

Weed control

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Maintenance of village verges, ditches and signage Play areas (including maintenance, safety and cleansing) Hedge trimming Sports and recreation facilities Maintenance of public conveniences Cemetery and closed churchyard maintenance Some aspects of event traffic management Some aspects of planning development control Local recycling

At present we receive money to maintain footpaths and the closed part of the old churchyard also a contribution towards the cost of opening the toilets at the Community Centre for public use. We are also commit-ted to maintaining bus shelters and seats. We found that the street sweeping by the former Kerrier Council was inadequate and employed a part time sweeper. It is possible that these grants may be lost or reduced in the coming financial year. Cornwall Council are disposing of buildings which are surplus to their requirements and this includes the Town Clock’ The parish council has decided not to seek to take over any extra ser-vices at the present. The more work is delegated to the parish the greater the load on parish councillors and the clerk who will require paying for increased hours and may need a dedicated office instead of working from home.. This parish levied one of the lowest council taxes in the former Kerrier District. This year we precepted for £12,500, we might find it necessary to increase it by £2000 next year. The government are also proposing that the public can demand a referendum if council tax is increased; if this is applied to parish councils we may find that the cost of the refer-endum is greater than the proposed increase

The Town Clock is being offered to the Parish Council who will then become responsible for its maintenance as a Grade2 Listed Build-ing. This will necessitate an increase in the Council Tax, which is levied by the Parish Council to cover servicing and insurance, and as any large defect will be very costly to repair, it may be prudent to build up reserves to meet the cost. If the Parish Council refuses to take it over then Cornwall Council will put the clock up for sale. The clock might be attractive to a resident who wishes to stop it striking or to turn Market Square into private parking area. The parish council are in negotiations with Cornwall Council to establish the terms and conditions and also what help they can provide. Parish Councillors will be interested to hear resident’s views on this

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matter. The town clock is a prominent structure and St.Day is one of very few villages in Cornwall with such a clock tower, which we think most resi-dents are proud of and would not like to see fall in to disrepair. We al-ready have one listed building, which is virtually derelict, i.e. the Old Church. We have to remember that property prices in an area are deter-mined by people’s perception of the place and a derelict clock tower would create a very bad impression.

Bus Services The Rural Transport Project Officer from Cornwall Council Passenger Transport Unit attended the Community Area Net-work meeting in June, where he made copious notes about the failings of local bus services, which are heavily subsidised by Cornwall Council, across all the parishes. He has promised to take these matters up with bus companies concerned. He also emphasised the need for passen-gers to report any problems either direct to County Hall or on the forms available in the Post Office. The council are looking for alternative op-erators for the bus services who may require a lower subsidy. The 40 and 47 bus services must also be threatened because of the very high level of subsidy required to run the services and the low usage. Residents may be aware that the service to Richard Lander School has be taken over from First and awarded to Summercourt Travel. When the 40 service requires a change of bus at Threemilestone passengers can buy a through ticket from St.Day to Truro and re-turn.

The officer also gave details of 3 schemes to help people in rural areas Cornwall Wheels to Work Mopeds are available to loan to those who have the opportunity of work but where public transport is not suitable For details ring Annette Rule 07795 573 122 Cornwall Wheels to Learn Mopeds or bicycles are available on loan for those aged 16 to 19 to at-tend college if there is no suitable public transport For details ring Annette Rule 07795 573 122 Travel to Doctors Surgeries For details see an advertisement in this newsletter.

Burial Ground Flowers on Graves It is one of the conditions of burial in the Parish Council Burial Ground that, after the initial floral tributes have died away and been removed, flowers are only placed on the headstone and not over the full length of the grave. This is to allow easy access to cut the



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grass and keep the ground tidy. New Burial Ground The life of the existing ground is obviously limited and it will take several years to acquire a suitable site and finance for a new burial ground. Parish councillors would be interested to hear resi-dents’ views on whether we should provide a new burial ground or should we rely on Cornwall Council’s provision at Trewergie or else-where. The parish council would also be interested to hear from anyone who may have a suitable piece of ground, which they would be willing to sell for this purpose.

