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Many things are beyond our control at the moment but the power of perseverance and the cumulative effect of many people’s actions can never be underestimated. There is always something within our grasp that can make a difference. This issue’s two local people are both determined creatives who have faced challenges but continue to aim high: co-owner of Insideout, Nicky Edmunds, who also designs and makes ceramics for her business, Habuluous; and chef Davide Grigolato, who has embraced local Devon produce, giving his Italian recipes a new twist with his Italian Jack venture. Climate change is one of the most serious issues the world faces: in our feature article, Dr Dan Smale of Plymouth’s Marine Biological Association explains the amazing process of Blue Carbon and the role our oceans play in helping to reduce the effects of global warming; he says we must continue to reduce greenhouse gases at all costs but protecting seafloor habitats could buy us some time. Our Charity Focus reveals how Jenny and Emiko Adjene have repurposed their stationery business at Hip Hip Hooray to create a social enterprise, providing training and employment for women in recovery from addiction, or domestic abuse, or who have experienced the criminal justice system. While Sue Fisher promotes the environmental importance of planting trees and Dr Jo Coldron sets out the life-saving opportunities of the three main UK cancer screening programs. On a lighter note, Tavistock Festival is planning a new programme of events for the spring, The Garden House and Rosemoor are offering spectacular flower displays, the new Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme has talks and outdoor events to get involved in, Yelverton Art Festival presents a range of mixed media work by local artists, and Lambing Live opens the doors to the public once more at Greenwell Farm.

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Blue Carbon What is it and what is its role in mitigating climate change? Our planet is now about 1.2°C warmer, on average, compared with pre-industrial times some 140 years ago. The underlying cause of this warming trend is unequivocal; human activities have released vast amounts of greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere, which then blanket the Earth and trap heat from the sun, once reflected from our planet’s surface. Perhaps fortuitously for humankind, however, the oceans cover about 70% of the Earth’s surface and water is extremely effective at absorbing heat and carbon dioxide. In fact, the oceans have soaked up about 90% of the excess heat and about onequarter of the additional carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Without this vital transfer of heat and gas into the oceans the atmospheric climate we experience today would be unrecognisable. Once carbon enters the oceans it may be assimilated by living organisms through photosynthesis before entering foodwebs or sediments and remaining within marine ecosystems for many years or even centuries. Whilst phytoplankton (single-celled algae) are by far the most abundant type of photosynthetic organisms in the sea, other marine ‘plants’ such as 6

seagrasses, seaweeds, salt marshes and mangroves are extremely efficient at capturing and storing carbon. When the carbon captured by these organisms is stored in seafloor sediments it can be locked away and removed from the carbon cycle for long periods of time. This process is referred to as natural carbon sequestration, or ‘Blue Carbon’. For thousands of years, Blue Carbon habitats have been steadily locking away carbon into marine sediments, and continue to do so today. The protective nature of the oceans has come at a cost, however. The global ocean is now significantly hotter and more acidic. Increased temperatures, in particular, pose a major threat to marine life and the integrity of entire ecosystems. On average, the global ocean has warmed at a rate of about 0.15°C per decade over the past halfcentury, although several hotspots of change – including waters off southeast Australia, eastern Canada, southern Brazil and Uruguay, and Arctic coastlines – have experienced much faster rates of warming. As well as longer-term decadal warming trends, the frequency and intensity of extreme temperature events, termed ‘marine heatwaves’, has increased significantly.

Marine heatwaves are periods of days-to-months when sea temperatures are much greater than expected for that particular time or place, and are comparable to the atmospheric heatwaves that we experience on land. Our scientific team at the Marine Biological Association of the UK, based in Plymouth, has been working on several projects that aim to better understand how marine ecosystems are impacted by climate change, in terms of their responses to both longer term warming trends and increased marine heatwave activity. In collaboration with an international network of scientists, we showed that marine heatwaves have intensified across most of the global ocean, having become both more frequent and longer in duration. We then showed that marine heatwaves have had catastrophic consequences on a range of species and ecosystems. For example, widespread bleaching and death of coral reefs, large-scale declines in seagrass meadows, losses of vast kelp forests, and mass die-offs of fish, shellfish, seabirds and even mammals have been linked to marine heatwaves in recent decades. Put simply, extreme sea temperatures during marine heatwaves are too hot for some marine life to cope

