St Ives Local, April / May 2019

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APRIL / MAY 2019 | ISSUE 24

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Welcome... t’s nearly time for Easter and, with it, the start of the tourist season proper in west Cornwall. With fine weather as we put this issue of St Ives Local to bed, it’s already begun to feel like the light, bright days of summer are on their way.

Around town, new businesses are opening, such as Bier Huis Grand Café, and local institutions, like the Lifeboat Inn, have a fresh look. There’s a sense that this is going to be a busy summer in St Ives, Carbis Bay and Lelant, with no shortage of venues and events for visitors – and locals – to enjoy.

We’re delighted to welcome some new advertisers to the magazine this issue. Please tell them where you spotted their ad when contacting them and help us to make St Ives Local bigger and better.

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Cornwall’s Chocolate Cove: Delicious and Nutritious Rich dark chocolate decorated with raspberries and drizzled with zingy sorbet, melt-in-the mouth fudge infused with freshly-ground coffee, and Easter eggs you can’t wait to bite into. Judy Hedden’s hand-made treats taste deliciously decadent – but they are also vegan, almost 100 per cent organic, rich in vitamins and minerals, and free from gluten, soya and cane sugar.

“People have pre-conceived ideas about vegan chocolate,” says Judy, who makes her chocolate range at her home in Lelant. “I love seeing the look of surprise and joy on their faces when they realise how luscious and sumptuous the flavours are.”

Judy’s interest in healthy eating began when she studied nutritional therapy for three years. “I made many positive changes to my diet – but I missed the joy and pleasure you get from naughty treats like chocolate. So I started experimenting in my kitchen. One of the first things I discovered was that by whizzing up walnuts and adding raw cacao, I could make something really truffly.”

After a lot of trial and error, with family and friends acting as willing tasters, she came up with a range of flavours, including vanilla, pineapple and lemon chocolate, and sour cherry fudge.

She also discovered that baobab, a rich source of Vitamin C and magnesium, combines perfectly with raspberries.

For two years, Judy combined chocolate-making with a demanding job organising international medical conferences for the pharmaceutical industry: she found the process meditative and calming when work was stressful.

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When she started selling her products at St Ives Farmers Market, reaction was so positive that she decided to launch her own business, and Cornwall’s Chocolate Cove was born. She has had many enthusiastic reviews since then, and even a celebrity endorsement: Joanna Lumley wrote: “Cornwall’s Chocolate Cove make the best slabs of utterly fabulous chocolate that I have ever eaten.”

The Eden Project, Tregenna Castle Hotel, The Allotment Deli in St Ives, The Cornish Vegan and Archie Browns in Truro are now among the stockists of the Cornwall Chocolate Cove range. The chocolates are packed in beautiful boxes which are fully recyclable, and a percentage of sales is donated to two charities close to Judy’s heart: the Born Free Foundation and Viva!, which campaigns to end animal suffering.

Judy’s passion for the natural world includes the environment on her doorstep. “The first time I came to St Ives to visit a friend, I thought it was stunning, and I knew it was where I wanted to live,” she says. “I was inspired not just by its beauty, but the energy and vibrancy I found here.”

Visit cornwallschocolatecove.com, and enter the code St Ives Local is Fab! to obtain 10% off your order and a free gift, or buy from the Cornwall Chocolate Cove stall at farmers markets in St Ives (Thursday mornings), Penzance (Friday mornings) or Helston (first Saturday morning of every month) and say “St Ives Local is Fab” to get your chocolatey gift.

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Seasalt Cornwall: Inspired by St Ives Cornwall has always been the backdrop to our creativity at Seasalt, and the artistic and maritime heritage of St Ives is an ongoing influence on our collections. We are particularly inspired by the historic creative hub, Porthmeor Studios. The design team visited the studios and pilchard cellars, which were built using ships’ masts and windows, and are still used by

fishermen, for storageof nets and buoys.

This weather-beaten building symbolises a lasting way of life in the town, where artists and fishermen have worked side by side for generations. Painter Felicity Mara kindly loaned us her studio for our shoot, and our latest prints draw on the abstract canvasees and sea views at Porthmeor Studios.

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Porthmeor Studios: Time to Celebrate A special event will be held at Porthmeor Studios on 18 May to celebrate the work of artists based at the historic Grade II* listed building.

The studios are owned and managed by the Borlase Smart John Wells Trust, which offers high-quality, affordable space for artists, along with fishermen’s cellars. They are also the home of St Ives School of Painting.

In 1959, Francis Bacon rented space at Porthmeor Studios for six months to work towards his debut solo show. In the same year, American painter Mark Rothko visited the studios to share ideas with tenant artists Peter Lanyon, Patrick Heron and Terry Frost.

This combination of a unique artistic heritage, a collaborative spirit and a sense of place inspired the foundation of the Porthmeor Artists Residency Programme, which provides space for artists to develop new work over a period of one to three months, without the pressure of exhibiting.

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All artists talk about their work at a Porthmeor Studios Lunch Break, followed by a shared lunch of soup and bread. Guest artists this year include Lubaina Himid MBE - the 2017 Turner Prize winner - and emerging artist Daniel Sinsel.

The event on 18 May will feature a talk by Himid in her studio, and the opening of Mark Dion’s installation The Maritime Artist. Some of the long-term tenants, along with artists from St Ives School of Painting will be showing their work.

During 2019, the Borlase Smart John Wells Trust will also host at least one Tate St Ives Residency, as well as student and graduate Residencies supported by Falmouth University and Cultivator Cornwall.