Questionnaire Response In the last issue we included a short questionnaire. There were very few responses. This begs the ques-tions, Are residents interested in what happens in the parish? We are well aware of the shortcomings of the bus service but unless people bother to complain the bus companies and Cornwall Council who subsi-dise the services think everybody is satisfied. Some people have said they are afraid to complain in case it will cause First to withdraw the service, The service is more likely to be reduced if it is not used and people will not use it if it is not reliable

Police The phone number for our local team for non-urgent messages is 01209 202324. but this number is not staffed continuously. For real emergencies dial 999 but for other matters 08452 777444

United Downs Landfill Site The site will be closing for disposal of trade waste on 31st October but there will be lorries going to the site with earth as cover down for some months before the area is planted with trees shrubs and grass. The Household Waste Recycling Facility will be remaining open so residents will still be able to use the facility with their cars. There is a planning application for a waste transfer station at Pool where the local refuse lorries will transfer their loads on to bigger vehi-cles for transporting to Conon Bridge near Liskeard, if this application fails it is likely their will be an application for a transfer station at United Mines.

Vandalism One of the Teenage Shelters at Vogue has been vandal-ised, the seat and railings on one unit were removed with the use of Allen Keys. This will be costly to repair, as the bolts are a special de-sign. This money could be put to other uses. The name of a suspect from outside of the area has been passed to the police; this youth is known to the police. Young people we have met on site have com-plained about the skating facilities but there is no money to change the



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current ramps ( these cost about £33,000 to install mainly from grants ). There were complaints about the safety of the skate ramps but RoSPA passed the area as safe after a recent inspection. We have tried to get the youngsters to think and act for themselves and try and raise some funds by sponsored events etc. If funding organisa-tions can see youngsters trying to help themselves then they are much more likely to get involved. It is a case of if you want something badly enough you need to do something about it yourself. If you have a son or daughter who uses the park then please give them some encourage-ment to show some initiative.

Cornwall Emergency Planning Cornwall Council are looking to parishes to prepare plans to deal with emergency situations prior to the arrival of Fire, Police and Ambulance Services etc. and then to offer them local knowledge. The parishes are expected to appoint an Emer-gency Officer to take on this responsibility, but there is no money pro-vided and no insurance cover for this officer. This council has decided not to take any action on this at the moment.

Emergency Planning Advice for Families Cornwall Council have introduced a Community Emergency Planning Toolkit. There are two leaflets. Both available from One Stop Shops The first is “Don’t be Scared: Be Prepared” which is emergency plan-ning advice for families. The second is “Who can I contact for assistance after an incident?” which was prepared in conjunction with Adult Care and Support and it has also gone out to all doctors’ surgeries.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is carrying out free Home Fire Safety Checks in this area. Fire-fighters will visit people in their homes to carry out a Home Fire Safety Check (HFSC), providing advice on how to stay safe and, de-pending on the need, may supply free smoke alarms. If you are inter-ested in a visit contact the Fire Service

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 )

Chairman: John Newcombe 820841 Clerk: Steve Edwards 821829


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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 Ker-rier District Council Regeneration team have put together £65,474 of funding granted by the Live-ability Community Pot, Cornwall County Playing fields Association, Cory Environmental Trust, St Day Parish Council, the Neighbourhood Renewal Com-munity 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 Engineer-ing 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

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Carharrack and St. Day Retired Pensioners Club

Hello again. Here’s a quick catch up about our trips.

We are taking numbers for the Plymouth panto (Sleeping Beauty with Joe Pasquale) or just shopping. A coach only is £9.50 (shopping) and £23 for the panto (to include tub ice cream) Look forward to seeing you and for more information please ring me Margaret McFarlane on 821150 or Janet Sandow on 822070. Best wishes Margaret McFarlane Secretary

DATE EVENT TIME DAY

August 30

Mystery Trip & Lanlivet for fish n chips

9.00 Monday

Septem-ber 15

Tyringham Arms & St Ives 11.00 Wednes-day

October 13

Goosey Fair Tavistock 9.00 Wednes-day

Novem-ber 17

Exeter Shopper 9.00 Wednes-day

2011

January 20

Plymouth panto matinee/ shop-ping

9.00 Thursday

Any opinions expressed in articles or advertising in this Newsletter are not necessarily the opinions of

the editor or the publishers

All orange bins in the village can be used for dog litter

Please pick up after your dog.