with, leading to reduced growth and reproduction, poor condition or even death, with ramifications for the wider foodweb. In turn, this affects people that depend on coastal marine ecosystems for livelihoods and sustenance, through losses in commercial and small-scale fisheries, lower aquaculture yields, and reduced recreation and tourism activities. To exacerbate this already alarming situation, marine ecosystems are engaged in a feedback loop between climate change and carbon sequestration. As the oceans warm, many key Blue Carbon players become less productive and capture and store less carbon. For example, when sea temperatures become stressful, seaweeds grow more slowly, reaching a smaller size and holding less carbon. Even worse, in Australia, the Mediterranean and elsewhere, vast areas of seagrass meadows have been lost due to ocean warming, releasing centuries-old carbon from underlying sediments. Blue Carbon habitats are also threatened by bottom-trawling the seafloor, changes in coastal land use and increased pollution in many regions. The net result is reduced efficiency of the biological carbon pump, leaving

more carbon in the upper layers of the ocean and in the atmosphere, where it further contributes to global heating.

There is... talk of harnessing the incredible growth rates of seaweeds to capture and lock away carbon, although this remains in its infancy. So what does the future hold? Over the next few decades at least, the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans will continue to warm in response to greenhouse gases already emitted. The oceans will become hotter and more acidic and marine heatwaves will intensify, with grave consequences for marine life and the human societies that depend on these marine ecosystems. There will, of course, be ‘winners and losers’ as some species will thrive in a warmer world, but our research has shown that the overall impacts of ocean warming will be negative. However, conservation and management efforts across the world are beginning to value and protect marine life, especially Blue Carbon habitats, as understanding grows of the importance of natural carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation. In many regions, Blue Carbon habitats are being restored towards their former glory, in attempts to

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promote carbon storage in the oceans. In other regions, seafloor habitats are protected from dredging and other destructive activities to protect the carbon-rich sediments. There is also ever-increasing talk of harnessing the incredible growth rates of seaweeds to capture and lock away carbon, although this remains in its infancy. It is clear that better management and protection of marine ecosystems will increase the efficiency of the biological carbon pump and buy some time. The real challenge remains, however. Only through significant global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions can we avoid catastrophic climate change this century. As the dust settles on the COP26 meeting in Glasgow last November, the jury is still out on whether the agreements reached will lead to the avoidance of dangerous levels of warming. World leaders will meet again in 2022 at COP27 in Egypt; ambitious, binding, meaningful targets on greenhouse gas reductions are imperative. The oceans will help us enormously in our self-imposed battle with the climate, but only up to a point. That breaking point draws ever nearer. Dr Dan Smale Marine Biological Association, Plymouth

LOCAL PEOPLE

A natural flair Nicky Edmunds co-owns two local Insideout shops with her husband, and also designs and makes a wide range of ceramics for her Habulous business. Nicky’s father was in the navy and so her somewhat itinerant upbringing included nine different schools, a period in Canada, but also a relatively long stay in Liskeard for a couple of years. She struggled with dyslexia during her education but did well in art and after studying it at Falmouth school of art and design she went on to specialise in illustration at Swansea. She met her husband Paul and the couple moved to London. Doubting her ability as an illustrator, Nicky worked in pubs for the next three years. It was an interesting time as one pub regularly hosted book signings and was frequented by theatre people, while another quiet pub near Camden Palace often attracted famous celebrities. Following this, Nicky went into recruitment and discovered she had a natural flair for the career, becoming a partner in the company six years later. However when her son was born, she realised the job required spending far too many hours away from her family and she started considering a future in retail. The sector was booming at this point and

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shop leases were few and far between. Nicky and Paul sold everything they owned to be able to pay the purchase price of a lease and moved back in with their parents. They looked at 270 towns, before a lease came up in Tavistock offering exactly what they were hunting, as well as being close to Nicky’s mother who had settled in Calstock. Their first Insideout shop was soon off the ground in Tavistock, selling a range of gifts and homeware. The new lifestyle suited the couple well, particularly after the birth of their second child, when they realised they could maintain a good work/home

