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e like autumn in Cornwall – many restaurants and cafés stay open well beyond the holiday season, the weather can still be sunny and warm, and we can enjoy crowd-free streets and beaches.
We’re looking forward to Apple Day at St Ives Community Orchard in early October, and St Ives Shanty Shout in late November – there’s nothing like a good sing on a dark autumn night! As you’ll see from our ever-expanding What’s On section, there’s no shortage of other things to do, from a beach clean to an exhibition, a yoga class to an interesting talk. There are more What’s On events outside this magazine’s dates on our website, stiveslocal.uk Speaking of the website, we are now updating this every day with news and features, linked to our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter social media accounts. Do bookmark the site, and if you would like to tell us about your group or club, exhibitions, events etc, do get in touch. It’s always great to hear from you. In this issue, you can learn from some St Ives families about how rewarding it is to host a child from Chernobyl; and discover how to get involved in a new project to protect St Ives Bay’s spectacular sand dunes. See you next issue, when our thoughts will turn to Christmas and the New Year. As you’ll see from this issue, the good folk at Plastic Free St Ives and Trevena Cross Nurseries are already focussed on the festive season!
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Chernobyl Children: A Lifeline in St Ives Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline supports children and their families from Belarus and Ukraine who were affected by the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Belarus, where most of the charity’s work is focused, received more than 70% of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion in April 1986, and thousands of children have since been born with thyroid cancer, bone cancer, and leukaemia, or gone on to develop these conditions.
were concerned about the language barrier – but it is lots of fun, pointing and playing our version of charades: their English is always superior to our Belarusian! The whole CCLL group is very supportive. Everyone is always available for help and advice. We gain as much as the children from the experience.
Would you consider opening your heart and home to Chernobyl children aged eight to 11? Here is what some of the St Ives hosts have to say.
Gill and Roger
Julie and Gary “Beautiful, super, cool” – three words the child who stayed with us this year said frequently, and ones we would echo about having her stay with us, too. This is the third year we have cared for a Chernobyl child, and each year we have shared the most fantastic time with the children. We can honestly say that this is one of the best things we are involved in, as we get to provide them with fun memories as well as the health boost they so badly need.
Phil and Denise The seaside is a great hit for these children from landlocked Belarus, and it is a pleasure to see and share their enjoyment. There are many organised activities, and these rely on the huge generosity of the local businesses – the highlight being a surfing lesson at Porthmeor. As hosts, we
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We were a little nervous at first, but soon found the group to be just kids as we know them. People ask us questions about them as though they are from another planet, but they are just normal kids. Language? Nothing which a bit of signing cannot overcome! It’s life-changing, with many new friends in Belarus, Ukraine and St Ives. It’s very rewarding to see and hear how the children grow and develop. We like to think we have contributed towards their future goals and ambitions. It is particularly lovely to receive letters and photos – they are so proud to share their progress through life.
Joan and John It’s a life-changing experience for all – even resulting in attending weddings in Belarus! We’ve had fun, hard work, laughter, love, a few tears. and much joy. For more information about Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline, contact Joan Packard j.packard@btopenworld.com, 01736 797009, or Roger Blundell, blundellr3@hotmail.com, 01736 756453.
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Welcome to Rotary St. Ives
WHY NOT JOIN US?
There is a tremendous range of opportunities to meet new people and be involved in life changing projects. We welcome men and women who want to be involved in the local community. These are some of the Local Charities and events that we support : Shelterbox Macmillan Nurses, Defibrilators Surf Life Saving Club, Carbis Bay Memory Cafe, St Ives Community Transport, Womens’ Refuge Young Carers and many more local organisations.
Little Seahorses Childcare & Education Highly qualified Practitioners & Early Years Teachers Quality Nursery, St. Ives Children’s Centre
Hi tide Kidz Club
After school and holiday club
Tel: 794222 littleseahorses.co.uk
littleseahorseschildcare@yahoo.co.uk
We meet every Wednesday for lunch at Tregenna Castle Hotel and often have a Speaker You would be very welcome to come as a guest without any obligation and see if you like it. Contact:
Melville 01736 756252 or Carmen 01736 751715
Rotary supports International causes such as : Wateraid, Polioplus, Disaster Relief Registered Charity No. 1097154
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Out on the Towans: A dynamic dunescape The Towans are a natural playground for local children, a sandy haven for stressed holidaymakers – and a sanctuary for a wide variety of plants and animals. Now this spectacular stretch of dunes bordering St Ives Bay is to be part of a £4m programme designed to protect threatened coastal landscapes across the country. Sand dunes are formed and shaped by wind, but they risk becoming sterile, grassy hillocks – smothered by invasive scrub which destroys the habitats of some of our most endangered species. The Dynamic Dunescapes project, which starts in 2020, will be led by Natural England, in partnership with the National Trust, Plantlife, the Wildlife Trusts and Natural Resources Wales, and backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It aims to restore life to dunes by encouraging natural movement – reversing a decades-old approach to dune management which focussed on fencing and marram grass planting to create stability.
The project includes the removal of invasive plant species and stripping turf to create bare sand patches. It will raise awareness that healthy dunes need moving sand – there will be educational activities for local schools, and opportunities for people of all ages to carry out practical conservation work. Natural England chairman Andrew Sells said: “We’re really excited about this fantastic project to save our dunes and give more people the opportunity to learn about our fascinating
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wildlife. Dunes are not only a backdrop to a day at the seaside – they are home to some of our rarest species and are in desperate need of help.” Cornwall Wildlife Trust dunes ranger Jon Cripps said: “The Dynamic Dunescapes project is going to help all kinds of dune wildlife that many people don’t realise exist, from spider-hunting wasps to rare orchids like the marsh helleborine. We’ll be able to get loads more people out on the dunes to enjoy the wildlife, and maybe lend a hand managing the dunes, too.” In St Ives Bay, the Dynamic Dunescapes project will be led by Towans ranger Martin Rule, and the Friends of the Towans, a newly-established charity which grew from a group of enthusiastic conservation volunteers, and aims to protect the whole dunes network from Hayle to Godrevy. “It’s been a real pleasure to see how the Friends group has developed in recent years,” said Martin. “Many hundreds of hours have been willingly given already to improving the dunes’ wildlife value. “Our outings are a brilliant way for local people to get outside for some useful exercise in the fresh air and to share company with like-minded people. Many new friendships have formed in the process. This project will enable us to develop this work even more, running more guided walks and practical conservation days.” Anybody is welcome to get involved – contact Martin on 07854 123877 or email martinrule@talktalk.net.