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POP IN Come and enjoy a chat, fellowship and a Coffe,

Soup and Dessert Lunch on the second Monday of each month

September 13th October 11th November 8th

December—Sunday 12th at 3pm, Christmas Ser-vice and Tea led by Reverend Danny Reed We extend a warm welcome to you ALL

Contact Anita 820774 or Esther 821100

To advertise in or contribute to this

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Grant funding

Are you the Treasurer/Secretary/Chairperson of a local club or organisation? Does your club or organisation need funding for a particular scheme? Do you know of an individual who is trying to raise funds for a particular cause or project?

If you can answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions then it could be your lucky day! A local grant fund has funds available for distribution to worthy causes in St Day.

For further information please contact Steve Edwards on 821829 or at [email protected]

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St Day Parish Council Outdoor fitness equipment at

Wheal Jewell play area

Hopefully many of you will have noticed that several items of exercise equipment have now been installed on the Wheal Jewell play area – there will eventually be 10 in total and these may well be there by the time you read this. These have been funded through 106 monies which are essentially funds paid by developers, of the houses on Telegraph Hill in this case, to improve ‘open space’ facilities in St Day. The equipment is intended to be used by late teenagers and upwards and provides the opportunity for all to take part in fitness training. Full instructions for use are provided on the side of each item. We do hope everyone will respect the equipment and treat it properly – apart from a small set up in St Just, St Day is the only village in West Cornwall to have this – and, although Cornwall Council will maintain the apparatus, there are no funds available to replace the equipment if it is damaged beyond repair. We also hope that residents will find the time to try out the apparatus. You do not have to be super fit and can exercise at you own pace in the fresh air. It should also provide the ideal opportunity for our Foot-ball and Rugby clubs to get fit for the new season without having to pay for expensive time in a local gym. Please, however, be sensible in the amount and type of exercise you do and do not push yourself beyond your capabilities, especially if you have a medical condition. You should also be sure to warm up before using the apparatus and cool down afterwards. The Parish Council does not accept responsibility for injury sustained whilst using the equipment. Stop Press!! We now also have two large wooden picnic benches for installation on the Wheal Jewell site. These have been very kindly donated by Cornwall Wood Treatment Services Ltd – please see their advertisement elsewhere in this newsletter.

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Where can you find this in the village?

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ST DAY GENERAL STORES

FRESHNESS AT ITS BEST

MON-THURS 7AM-8PM

FRI-SAT 7AM-9PM

SUN 7AM-6PM

You name it we may have it from Milk to Veg, Pusles to Pickles, Cakes to Combs

ST DAY GENERAL STORES YOUR INDEPENDENT STORE!

Our prices throughout the store are very competitive. The supermarkets are not as cheap as you think! Come

and give us a try and do your bit to save the planet!

FOR A FRIENDLY SMILE JUST AS IT SHOULD BE

Orders can be taken if you ring 01209 820361

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Age Concern Cornwall & Isles of Scilly will

operate a community bus service in Barripper,

Brea, Carn Brea, Four Lanes, Illogan, Kehelland,

Killivose, Lanner, Penponds, Pool, Portreath,

Scorrier, Tehidy, Troon

Carharrack, St Day, Stithians and surrounding

areas for passengers wishing to travel to

surgeries in Camborne and Redruth on:-

Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.

The community bus will operate as a Dial – A – Ride service and is

open to patients wishing to attend Doctors’ appointments.

There will be a charge of £2 for this service. Anyone who wishes to use the service should call and register on:

01872 266886 or 07870 372520

Once registered, our clients can then make quick and easy bookings

via the above number.

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www.tonymoylefunerals.co.uk

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23, Trewirgie Hill,

Redruth TR15 2TB

Tel. 01209 214883 24 Hour Service Private Chapel of Rest Pre-payment Plans

THE PARISH CHURCH OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY ST DAY.

Please contact Churchwarden Mrs. S. Manley Tel 01209 820187 email [email protected]

for further information

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These things have been in St Day and Gwennap

By Richard R Blewett

Part VII Law and Order (continued)

Who murdered Loveday Lean?