If you would like further details of the celebration event, or are interested in supporting the Porthmeor Artists’ Residency Programme, visit www.bsjwtrust.co.uk, email Lucy Frears at lucy@bsjwtust.co.uk or call 01736 339338.

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St. Ives Archive: Master Mariner, Master Storyteller Captain John (‘Phil’) Moran, 1936-2019 The recent passing of Phil Moran means that for many who “do the Lambeth Walk”, summers will never be the same. Phil was a familiar figure on the Walk, always making time to speak to people – particularly the young admirers of his Soggy the Bear books.

Phil lived a long and varied life. He was born and bred in St Ives, but left the town when his father arranged for him to enrol at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School at Dover.

Having given service life a try, he decided it was not for him, and came home, taking up a position with Simpsons outfitters in Fore Street.

Six years later, he heard of a cadet vacancy at the Plymouth Navigation School, and began an 18-year stint in the Merchant Navy, going on to become a Master Mariner. After a period living in a Romany caravan near Halsetown, he returned to sea, on the National Environmental Research Council ship, Discovery. Eventually he became captain, and took the ship around the world, experiencing many adventures along the way – once going without sleep for four days and nights while navigating mountainous seas en route to Cape Town.

In 1985, Phil left NERC to settle in St Ives, but the lure of the sea proved irresistible, and along with John Paynter, he was soon taking visitors fishing on the Cornish Crest. His typically wry comment on this change of vessel was: “...a strange departure from my previous charges, but interesting and enjoyable”.

On leaving the harbour one day, Phil retrieved a scruffy toy bear floating on the water – and had an idea. That bedraggled creature was quickly smartened up, and Phil and his great friend, the illustrator Michael Foreman, created the delightful Soggy the Bear. Their first book, published in 2006, was an instant success, and soon Phil was giving Soggy presentations to local schools. A further eight books followed, the last – Grandfather’s Story – being an account of Phil’s childhood in wartime St Ives. He never married, but considered that through Soggy, he had acquired an extended family: the many children who loved his storytelling.

Many were invited to see the original Soggy Bear and other characters – and maybe get a treasured signed copy of his latest book.

For 17 years, Phil served with the RNLI in St Ives as Deputy Launching Authority and Honorary Secretary. In 1990, he proudly showed Princess Anne around the new Mersey Class lifeboat which bore her name and saved lives at sea until 2015.

Phil witnessed the transformation of St Ives from busy fishing harbour to the UK’s premier seaside resort. His favourite times were the 40s and 50s: he recalled the strong community spirit of the townspeople, and the extraordinary freedom children had around the town.

Phil will be remembered for his kindness, affability and generosity, and his affectionate greeting, always delivered with a twinkle in the eye: “Alright then, boy!” “Alright then, girl!” Aware that his time was drawing to a close, Phil expressed the hope that “there will always be enough of you to hold fast to some of the old St Ives ways”. Rest easy, Captain, we promise that will be so.

St Ives Archive’s Research Centre is based at Wesley Methodist Church, St Ives Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives, TR26 2SF. It is open on Tuesdays to Fridays from 10am to 2pm. For more information, phone 01736 796408, email admin@stivesarchive.org, or visit www.stivesarchive.org.

The Archive opened in 1996 and is staffed by volunteers. We are always looking for people to join our enthusiastic team – there are opportunities to learn new skills, carry out research, assist visitors and take part in fundraising events. We offer a valuable service for anyone wishing to obtain historic information about the town, free of charge. The Archive holds over 20,000 photographs and numerous documents covering fascinating subjects such as art, maritime heritage, tourism and traditional customs, and we also have extensive resources relating to the history of St Ives families. Why not come and visit us?

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Plastic Free St Ives: A campaign for the whole community We’ve been amazed by the number of messages we’ve had from local people and businesses asking how they can get involved with this campaign.

A campaign which is about kicking our addiction to avoidable, single-use plastic.

So how can you get involved?

1) Become a ‘Plastic Free Champion’ A Plastic Free Champion is a local business who has eliminated at least 3 single-use plastic items from their everyday business operation; e.g. a cafe could eliminate plastic takeaway bags, cutlery, stirrers and plastic sauce sachets. Once accepted the business will receive a certificate, poster, window sticker and a wooden plaque to denote support of the campaign.

2) Become a ‘Community Ally’ A Community Ally (of which this magazine is one) is a local organisation who help us spread the campaign message to their sphere of influence.

This could be done through displaying awareness material, encouraging participation or providing us with the tools/opportunity to engage with their audience.

Spreading the message of our campaign is key to its success and offers the best chance for empowering local residents and visitors to make positive behavioural changes: A few small, painless adjustments can make a huge difference.

3) What YOU can do The main message is to reduce, reuse, refill, recycle plastic wherever you can.

Out and about • Take a reusable shopping bag, refillable water bottle and reusable coffee cup with you; see our Facebook page for a list of local cafes who offer discounts for using your own reusable cup • Put your packed lunches in reusable containers, ditch the cling film and foil

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• Refill your water bottle • Choose loose over packaged produce • Refuse single-use plastics in bars, restaurants, cafes (e.g. plastic straws) • Congratulate those businesses who are doing their bit On the beach • Pick up any rubbish you see so it doesn’t get washed into the sea • Do a #2minutebeachclean before you leave In the next issue we will be interviewing some local businesses to find out what they have done to earn their Plastic Free Champion status. We’re putting together a ‘3 things you can do’ poster which will be available in the coming weeks. If you would like to display one of these, or would like to join our campaign then please contact us via our Facebook page facebook.com/plasticfreestives Next beach cleans: • 31st March • 14th April • 28th May

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Bier Huis Grand Café By the time you read this, St Ives’ newest beer venue, Bier Huis Grand Café, will be up and running. Set in smartly converted premises on St Andrew’s Street, the venue offers a Belgian-themed menu to complement – and sometimes include – that country’s famous beers.

