St Ives Local April/May 2020

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APRIL / MAY 2020 | ISSUE 30

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St Ives Food and Drink Festival Celebrating our fishing heritage Literature Festival line-up

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ere at St Ives Local we make no attempt to hide our foodie tendencies, so we’re delighted to see the St Ives Food and Drink Festival return to the town, this year as a new Community Interest Company.

The event takes place between 15th and 17th May and there will be more details about chefs and the live music on our website, stiveslocal.uk, as the dates get nearer.

Artist and poet Bob Devereux has curated another returning event, the St Ives Literature Festival, which runs from 9th to 16th May. There’s a great line-up this year, as well as Bob himself, in conversation with Kenneth Price, as he prepares to celebrate his 80th birthday.

We also celebrate the centenary of a great St Ives institution, the Leach Pottery. Founded by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada when they came to the UK from Japan, the pottery has built a global reputation for fine work. There’s never been a better time to visit and see historical and contemporary work on display.

Elsewhere, we celebrate the incredible fundraising career of the RNLI’s Joan Tanner, and take a look at a new heritage project celebrating St Ives’ fishermen’s lodges. There are updates, too, from Plastic-Free St Ives and the Community Land Trust, as well as another brain teaser from Quizzy Liz. Once again, our cover picture has been supplied by local photographer and lifeboat launcher John Chard.

Don’t forget that we’re now updating stiveslocal.uk every day with news and features, linked to our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter social media accounts. Do bookmark the site, and get in touch to tell us about your group, club, exhibition or event. It’s always great to hear from you.

Liz and Darren Norbury

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Joan Tanner: 32 years’ service to St Ives RNLI It was a special day when the St Ives branch of the RNLI marked 32 years of service to the charity by Joan Tanner.

Volunteers make up 95% of the organisation, and no-one embodies the true meaning of giving more so than Joan and her family, where the lifeboat has very much been present through the generations.

Born in St Ives, Joan grew up with the lifeboat.

It was very much a part of day-to-day life, so it seemed natural that when she met her husband, John, he was an embedded member of St Ives RNLI. At his time of retirement, he had clocked up 44 years of voluntary service. Marrying John was the beginning of Joan’s active fundraising volunteer career.

She said: “Really, I was involved for 57 years with the lifeboat. I would wake up with my husband when the rockets went off to launch the lifeboat, and I would often drive him down.

“But once the children were a little older, it was natural for me to take a more formal voluntary role, so I joined in 1987 what was known then as the Ladies’ Guild. I started as a committee member. It was very different then — we fundraised door to door, had tea and coffee mornings, and over time we started to sell Christmas cards and the odd souvenir.”

Fundraising has changed significantly over the years, and as Joan started with St Ives RNLI as a committee member, her roles changed too.

Over a number of years, she fulfilled many different positions, from box secretary to vice-chair and finally chair of the fundraising team which, at the age of 78, she has just stepped down from.

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with a Retiring volunteer fundraiser, Joan Tanner, is presented n, certificate and gifts. Left to right are: St Ives RNLI chairma Tanner; Mike Hicks; area lifesaving manager, Guy Botterill; Joan ing tractor driver, Peter Tanner; coxswain, Rob Cocking; fundrais . chair, Emileen Williams; and mechanic, Robin Langford Photograph: Niki Brooks/RNLI

Joan’s family, from her late father-in-law and late husband, to sons and daughter, have all held or currently hold active roles within the RNLI. She said: “My husband would rush off to launch the lifeboat.

It’s now my son Peter Tanner doing that — he has recently celebrated 30 years’ service as well. My daughter, Suzanne Tanner, has also been involved on the fundraising team as current fundraising manager for St Ives RNLI. She has also given around 15 years’ service, so you see it’s been in all of my family’s lives, and continues to be so.”

While Joan steps down and retires from her role as chair of fundraising, she still cares passionately about the lifeboat. Her extensive fundraising activities have enabled crews to always respond to the call for help, and to continue to save lives at sea. Guy Botterill, area lifesaving manager for the RNLI, said: “It’s rare you meet someone like Joan Tanner. She has, without doubt, given above and beyond to the RNLI, and we cannot thank her enough for her service.”

Joan was presented with a certificate for her service, flowers, and a gift, as well as extensive and heartfelt thanks for all she has given to St Ives RNLI over the many years. Her contributions have been immeasurable.

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St Ives Library not just about books Every Monday, we host a Lego Club for children and their parents after school.

We meet in the junior library at 3.45pm, and everyone is welcome to come along and make something with our Lego. We love to display the creations the children make in the library. We also have some Duplo for younger children. Come and make some new friends and enjoy creating with Lego together.

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The Leach Pottery celebrates its centenary It’s 100 years since Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada established The Leach Pottery in St Ives, and there’s no shortage of events to mark this important anniversary.

A walk around the pottery is to take a step back in history, an elegant front-of-house showcase preceding the working area behind, with wheel areas and brick kilns.

Leach had been born and brought up in Hong Kong, and had been expected to go into a career in banking, but a period studying at the Slade art school led to him teaching etching in Japan. A tea party where guests made pots and fired them in a raku kiln, is said to have led to his change of artistic direction and he went on to learn ceramic techniques.

running in the Entrance Gallery until 10th May and all the works are for sale.

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He came to Britain in 1920 with Hamada, who he had been working with, and the two set about setting up the St Ives pottery with the intention of teaching the Japanese techniques.

I attended the opening night of the Leach Studio Potters: 100 years on exhibition and was impressed by the diversity of the current pottery team’s work.

In residence at the moment are lead potter Roelof Uys, Callum Trudgeon, Britta James, Matthew Foster, © Matthew Tyas Laurence Eastwood, and Seasalt Bursary apprentice Annabelle Smith. That exhibition is

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© Matthew Tyas

Lead potter Roelof (pictured left) said: “It remains a great honour to be leading such a creative and dynamic team. Looking back over the last few years, I’m reminded constantly of how far we’ve come, not just as a team but also as individuals.

Working together towards a common goal in a creative setting is one of Bernard Leach’s most enduring legacies. He wanted to bring people, cultures and ideas together, and the fact that there’s still a working pottery on this site is testament to the power of his vision.”

Leach Pottery curator, Dr Matthew Tyas, added: “The Leach Pottery’s creative flow is dynamic and changing, calling to the surface a long history of ideas and approaches from around the world.

Today’s pots sometimes appear different to the old pots, yet they are still undeniably ‘Leach’, being made by a collective of individual artistpotters working and making together — a team producing Standard Ware and individuals making their best work for this show.”

There is a host of centenary events, many of which are listed in our what’s on section, but highlights include the Tomoo Hamada, John Leach, and People and Pottery exhibitions (respectively 16th May-12th July, 18th July-27th September, and December 2020-March 2021), the National Raku Party (15th-17th May), and Tea Ceremony Day, in July.