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A holiday cottage investment From the Food And Drink Festival in Spring to the Autumn September Festival; the summer season for tourism in St Ives is longer than ever. And with a plethora of Christmas festivals and culinary events in the winter too, visitors are increasingly coming to Cornwall to experience the wonderful food and glorious beaches whatever the weather. Whilst holiday homeowners will still enjoy high and low season prices for their holiday home investment, Cornwall’s jam-packed events calendar brings visitors to Cornwall throughout the year. Just one of the many reasons Cornwall was voted the best location in the UK to provide a return on investment (at a whopping 12%) in recent years.
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Plastic Free St Ives: Looking forward to a plastic free Christmas
by Emma Fashokun, manager of The Coffee Lounge Christmas is a time for giving – and of course, giving means buying. If you’re going to be lucky enough to spend Christmas in our lovely town, either as a resident or visitor, we have five ways that can help you to be plastic free during the festive season. It all starts with a card. We’ve been sending Christmas cards in this country since the 1840s. Of course, 180 years ago Christmas cards were made from printed paper, without any of the decoration and plastic sleeves that we see today. Stay plastic free by making your own cards – even more sustainable if you recycle materials. If you’re not crafty, think about supporting local Cornish artists by buying theirs. Lots are good enough to frame, so your card can become a present! Every year, Brits send more than 100 million rolls of wrapping paper to landfill. Most Christmas gift wrap is not recyclable due to glitter, foil, or being laminated. Do your bit this Christmas by avoiding plastic-wrapped rolls of glittery gift wrap and embracing a new approach. Reuse newspaper, magazine pages, or gift bags you’ve received – embellish with Christmas-themed ink stamps and paper raffia ribbon. Wrap your small gifts in an attractive headscarf, or fill a fabric stocking that can be used year after year. Or you could save some money and the environment by simply layering tissue paper and securing with fabric ribbon.
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For most families, decorating their home for Christmas is an important seasonal tradition. Your house and tree don’t have to be laden with plastic to look beautiful. Why not make paper chains with the youngsters, or tissue paper pompoms (also available to buy)? Rather than purchasing a collection of new baubles every year, choose a special few and retain them year on year to build a collection that will have meaning and memories attached. We all want our gifts to be meaningful, but inevitably tight budgets tempt us into filling the gaps under the tree with cheap plastic imports. Look for more sustainable alternatives in local Christmas markets and independent shops. Reduce your Christmas carbon footprint and support the local economy by leaving the array of colourful plastic on the shelf so that it doesn’t end up in your bin before next Christmas. A packaging revolution has taken place in recent years. Once toys and other gifts arrived in cardboard boxes. Now, they are often encased in a single-use plastic shell. Try to avoid items that are heavily packaged in this way, and let’s pressurise manufacturers to turn back the clock! Of course, we all want to enjoy Christmas and we can’t avoid all plastic, but every piece of single-use plastic that we say no to is a step in the right direction. Tread lightly on our planet this Christmas.
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St. Ives Archive: The Flood of 1894 If you think we have had a lot of rain in St Ives lately, spare a thought for the people who lived here 125 years ago this November. Thankfully, with the flood prevention system we have in place now, this event is unlikely to be repeated. (Perhaps we should all touch wood at this point!) There was significant rainfall in the last half of October 1894, and this continued into November. On the morning of Monday 12th, an accumulation of rainwater from the surrounding hills came down with a tremendous rush; streets were broken up and gas and water mains destroyed. Water came in torrents down the Stennack and the Terrace. At the Malakoff, it burst the walls, and water poured down into the railway station and over the embankment into the sea. But the worst damage was done to the buildings in Tregenna Place, then mostly residential properties with very few shops, and the Stennack, where the water divided at the Western Hotel – one course going into Gabriel Street and Tregenna Place, and the other into Chapel Street and the High Street. Many people were rescued from buildings along the route by fishermen, coastguards, or firemen, using ladders and ropes. The St Ives Weekly Summary reported: “The force of the flood was terrific. Huge rocks and stones were carried into the lower streets. Many people lost everything – their homes were literally washed away. Friends and neighbours living in the higher parts of the town took in the homeless, or they were given temporary accommodation in the Board Schools, the Wesleyan School and the chapels.”
The rain abated, and the following two days were fine and dry. This enabled the roads to be cleared of some 300 cartloads of debris, and the service mains to be repaired: some 220 men were employed for this purpose. It was said that anyone who saw the roads on Tuesday could not have believed that by noon on Thursday they would be cleared. Surprisingly, many shops were repaired and able to open for business by the following Saturday. Repairs were estimated to have cost some £1,000 – a decent sum now, but a huge sum 125 years ago. A public appeal was set up, and the mayor announced that he had received “a very liberal sum, amounting to £171”. The collection at the parish church the following Sunday went to “the sufferers of the late flood”. The flood had been disastrous but, fortunately, no one was killed. This was due mainly to the event taking place in the daytime. Had it happened during the night, the loss of life could, undoubtedly, have been tremendous. This was neither the first nor the last flooding of the town. More recently there were floods in 1993, 1997, and 2002. Fortunately, after the 2002 flood, the Environment Agency, in partnership with the town, district and county councils, put aside £20,000 for a flood defence system. Fingers crossed that it continues to work as it has done over the past 15 or so years! Janet Harris
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? Registered charity number 1136882
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Helen’s Befriending Service Helen Veale RGN/BSC 40 Years Experience PROFESSIONAL BEFRIENDER WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE If you care for a loved one I can provide a sitting service ensuring safety and companionship whilst you have a break and can go out and about. I can also offer conversation and support if you are lonely and have become isolated due to mobility issues or social circumstance. I am able to help those with dementia, mental frailty and communication difficulties. Contact me to discuss your requirements on 01736756273 or 07759326737 www.helensbefriendingservice.co.uk
National Adoption Week: Caring in Cornwall National Adoption Week runs from 14th to 20th October, and if you’ve ever thought about fostering or adopting, maybe it’s time to turn thoughts into action. Every 20 minutes a young person needs to be placed with a foster family in the UK; in Cornwall, nearly 500 children and young people are in care at any time. There are many reasons why children need foster care; it could simply be a family illness which means a child can’t be looked after at home for a short while, or they may need care for a longer period. Across the country, there is a shortage of foster carers and adopters. Cornwall Council’s Together for Families fostering service manager, Julie Goodwin said: “We have truly amazing carers in Cornwall, but the national trend suggests there are fewer new carers coming forward, so if you’ve got the time and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you”.