The café is open all day, from continental breakfast to formal dinners, with toasted sandwiches, croques monsieur – and madame – available, alongside sharing platters and even a Belgian cream tea, featuring waffles rather than splits. Chef Stephane Venner has taken care to integrate some of Belgium’s wonderful characterful beers into his portfolio of recipes.

The business is the brainchild of Max Chambers and Bethany Stevenson, Max’s mother, Sally, and her partner, Andy Morris. The home of the former St Andrew’s Bistro has been fully updated with a new bar, spacious ground floor and mezzanine, a new kitchen, and new toilets, with colourful Belgian- and maritime-themed décor throughout.

On the drinks side, it’s not all about beer, either, with a great selection of spirits, wines, soft drinks and even, unique to St Ives, a special blend of coffee, called Sunday, from the Fresh Coffee Company.

For more information, visit www.bierhuisgrandcafe.co.uk or follow them on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

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St Ives September Festival Strong line-up for 2019 Folk music stars Dougie MacLean, Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys, Dervish, Geoff Lakeman and Show of Hands are all heading to The Guildhall for this year’s St Ives September Festival.

MacLean, who famously wrote the Scottish ‘anthem’ Caledonia and music for the film Last of the Mohicans, will open the annual 15-day festival of music and arts on Saturday, September 14.

Geoff Lakeman He has played concerts and festivals all over the world, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall, and London’s Festival Theatre.

Bristol-based Sam Kelly, who took the Horizon prize for emerging talent at the 2016 Radio 2 Folk Awards, will bring his Lost Boys to The Guildhall on Wednesday, September 18.

Dervish, who have played festivals from Rio to Glastonbury, toured with the Irish President and struck up tunes on the Great Wall of China, will play on Friday, September 20.

Cornishman Geoff Lakeman, who has lived on Dartmoor for 40 years, continues recent Lakeman family appearances, which saw son Seth sell out last year’s opening night, daughter-in-law Cara Dillon and son Sam close the festival in 2017 while his other son, Sean, and wife Kathryn Roberts appeared at the St

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Dougie MacLean

Ives Festival in 2015. Former Fleet Street journalist Geoff, who since retiring brought out his appropriatelynamed debut album After All These Years in 2017, appears on Friday, September 27. West Show off Hands Country favourites Show of Hands – St Ives Festival patrons Steve Knightley and Phil Beer – close this year’s festival the following night.

Tickets are available at www.crbo.co.uk and from tourist information centres.

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Recipe Tribute Ale cassoulet From our friends at St Austell Brewery comes this recipe for cassoulet – a traditional French casserole dish that contains different types of meats and beans. It gets its name from the cassole dish – a traditional fired clay vessel.

This is a Cornish version by chef Prosenjit Sanjay Kumar and highlights the county’s award-wining beer and high-quality meat.

By placing the ingredients in layers, it helps to build up the wonderful and complex, tomato and smoky bacon flavour.

Method In a flameproof casserole dish, heat the oil over a medium heat and brown the sausages, turning them occasionally. Then set them aside on a plate.

Add the streaky bacon to the dish and cook. Turn the heat up and toss it around for five minutes, until the bacon is golden at the edges. Transfer the bacon to the plate with the sausages. Repeat the process with the hogs pudding.

Turn the heat down to medium, add the onions to the juices left behind, and cook for ten minutes until soft, stirring from time to time. Toss in the garlic and cook for another minute. Next put a third of the beans, followed by half the onions.

Sprinkle with a third of the fresh thyme leaves and season well with salt and pepper. Add half the sausages, bacon and pulled pork followed by a third of the beans, thyme and seasoning. Then add the remaining sausages and onions and finally Ingredients (serves four) 4 Tribute flavoured pork sausages 50g hogs pudding, sliced thin 1 duck leg, slow cooked in its own fat 25g pulled pork belly 1 chicken thigh, roasted 2 slices of streaky bacon, chopped finely 100g fresh white breadcrumbs Salt and pepper

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the rest of the beans and the remaining thyme, pushing sprigs of thyme and bay leaves in among everything.

Pour in one pint of Tribute ale. Measure (850 ml) hot water, whisk in the tomato purée and pour this over the beans. Place the cooked duck leg and chicken thigh into the casserole dish and cover it with a fitted lid. Put the dish in the centre of a pre-heated oven and cook on medium heat for half an hour. After half an hour, open the lid. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs and the carrots all over thetop and bake (without a lid) for a further hour until the beans are completely cooked through.

Serve the cassoulet with a rustic baguette and wash it down with Tribute!

50g can of three-bean salad 1 dessert spoon olive oil 2 Spanish onions, sliced fine 3 cloves of garlic, chopped fine 1 sprig of thyme 2 bay leaves 6 Chantenay carrots, cooked 1 pint of Tribute ale 2 level tablespoons tomato purée

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Kidz R Us: 25 Years of Dramatic Success In late 1993, a call went out for young people in St Ives who might be interested in taking part in a show in aid of Save the Children – and more than 25 would-be performers between the ages of six to 15 came forward. Under the expert direction of Phil Barnett of St Ives Amateur Operatic Society, they put on a performance of songs from well-known musicals like Mary Poppins, Oliver and Annie. “It went down a storm,” recalls Phil.

“People couldn’t believe children could be so good.”