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St Ives Archive: The grand hotel on the hill Tregenna Castle, built in 1774 for John Stephens, Esq, is named after the hill on which it stands. It is not a castle, of course: the battlements are merely a decoration. Now an 84-bedroom hotel, the building originally had just 10 rooms, with another 12 added later.

John Stephens was a descendant of the Stevens family of Zennor – but somewhere along the line, the wealthy Stevenses decided to distinguish themselves from their poorer relations, and so changed the ‘v’ to ‘ph’. The Stephens family owned a great deal of property in the area, including the Manor House in St Ives – where the old Post Office building now stands – and Ayr Manor House, which has a man on horseback on its rooftop.

An article in the GWR Magazine for August 1926 stated that at one time a tunnel passed under the wine cellar of Tregenna Castle, leading to “a secret room large enough to hoard many a smuggled hogshead”. Long before the land was laid out as the Tregenna Estate, the area was extensively mined.

The rich alluvial tin was very near the surface, so it is possible that the ‘secret’ passages were originally made by miners. The well at nearby Tregenna Farm, at one time part of the estate, is said to have originally been sunk as a shaft.

In the early 1800s, one of John Stephens’ descendants, Samuel Stephens, married Betty Wallis, daughter of the Cornish circumnavigator Captain Samuel Wallis, of Tremain. It would appear that Captain James Cook made a name for himself – and a fortune, no doubt – by following Samuel Wallis’ route to the Pacific Ocean!

In 1834, Samuel Stephens left Tregenna Castle to his third and favourite son, Henry. Henry Lewis Stephens

was only 24 years old, but he suddenly became one of the most eligible bachelors in the country: not only was he was the owner of the one of the most beautiful mansions in Cornwall, but he also had an income of £20,000 a year. Sadly, it appears that he was due to be married, but was jilted, an event from which he did not recover. Henry never did marry, and thus ended the line of the Stephens of Tregenna.

He died in 1867, and the property came into the ownership of his eldest brother, John, something their father had not wanted. However, John had no desire to live at Tregenna, and the castle was put up for sale.

Tregenna Castle then came into the ownership of the Bolitho family. Around this time, St Ives was being connected to the rest of the country by rail, and, in 1878, Tregenna Castle was leased from the Bolitho family by the Great Western Railway as a first-class hotel, catering for the gentry. Guests were met by horse bus from the station: look closely at the photo above, taken in the early 1900s. It would be some years before ordinary working-class folk could afford to travel by train, or, indeed, take holidays.

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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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Heritage project celebrates the fishermen’s lodges of St Ives In partnership with St Ives Archive, filmmaker Barbara Santi, of West Cornwall-based Awen Productions, will be running a year-long heritage project collecting, preserving and celebrating and stories of the fishermen’s lodges in St Ives, and the fishing industry at the turn of the last century.

Awen is a Community Interest Company, and the project is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Awards for All, Cornwall Heritage Trust, Feast and Cornwall Community Foundation.

As Barbara explains: “The lodges are part of old St Ives – within them is held the vanishing history of the town that has experienced great change spanning over a century. Our project will collect the memories and stories of people who have had, and still have, a connection with the lodges, the sea and the fishing industry of St Ives.”

Part of the project is also to digitise reel-to-reel oral tape recordings that were given to St Ives Archive by local GP Dr Roger Slack 20 years ago. These unique recordings, many of which were made in the 1960s and 1970s, and are in great need of preservation, capture fascinating memories of the town from people who remember what St Ives was like as far back as the late 19th century.

Janet Axten, Heritage Manager of St Ives Archive, says: “St Ives Archive is very pleased to be working with Barbara Santi on this important project. As the years pass, it is vital to collect the memories of those who have been involved in the fishing industry. By making available and adding to the wealth of written and photographic resources collected over the years by the Archive, a far more complete picture of the people and places connected with all aspects of fishing will be available to future generations.”

Barbara is keen to hear from anyone who has had a connection with the lodges, or whose ancestors were fishermen who used them as a shelter. To keep in touch with the project and receive regular newsletters, contact barbara@awen.org.uk.

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The project will create a lasting record, which will be held at St Ives Archive, as well as a documentary film. A variety of events will be held throughout the year, offering opportunities for volunteers interested in getting involved. “We are particularly interested in hearing from people who would like to listen to recordings and transcribe or summarise interviews which give a fascinating insight into the town’s past,” says Barbara.

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St Ives Community Land Trust:

Seeking help to discover the history of a fascinating building What do you know about the Old Vicarage in St Ives? The fine old building, acquired by St Ives Community Land Trust to convert into six affordable flats for local people, has been a focus of life in the town since the 1830s, yet has been almost forgotten in recent years. It is now the subject of a collaborative project by the Community Land Trust and St Ives Archive.

Jill Block from the Trust explains how the project came about: “At our open day in autumn last year, so many people came forward with stories about the Old Vicarage, and we thought: ‘This is too important to lose’. There are people who came to nursery here, had their wedding receptions here, or came to meetings of local organisations like the WI and the camera club. So we approached the Archive, and they will be working with us to put together the history of the building and its role so far as a core part of the community.”

The Old Vicarage – facts and figures: • It was known originally as the Parsonage and replaced the medieval Old Parsonage opposite the church, since demolished • It was home to a succession of Perpetual Curates and then Vicars of St Ives • It was planned in 1835 for Rev Havart, with church funds from Queen Anne’s Bounty totalling £900 • It was modernised in 1912 from public funds and a local fundraising campaign spearheaded by Sir Edward Hain • It was adjacent to The Retreat, the elegant home of the Anthony and later the Lanham families, until it was demolished to make way for the Guildhall in 1939 • Behind the parsonage was a piece of land which became the burial ground, used for 30 years until the opening of Barnoon Cemetery in 1956 • Bordering the garden was the National School opened “for the education of children and adults of the Labouring, Manufacturing and other poorer classes in Borough of Saint Ives” in 1845

Can you help fill in the missing pieces in the Old Vicarage’s history?

• Did you go to WI or playgroup or any other regular group there?

• Did you go to events in the downstairs rooms?

• Did you live in the flats or did you know someone who did?

• Have you heard any stories about the building?

• Do you have any photographs showing the Old Vicarage and activities there, or of Street-an-Pol? • Do you know anything about the neighbouring buildings, including the Guildhall and the Retreat?

Contacts: St Ives Archive: Email admin@stivesarchive.org, or phone 01736 796408 St Ives Community Land Trust: Email clt@stivesclt.org.uk, or phone 07747 844239. Follow the Trust on social media @stivesclt and visit www.stivesclt.org

The building was the home of the Vicars of St Ives until the early 1950s, when Canon Jenkin moved into the newly constructed vicarage, beside the Parish Rooms, off St Andrew’s Street. At this point, the building we know as The Old Vicarage Flats was taken over by St Ives Borough Council and turned into flats on the upper stories, while the ground floor was owned by Cornwall County Council and used by a number of local organisations.

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Special care which can transform lives If you have a few hours to spare and a passion for working with disabled children, you could make a world of difference as a Short Break carer.