A specialist support service has recently launched in Cornwall to help foster carers and the children they look after, made up of social workers, family supporter workers, youth workers, family therapists, and educational psychologists. Sally Hawken, Cornwall Council cabinet member for children, wellbeing and public health said: “Our aim is not only to have the best support network in the country, but also the best trained, skilled, and informed foster carers, to bring about the most positive change for all children and young people in care.” Cornwall Council’s Family Plus team will hold your hand every step of the way once you’ve been matched with a child or children, offering advice on parenting, access to therapeutic support, mentoring, and how to help a child who has experienced trauma or abuse. For more information, visit www.adoptincornwall.co.uk or call 01872 322 200. For fostering, call 01872 323 638 or go to www.fosterincornwall.co.uk.
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The Penwith: An art society like no other This year, the Penwith Society of Arts is celebrating its 70th anniversary with an exhibition bringing together work created since 1961 by key members. The show – which runs from 5th October until 2nd November – will explore the impact members had on the art world, and how the Penwith’s association with so many progressive and influential artists has given the society a unique place in British art history. The society was founded in 1949 at a meeting in the Castle Inn, attended by Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Peter Lanyon, Bernard Leach, Sven Berlin, and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, among others. Membership was originally restricted to 40 artists, although this was later increased to a maximum of 50, divided into three groups: painters, sculptors and crafts people. The emphasis was placed on abstract as opposed to representational work, leading to many heated discussions and arguments among the members.
During the first ten years of its existence, the society exhibited its work at a variety of venues, with its opening exhibition in the Public Hall at 18 Fore Street. In 1959, when the lease on the property they were renting was about to expire, the search for a permanent gallery became critical.
tumultuous years, and no secure home, the society was finally able to move into the space it still occupies – a large pilchard factory, with net and sail lofts above, off Back Road West. The sail lofts were previously used by Peter Lanyon and Terry Frost as a painting school. The desire to house a permanent collection of work by member artists – many of whom had now achieved national and international recognition – led to the decision to purchase additional property adjoining the gallery. With the help of further grants and assistance from Barbara Hepworth, the site was extended in the early 1970s to include a former underground car park and adjacent buildings. Barbara Hepworth kindly gave her sculpture, Magic Stone, to the society, and it is proudly displayed in the Main Gallery. The 70th anniversary exhibition will consist of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture by artists who were members of the society in the 1960s. A number of names will be familiar, such as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Sir Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Roger Hilton, Denis Mitchell, Bryan Pearce, and John Wells. A concurrent exhibition at Penlee House, Penzance – Creative Tensions: The Penwith Society of Arts 1949-1960 – runs until 16th November and examines the impact, and indeed creative tensions, that existed amongst the St Ives rebels during these formative years. For more information about the Penwith Society of Arts, visit https://penwithgallery.com
The year 1961 was an important date in the history of the Penwith. After 12 fairly
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Out and About
What’s On
Knitting Group At Café Art, 3.30pm to 5pm.
MONDAYS Open Drawing Group At Barnoon Workshop, Clodgy View, St Ives, 10am until noon. Develop your drawing skills, with a different topic each week – beginners welcome. Meetings are dependent upon the weather.
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 required. For more information, phone 01736 796832, e-mail sichoir@btinternet.com or visit stivescommunitychoir.org.uk
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
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
Collectables Market At St Ives Guildhall, 9.30am (until 28th October).
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’.
October / November
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). Lego Club For children, at St Ives Library, 3.45pm. Come along and join other children building with Lego. 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/ St Ives Camera Club At the Church Hall, St Anta, Carbis Bay, 7.30pm. New members welcome. TUESDAYS Art and Craft Market At St Ives Guildhall, 10am. Draw St Ives 10.30am until noon at Barnoon Workshop, Clodgy View, St Ives. A fun outdoor drawing experience for all (dependent on the weather, so check ahead) – meet at the workshop. £7. www.barnoonworkshop.co.uk
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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 e-mail tessabj7@gmail.com
WEDNESDAYS Draw St Ives 10.30am until noon at Barnoon Workshop, Clodgy View, St Ives. A fun outdoor drawing experience for all (dependent on the weather, so check ahead) – meet at the workshop. £7. www.barnoonworkshop.co.uk Bookstart Rhymetime At St Ives Library, 10.45am until 11.15am. Come along and join in with singing and rhymes. 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). 1st St Ives Beavers Meet at the Scout Hut on Ayr Field from 6.30pm until 7.45pm during term time. For
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St Ives Drawing Group At Café Art, 3.30pm to 5pm.
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’.
FRIDAYS
Wednesday Market At St Ives Guildhall, 10am.
Tribe Pilates At St Ives Library. Increase muscle and bone strength with Karen, £6.
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 Beginners’ guitar class At Barnoon Workshop, Clodgy View, St Ives, 7pm to 8.30pm. Learn to play the guitar in small, friendly groups. Details at www.barnoonworkshop.co.uk Extinction Rebellion St Ives Meet at Café Art, 7pm, on the first and third Wednesday of each month. 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 Draw St Ives 10.30am until noon at Barnoon Workshop, Clodgy View, St Ives. A fun outdoor drawing experience for all (dependent on the weather, so check ahead) – meet at the workshop. £7. www.barnoonworkshop.co.uk St Ives and Carbis Bay Memory Café At the Memorial Hall, Carbis Bay, on the first and third Thursday of every month, at 2pm, at the Memorial Hall, 7 Trencrom Lane, Carbis Bay TR26 9TA. For more information, please call 07851 111496.