There is a very pleasant feeling surrounding the Christian name Love-day. It is one of those inherited from our Puritan ancestors who were fond of using the Christian virtues as Christian names – but for girls only! Faith, Hope, Charity, Patience, Temperance, Joy and Loveday. ‘Men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil’. But girls and women Love-day; they are virtuous. Of the indictable offences dealt with in the English Law courts in 1963, women were responsible for only 19% of them so the Christian name Loveday is a good risk. By the evening of Wednesday, January 30th, 1839, the name Loveday was on everybody’s lips for early that morning Loveday Lean of Tre-varth had suffered a murderous attack and now she was dead. St Day and the whole parish were filled with excitement and alarm. Jesse Lean and his wife Loveday were fairly old people. He was a miner working at Wheal Jewell mine, St Day, and he also kept a small farm. They were a money-making and respectable couple. Loveday was the managing partner and she took care of all Jesse’s earnings; everybody knew they had a ‘tidy sum’ in savings in the house so everybody said, ‘ It was money the murderer was after’. But the money was not touched. Then everybody looked for other motives and somebody said that Jesse and Loveday sometimes quarrelled and by the time this and other rumours had spread, Jesse was placed under observation by the officers of the law – the Parish Constables. Then rumour spread that ‘because and because and because’ Jesse couldn’t have done it and the Constables ceased the ‘observation’. Then came the inquest on the Friday, held at the ‘Fox and Hounds’ pub-lic house at Comford. Samuel Trengove, who was employed by Jesse on the little farm, said he was the first to find Loveday still alive, but dy-ing, at a quarter to seven in the morning on Wednesday. Grace Tren-gove, mother of Samuel, stayed with Loveday till her death. Samuel rode on horseback to Wheal Jewell to tell Jesse, who ‘came to grass’ at


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half past seven a.m. and Grace was there when Jesse arrived home and he appeared very affectionate. They heard Loveday say, ‘I heard the door creak and saw a man come in with a brown coat on but I never saw his face’. Jesse Lean was next examined. His was a very long story which seemed to ring true. The blood on his clothes was his wife’s; it fell on him as he took her in his arms to comfort her. Grace Trengove and oth-ers were there. Stephen Jeffery, a miner, said, ‘I saw a man running down Trevarth Lane; he had attempted to open my door; he tried to hide his face, a brave hardy youngster. I said, “Good Morning” but he didn’t answer’. Then came two Gwennap surgeons, George Michell and Samuel Ar-thur. Michell said the murderous attack was made at about 6.30 a.m. and it was perpetrated with a sharp instrument on the face and neck. Arthur said that Michell had so disturbed the corpse by his dissections that he couldn’t give an opinion on the immediate cause of death. Wil-liam White, a miner at Wheal Jewell, was examined. He told a long story of all his movements last Wednesday but later witnesses testified that part of White’s story was untrue.. He was 15 or 16 years of age. He was taken into custody and lodged in the lock-up at the base of St Day clock tower. ‘He had a very forbidding, scampish appearance and was noted in the parish as an idle “lie-about” all over the neighbourhood’. And what an excited crowd assembled in Market Street (now Fore Street) to see William White locked up. There was probably a proces-sion of spectators all the way from the scene of the inquest at Comford. And if it came to pass that White should ever be hanged, many would walk to Bodmin to see it done – at that time hanging was a public enter-tainment – all open and above board! The evidence of William Nicholls, miner of Gwennap, must be given as reported. It has historical significance, ‘I came to Jesse’s house; I heard someone inside moaning and crying to the Lord for mercy. I folded my arms before me and stood directly under Loveday Lean’s bedroom win-dow listening. I suppose I remained there about ten minutes, and, as I thought, she was crying to the Lord. While I was there, I saw Betsy Mar-tin coming wheeling a barrel of water and called her forth to listen. When she came forth I told her as she was a Methodist she had better go in and see what she could do. Then I heard a noise in the bedroom as if the person inside had either jumped out of bed or had jumped up from her knees, so I said to Betsy, “Come on, I suppose she has found