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balance, sharing both childcare and shop management. Spurred on by their success they opened another shop in Dartmouth, followed by a third in Princesshay in Exeter. However when the Dartmouth rent rose extortionately, they decided to close that shop and focus on the other two which were trading well. When Nicky reached her 40s, she decided to make a few changes after her health suffered and she started feeling a little burnt out. Her love of art and craft had led her to experiment with a number of different forms over the years, such as mosaic, knitting, painting and stained glass, but overall she knew she preferred creating in 3D. In her early London days, she had made polymer clay beads and sold them on a stall. So she signed up for a clay handbuilding class in Plymouth, and was soon fascinated by the possibilities of the medium. She told herself she could buy a kiln if she sold enough wax melts. The day came and she eagerly awaited the results of her first firing – only to discover that all her pieces had broken! Undaunted she took a class to learn how to throw clay on the wheel. She thought she would be able to do it but recalls her first efforts were disastrous, however she bought her own wheel and persisted. She has discovered there is a steep learning curve to becoming a potter but she is now six years in and creating beautiful ceramics, so the time investment has been worth it. The pandemic created huge difficulties for retailers, especially small businesses

selling non-essential goods. Nicky saw large retailers of essential goods, also selling non-essential goods, while small businesses like hers had to close. So she started a social media campaign on behalf of the local retail community as well as a petition for the Government to rectify this unfair situation. She was contacted by newspapers, and radio and TV stations to comment on the difficulties it was causing, and has since become quite a ‘go-to’ contact for the media on retail issues. The pandemic compelled Nicky and Paul to re-evaluate their company and it made sense to grow online sales, particularly for Nicky’s ceramics business – Habulous (her daughter’s combination of happy and fabulous). Paul converted the other half of the garage creating an even bigger studio and Nicky set to work. She also started introducing their new products in a regular 10-minute live presentation on Facebook, which regularly received 1000 viewings during lockdowns and is still very popular.

The ceramics business has grown substantially in the last two years and recently Nicky took on two trainee potters through the Kickstart scheme and is now looking for another potter to work alongside her. She says she has always been an active ‘doer’, but now she also feels more confident in sharing her opinions, and having found her voice she can be more true to herself. Rosemary Best

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A taste of Italy Davide Grigolato and his wife Maia are a wonderfully warm and welcoming Italian couple who have recently made West Devon their home. Davide has loved food for as long as he can remember - both eating it and cooking it - and has always had his heart set on becoming a chef, following in his grandmother Maria’s footsteps. Maria was a famous TV chef in the 60s who visited failing restaurants and advised them on turning their business around. Initially Davide worked as a web designer, but pursued a parallel life in various restaurants in Milan while he trained to be a chef. Seeking to widen his horizons, he decided to spend a few months travelling and experiencing other food cultures in Koh Phangan in Thailand, as well as New York and Miami, before arriving in London where he had an established group of friends. He quickly secured a job with a chain of restaurants in London, but before he had even started, he was headhunted by another restaurant. His career rocketed as he demonstrated his skill as a chef at a number of prestigious venues, such as White Box in Chelsea, haunt of the rich and famous, Elysée Artisan Café in Hammersmith which was awarded a certificate of excellence by Trip Advisor, and then as executive chef at Cacciari’s in South Kensington. It was while

he was working at L’Elysée that Elton John sent in a member of staff to order a take-away meal. Elton John enjoyed the food so much that for the next year Davide regularly cooked for him - this was not without its difficulties as the superstar often had particular requests, such as the month when all his food had to be the colour green! Davide and his wife Maia both grew up in Milan but didn’t meet until 2015 when they were both living in London. Maia is a climate change advisor and is now much in demand as

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excellence of the food – and the quantity. Davide has embraced local Devon produce and uses it to give traditional Italian recipes a new twist. He is passionate about food and totally absorbed by finetuning his recipes, cooking every single element from scratch. He is equally comfortable cooking meat or plant-based food, in fact one of his prizewinning inventions is a vegan carbonara.