Family History Group At St Ives Library, 10.30am until noon. Research your family history – volunteer help is available. Free. Organic vegetable boxes Supplied by Bosavern Community Farm and available to pick up from Café Art on Fridays.
SATURDAYS Draw St Ives 10.30am until noon at Barnoon Workshop, Clodgy View, St Ives. A fun outdoor drawing experience for all (dependent on the weather, so check ahead) – meet at the workshop. £7. www.barnoonworkshop.co.uk 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. 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 15-minute Portrait Studio Noon-4pm at Barnoon Workshop, Clodgy View, St Ives. A contemporary twist on traditional seaside portraits – just drop in!
October
St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 1st October, 7.30pm for 8.30pm At the Western Hotel. Alison Raynor Quintet. £5-£13. Carbis Bay Sight Loss Awareness Day Tuesday, 1st October, noon-3pm At Carbis Bay Memorial Hall. Information about services for visually impaired people and demonstration of gadgets by iSightCornwall. Call 01872 261110 for details.
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Out and About St Ives in Stitches Wednesday, 2nd October, 10.30am-12.30pm Salvation Army Hall, Wharf Road Community project to create a collage of Fore Street. All welcome. Friends of the Towans Thursday, 3rd October, 10am A friendly group of volunteers carrying out practical conservation tasks. All welcome. For details, phone Martin Rule on 07854 123877.
The Story of the Harp Saturday, 12th October, 7pm At Lelant Village Hall. Harpist Lily Neill takes listeners on a journey through the instrument’s musical history. Details at www.carntocove.co.uk St Ives Breathers Group Monday, 14th October, 2-4pm Meeting at the St Anta Church Hall, Carbis Bay. Call 01736 799322 for details.
St Ives Archive Friday, 4th October, 11am An illustrated talk of local interest by Janet Axten at St Ives Library. Free entry, donations welcome.
Probus Club of St Ives Monday, 14th October, 10am AGM, followed by a talk on St John Ambulance by Philip Lander, at the Carbis Bay Hotel.
St Ives Poetry Circle Friday, 4th October 1.30pm At St Ives Library, admission free. Details from the Rev Stephen Bales on 01736 791431.
St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 15th October, 7.30pm for 8.30pm At the Western Hotel. Leanne Carroll. £5-£13.
St Anta Film Club Friday, 4th October, 7.30pm At St Anta Church Hall, Carbis Bay. For details, see cfylm.co.uk
Friends of the Towans Thursday, 17th October, 10am A friendly group of volunteers carrying out practical conservation tasks. All welcome. For details, phone Martin Rule on 07854 123877.
Super Saturday Saturday, 5th October, 10am-12pm Drop-in session with music and refreshments at St Ives Library. All welcome. Apple Day Saturday, 5th October, 2pm-7pm At St Ives Community Orchard. Visit www.stivesorchard.co.uk for details. St Ives U3A Tuesday, 8th October, 2pm A talk by Trevor Smitherham on the Dynamite Works, Hayle, at the Island Centre. Followed by tea or coffee and biscuits.
Creative Industries Fair Thursday, 17th October, 11am-5pm At Tate St Ives, who are partnering with Falmouth School of Art to show how young people can get into creative industries. Drop-in activities, stalls, workshops and more. Exploring Poetry with St Ives Poetry Circle Friday, 18th October, 1.30pm At St Ives Library, admission free. Details from the Rev Stephen Bales on 01736 791431.
St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 8th October, 7.30pm for 8.30pm At the Western Hotel. ISQ: Requiem for the Faithful. £5-£13.
Tate Create: Picture My World Saturday, 19th October, to Sunday, 27th October, 11am-3pm A barren landscape in Tate St Ives’ Foyle Studio needs to be filled with drawings of new worlds and the creatures who inhabit them this half-term. A hands-on and fun workshop for the whole family.
Trencrom Ladies’ Club Friday, 11th October, 2pm At Lelant Village Hall. Alan Cox will give a talk entitled Cornish Churches. Light refreshments will be available after the talk. Visitors are welcome.
St Ives U3A Tuesday, 22nd October, 2pm A talk by Howard Curnow on Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Climate Change, at the Island Centre. Followed by tea or coffee and biscuits.
The Winding World Saturday, 12th October, 7.30pm The story of a baby found in a Cornish cove – a collaboration between multi-instrumentalists Bagas Degas and writer Annamaria Murphy, at Nancledra School. Details at www.carntocove.co.uk
Plastic Free St Ives Wednesday, 23rd October, 10am-11.30am Autumn beach clean – the exact time and location will be revealed closer to the date. Like the Plastic Free St Ives Facebook page to keep up to date.
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Out and About St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 22nd October, 7.30pm for 8.30pm At the Western Hotel. Calum Gourlay Quartet. £5-£13. St Ives Bookseller Wednesday, 23rd October, 7pm Philip Marsden talking about his book, The Summer Isles, at the Harbour Hotel. Tickets £5, available online at www.stives-bookseller.co.uk Probus Club of St Ives Thursday, 24th October, 10am Annual general meeting at the Carbis Bay Hotel, followed by a talk on St John Ambulance by Philip Lander. St Ives Carers Group Friday, 25th October, 10am-noon At Glenrowan, Wheal Widden, Carbis Bay. Are you a carer in the St Ives area? Join us for coffee and a chat. We share information and experiences, and can provide advocacy if needed. Contact Jeremy on 07836 606464. St Ives Breathers Group Monday, 28th October, 2-4pm Meeting at the St Anta Church Hall, Carbis Bay. Call 01736 799322 for details. St Ives Old Cornwall Society Monday, 28th October, 7pm At St Ives Infants School. Alan Cox talking on Cornwall Curiosities. Meetings are followed by refreshments and a chance to chat. Visitors pay a small entrance fee, or membership can be purchased. St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 29th October, 7.30pm for 8.30pm At the Western Hotel. Musicians to be confirmed. Friends of the Towans Thursday, 31st October, 10am A friendly group of volunteers carrying out practical conservation tasks. All welcome. For details, phone Martin Rule on 07854 123877.