That one-off performance led to the creation the following year of Kidz R Us – and this year, the awardwinning theatre group is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Yet there was never a grand plan, says Phil. “Everything happened by accident. After that first show, we just said: ‘Let’s do a musical’. We decided to do Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and we got standing ovations. The next year we did the show at the Minack Theatre, and won the trophy for the best show of the year.”

Over the last 25 years, the group, a registered charity, has worked with around 2,000 children and young people and staged more than 90 productions, everywhere from the Minack – where shows have included Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Misérables and Anything Goes – to the London Palladium, as well as at Kidz’ own theatre, a converted Wesleyan chapel in the centre of St Ives.

Phil, now chair of the trustees, has been the driving force behind Kidz R Us throughout the 25 years. Fundamental to its success is a commitment

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to th he high hest possib ble stand dard ds. “I’m not easy to please,” he admits. “I love things to be right, which can be a blessing or a curse! My adage is ‘Don’t do it until you get it right. Do it until you can’t get it wrong.’

“I’ve directed most of the productions over the years, but we’ve always had the ethos of bringing down experts – choreographers, vocal coaches etc – to run workshops for the kids. We’re always trying to push the boat out in what we can offer audiences, and to exceed their expectations. No matter how much people might think Kidz R Us is a good thing, they wouldn’t keep coming back to see our productions if what we were doing wasn’t any good.

“The kids are amazing, which is why I put in 40-60 hours here each and every week. And being part of Kidz R Us makes a big difference to them.

They learn skills for life: how to work with other people, how to cope with disappointment if they don’t get the part they wanted, and the confidence to speak out in front of people.”

The young performers are supported by an army of dedicated volunteers, including a team of under-18s who have been trained in technical skills such as lighting and sound, and adults providing a range of essential services from costume-making to chaperoning, front of house to stage management. Last year, Kidz R Us received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary

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Service. It followed the award of the British Empire Medal to Phil in 2012. Like everyone else at Kidz, he is a volunteer.

Though the group doesn’t directly encourage young people to go into theatre as a profession, increasing numbers of Kidz graduates are following careers in the arts, and 2019 got off to a flying start when 17-year-old Molly Hocking achieved great success on ITV’s The Voice.

Kidz are celebrating their 25th anniversary with two exciting new productions. The older members of the group – all under 21 – are staging Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, which will be directed by former West End actor Lee Dillon-Stewart, and starts its run at St Ives Theatre in April, while the younger members are performing The Wizard of Oz from May onwards. Both shows will run throughout the summer, and Cats will continue during the September Festival.

Excellence doesn’t come cheap, and the cost of keeping the Kidz R Us show on the road works out at around £4,000 a week. “Our theatre is a building which dates from the 1800s, so it needs a lot of upkeep,” says Phil. “The lighting and sound systems cost £25,000 a year, then there’s costumes make-up, orchestra, copyright etc, and the rent for our warehouse at St Erth, where we have 20,000 costumes.”

To mark this special year, Kidz R Us has launched a campaign to raise £25,000 to make essential improvements to the theatre. Anyone interested in becoming a Friend of the Theatre and helping to raise this vital sum is invited to sign the £25,000 for 25 years pledge form, available from the theatre.

Here’s to the next 25 years!

Tickets for shows are available from www.kidzrus.net or via the box office at St Ives Theatre.

Memories of Kidz R Us, from kids and parents: “I joined Kidz R Us after seeing them perform at the Minack Theatre. I thought ‘I want to do that!’ I only have happy memories. There of course were tears, tantrums and drama queen moments, but that was part and parcel of the experience! I’ll never forget the lack of sleeping and eating from Sunday to Wednesday night, when we would all pile in and sit on the stairs on the stage waiting for the cast list to be announced! I don’t get that nervous about anything – even now!”

“Kidz R Us has played such a huge part in my children’s lives. They have certainly learned so many valuable life lessons, including tenacity, confidence, since of humour and resilience, and I am forever grateful for that. We have had lots of laughs along the way – and a few tears, but I know that they are all the stronger for it”.

“It’s just one big bonkers family full of amazing people who are extraordinary, in that they give so much time and energy to this amazing place. My three have grown in confidence so very much, and have loved every single minute at Kidz. Our lives are full of fun and laughter, and thank goodness we joined. I am so proud to be part of Kidz.”

ST IVES THEATRE

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Out and About

What’s On April / May SATURDAYS St Ives Sailing Club The club welcomes watersport enthusiasts, novice, experienced, local or on holiday. We have storage for your craft, whether you sail a dinghy, kayak or paddleboard. Meet 12.30pm, Sloop car park. More details at www.stivessailingclub.com SUNDAYS Towednack Parish Church Services every Sunday at 10.15am. Find out more at www.towednackchurch.org.uk or facebook. com/TowednackParishChurch MONDAYS Carbis Bay Contract Bridge Club Carbis Bay Memorial Hall, 7 Trencrom Lane, Carbis Bay, 2pm-5pm. Come and play bridge with a friendly local group. Beginners welcome (includes tea and biscuits). For more information, call Graham on 01736 762512 or visit www.carbisbaybridge.co.uk

St Ives Camera Club The club meets every Monday, from the beginning of September until the end of April, at St Anta Church Hall, Carbis Bay. Meetings begin at 7.30pm – new members welcome.

TUESDAYS Phoenix Singers St Ives Arts Club, 7.30pm until 9.30pm. A friendly and lively group singing mainly pop, rock and ballads. New members – especially tenors and basses – welcome. If you would like to join or book Phoenix for an event, call 01736 797708.