Arranged through Cornwall Council’s Together for Families, Short Breaks are about giving a little time back to parents with disabled children, letting them take a break from their caring role, or allowing them to focus on other sons and daughters – for a day, a weekend, or maybe just for a couple of hours.

Short Breaks with specially trained and approved carers bring enormous benefits to the child, giving them a new home from home and professional one-to-one care instead of spending time in a specialist unit.

As with extended family members, there might be opportunities for these young people to relax, go riding or swimming, walk the dog, and even learn independent living skills, like shopping or cooking a meal.

Short Breaks are just as rewarding for foster carers, as they get to work closely with the child and their parents. Special relationships develop as a result, which can really help the child to build life skills, become more independent and develop trust.

Sally, a Short Break carer for over seven years, said: “Simply being with disabled children and young people makes Short Breaks so special.

Many of them have a wicked sense of humour, so just being around them is so enjoyable.

What’s also special is knowing that you’ve made a difference to someone else’s life by making their everyday just a little easier.”

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Plastic Free St Ives: Free Fresh Cornish Water!

by Emma Fashokun, manager of the Cornish Gems Coffee Lounge

We’re hoping that the ‘free’ in the headline grabbed your attention – because we, the Plastic Free St Ives committee, are proud and excited to announce that our goal of installing a refillable water point in St Ives has been achieved.

Single use plastic water bottles are one of the biggest plastic polluters of our oceans. According to Water UK a staggering 7.7 billion plastic water bottles are used in the UK each year, and many people still feel uncomfortable asking establishments to refill their reusable bottles, especially if they’re not making a purchase.

As part of our Plastic Free St Ives initiatives we resolved to help rectify this problem. We felt that an easily accessible, free water point would encourage tourists and locals alike to really make use of their refillable bottles and resist the convenience of single use.

Working with St Ives Town Council and supported by local businesses Trevose Harbour House, the

Balancing Eel and Cohort Hostel, it was decided that the lifeboat station would be an ideal location for our water bottle refill point. The blue signage and ‘Refill’ logo make it easy to spot, and we are excited to see it up and running.

Please use this facility and encourage your friends and family members to do likewise. If only 30 people per day use this refill station instead of buying bottled water over the summer season that’s nearly 3000 single use plastic bottles that will be saved. If you need a further incentive, you can save more than £100 in a year by replacing just two single use water bottles a week with free water in your reusable bottle.

Only about half of plastic bottles actually end up being recycled, which means that an astonishing amount will end up in landfill and in our oceans.

Thousands of marine mammals die each year from plastic pollution. It’s not just about the unnecessary use of plastic, though. The average pre-packaged one litre bottle of water takes six litres of water to produce, wasting a vital and precious natural resource. We are hoping that the new bottle refill station will help our small town tackle a global problem. Spread the word and become part of the refill revolution!

Rusted, Weathered & Worn: A mining legacy Showing for the first time in St Ives, Rusted, Weathered & Worn is an exhibition by Liz and Dominic Hewitt – the result of many years walking the coastal paths and beaches of Cornwall, and recording their observations using mixed media, print, textile art and photography.

Within this exhibition, Liz is documenting the marks left on the landscape by the tin mining industry on the coastal landscape of Cornwall, with rust-stained cloths and papers which have been patched, pieced and quilted, plus mixed media collages, prints and handmade books. The cloth and paper used, has been stained with rust collected from walks along the coastal paths and beaches, leaving an impression of past times.

Dominic is fascinated by the remains of industry that

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he finds discarded in the landscape, in particular, rusty objects.

In his photographs, he enhances the colours to reveal their underlying beauty, and their texture and form offers an alternative view to the casual observer. His new work follows the loss of the mining and fishing industry in Cornwall and beyond.

Rusted, Weathered & Worn can be seen at St Ives Society of Artists’ Crypt Gallery in Norway Square from 17th to 22nd May.

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St Ives Food and Drink Festival: Foodie fun on the beach Our town is well known as a foodie hangout, so it’s good to welcome back St Ives Food and Drink Festival, which takes place on the sands of Porthminster Beach from 15th-17th May. Kicking off at 6pm on the Friday, this family-friendly festival is a celebration of St Ives’ reputation as a Mecca for local and seasonal food, from sea and land. It is home to world-class chefs and some cracking restaurants.

you’re lucky – you’ll get your hands on a ticket for the Lighthouse Stage, where new and exciting artists will perform in an unparalleled setting overlooking the bay. The music events are ticketed, with tickets available at www.stivesfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk Free to enter during the daytime, the three-day festival promises a fantastic culinary line-up, with top celebrity chefs alongside home-grown Cornish talent, as well as a host of interactive cookery demonstrations, tastings, and talks, against a live music backdrop.

The Asado Fire Pit is also returning – an impressive chef demo area that is all about cooking over live fire. The fire will be lit with the first demo starting at 10.30am. Some things take hours to cook, so there could be several chefs demonstrating at the same time, showing a variety of ways to cook meat, fish, or vegetables over flames.

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There’s endless entertainment for kids, including a bouncy castle, beach games, and circus activities, as well as performances for all the family.

The festival also aims to mitigate any negative environmental impact on its venue. Organisers say: “We commit to ensuring recycling provision across the site, reducing plastic usage as much as possible, developing sustainable travel options, collaborating with like-minded people and suppliers, and working with Cornish suppliers, businesses, and producers.”

With the very best in Cornwall food and drink on on the beach during the day, by night – if

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St Ives Farmers’ Market:

A chat with Rachel Marshall of Rosewarne Apiary What made you become a beekeeper?

It came out of sadness: my mum passed away in 2006, and my husband Steve’s dad in 2007. We both had an inheritance, and when a field came up for sale where we live close to Duchy College Rosewarne, we decided to buy it and have a polytunnel and chickens. Then we did a beekeeping course with the head gardener at the college.

Our first honey filled nine half-pound jars. I was absolutely thrilled, and I took loads of photos of them!

How did the business develop?

We were both working – I was a midwife, and Steve a bat ecologist at Cornwall Environmental Consultants. So the beekeeping was a gradual thing: two hours a week became four, and we’re now at 40 bours! We started looked around for local outlets for our honey, and we’ve just grown from there. I now go to the farmers’ markets, do the paperwork and accounts, and Steve does the bulk of the beekeeping.

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Research is going on into colony collapse disorder, which is linked to pesticides.

In America, large numbers of bees are being moved from one time zone to another in pantechnicons to pollinate industrial crops such as almonds in California. My heart drops when I hear this – the bees must be under huge stress. If you’re keeping bees, you are a custodian: you cannot possibly care for that number of hives properly. http://www.rosewarne-apiary.co.uk

As well as honey, what else do you sell on your stall?

There’s candles and polish, which I make from beeswax, honey cosmetics from Mullion, and earrings with a bee design made by a lady in St Agnes.

Tell us about a year in the life of a beehive.