November
St Ives Poetry Circle Friday, 1st November, 1.30pm At St Ives Library, admission free. Details from the Rev Stephen Bales on 01736 791431. Bridal Showcase Sunday, 3 November, 11am to 3pm At Tregenna Castle Hotel.
St Ives U3A Tuesday, 5th November, 2pm A talk by Frank Stevens on American Space Flights, at the Island Centre. Followed by tea or coffee and biscuits. St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 5th November, 7.30pm for 8.30pm At the Western Hotel. Nicholas Meier World Group. £5-£13. Cancer Research Friday, 8th November, 10am to noon Coffee morning at the Western Hotel. Cakes, books, raffle etc – all welcome. St Ives Archive Friday, 8th November, 11am An illustrated talk of local interest by Janet Axten at St Ives Library. Free entry, donations welcome. Trencrom Ladies’ Club Friday, 8th November, 2pm At Lelant Village Hall. David Chapman will give a talk entitled A Year of Photography. Light refreshments will be available after the talk. Visitors are welcome. Plastic Free St Ives Sunday, 10th November Beach clean – exact time and place to be announced. Keep an eye on Plastic Free St Ives’ Facebook page. Super Sunday Family Festival: Planet Art Sunday, 10th November A day of hands-on-art and creativity at The Tate, St Ives, featuring artist and writer Kari Herbert. A number of child-friendly activities. St Ives Probus Club Monday, 11th November, 10am A talk on CCC Transport, by Glyn Williams, at the Carbis Bay Hotel. St Ives Breathers Group Monday, 11th November, 2-4pm Meeting at the St Anta Church Hall, Carbis Bay. Call 01736 799322 for details. St Ives Jazz Club Tuesday, 12th November, 7.30pm for 8.30pm At the Western Hotel. Talinka Quartet. £5-£13 Friends of the Towans Thursday, 14th November, 10am A friendly group of volunteers carrying out practical conservation tasks. All welcome. For details, phone Martin Rule on 07854 123877.
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Out and About Exploring Poetry with St Ives Poetry Circle Friday, 15th November, 1.30pm At St Ives Library, admission free. Details from the Rev Stephen Bales on 01736 791431. Viva La Coldplay Friday, 15th November At St Ives Guildhall, 7pm. Coldplay tribute act, playing in aid of the Wheels Foundation. Details and tickets via stivesguildhall.co.uk St Ives Old Cornwall Society Monday, 18th November, 7pm At St Ives Infants School. A talk by Frank Argall on Argall Photographers. Meetings are followed by refreshments and a chance to chat. Visitors pay a small entrance fee, or membership can be purchased. St Ives U3A Tuesday, 19th November, 2pm A talk by Rupert Manley on the Steeple Woodland Project, Past, Present and Future, at the Island Centre. Followed by tea or coffee and biscuits. St Ives Shanty Shout Friday, 22nd and Saturday, 23rd November, 3pm until late Two days of sea shanties from 20 groups from across Cornwall, and beyond at pubs around St Ives. For details, visit www.stivesshantyshout.co.uk St Ives Breathers Group Monday, 25th November, 2-4pm Meeting at the St Anta Church Hall, Carbis Bay. Call 01736 799322 for details.
Friends of the Towans Thursday, 28th November, 10am A friendly group of volunteers carrying out practical conservation tasks. All welcome. For details, phone Martin Rule on 07854 123877. St Ives Christmas Market Friday, 29th November, 6pm-9pm At the Guildhall, Street-an-Pol. St Ives Carers Group Friday, 29th November, 10am-noon At Glenrowan, Wheal Widden, Carbis Bay. Join us for coffee and a chat if you are a carer in the St Ives area. We share information and experiences, and can provide advocacy if needed. Contact Jeremy on 07836 606464. Winter Festival: Junk-er-ations Saturday, 30th November, 10am-7pm At Tate St Ives. Create your own Christmas decorations out of recycled material and junk, and make this Christmas a good one for our planet. St Ives Christmas Market Saturday, 30th November, 10am-5pm At the Guildhall, Street-an-Pol. St Ives Fair Mo Saturday, 30th November, 10am-4pm At St Ives Parish Church. Stalls, refreshments, and entertainment – traditionally the start of the festive season events in town. Please email What’s On entries for December and January to hello@stiveslocal.uk by 24th October. Attach a photo relevant to your activity or event if you wish.
Liz’s Quizzes
A warm welcome back to Liz, from Liz’s Quizzes, who is providing a brain teaser each issue. Liz runs two quizzes each week: at the Castle Inn, St Ives, on Mondays and the Bird in Hand, Hayle, on Wednesdays. Yes, she’s a busy Liz! Look for St Ives Liz’s Quizzes on Facebook. Solve the following ditloids. For example, 2 W O A B = 2 wheels on a bicycle. Answers on page 34. 1. 101 D 2. 12 S O T Z 3. 13 I A B D 4. 4 A 20 B B I A P 5. 215 L O T R T I M
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St Ives Farmers’ Market: A chat with Tim Thompson of St Ives Gin Can you introduce us to your team? We’re a family-run company, based and operating out of St Ives. As well as me, there are my brothers, Greg and Bertie, and our parents, Tamsin and Pete. We’ve all grown up in the St Ives area, apart from our dad, who’s originally from London but has lived here nearly his entire life. How did the St Ives Gin journey begin? We’ve been running our own establishment, The Searoom, in St Ives for nearly seven years. We launched St Ives Liquor Co two years ago, to start producing our own craft drinks to serve from what is now our beachside gastrobar. Two years later, we sell our products all over the country. It was an unexpected change in direction, but a very welcome one. It certainly offers a different challenge to just focusing on the bar.
waste after production and recycle everything else that we can. You won’t find any plastic cups or straws in our bar, either. The lemons and oranges we use in St Ives Gin are turned into our zesty Limoncello and Arancello, so nothing is wasted. This summer, we teamed up with Rising Forests to plant a tree for every bottle of St Ives Liquor Co product sold. So far, we’ve managed to plant over 5,000 trees, an achievement we are incredibly proud of. Visit stivesliquor.co to find out more.