More details at www.phoenixstives.co.uk St Ives Community Choir Rehearsals from 6.30 to 8.30pm at Carbis Bay Methodist Church. The choir sing in four-part harmony and new members are always welcome.

No auditions are required. For more information, phone 01736 796832, e-mail sichoir@btinternet. com or visit stivescommunitychoir.org.uk Knitting Group At Café Art, St Ives, 3.30pm until 5pm.

WEDNESDAYS Iyengar Yoga A drop-in class, upstairs at St Ives Library, from 9.15am until 10.45am, suitable for all. Mats and equipment can be loaned. Bring a blanket and wear stretchy clothing. £8 (£7 concessions).

Carbis Bay Country Dance Club At the Memorial Hall, Carbis Bay, on the second Monday of the month, 7.30pm. Visitors welcome. £2.50 (includes refreshments). For more details, e-mail carbisbaydanceclub@gmail.com Iyengar Yoga A drop-in class, upstairs at St Ives Library, from 9.15am until 10.45am, suitable for all. Mats and equipment can be loaned. Bring a blanket and wear stretchy clothing. £8 (£7 concessions).

Liz’s Quizzes At the Castle Inn, St Ives, 8.30pm. Includes a lucky dip and Chase the Ace. Details at facebook.com/ groups/981331905263193/

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B K S Iyengar in St Ives Har boour, 1987

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Out and About St Ives Sailing Club The club welcomes watersport enthusiasts, novice, experienced, local or on holiday. We have storage for your craft, whether you sail a dinghy, kayak or paddleboard. Meet 5.30pm, Sloop car park. More details at www.stivessailingclub.com

St Ives U3A Tuesday, 16th April, 2pm A talk on the Cinnamon Trust, by Rachel Martin, at The Island Centre, followed by tea and biscuits.

THURSDAYS St Ives and Carbis Bay Memory Café Meeting every first and last Thursday of the month, at 2pm, at the Memorial Hall, 7 Trencrom Lane, Carbis Bay TR26 9TA. For more information, please call 07851 11149.

Carbis Bay Country Dance Club At the Memorial Hall, Carbis Bay, on the fourth Thursday of the month, 2pm. Visitors welcome. £2.50 (includes refreshments). For more details, e-mail carbisbaydanceclub@gmail.com Drawing Group At Café Art, St Ives, 3.30pm until 5pm.

April St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 2nd April, 7.30pm for 8.30pm Family Band, at the Western Hotel. Tickets £5 to £13.

St Ives U3A Tuesday, 2nd April, 2pm A talk on the Cornwall Air Ambulance by Hayley Cayton, at The Island Centre, followed by tea and biscuits.

Carbis Bay Coffee & Lunch Club Thursday, 11th April, 11am Coffee morning at Treloyhan Manor Hotel. Feeling isolated and have time on your hands? Join us for coffee and cake. All welcome. Contact Dinky on 07814 574438 if you need help with transport.

St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 16th April, 7.30pm for 8.30pm Ian Ballamy and the Matt Johns Trio, at the Western Hotel. Tickets £5 to £13.

St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 23rd April, 7.30pm for 8.30pm Yuko Yokoi Jazz, at the Western Hotel. Tickets £5 to £13.

Carbis Bay Coffee & Lunch Club Thursday, 25th April, 12.30pm Lunch outing to Tregenna Castle, St Ives. All welcome. Contact Dinky on 07814 574438 to pre-book your meal.

St Ives Carers Group Friday, 26th April, noon-2pm At Glenrowan, Wheal Widden, Carbis Bay. Are you a carer in the St Ives area? Please join us for coffee and a chat. We share information, experiences, and can provide advocacy if needed. Contact Jeremy on 07836 606464.

St Ives Old Cornwall Society Monday, 29th April, 7pm Spinning a Yarn or Two, with John Wallis, at St Ives Infants School, The Burrows.

St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 30th April, 7.30pm for 8.30pm Dave Storey Trio, at the Western Hotel. Tickets £5 to £13.

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Out and About

May St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 7th May 7.30pm for 8.30pm Alex Munk: Flying Machines, at the Western Hotel.

Tickets £5 to £13.

St Ives U3A Tuesday, 7th May, 2pm A talk on cyber crime by Graham Mace, at The Island Centre, followed by tea and biscuits.

Carbis Bay Coffee & Lunch Club Thursday, 9th May, 11am Coffee morning at Treloyhan Manor Hotel. Feeling isolated and have time on your hands? Join us for coffee and cake. All welcome. Contact Dinky on 07814 574438 if you need help with transport.

Carbis Bay Coffee & Lunch Club Thursday, May 23rd, 12.30pm Lunch outing to Kitchen Garden Restaurant, Wyevale.

All welcome. Contact Dinky on 07814 574438 to pre-book your meal.

St Ives Old Cornwall Society Monday, 20th May, 7pm AGM, followed by Frank Stevens on Gathering Up The Fragments, at St Ives Infants School, The Burrows.

St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 28th May, 7.30pm for 8.30pm The John Horler Trio, at the Western Hotel.

Tickets £5 to £13.

St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 14th May, 7.30pm for 8.30pm The Jam Experiment, at the Western Hotel. Tickets £5 to £13.

St Ives Carers Group Friday, 31st May, noon-2pm At Glenrowan, Wheal Widden, Carbis Bay. Are you a carer in the St Ives area? Please join us for coffee and a chat. We share information, experiences, and can provide advocacy if needed. Contact Jeremy on 07836 606464.

St Ives U3A Tuesday, 21st May, 2pm A talk on RNIB Talking Books by George Hinton, at The Island Centre, followed by tea and biscuits.