In spring, there are about 10,000 bees in each hive. As flowers start coming out, the bees bring in pollen and nectar, and mix the nectar with their saliva, which is essentially what honey is. They store it in cells, which they seal with wax. By the height of the season, there are 60,000 bees in a hive. Come late August or early September, depending on the weather, we extract the honey. When we started, it was all done by hand, but now we have an electric spinner. To see honey coming out the other end is thrilling. It’s left in a tank to settle, and from there we can bottle it. We check the hives every week, to make sure they won’t blow over in the wind, and that the bees have enough stores to get them through the winter.

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St Ives September Festival: Breaking new ground Steve Harley, the original Cockney Rebel; Martin Simpson, one of Gibson Guitars’ Top 30 acoustic guitarists of all time; English folk music icons Martin and Eliza Carthy; and TV impersonator -turned classical pianist Alistair McGowan are among the big names booked for the 2020 St Ives September Festival.

This year, the Festival will break new ground by introducing two evenings of talks. Legendary cricket commentator Henry Blofeld reveals previously untold stories from the Test Match Special box on Tuesday 15th September, and the following night, the Reverend Richard Coles, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live, connects the euphoria and mayhem of being on Top of the Pops in the 80s to becoming a Church of England priest, radio broadcaster and television show panellist. The Guildhall will also see the return of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Penzance bluegrass band Flats and Sharps, and, for the first time, the Fleetwood Mac Songbook tribute band.

Flats and Sharps

Steve Harley, photo courtesy of Michael Bone

September Festival chairman Mary English said: “We’ve set out to broaden the appeal of the Guildhall attractions, and believe we have delivered a much wider range of performers this year”.

Rev Richard Martin Carthy, cited as Coles a musical influence by a generation of legends, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, and his twice Mercury Prize-nominated daughter Eliza, have both appeared at the St Ives Festival before – but never together! They open the Guildhall programme on Saturday 12th, with the Steve Harley Acoustic Band, who released their new album Uncovered in February, appearing on the Festival’s main stage there on Sunday 13th. Flats and Sharps, a big hit at the 2017 Festival, are back by popular demand on Thursday 17th, Alistair McGowan – The Piano Show appears on Saturday 19th, Martin Simpson on Monday 21st and Fleetwood Mac Songbook on Friday 25th, before the Pasadena Roof Orchestra close the Festival the following night.

The 15-day festival, with more than 300 music and arts events including poetry, theatre, films, talks, walks, exhibitions, participatory craft workshops and much more, will run from Saturday 12th, to Saturday 26th September.

Tickets are available at www.crbo.co.uk/stives, and from Tourist Information Centres throughout Cornwall. For more information, visit www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk

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Rosewarne Manor:

The perfect place for a meal – and a murder!

It was a dark and stormy night, and the granite façade of Rosewarne Manor loomed out of the mist … This grand house, on the rural road between Gwinear and Connor Downs, feels like a place where anything can happen – and when owners Cyril, Gill and Colin Eustice host one of their popular Murder Mystery Nights, it probably will. While a team of professional actors stage a gripping drama – which always begins with murder most foul – diners can enjoy an excellent three-course meal. Between scenes, they can quiz the characters about their actions and motives in a bid to identify the killer, although there is, of course, no guarantee that they will tell the truth!

More than 40 different plays have been performed over the years, and such is the success of these events that in May, the Eustice family will be holding their 100th Murder Mystery Night.

Details are still being finalised – but guests can expect an extra special evening in a marquee in Rosewarne Manor’s beautiful lawned gardens, where they will be welcomed with Prosecco and canapes. Advance booking is essential: visit www.rosewarnemanor.co.uk for information about this celebration evening, along with other events which are planned during the days when the marquee is up.

Rosewarne Manor is also the perfect place for business functions, bespoke wedding feasts, and family celebrations: large groups can even book their own private Murder Mystery Night.

And why not pop into Squirrels Tea Room for a light lunch or cream tea, enjoy a Sunday carvery described by many discerning diners as one of the best in the district, or have some fun on the crazy golf course?

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Out and About

What’s On April / May MONDAYS

St Ives Camera Club At the Church Hall, St Anta, Carbis Bay, 7.30pm.

New members welcome. Runs until the end of April, then a break until September.

Lyengar 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.

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/

Collectables Market At the Guildhall, 9.30am-4pm.

Knitting Group At Café Art, 3.30pm to 5pm.

Craft Fayre At the Salvation Army rooms, The Wharf, St Ives, 10am to 4pm, from Monday, 20th April through to the end of October. Established 2006, everything hand made locally. Free entry, dogs on leads welcome.

TUESDAYS

Book Groups At St Ives Library, 11.15am to midday. Coffee & Crime, second Monday of the month; Dead Choughed, third Monday; St Ives Lovely Library (STILL), fourth Monday.

Shades of Grey In the Greta Williams Community Room, St Ives Library, 2pm-3pm. Movement to music for older people. £4.

St Ives Breathers Group Alternate Mondays, 2pm-4pm, at St Anta Church Hall, Carbis Bay. Call 01736 799322 for details.

Dip into Watercolour At Barnoon Workshop, 2pm. For beginners, or those who want a little guidance with watercolour painting.

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 Lego Club For children, at St Ives Library, 3.45pm. Come along and join other children building with Lego.

Free.

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Carbis Bay Swim Club Free development swimming lessons at St Ives Leisure Centre, 6pm. Age 11-18, for swimmers who need to touch up their technique. Book now through the club’s Facebook page at www.carbisbayswimclub.com

Art & Craft Market At the Guildhall, 10am-4pm.

1st St Ives Clubs Meet at the Scout Hut, Ayr Field, 6.30pm until 8pm during term times. For more information, call Jo on 07739 571667 or email tessabj7@gmail.com St Ives Community Choir Rehearsals from 6.30pm 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 Phoenix Singers Meet at the St Ives Arts Club, 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

A friendly and lively group singing mainly pop, rock, and ballads. New members – especially tenors and basses – are welcome. If you would like to join, or book Phoenix for an event, call 01736 797708 or visit phoenixstives.co.uk Acoustic Tuesdays Music sessions at the Kettle and Wink, Royal Square, St Ives, 9pm until 11pm. All welcome, whether bringing an instrument or just having a listen. All styles of music welcome! Share a song or tune or just sit back and enjoy. Loads of scope for playing along with others, too. Friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Free entry. Search Facebook for ‘Acoustic Tuesdays’.

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Out and About WEDNESDAYS Lyengar 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.

Steeple Woodland Nature Reserve Work Party Improve your fitness and help the local environment by spending a couple of hours helping to maintain your local nature reserve.

Meet at the wooden gate on Steeple Lane every Wednesday, at 9.30am, for a bit of light work and chat with like-minded people.

Tools and gloves are provided. Search Facebook for ‘Steeple Woodland Nature Reserve’.

Wednesday Market At the Guildhall, 10am.

Bookstart Rhymetime At St Ives Library, 10.45am until 11.15am. Come along and join in with singing and rhymes.

DDMix Exercise Class At St Ives Library, midday to 1pm. Fun and entertaining aerobics class for all levels, £5.