Where are your ingredients from? We use 13 botanicals in the production of our gins, and entirely fresh fruits in the production of our liqueurs. You won’t find any artificial flavourings, colourings or preservatives in any of our products, just real, natural ingredients. A few of these we even forage for ourselves around St Ives, including the sweet, coconut-scented gorse flowers and salty bladderwrack seaweed. How did you develop your branding? The artwork for St Ives Gin is created by our uncle, Chris Thompson - his work has been hanging on our walls in The Searoom for years. The artwork for our liqueurs is done by one of the guys who works in the bar, Tommy Lucas. We’re lucky to be surrounded by so many talented people. What is your vision? Simply to create high-quality products whilst ensuring that we do everything we can to limit our impact on this wonderful part of the world. We only use veg ware plastics, including taster cups and bags at events, and our tamper seals are made of biodegradable materials. We compost our natural Please mention St. Ives Local when contacting advertisers
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Sing aloud: St Ives Shanty Shout Thanks to the success of Cornwall’s Fishermen’s Friends, the world now knows more about sea shanties than ever. Of course, these waterborne folk songs – thought to be named from the French word for singing, chanter – have never lost their currency in Cornwall, despite the cut in shipping and fishing fleets. St Ives will ring to the sounds of these songs on the 22nd and 23rd November when the annual Shanty Shout is held at various venues around the town. You’ll be able to find out that there’s more to the genre than just South Australia and Sloop John B, cracking crowd-pleasers that those are.
The festival, hosted by lively local singers Bamaluz Bootleggers (pictured above right), has grown from a small event staged in Fore Street’s Castle Inn in 2016, and now attracts around 20 groups, along with storyteller Shanty Baba, who will this year perform in five other venues besides the Castle – Golden Lion, Surf Shack, Pilchard Press Alehouse, Queen’s Hotel and Bier Huis Grand Café. The performers taking part include A Capella Moonshine, an all-female group from Falmouth, who declare: “What unites us is our love of singing, sailing and the odd glass or two of alcohol!”; Stuns’ls – their name from stud sails used on a full-rigged tall ship – who got together through a mutual interest in “singing in pubs for
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a chance of winning a free pint or pasty”; and Old Gaffers, who say they have “an average age of 45 (sorry, that should be waist size), and a groupie fan base of well over one”. Alan Whitbread has entertained audiences as far afield as Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the USA. For some of his songs, he accompanies himself with his Lachenal Edeophone English concertina, which is 100 years old. Kimber’s Men have appeared at festivals in Belgium and Denmark, and one of their songs, Don’t Take The Heroes, about the aftermath of the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, has been sung by shanty bands all over the world. Other performers include Bryher’s Boys from the Isles of Scilly, the Severn Whalers from Bristol and Lytham St Anne’s Shanty Crew from Lancashire. And then there’s the Nautibuoys from Dartmouth – featuring Richard Carr, specialist in whistling and ladies’ wigs – who describe their music as “eclectic sea-based/folk/vaudeville, including both laments and up-tempo songs and old sea-verses put to music, with audience participation being essential for a nice time”. They’ll be guaranteed plenty of audience participation in St Ives! Since it started, the Shout has raised money for Cornish good causes, with £1,830 shared by the RNLI and Children’s Hospice South West in 2017, and £1,627 helping the Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust’s New Heli appeal last year. The festival is made possible by business sponsors – artist Donald MacLeod, St Ives BID, St Ives Holidays, St Ives Brewery, Jonny Cab, and Carbis Bay Holidays. To find out more, visit stivesshantychout.co.uk or facebook.com/stiveshout
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Endrian Yoga: Flexibility in your 40s – and beyond Endrian yoga combines postures designed to improve balance and co-ordination with controlled breathing and meditation exercises – and every class begins with yoga dance. The classes, in Carbis Bay, Wall and Leedstown, are taught by Khalid Beg, an experienced yoga teacher who is also qualified in kinesiology, the study of muscle and movement. Khalid and his wife Frances, a French and German teacher, moved to Cornwall 10 years ago, as they felt the peaceful setting would be more conducive to meditation, therapies, yoga and research than the hurly-burly of London. ‘Endrian’ is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘all the senses, anything you can experience’ and ‘energy in the organs’. It is a form of yoga designed especially for people over 40. Khalid explains: “This is the age when some of us start to slow up and lose confidence, due to decreased mobility and sense of balance. I feel this is a good age to practise yoga, with a view to prolonging our flexibility.” The idea of incorporating yoga dance began when Khalid was teaching a class for Kent Blind Association. “The music
of dance seems to have a beneficial impact on immobility and restricted range of movement. Physical limitations can be overcome when dance is added.” The dances are taught in slow motion at the start of each class, using modified moves initially, to allow students to feel comfortable at all stages. As Khalid points out, dance has also long been recognised as a therapy to improve mental health. “Dance gives people the chance to express themselves. It improves their emotional state, exerting a positive effect on the mind and elevating mood. Yoga dance encourages students to exist in the moment and to focus – a sort of mindfulness. The combination of yoga and yoga dance works very well in rebuilding confidence in whichever area, mental or physical, each person needs. Shared movement also enhances bonding, and the groups I run do seem very cohesive. Supportive friendships have been formed as a result.” To find out more, phone Khalid on 01736 757919 or 07979 606851.
Endrian Yoga
A combination of yoga and yoga dance, designed specifically for the over-40s
• Improves flexibility and strength • Promotes relaxation • Relieves stress • Increases bodily awareness • Stimulates circulation Classes are taught by Khalid Beg, and take place at: 11am-12pm on Tuesdays at Leedstown Village Hall 10am-11am on Wednesdays at Wall Hall (near Gwinear) 10am-11am on Thursdays at St Anta Church Hall, Carbis Bay More classes will be starting soon in the St Ives area
Everyone is welcome – no need to book Khalid has been teaching yoga since 2003, and is a member of the British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
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Trevena Cross Nurseries: Autumn planting and the countdown to Christmas Trevena Cross wears two hats at this time of the year. In the last issue, we talked about wonderful autumn planting – the best time of the year to plant. This continues in earnest through October, with the outside space at Trevena Cross still dedicated to a feast of autumn colour and exciting planting options. Inside the shop, it’s a different story. The second hat is worn with Christmas pride, as a dramatic, awe-inspiring transformation gets underway, to create the Trevena Cross Christmas Shop.