Please email What’s On entries for June and July to hello@stiveslocal.uk by 18th April. Attach a photo relevant to your activity or event if you wish.

Liz’s Quizzes This issue we welcome Liz, from Liz’s Quizzes, who is providing a brain teaser each issue. Liz runs three quizzes each week, at the Castle Inn, St Ives, on Mondays, Polmanter Touring Park, Halsetown, on Tuesdays, and the Bird in Hand, Hayle, on Wednesdays. Yes, she’s a busy Liz! Look for St Ives Liz’s Quizzes in Facebook.

Here are ten anagrams of places in Cornwall and, in brackets, to help you, the number of words in the answer. Check your score on page 34.

1. Precede Then Jot (3) 2. Await Porn Query (2) 3. Shot Lint Case Mum (3) 4. Sense Candle Pint (2) 5. Thin Therm Teacake (3) 6. Ape Ark Rapids (2) 7. Telling Curvy East China Sea (3) 8. Fear A Singled Long Shot (4) 9. Out Forensic Myth (3) 10. Reach Lard Trout (2)

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St Ives Farmers’ Market: A Chat with Richard Robinson of Mossel & Croust Most people know that ‘croust’ is the Cornish word for lunch, or a mid-morning snack, but many may not be familiar with the word ‘mossel’ …

It means the same thing! My wife Julie is Cornish through and through, and her family all came from within five miles of St Ives – she grew up with the idea of a ‘croust-pack’ of tea and crackers being taken out to people working in the fields. But she also knew the word ‘mossel’, which was a popular word among miners in the St Just and Pendeen area.

What gave you the idea for making plant-based biscuits?

My wife and I are both from farming families, so we know about supermarkets rejecting vegetables

because they’re the wrong shape. We wanted to work out ways of making use of these ‘ugly’ vegetables. My wife had the idea of biscuits, and I then worked out how to make them. We’ve now been in business for just over a year. We get most of our ingredients from local producers.

What’s in your biscuits?

We have three flavours – celery and tomato with a tiny bit of chili; cauliflower, lime and ginger; and carrot, apple and fennel – and we’re looking to develop new flavours. We usually find our main ingredient and then work out what would go with it. The other ingredients apart from the veg, are small amounts of flaxseed, chia seed and seasoning. They’re gluten-free and suitable for vegetarians, and all the packaging is biodegradable – from the start, that was important to us.

Do you have a background in cooking?

I trained as a surveyor, but I’m now working in the business full-time, and Julie is a self-employed chiropodist. I’ve always enjoyed cooking. Both my parents were keen cooks, so I learned how to fend for myself from an early age, and to take an interest in trying new things.

Where do you sell your biscuits?

We go to farmers’ markets in Sennen, Mousehole, Porthtowan, Helston, Devoran and Flushing, as well as here in St Ives. We thoroughly enjoy coming to St Ives. It’s in a nice location, it has a great atmosphere, and everyone is so friendly.

We’d like to get our biscuits into shops, but we’re not looking at supermarkets – we’d rather deal closely with people than a faceless machine! www.mosselandcroust.co.uk

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Gardening on the coast Expert advice from Trevena Cross Nurseries Trevena Cross, located less than half an hour from St Ives, is an independent nursery and garden centre, owned and run by the Jeffery family. It grows more than 90% of the plants that it sells, and has been sharing this passion and expertise for growing wonderful plants – and boosting gardening confidence – since 1976.

Known in the early days as an ‘exotic nursery’ that would help customers take advantage of the mild Cornwall climate, Trevena Cross has broadened its focus over the years (and nursery size to 32 acres!) while still retaining a special place in its heart for rare, unusual and speciality plants, like its huge collection of plants suited to coastal planting.

As gardeners in the St Ives area are aware, working in an environment of poor sandy soils and saltladen winds can be challenging. The flip side is the milder temperatures, and growing possibilities which inland gardeners can only envy.

This spring, Trevena Cross owner, Graham Jeffery, is excited to share some of his ‘coastal considerations’: How coastal?

While most of St Ives is in a sheltered coastal position, there are pockets of exposed coastal cliff top, so it’s good to be aware of just how coastal you are. Our coastal guide at the garden centre gives plants a star rating: one star for plants that will grow just about anywhere, and two stars for plants better suited to a position that is sheltered or set back from the sea.

Windbreaks Hardy, salt resistant windbreaks can be the making or breaking of a coastal garden. We highly recommend reliable hedging plants like Elaeagnus ebbingei, Olearia traversii, or Griselinia littoralis.

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Pla ant in spring It’s a good idea to introduce new plants, particularly taller ones, in spring, because planting in autumn could leave them vulnerable to wind rock, where harsh coastal winds destabilise a plant that hasn’t yet had a chance to establish its root network.

Cutting newly-planted top-heavy specimens back to half their size – although a drastic move – should protect them where harsh winds are unavoidable.

Get adventurous with variety Bring a touch of exotica to the milder garden with Mediterranean plants like chamaerops and trachycarpus palms, or succulents in pots like agaves, aloes and sempervirens. A huge range of New Zealand favourites like astelias, comprosma and pseudopanax are a perfect fit with coastal gardens, while grasses, phormiums and foliage plants will add interest and texture. Seasonal bedding and patio plants will add vibrant colour too. A wide range of patio 4-packs, like gazanias, surfinias and argyranthemums, grown on site, fly out from Trevena Cross every spring, and many – if well cared for – will flower right up to Christmas in a coastal garden!

Use decent compost We highly recommend spending a little extra on the very best compost to give your plants the best start, and make looking after them easier.