St Ives Climate Action Group Meets at the Market Place Tea Rooms on the second Wednesday of every month, 4pm.

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. There are club dinghies available for experienced sailors to use.

Meet 5.30pm, Sloop car park. More details at www.stivessailingclub.com Carbis Bay Swim Club Free development swimming lessons at St Ives Leisure Centre, 6.30pm. Age 11-18, for swimmers who need to touch up their technique.

Book now through the club’s Facebook page of at www.carbisbayswimclub.com 3rd St Ives (Carbis Bay) Cub Scouts Meet at the Scout Hut, Porthrepta Road car park, Carbis Bay, from 6pm until 7.15pm during term time. For more information, email janmack56@hotmail.com 1st St Ives Beavers Meet at the Scout Hut on Ayr Field from 6.30pm until 7.45pm during term time. For more

information, call Jo on 07739 571667 or email tessabj7@gmail.com THURSDAYS St Ives Farmers Market At St Ives Guildhall, 9.30am to 2pm.

Yoga for the Over 40s St Anta Church Hall, Porthrepta Road, Carbis Bay, 10am-11am. A relaxing, drop-in class, with mats and equipment provided. £7. For more information, call Frances Beg on 01736 757919 or 07979 606851, or visit www.endrianyoga.com Have-a-Go Hand Building Drop-in sessions at the Leach Pottery, with expert help to make your own pinch pot. From 10.30am to 12.30pm. Details at www.leachpottery.com St Ives and Carbis Bay Memory Café At the Memorial Hall, Carbis Bay, on the first and third Thursday of every month, 2pm. For more information, call 07851 111496.

St Ives Drawing Group At Café Art, 3.30pm to 5pm.

St Ives Bridge Club Duplicate Bridge at St John’s in the Fields Church Hall, St Ives, 6.45pm. For more information, contact Jim Barker on 01736 794134 or e-mail jimfrances@talktalk.net Café Frug At St Ives Arts Club, 7.30pm for 8pm.

Performances including prose, poetry, comedy, music etc, hosted by Bob Devereux.

St Ives Judo Club Behind the Island Centre, Island Road. Older senior school age children and adults, 7.45pm.

Qualified instructors, insured and enhanced DBS checked. Beginners and experienced enthusiasts all welcome. Permanent mat area. A great sport for fitness, respect and friendship. More details, 07779 417290 FRIDAYS Pilates At St Ives Library, 9.15am-10.15. All levels welcome, £6.

Family History Group At St Ives Library, 10.30am until noon. Research your family history – volunteer help is available.

Free.

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Out and About Sewing Group Second Friday every month, 10.30am-12.30pm, at St Ives Library. For people who enjoy embroidery, cross stitch, tapestry etc. £3 per session.

Poetry for Pleasure First Friday every month, 1.30pm to 2.30pm, at St Ives Library. Explore poetry together.

Exploring Poetry Third Friday every month, 1.30pm-2.30pm, at St Ives Library. Are you a budding poet? If so, this is for you.

Organic vegetable boxes Supplied by Bosavern Community Farm and available to pick up from Café Art on Fridays.

St Ives Judo Club Behind the Island Centre, Island Road. Primary and junior children, up to senior school age, 7pm.

Other details above, under Thursday events.

More details, 01736 795400.

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 a paddle board. There are club dinghies available for experienced sailors to use. Feel free to come along and see us on a Saturday at 12.30pm at the club, in the Sloop car park. Details at www.stivesailingclub.com SUNDAYS St Ives Community Orchard Planting trees and wildflowers and clearing paths and scrub. Meet at the orchard at Penbeagle Lane, next to the Palemon Best Skateboard Park at 11am. Details on the Community Orchard Facebook page.

Family Pop-Ups Make and play sessions at Tate St Ives, 10am-4pm in term time, until 17th May. Free with gallery admission.

April

Clay for Kids Wednesday, 1st April, 10.30am and 2pm Details at www.leachpottery.com/clay-for-kids

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Have A Go Throwing Thursday, 2nd April 10am and 11am At the Leach Pottery. Try your hand with support from an experienced pottery practitioner. Details at www.leachpottery.com/have-a-go Sustaining the Studio Thursday, 2nd April, and Friday, 3rd April A symposium exploring ideas around the sustainable pottery studio and how participation through studio and outreach work sustains individual and community wellbeing. At the Leach Pottery. More details at www.leachpottery.com/ symposium Macrame Jewellery Thursday, 2nd April, 11am-4pm Workshop with Jo McIntosh at St Ives Library, £20 payable on booking. Call 07534 618490 or email jo.mcintosh@knitweave.co.uk St Ives Archive Coffee Morning Friday, 3rd April, 10am-midday At the Archive centre, Wesley Methodist Church, St Ives Road, Carbis Bay. Illustrated talk by Heritage Manager Janet Axten, and tea, coffee, cake, books, greeting cards and raffle.

Free For All Saturday, 4th April, 10am Organised by St Ives Town Council at St Ives Guildhall. An opportunity to clear out any unwanted items and enable others to help themselves and make use of them. The organisers cannot accept electrical items. For larger items, please bring down a photograph and contact details. Bring down items from 4pm to 6pm on the previous afternoon (Friday, 3rd April) and from 9am on Saturday 4th. Doors open at 10am on Saturday to come in and help yourself, but queues form much earlier!

Clay for Kids Tuesday, 7th April, and Wednesday, 8th April, 10.30am and 2pm Details at www.leachpottery.com/clay-for-kids St Ives U3A Tuesday, 7th April, 2pm At The Island Centre. A talk on Rick Rescorla – a Hero from Hayle, by Trevor Smitheram. Followed by tea or coffee and biscuits.

Have A Go Throwing Thursday, 9th April, 10am and 11am At The Leach Pottery. Try your hand with support from an experienced pottery practitioner. Details at www.leachpottery.com/have-a-go

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Out and About Trencrom Ladies’ Club Friday, 10th April, 2pm Stella O’Donnell presents a talk entitled The Great Exhibition, in Lelant Village Hall. Light refreshments will be available after the talk.

Visitors are welcome.

St Ia Church Friday, 10th April, from 4pm Come and sing Stainer’s Crucifixion, directed by James Thomas, 4pm rehearsal, 7pm concert. £5 to participate, £4 for tickets. Contact James Thomas to register in advance: jlt0031@gmail.com Late at Tate Friday, 10 April, 7.30pm-10.30pm Explore the theme of sculpture, movement and the work of Naum Gabo at the Tate Gallery after hours, with live music from Disco Rococo. Free with gallery admission.

Table Top Sale Saturday, 11th April, 10am-2pm At Carbis Bay Memorial Hall.

St Ia Church Saturday, 11th April, 8pm Fireside Easter Vigil in the church gardens St John’s in-the-fields Church Sunday, 12th April, 4.30pm Easter Sunday celebration Sewing for Beginners Thursday, 16th April, 11am-4pm Workshop with Jo McIntosh at St Ives Library, £20 payable on booking. Call 07534 618490 or email jo.mcintosh@knitweave.co.uk St Ives Old Cornwall Society Monday, 20th April, 7pm At St Ives Infants School. Talk by Tony Mansell entitled Cornwall: A Land Apart. Refreshments afterwards.