Trevena Cross owner, Graham Jeffery says: “The creative and talented shop team have plans to roll out a Christmas display to remember this year. And while it may still seem a little early to be talking Christmas, the time and thoughtful consideration involved in producing the most extensive quality Christmas shop of the area means we need to start early so that we’re ready for the earliest of Christmas planners and shoppers.” With more shop space than ever before allocated to the most magical time of the year, there is more scope to make jaws drop and eyes light up, whilst creating memories. A light tunnel will showcase the full range of on-trend indoor and outdoor Christmas lighting options, from traditional to contemporary, like lasers; and an incredible range of beautiful tree decorations won’t fail to impress. Whether a beautifullyco-ordinated traditional display is the dream, or a
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fun, quirky, one-of-a-kind novelty show, Trevena Cross is determined to meet every requirement and budget, whilst getting even the biggest bah-humbug into the Christmas spirit! A lovely selection of hand-picked Christmas gifts for the whole family will provide another reason to soak up everything Christmas under one roof. When the time comes, the shop will also support and complement the festivities taking place from the very last day of November and for the four weekends leading up to Christmas, when an undercover 50-stall food and craft Christmas market, made up of quality local traders will take over the garden centre planteria next to the shop, alongside street food, live music, and the now locally-renowned annual charity fundraising Santa’s Grotto, supported by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard. Graham explains: “The market will bring together food, drink, gifts and crafts from dedicated local traders, passionate about what they make and sell, and eager to share it with market visitors. Traders will also change by the day, giving people an excuse to visit more than once!” And the greenery won’t be pushed completely aside to make way for Christmas. A section of the shop will house a wonderful collection of houseplants – great gifts – including festive favourites, and outside, there’s the ever popular wreaths and cyclamen, and a huge choice of UK pot-grown and cut Christmas trees to look through, before the most important family decision of the year is made … which one to take home! For more information about autumn planting or the Trevena Cross Christmas festivities, get in touch at sales@trevenacross.co.uk or visit the Facebook page /TrevenaCross Trevena Cross, Breage, Helston, TR13 9PY 01736 763880, trevenacross.co.uk
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Home and Garden
Garden Stories: A celebration of apples
Apple Day is always a highlight of the calendar at St Ives Community Orchard – and there will be much to celebrate at this year’s event. Around 150 fruit trees have been planted at the orchard since it was set up six years ago, and with the first apple trees now reaching maturity, the 2019 crop is the largest to date. Perhaps this is down to the Wassail ceremony, which took place at the orchard in February, when crowds of people wearing feathers and ivy wreaths banged pots, pans and drums to wake the trees from winter slumber, toasted their health with mulled cider, and sang a traditional Wassail song expressing the hope that they would bear “hatfuls, capfuls, three-bushel bagfuls” of apples. Or it may be because weather conditions have been generally favourable for apple-growing in west Cornwall this year. The orchard, which adjoins the Palemon Best Recreation Ground at Penbeagle, enjoys shelter from the prevailing wind, although the storms of early August did result in a high level of windfalls, which visitors to the orchard were encouraged to pick up and take home. Attractions at Apple Day will include not just apple pressing, apple cocktails and apple games, but a range of free activities for adults and children – forest schools, green woodworking, tug-of-war, craft workshops, foraging walks and beehive tours. There will also be music and a bonfire, pizzas cooked in the orchard’s cob oven and drinks from the Wild Orchard bar.
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Community orchard co-ordinator Elise Langley is always keen to hear from people who are interested in joining the orchard’s team of volunteers. Regular work parties are held throughout the year, and this winter, there are plans to plant more fruit trees, along with hundreds of oak, alder, elder and other native species on the hillside above the orchard. There are already around 50 different tree varieties in the orchard, mostly from Cornwall and Devon, some with colourful names like ‘Pig’s Snout’ and ‘Slack Ma Girdle’. Many of these varieties are also grown at National Trust’s Trelissick Garden, near Truro, which is hosting an Apple Weekend on 4th-6th October. Experts will be on hand to offer advice to people interested in growing Cornish apple trees. The Trelissick team recommends ‘Hockings Green’, which thrives in Cornwall’s mild, damp climate, and is not only good to eat straight off the tree, but also makes a perfect apple pie; and honey-flavoured dessert apple ‘Cornish Gilliflower’. If you have a fairly small garden, another good choice is ‘Ben’s Red’, a bright red Cornish dessert apple which tastes of strawberries, while for larger spaces, there’s ‘Colloggett Pippin’, which produces yellow/green apples ideal for cider. Whatever you choose, you’ll need to plant two trees around 15 metres apart, so that cross-pollination can occur – and make sure that they’re likely to be in blossom at the same time. St Ives Community Orchard’s Apple Day takes place between 2pm and 7pm on Saturday 5th October. To find out more about the event, and becoming a volunteer, visit www.stivesorchard.co.uk
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Book Review
by Alice Harandon, manager of St. Ives Bookseller
The Summer Isles: A Voyage of the Imagination – Philip Marsden Granta £20.00 pub 3/10/19 In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall. He is sailing for the Summer Isles, a small archipelago near the top of Scotland that holds for him a deep and personal significance. On the way, he must navigate the west coast of Ireland and the Inner Hebrides. Bearing the full force of the Atlantic, it is a seaboard which is also a mythical frontier, a place as rich in story as anywhere on earth. Through the people he meets and the tales he uncovers, Marsden builds up a haunting picture of these shores – of imaginary islands and the Celtic otherworld, of the ageless draw of the west, of the life of the sea and perennial loss – and the redemptive power of the imagination. The Summer Isles is an unforgettable account of the search for actual places, invented places, and those places in between that shape the lives of individuals and entire nations. St Ives Bookseller will be welcoming Philip on 23rd October for a Summer Isles event at the Harbour Hotel. Tickets are £5 and available online at www.stives-bookseller.co.uk Agent Running in the Field – John le Carre Penguin £20.00 pub 17/10/19 Signed copies will be available Nat, a 47-year-old veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, believes
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his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is not only a spy, he is a passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is half his age: the introspective and solitary Ed. Ed hates Brexit, hates Trump, and hates his job at some soulless media agency. And it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take them all down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all … The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse – Charlie Mackesy Ebury £16.99 An absolute joy of a book – this is my first introduction to illustrator and cartoonist Charlie’s work, but his drawn conversations and art have been shared online hundreds of times. It is a reminder of the most important things in life and a book of hope for uncertain times. Charming, poignant and something which goes straight to the heart! Don’t forget the fabulous new title from Michael Foreman, The Mermaid’s Christmas Adventure, which is out now. Set in St Ives, it sees a young mermaid leave her home on Seal Island to help Father Christmas with his deliveries. Signed copies are available! It’s published by Mabecron Books at £12.99.