Sylvagrow, or Sylvagrow with added John Innes, are excellent moisture retentive options. In the heat of summer, the convenience of only needing to water every 2-3 days, as opposed to twice a day with a regular peat-based compost, makes all the difference. Add a little good-quality slow-release fertiliser in the planting hole as well, and you’ll have the recipe for coastal success!

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Home and Garden

Garden Stories: Bluebells In April and May, the blooming of millions of bluebells creates brilliant carpets in woods, fields and gardens. Over the centuries, many of Cornwall’s ancient woodlands have vanished – yet bluebells which flowered beneath the trees long ago still survive in Cornish hedges, as part of a magical, multi-coloured wildflower mix.

One of the best bluebell displays in Cornwall can be seen at Tehidy Country Park, on the north coast between Hayle and Portreath.

They also thrive in some of Cornwall’s most historic gardens, from Trengwainton in the far west to Port Eliot on the Rame peninsula.

At Caerhays, the grass is never cut until the bluebells have finished flowering and set seed. When dense thickets of Rhododendron ponticum were cleared at Pencarrow – to prevent the spread of the disease sudden oak death – long-dormant bluebells swiftly reclaimed the newly-cleared space, just as they did at Bosvathick, a Victorian estate near Falmouth, following the removal of rampant laurel which had long overshadowed the drive.

Our native bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981, which

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prohibits anyone from picking them or digging them up. However, they are under threat from hybridisation with their Spanish cousins (Hyacinthoides hispanica), which are common throughout the Iberian peninsula. They lack the delicate scent of the English bluebell, and are not such a vivid shade of blue, but they are more vigorous. Spanish bluebell armies can sometimes be spotted standing in menacing ranks in cottage gardens, no doubt planning to attack the local wood and mingle with the natives. It can be very tempting to pick the lot and stop them in their tracks.

When buying English bluebells to plant in your own garden, it is important to establish that they have been grown in the UK, and are cultivated, not wild, to reduce the risk of disease.

The Woodland Trust points out that they are relatively easy to grow, and offer a valuable early season source of nectar for insects.

The first week in May, when bluebells are often at their best, is also the time of International Dawn Chorus Day: this year it falls on the fifth of the month. There can surely be no better way to start the day than to wander through a bluebell wood while blackbirds, robins and their fellow early risers sing in the trees above.

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Book Review

By Alice Harandon: manager of St. Ives Bookseller Spring - Ali Smith Penguin £16.99 The third installment in Smith’s seasonal quartet writing about art, death, political lies, and all the dimensions of love.

What unites Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north, the south, the east, the west, a man mourning lost times, a woman trapped in modern times?

Spring - the great connective. In a time of walls and lockdown Smith opens the door: the time we’re living in is changing nature. Will it change the nature of story? Hope springs eternal...

Sea of Storms: Shipwrecks of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - Richard Larn illustrated by Oliver Hurst Mabecron Books £25.00 The coasts of Cornwall have long been the graveyard of many a ship and this in-depth and magnificently illustrated book recounts their tales. From lost treasure to the wrecking of the Torrey Canyon and the tragedy of the Solomon Browne this book has it all, told in a sympathetic yet informative manner by a shipwreck expert.

Vickery’s Folk Flora: An A-Z of the Folklore and Uses of British and Irish Plants - Roy Vickery Weidenfeld & Nicolson £30.00 This book is a dictionary of British (native, naturalised and cultivated) plants and the folklore

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associated with them.

Unlike many plant-lore publications Vickery’s Folk Flora tells us what people currently do and believe, rather than what Victorians did and believed. The result is a vivid demonstration that plant folklore in the British Isles is not only surviving but flourishing; adapting and evolving as time goes by, even in urban areas.

Lightning Mary Anthea Simmons Andersen Press £6.99 One stormy night, a group of villagers are struck by lightning.

The only survivor is a baby - Mary Anning.

Growing up poor but proud on the windswept Dorset coast, Mary follows after her father, hunting for fossils uncovered by waves and landslips: ancient creatures, turned to stone. Ignoring other people’s taunts, Mary faces danger to bring back valuable treasures to help feed her family. Mary’s dream is to become a scientist in a time when girls have no opportunities for such ambitions, but what will happen when she makes her greatest discovery of all...?

A brilliantly told story which introduces Mary Anning to a younger audience and which also includes a useful factual section about her life and the discoveries she made.

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Thinking of a holiday let investment?

With the average return on a holiday let being more than double the gross rental income of an equivalent buy to let, a holiday let investment is a savvy choice. As experts in holiday letting, here’s a few top tips from our team at St Ives Holidays to help you make your investment a roaring success: (easily covering the costs of the initial investment and installation).

1. Hot spots A property investment on the West Cornwall 3. Be flexible coast can seem comparatively expensive. But The demand for short breaks is on the rise, it’s an area in high demand by holidaymakers, so be flexible with changeover dates to allow so consider the return on your investment. short breaks. These can initially seem counterintuitive, but holiday home owners that make 2. Get an edge the most out of these changes in market It’s a competitive market, so make sure your trends are already enjoying the financial property stands out. Perhaps it has a great benefits! view, parking where it’s at a premium or perhaps you’re planning to refurb with stylish Get in touch with our friendly team (pictured fixtures and high-end décor? Even an above) for more free, helpful advice: investment in a hot tub, log burner or open fire Tel 01736 794686 or email can result in your property commanding a mail@stivesholidays.com higher price and receiving more bookings

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St Ives Community Choir: Sing aloud!