St Ives U3A Tuesday, 21st April, 2pm At the Island Centre. A talk on Magnetic Therapy,

by Phil Watson. Followed by tea or coffee and biscuits.

Table Top Sale Saturday, 25th April, 10am-2pm At Carbis Bay Memorial Hall.

Knitting for Beginners Thursday, 30th April, 11am-4pm Workshop with Jo McIntosh at St Ives Library, £20 payable on booking. Call 07534 618490 or email jo.mcintosh@knitweave.co.uk

May St Ives U3A Tuesday, 5th May, 2pm At the Island Centre. Dean Edwards, Talking About Passmore Edwards. Followed by tea or coffee and biscuits.

Baby Clay Wednesday, 6th May, 10.30am-noon At the Leach Pottery. A sensory experience for babies under two and a half years old. Details at www.leachpottery.com/baby-clay Trencrom Ladies’ Club Friday, 8th May, 2pm Representatives from Boots will present A Beauty Regime With Boots, in Lelant Village Hall.

Light refreshments will be available after the talk.

Visitors are welcome.

Leach 100 Celebration Weekend Friday, 15th May, until Sunday, 17th May An exciting weekend of events and activities for all the family at the Leach Pottery. For more details, visit www.leachpottery.com/ leach-100-events-and-activities Artisan Market Friday, 15th May, until Sunday, 17th May, opening 5pm Friday More than 40 stalls, plus shanty singers and a café, at the Guildhall, St Ives.

British Longboard Union Spring Surf Competition Saturday, 16th May, and Sunday, 17th May At Porthmeor Beach. If the weather is unsuitable, the contest will be postponed to 6th and 7th June.

St Ives Old Cornwall Society Monday, 18th May, 7pm At St Ives Infants School. AGM, followed by a talk by Hugh Trevarthen entitled Looking at the Mount. Refreshments afterwards.

St Ives U3A Tuesday, 19th May, 2pm At the Island Centre. A talk entitled The Long Deep, by Des Hannigan. Followed by tea or coffee and biscuits.

Natural Dyeing From Your Kitchen Thursday, 21st May, 11am-4pm Workshop with Jo McIntosh at St Ives Library, £20 payable on booking. Call 07534 618490 or email jo.mcintosh@knitweave.co.uk

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Out and About Art, Faith and Music Festival Saturday, 23rd and Sunday, 24th May, 11am-4pm Exhibitions, activities and refreshments at six St Ives churches, in partnership with community group Bespoke People.

Band Tea Monday, 25th May, 11am-4pm Community event on the Island, organised by Bespoke People with live music, family activities and refreshments.

Clay for Kids Tuesday, 26th May, and Wednesday, 27th May, 10.30am and 2pm Details at www.leachpottery.com/clay-for-kids St Ives Archive Quiz Night Wednesday, 27th May, 7pm At the Western Hotel, St Ives, including raffle. £3 per person.

Have A Go Throwing Thursday, 28th May 28th, 10am and 11am At The Leach Pottery. Try your hand with support from an experienced pottery practitioner.

Details at www.leachpottery.com/have-a-go

Exhibitions

Anima Mundi 3rd April to 18th May Arthur Lanyon: Arcade Laundry 22nd May to 6th July Andrew Litten: Concerning The Fragile Belgrave St Ives 30th March to 20th April St Ives Exhibition 2020. Flagship exhibition of work by artists associated with St Ives Modernism.

Leach Pottery 21st March to 7th November Century of Connections. An exhibition exploring the friendships and connections at the heart of the Leach Pottery’s story.

Until 10th May Leach Studio Potters: 100 Years On. An exhibition of diverse new personal work from each member of its studio team.

New Craftsman Gallery 2nd May to 22nd May Shaping the Future. The work of four recent

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graduates and rising stars of the Royal College of Arts and Falmouth University.

23rd May to 27th June Paintings by Neil Davies.

23rd May to 20th June Ceramics by Akiko Hirai Penwith Gallery Until 4th April Members’ Exhibition, 5.30 to 7.30pm – all welcome.

Tate St Ives Until 3rd May Naum Gabo – marking the centenary of his Realistic Manifesto, compiled with his brother, Antoine Pevsner.

Until 3rd May Emily Speed – Rooms Designed for a Woman – a film and installation exploring the politics of the built environment.

St Ives Arts Club 4th to 17th April Members’ Spring Exhibition 25th April to 1st May Exhibition: Dorrie King 2nd to 8th May Exhibition: Bev Brown and Alison Thomas 9th to 16th May St Ives Literature Festival. Artwork featuring words.

16th to 29th May Exhibition: Cynthia Jenkins 30th May to 5th June Exhibition: Catch the Wave. Work by Sharon McSwiney and Alison Dupernex St Ives Society of Artists 17th May to 22nd May Exhibition: Rusted, Weathered & Worn. Mixed media and textile art by Liz Hewitt, featuring photography by Dominic Hewitt.

Until 21st April Members’ Spring Show Please email What’s On entries for June and July to hello@stiveslocal.uk by Friday, 24th April.

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Belgian Inspired Licensed Café Here at the family run Bier Huis, we are passionate about sharing the particular dining and drinking rituals that Belgium has to offer, with a refreshing splash of the Cornish Coast.

Come for breakfast, lunch or dinner. We are open from 9.30am to 10pm daily, and food is served until 9pm.

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Liz’s Quizzes A warm welcome back to Liz, from Liz’s Quizzes, who is providing a brainteaser each issue. Busy Liz runs four local quizzes each week: at the Castle Inn, St Ives, on Mondays; the Polmanter Touring Park, on Tuesdays (from 19th May); the Bird in Hand, Hayle, on Wednesdays; and the Smugglers Inn, St Erth Praze, on Sundays, all at 8.30pm, apart from the Smugglers, which is 8pm. Look for St Ives Liz’s Quizzes on Facebook.

To celebrate St Ives Food and Drink Festival here are ten anagrams of pubs and restaurants around town.

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Out and About

Travel: Helping you find your dream holiday destination

by Jo and Paul Mooney from Stunning Escapes

Since we had children, planning our holidays has become more complicated, as we strive to plan the perfect trip that pleases everyone! We’ve realised that the earlier we get sorted, the more chance of everything being that little bit easier and ultimately far better value. We also need to think about why we are going away, to really make the most of our time off.

We’ve seen over the last couple of years a real shift to tailor-made holidays, which give families exactly the type of holiday they want. There’s always a place for package holidays – but there’s also a desire from parents to create memories of unique experiences together, while the children still want to holiday with them – although I love seeing big family groups who want to get together and spend some fun times enjoying each other’s company!

Twelve months ago, a family gave us a brief that pretty much said: “We want to see animals in the wild, and then have a week enjoying a beautiful beach”. This had our creative juices flowing!