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Community housing: The Old Vicarage project From small beginnings, big projects can grow. On a walk around The Old Vicarage, in Street-an-Pol – the Trust’s first project – it’s clear there’s a long way to go, but there’s a huge willingness in the town to make St Ives Community Land Trust a success. The trust’s aims are: to expand the town’s long-term affordable housing supply; protect existing community buildings; and promote local economic resilience through developing sites for small and medium-sized businesses. Turning The Old Vicarage into affordable flats is a major project with a £500,000 target. Walking around the building, though, as I did on its open day, back at the end of August, I was surprised by the light, airy rooms and at the rear, an open space which will become a garden – an oasis in the centre of town.
the UK average of £34,830, too, at £23,937, so affordability is a key issue. Yes, six flats is just a small start, but with the support of local people, and groups such as the town council, who knows what can be achieved? Darren Norbury To find out about the share offer visit the trust’s website: stivesclt.org.uk/projects/the-old-vicarageflats/
A couple of flats have already been converted under previous ownership and just need refurbishment. Elsewhere, there is major work to be done, especially on the ground floor, which has, in recent times, been home to a playgroup. Shares in the scheme are being sold for £1 – the minimum investment for those living in the TR26 postal area is £100, and for all other investors it is £350. Once completed, the building will offer six flats to local workers in need of affordable housing. That’s something in very short supply in St Ives, with much accommodation taken up by the tourism industry and for second homes. Workers in hospitality and services industries, though, are essential to the town’s economy, and The Old Vicarage is an excellent central site. The average house price in St Ives, the trust points out, is £369,000, compared to a UK average of £226,000. The average salary in St Ives is below Please mention St. Ives Local when contacting advertisers
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Beer and Pubs: Unique St Ives brews More often than not, my prime beer drinking session of the week is a Thursday afternoon, and as I write St Ives is not failing in providing excellent quality and variety. I still spend a lot of time in the Pilchard Press Alehouse, which enjoyed an excellent summer season. As well as catching up with locals, there’s always the chance to chat to interesting holidaymakers, keen to seek out good cask ale. My latest cask beer discovery is the Queen’s Hotel, a venue, I have to confess, I hadn’t wandered into before. But a chance meeting led me to trying one of my favourite St Austell beers, Proper Job IPA (4.5% ABV) and it was in glorious form. The bar is light, attractive and family friendly, and although geared towards food service, welcomes the drinker. Worth a visit.
The pub now has its own house beer, Beyond The Pale (4.9% ABV), which has been made by former St Ives Brewery brewer Mark Jasjew at his new Krow Brewery, in Redruth. Golden, with an inviting, resinous, slightly herbal aroma, the well-balanced brew has a great body and offers good bitterness and flavour from Centennial, Amarillo, Cascade, Jester and Mandarina Bavaria hops, the latter adding a lovely orange citrus note. The Pilchard Press is the only place you can seek this one out. As we sent this magazine to press, St Ives-based Shane Andrews had dropped the first two beers from his Mine Brewing Co, in the Consols area of St Ives, down to the Pilchard Press for a grand unveiling. I’ll report back on these in the next issue, or keep an eye on our website.
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As is the Castle, another one of my regular haunts, and all the more interesting since I’ve been reading up on the history of the town’s 20th century art community. The historic pub is full of atmosphere and one can just imagine those arguments between the figurative and abstract camps that were so key to developing the art scene we know today. The Castle does traditional cask beer – mostly amber and malty – and does it very well. There’s a regular cast – Sharp’s Sea Fury, Skinner’s Porthleven, for instance, but always some interesting guests. I’ve recently enjoyed Marston’s Saddle Tank, which I don’t recall seeing anywhere else, and Fuller’s Sticky Wicket, an Australian-hopped pale ale, heralding the Ashes cricket series. Got any tips for good pubs and beers? Drop me a line at darren@stiveslocal.uk Darren Norbury
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Quick Crossword
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Liz’s Quizzes, answers 1. Dalmatians 2. Signs of the Zodiac 3. In a baker’s dozen 4. And 20 blackbirds baked in a pie 5. Length of the River Thames in miles 6. Overture by Tchaikovsky 7. Album by Beyoncé 8. Is a hurricane on the Beaufort scale 9. Points for a try in rugby union 10. 8 fingers and 2 thumbs on a pair of hands
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Garden services and nurseries JC Landscapes 27 Hayle Plants 27 Trevena Cross Nurseries 25 Health and fitness Cornwall Chiropractic 31 Endrian Yoga 23 Revitalise Dental Centre 10 & 11 Holiday accommodation Cohort 9 Cornish Horizons 7 Homes John Andrews Joinery 33 Surface Rehab 31
Leisure Country Skittles 9 St Ives Glass Art Workshops 15 Pet services Animal Vets 31 Schools and nurseries Little Seahorses 5 St Ives Infant School Nursery 9 Shopping I Should Coco 27 St Ives Bookseller 28 St Ives Farmers’ Market 21 Taxis A1 Cars 5 Wills and estate planning TP Wills and Probate 33 Window fitting CTG Windows 3
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