St Ives Community Choir has earned a reputation as one of the foremost of its type in Cornwall. Now in its 15th year and still enthralling audiences with its variety of songs and quality of music, the choir is proud to bear the name of its parent town as it sings throughout the Duchy and beyond.

The choir sings for pleasure, and to raise money for charities – many thousands of pounds have been raised for good causes both locally and nationally.

The social and health benefits of singing are well documented, and this choir is a great example of what a community should be. Fun, laughter and fellowship are evident in rehearsals, and the joy of music making is apparent in performances.

One unique aspect of the St. Ives Community Choir is the fact that no-one is paid for their services. Under the musical directorship of award-winning soloist William Thomas and their talented accompanist, Alison Ashby, the only cost is a subscription of £2 per week to cover the hire of the rehearsal room and music.

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In 2018, charities that benefited from the choir’s 21 performances included: St Julia’s Hospice, Children’s Hospice South West, The Samaritans, St Ives and Hayle Day Care Centre, St Ives Community Bus, Stroke Association, Parkinson’s Association, Cornwall Air Ambulance, Lympstone Hospice Care, Friends of the Stennack Surgery, Salvation Army, and Emmaus Charity for the homeless.

The choir sings in four-part harmony, (from Abba to Zulu songs), and rehearses on Tuesday evenings from 6.45 to 8.30pm, at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Carbis Bay. If you would like to be a part of a choir that enjoys music and bringing pleasure to others, then come along or give secretary Lynda Thomas a ring on 0787 1805526. No auditions are required.

If you would like the choir to sing at your charity event, contact them by phone or through www.stivescommunitychoir.org.uk where photos and more information about the choir and concerts can be viewed.

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Carbis Bay Bridge Club: Bridging the mind gap These days we are more and more likely to know someone who is suffering from some form of dementia, or who has a relative or loved one who is in this unfortunate predicament. This is a consequence of a society that is living longer than previous generations and, while at present there is no readily available medical remedy, there may be things that we can do for ourselves to try to prevent mental deterioration as we get older.

Many people find that as they get older their brain seems to slow down. Like muscles, your brain needs to be used to keep it functioning well. With people living longer lives, many are concerned about how they can help their brains to stay active, so they can enjoy this longer life to the full.

One answer to this, that many people have found, is playing bridge, which stimulates your brain and helps keep your memory active and your brain alert. It requires you to use maths, strategy and concentration. While you are playing a game of bridge your brain is busy working out your hand, your best approach to bidding, how your partner’s

hand fits with yours, and the best strategy for maximising the number of tricks won by you and your partner.

In addition to the mental stimulation provided, bridge can be an extremely enjoyable (and addictive) pastime and many people greatly enjoy the social side, meeting people and often forming new friendships. It also gets you out and about, which helps to keep you physically active too. So, in addition to doing you a power of good, playing bridge can be a thoroughly enjoyable social recreation as well.

If you would like to enquire about joining a friendly bridge club that meets locally every Monday afternoon (between 2pm and 5 pm) and start enjoying all these benefits, contact me on 01736 762512 or gkidson@btinternet.com. The club also has a website at www.carbisbaybridge.co.uk – complete beginners are most welcome.

Graham Kidson, Carbis Bay Bridge Club

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Quick Crossword

Coffee Time Puzzles Across 1 South North American republic (6) 5 Warning (3-3) 8 Version still being developed (4) 9 Boss (8) 10 Packages (7) 11 Literary work (4) 13 Donkey (5,2,6) 16 Close (4) 17 Commander in chief of a fleet (7) 20 Parasol (8) 21 Wicked (4) 22 Gorge (6) 23 Loftier (6) Down 2 Lift up (7) 3 Hebrew patriarch (5) 4 Fail to notice (8) 5 Class (4) 6 Flourish (7) 7 Eats (5) 12 Submissive to authority (8) 14 Soft and moist (7) 15 Scrutinise (7) 16 Sweatbox (5) 18 Standard of perfection (5) 19 Futile (4)

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The Rotary Club of St. Ives Do you want to make new friends? Or are you new to the area?

St Ives Rotary Club is looking for new members – so why not come along to one of our meetings to meet us and see what we do.

Both men and women will be sure of a warm welcome.

We are a long established club and work to help people both locally and internationally, whilst at the same time sharing fun and friendship at our various social events.

Check out the ‘What we do’ pages on our website for further information or phone: Melville 01736 756252 or Carmen 01736 751715 for an informal chat about what our club can offer you.

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Local Directory Art Penn Carwardine 31 Builders’ merchants Ocean Supplies 36 Cleaning Clean Image 13 Clubs Rotary Club of St Ives 33 Environment Plastic Free St Ives 10 Funeral directors Saints Funerals 9 WJ Winn 33 Garden services and nurseries Hayle Plants 25 JC Landscapes 25 Trevena Cross Nurseries 23

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Health and beauty Cornwall Chiropractic 5 MPS Fitness 33 Revitalise Denta Centre 26 & 27 Vicky Martyn Fitness 7 Holiday accommodation Cornish Horizons 29 Homes John Andrews 9 Surface Rehab 25 Leisure Bier Huis Grand Café 11 Country Skittles 5 Kidz R Us 17 Pedn Olva Hotel 15 September Festival 12 St Ives Bowling Club 31 Locksmiths MPB Locksmith 13

Pet services Animal Vets Doggy Cay Care Love Your Paws Schools and nurseries Little Seahorses St Ives Infant School Shopping Collectables Market St Ives Bookseller St Ives Farmers’ Market Taxis A1 Cars Travel agents St Ives Travel Wills and estate planning TP Wills and Probate Window fitting CTG Windows

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