After a couple of conversations, we realised that their six-year-old son adored elephants and was desperate to see them in the wild, and the parents were keen to encourage his love of wildlife – as long as they managed to fit in some relaxing downtime.

As I write this, they are packing for Sri Lanka. First, they’re off to Yala National Park, which has an abundance of wildlife, including elephants, bears, leopards and crocodiles. They have a private guide, so if the children get tired, they can be taken back

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to camp. With such a desire to see elephants, I was worried in case they didn’t make an appearance, so second stop on the trip is to the Elephant Transit home, which looks after baby elephants: they’re rehabilitated and released back to the wild. This is a surprise for the little boy, so I’m excited to hear about it! Lastly, the family are off to a beautiful beachfront hotel, to be thoroughly looked after.

For some people, the driving force behind their choice of holiday might not be as elaborate as seeing wild elephants, but we all have a strong reason for wanting to get away. Identifying that reason helps us to find the right holiday for you.

You might think you just want to get away for some sun and relaxation together – but is booking into a hotel in a great location but with only a couple of busy pools the best way to relax? How about instead staying in a resort where you have a pool to yourself, but still with all the resort amenities?

How great would it be to let the kids play, while you relax on your private sun loungers, with everything to hand? These little tweaks can make the difference between a good holiday and a great one. We all deserve that

Win a bottle of bubbly!

Let us know where you’re hoping to go this year. Do you have a special reason for planning to visit this particular place? Tell us about it in up to 100 words, for a chance to win a bottle of champagne. Our email address is below, and the closing date for this competition is 31st May.

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Bespoke People: Art, faith, music – and hope “Are we polluted people?” is the question posed by the organisers of a free art, faith and music festival taking place in St Ives over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend.

On Saturday 23rd May, people are invited to follow a trail linking six churches, which will each be hosting art and photography exhibitions exploring themes of climate change and pollution. There will also be a range of activities and refreshments, including cream teas on St Ia Church green. Some exhibitions will also be open on the following day.

Nathan Thomas of Christian community movement Bespoke People, which is co-ordinating the event, said: “This is a chance for the churches of St Ives to bless the community in Jesus’ name. The meaning of our name, Bespoke People, is that we are all unique, and we were created to be creative, and to have value and purpose.

“Some of us are involved with Surfers Against Sewage and Extinction Rebellion, and we know that climate change is something that concerns people. I’ve have heard from schools that children are crying because they’ve heard that St Ives will one day be under water. The best way to counter fear is through hope. We are stewards of the Earth, and if we follow what Jesus did, the world wouldn’t be in the state it’s in.”

ARE WE POLLUTED PEOPLE? 23rd - 25th May

Festival & Exhibitions Last year, we had families with four generations – 90-year-olds enjoying cream teas, and teenagers trying the surf simulator.”

To find out more, visit Bespoke People’s Facebook page.

If you know of a VE 75 event, email us at hello@stiveslocal.uk – we can include it in our new classified online What’s On guide.

Click stiveslocal.uk/whats-on/ to find constantly updated event listings.

On Bank Holiday Monday, 25th May, as part of the festival, there will a free Band Tea on the Island, with live music, food and attractions such as a surf simulator and bouncy castles.

“The Band Tea was an old St Ives Sunday School tradition, with marching and banners, which eventually died out,” said Nathan. “Last year, we were excited to be able to revive it, but in a different way. It’s not just for young people.

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Recipe: A quick and tasty stir fry

by Dr Deborah Phillips This recipe makes use of new season red or white (Sweetheart) cabbage.

Ingredients and preparation: Half a red or white cabbage, washed and finely shredded; 2 apples, finely chopped; 2oz mixed dried fruit – sultanas, raisins, chopped apricots; 2oz pine kernels; 2oz chopped walnuts; 2 crushed cloves of garlic; 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp cider or wine vinegar; 1 lemon, juiced, and with the rind grated; 6 cloves; 6 peppercorns; 1tbsp Cornish honey; sea salt and ground black pepper to season.

Method: In a heavy-based frying pan or wok, heat the olive oil, then add the onion, garlic, cloves, peppercorns, and seasoning. Stir fry for five minutes, then add the cabbage, apples, dried fruits, walnuts, pine kernels, and vinegar.

Mix well and gently stir fry for a further 20 minutes. Add grated lemon rind and lemon juice.

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Mix well, then taste.

Add further seasoning or more liquid – lemon juice or vinegar – if required. Finally, stir in the honey.

To serve: This can be used as a side dish topped with single cream, yoghurt, soya yoghurt, Parmesan, soft cheese, or tofu. Or as a main meal with breads, rice, couscous, or other grains. It’s also very good with fish – smoked mackerel, hake, or haddock.

Deborah works with Paul Connor on his fruit and vegetable stall at St Ives Farmers’ Market, in the Guildhall on Thursdays, from 9.30am until 2pm.

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Preview: St Ives Literature Festival St Ives may be lauded for its art, but it has a way with words, too, and this will be under the spotlight when the annual Literature Festival returns from 9th-16th May. The event is curated by cultural polymath Bob Devereux, best known as an artist and poet.

Bob said: “I have been actively involved in the creative life of St Ives since my arrival in Cornwall in 1966 at the age of 25. I have been a deckchair man, compered folk clubs, toured as a performance poet, and run a stall in the Sloop craft market selling my paintings and my first wife’s etchings.

“I have been privileged to collaborate with fine musicians and song writers, including Jim Hughes, Clive Palmer of the Incredible String Band and COB [Clive’s Original Band], Tom Hall of the Ratcliffe Stout Band, and the incredible guitarist Adrian O’Reilly.”

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ber Bob Devereux entertaining at the Septem Festival last year

Festival programme Saturday, 9th May: Pauline Sheppard and Pete Berryman. Pauline reads from her debut novel, The Granite Mirror, and Pete launches his new album, distant shore. £6 Sunday, 10th May: to be confirmed at time of going to press.

Monday, 11th May: Bill Arnott – A Canadian in Cornwall. £6 Tuesday, 12th May: Remembering – Bob Devereux and Kenneth Price in conversation. £6

The week will see Bob – who is 80 later this year, and who has been running the festival since 2008 – reminiscing in conversation with actor and artist Kenneth Price. Popular singer songwriter Pete Berryman will launch a new album, Distant Shore, and playwright Pauline Sheppard changes disciplines to read from her debut novel, Through The Granite Mirror. And Canadian Bill Arnott is always a popular draw, a poet, musician and storyteller from Vancouver, where he is director of the Federation of West Columbia Writers.

Friday, 15th May: Reading of a new play by Neil Beardmore. £6

There will also be a week-long exhibition in the Arts Club’s Agnes Naylor Room, featuring paintings, prints, ceramics, jewellery, and sculpture. All pieces will include words in some way.

Saturday, 16th May: to be confirmed.

Evening events take place at the St Ives Arts Club, Westcotts Quay. Doors open 7.30pm.