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the Lord now”’ so we came away together’. So William and Betsy thought it was the solo form of a Methodist Re-vival and the snobbish ‘West Briton’ of the period denied the Methodists a capital initial ‘M’. The inquest was adjourned until Tuesday at 10 a.m. Meanwhile the fu-neral was on Sunday in the presence of a large concourse of spectators in Gwennap Church. It was nearly as exciting as watching White being locked up at St Day on Friday. You’d never think life could be so excit-ing in a rural parish, would you?! Wouldn’t it be interesting if we could have something like this once a month? They thought! The Vicar, the Reverend T. Phillpotts, preached a powerful and very effective sermon. The text was not reported but it would not be difficult to suggest a few. The Vicar was a County Magistrate and had taken an active part in the whole proceedings. On Tuesday the jury re-assembled and several witnesses were heard but, said the ‘West Briton’, ‘the testimony is too unimportant for us to print’. The only thing proved was that nearly every statement William White had made in his examination on Friday was false. But no one could prove that he had been near the spot where the murder was com-mitted. Verdict ‘ ‘Wilful murder against some person or persons un-known’ and although Jesse Lean underwent severe questioning, he remained unshaken. So William White was released from the St Day clock tower. It was then that the offer of the Parish Vestry of £50 be-came known, for information leading to the discovery of the murderer and there was good reason to believe that a further sum would be of-fered by the Government. A paragraph in the ‘West Briton’ gave a min-ute description of the house, the position of the rooms, upstairs and down; the doors, windows and passages. It all sounds like an introduc-tory chapter of a modern Agatha Christie novel. All the budding Holmes, Maigrets and Poirots began to work at the solution of the problem, ‘Who killed Loveday Lean?’. Crowds would visit the house by day. Not many would venture by night! During the week ending February 23, sensation followed sensation. A man called Cock confessed that he was the murderer and he had a week in St day clock tower. The fearfully cold February nights on a stone floor and the quantity of and quality of the food taken to him brought him to his senses. He now denied it and was released. The same week Jesse Lean was taken into custody on suspicion of murder-



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ing his wife and on the Saturday he appeared before the magistrate, the Reverend T. Phillpotts, in the Girls’ Schoolroom at Gwennap village. There was a very large assemblage of persons who were much excited but ‘conducted themselves with great propriety’. Mr Harris of the metro-politan police (an organisation not long enough established to merit capital initials) had been for many days in the district endeavouring to get evidence. A Truro solicitor was Jesse’s watchdog. The magisterial examination was resumed on the following Tuesday when another mag-istrate, William Williams, Esq., sat with the Vicar. The throng of people was so dense that the court moved to the Boys’ Schoolroom, more than three times the size of the Girls’ Schoolroom. Even so, the roads were crowded. Next morning at four o’clock the body of Loveday Lean was exhumed and examined by the two surgeons, Michell and Arthur, with the object of discovering if the wounds were such as could be produced by a pair of scissors. The scissors had been found ion the prisoner’s house and it was supposed they had been secreted by some of the prisoner’s family from the time of the murder till a few days since. But little further light came of it except that the spaces between the two wounds on the cheek and near the cheek were equidistant. The prisoner, Jesse Lean, was committed to Bodmin for trial at the Assizes, which opened on Wednesday, March 27th, 1839. In his charge to the Grand Jury the Judge said, ‘The most serious and important case in the calendar was one in which a person stood charged with the murder of his wife’. His Lordship observed that, upon the inquiry before the Coroner, the evi-dence did not sufficiently point to any person so as to induce him to charge anyone whatever and it was left in a state of uncertainty. To be continued.

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Sunny Days Nursery

At Sunny Day’s we have had a great summer. The children have revelled in the outdoor space, exploring with water in lots of ways, including target practice, washing windows, washing dolls clothes, watering the plants, and paddling in the pool. Their confidence to experiment and work together to solve problems has been fantastic.

We enjoyed practicing for Feast and on the day itself the children looked lovely and did us, and their families, proud. We always enjoy joining in with this special event, and this year the weather was just right.

The pre-schoolers and older nursery room children really responded well to the music sessions and it was inspiring to see what some of the children had remembered from last year. We were able to do these sessions outside this year.

All our staff are now qualified to level 3 in early childcare, although some also have higher qualifications as well. This high level of training has ensured that staff have used their knowledge of child development to meet the children’s needs very well. Staff regularly attend training which they bring back and share with others.

The weather for sports day looked threatening, but after a light shower at mid day we were able to picnic on the field. This gave families a chance to chat and the children had great fun playing with their friends. It was brilliant to see so many grown ups, including grannies, aunties etc. The children raced very positively and were eager to run backwards, as well as forwards, jump, skip etc. They must have been very tired when they got home. After the races the youngsters sang a few favourites and Bobby presented certificates to children moving on to school. This year everyone managed not to cry!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone moving on for the companionship and fun they have shared with us grown ups,

If you would like to find out more about Sunny Day’s please contact Bobby on 01209 821868, or call in.

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