Bring your own drinks (glasses supplied).

Every day, from 12.30pm until 2.30pm, there will be poetry and music in Norway Square.

Wednesday, 13th May: Poet Grassy Noel, saxophonist Mouth, and Robert Garnham, The Professor of Whimsy. £6 Thursday, 14th May: The Big Frug.

A special festival version of the regular Thursday Café Frug variety show. £8

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Book Review

by Alice Harandon, manager of St Ives Bookseller

The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn Michael Joseph £14.99 (published 30th April) In The Salt Path, Raynor and Moth go out to find the sea, the windswept and wild coastline, to find a way through homelessness, to find themselves again. Now, in The Wild Silence, they come back to what should be home, but four walls no longer feel that way. For Raynor, recovering self-esteem and trust in herself, and in others, is harder than she expected. She continues to face Moth’s debilitating illness and struggles to find a way to adjust to a life in one place, unmoving. Until an incredible gesture by someone who read their story changes everything ...

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Pop-Up Cornwall – Robert Crowther Mabecron Books £19.99 An enchanting and visually engaging journey through many of the fascinating places and experiences Cornwall has to offer. The book features iconic locations such as: St Michael’s Mount; the Minack Theatre; Geevor Tin Mine; Trebah and Glendurgan Gardens and the Lost Gardens of Heligan; legendary Tintagel; Padstow and Mousehole (including Old Tom and the Mousehole Cat); St Ives, Falmouth and Charlestown. Robert Crowther lives and works in Cornwall and

Viper’s Daughter – Michelle Paver Head of Zeus £12.99 This is the seventh book in the children’s Wolf Brother series (like them it can be read as a stand-alone) which is a great continuation for those who have grown up with the series. A powerful evocation of an ancient world, Paver’s love for nature is evident in her writing. An exciting tale which is vivid in its imagery with a powerful message of survival, love and kinship. For fans of Clan of the Cave Bear.

The Joy of Water – Lonely Planet Lonely Planet £15.99 Featuring personal stories about the exhilarating, restorative, formative power of water. Whether you’re a thrill seeker or looking relax and recharge, these destinations and activities inspire readers to get back in the water. Cannonball into a refreshing pool, relax in natural hot springs, experience the excitement of open water, and feel the sea breeze on your face - the allure of waves and experiences in water are at the heart of The Joy of Water.

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Trevena Cross Nurseries: Growing their own on a grand scale Trevena Cross is welcoming the most exciting time of the year – it’s spring! The garden has properly woken up, colour is erupting all over the place, and gardeners can look forward to getting their green fingers dirty once again, after what can only be described as the wettest of winters.

The independent nursery has been incredibly busy behind the scenes for many months, growing on a huge range of plants for the spring season. A huge proportion of this growing has been taking place in the nursery’s bedding tunnels.

Graham Jeffery, Trevena Cross owner and plant expert elaborates: “We grow all of the seasonal bedding and patio packs that we sell in the garden centre every year, right here on site. After a number of years reliant on external suppliers to help meet the demand of seasonal bedding plants and patio plants in the spring, we reached sales on a scale that others just couldn’t keep up with. To avoid letting any customers down, a few years ago we invested in a large transplanter machine, a compost mixer, and training of our nursery team, to plant out the many thousands of bedding packs we see go home with our customers each spring.”

Particularly appealing is the huge range of patio four-packs that Trevena Cross stocks.

From Geraniums to Begonia semperflorums, Verbenas to Impatiens, Argyranthemums to Bidens, Petunias to Marigolds, there is a plant and colour to suit every pot, trough, basket, bed and border, in every garden! Contrary to popular belief, these quality patio packs can offer colour for a very long period time too – from spring

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continuously right through to Christmas in the St Ives area if winter temperatures are kind.

Growing more than 90% of their own plant stocks – not just bedding and patio plants – gives the nursery the advantage of provide a huge range of plant varieties of their choosing, including new and unusual ones. The chance to offer something a bit different is something Graham has always been passionate about, as well as the quality and longevity of the plants he puts the Trevena Cross name to. Not only that, but it also seems the wiser option these days, as Graham explains: “Biosecurity is a buzz word in the industry at the moment, as preventing certain species specific pests and disease spreading from other countries is paramount to keep UK plant stocks healthy.

The fact that our plants aren’t just UK-grown, but are Trevena Cross-grown, means the risks to us and our customers are negligible.”

Why not pop by and see what Trevena Cross has to offer your garden this spring? You won’t be disappointed.

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Garden Stories

Cornwall Spring Flower Show: Horticultural heaven Protecting and enhancing the natural environment will be the focus of the 2020 Cornwall Spring Flower Show, to be held at the Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, on the weekend of 4th and 5th April.

A series of show gardens, created by awardwinning ecological gardener Sid Hill, along with expert gardeners from the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Duchy College Rosewarne, the Eden Project, Gardens of Eden UK, gARTen and Bosence Community Farm will address themes of sustainability and rewilding, encourage edible landscaping and stimulate the senses.

The Growing the Future marquee will help gardeners make climateconscious choices when planning, planting and maintaining our outdoor spaces, and inspire children to learn about nature and environmentally-friendly gardening. In the junior competitive classes, creative displays of marine-salvaged plastic in boxes planted with flowers are encouraged to highlight the perils of ocean pollution.

Show director Dickie Trant said: “As a conservation charity, we are proud to be introducing new elements that will make a positive difference to the world we live in as well as nurture the gardeners of tomorrow. We hope you will gather your green-fingered family

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members and friends, and join us for what promises to be a wonderful weekend filled with flowers and fun.”

Described by Gardens Illustrated magazine as “one of the best flower and garden shows in 2020,” the popular event, sponsored by Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management, will be a celebration of Cornwall’s early spring blooms on an unprecedented scale. As Dickie says: “An abundance of dazzling daffodils, magnificent magnolias, captivating camellias and resplendent rhododendrons in the competitive classes, and more than 130 specialist nurseries and traders in the Plant Pavilion and Horticultural Heaven are just the thing to banish the dreary days of winter and herald the zing of spring. Building on our successful relocation to the county showground last year, there is even more to see and do for the whole family to enjoy, whether you have a window box, a flower border or a country estate.”

Exquisite botanical art from the Eden Project’s Florilegium Society, an Artisan Area for eclectic arts and crafts, floral art and photography exhibits, an impressive line-up of talks, demonstrations and a Gardeners’ Q&A hosted by Heligan’s Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore, and a Food from Cornwall marquee complete the line-up for this perfect day out.

The show has a long history: it was first staged at the Public Rooms in Truro in 1897, and from these modest roots grew the spectacular event which now draws enthusiasts from all over Cornwall and beyond. Only in years of war, freezing weather or petrol rationing has it failed to take place.

Tickets for this year’s show are £10 in advance, or £12 on the gate. Under 16s are free, and well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome. To book, visit http://cornwallgardensociety.org.uk/ spring-flower-show

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We offer half-price membership for new bowlers for their first year.

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