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environmental issues have come to the fore. However this was not the case six years ago, so she changed direction for With CQC Logo a while and worked at establishing a family restaurant in Hackney. Unfortunately, the timing of Brexit caused investment problems and despite building a good following of customers, and Davide leaving his job to come on board and help, the enterprise became unviable. The couple closed the restaurant in 2019 and then a short time later the leisure industry was hit by the disastrous effects of the pandemic. In the summer of 2020 Davide and Maia decided to leave London and moved to West Devon. Davide was keen to start cooking for people as soon as possible but realised that he needed to understand the local customer base and discover what people wanted. He was soon advised that although good food is appreciated, tiny haute cuisine portions are not! He started by setting up a Facebook group and cooking a different recipe live every week; this was followed by a take-away meal service from September 2020 to June 2021, before he put on his first Italian Jack supper club in Tavistock last summer. Davide initially started developing his Italian Jack pop-up restaurant concept in 2015 when he rented the kitchen at The Rosemary Branch in Islington from time to time. Jeremy Corbyn came and ate at one of the events and declared he had never had such good food. I also recently had the pleasure of attending an Italian Jack evening and can vouch for the

The Italian Jack evenings are proving very popular, but Davide is also building a reputation as a private chef catering for tailored dinner parties for up to 10 guests, as well as larger events with up to 50 guests. In addition, he is in the process of creating a recipe book revolving around the concept of using quality, local produce to recreate Italian meals in this country – the book will be published later this year. Creating excellent food is his raison d’être, and his mind is continually bubbling over with ideas for recipes and ways to present his food to this new community. Family is also hugely important to him and as you would expect, his daughter has already been introduced to cooking. Davide says her tastebuds are developing well at the age of just four - so she may be another chef in the making? Rosemary Best

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Screening programs are designed to pick up cancer, or pre-cancerous conditions BEFORE they cause any symptoms. If you have symptoms that you’re worried may be a sign of something serious don’t wait for a screening call – discuss it with your GP. Scientific breakthroughs are always driving changes in how we do things and I thought it would be helpful to explain a little about the three main UK cancer screening programs.

Cervical cancer Cervical screening is available to anyone aged 25-64, with a cervix. Recalls are every 3 years until age 50, then 5-yearly. It’s estimated that 4,500 lives are saved by cervical screening in the UK annually. Cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection with Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) which is passed by sexual contact. HPV also causes other cancers like anal and mouth cancers. Infection with HPV can irritate cells and cause abnormalities in them. Most HPV infections are transient and slightly abnormal cells often go away on their own when the virus clears. In some people the HPV doesn’t clear and continues to irritate the cells, the changes can then progress and eventually lead to cancer. It takes 15-20 years for cervical cancer to develop in people with normal immune systems which is why there can be long gaps between recalls and screening isn’t started until age 25. Until recently, cervical screening looked for abnormal cells, but now labs test the samples for HPV, and only if that’s positive do scientists go on and look for

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abnormal cells. This has really changed the screening process and the NHS is trialling home HPV testing kits - you would then only need to come in and see the nurse if this is positive. If the trial proves successful, this may be the next big change. Another revolution has been the HPV vaccination which started in 2008 with a vaccine for girls age 12-13 against 2 types of HPV (there are around 100 different types, 2 of them are responsible for two-thirds of cervical cancers and 80% of anal cancers, while others cause, for example simple warts and not cancer). In 2018 the vaccination was extended to cover 4 types, and boys are offered it too. The vaccine seems really effective (99%) for a long time (at least 10 years) and is likely to significantly decrease cervical and other cancers in the future.

Bowel cancer The bowel cancer screening program has been running since 2018. At the moment 60 to 75-year-olds are automatically sent a kit in the post every 2 years, but over 75s can request a kit on the bowel cancer screening helpline on 08007 076060. Over the coming years it’s likely to include people in their 50s too. This program saves more than 2000 lives each year. The small sample of faeces you provide and post back is screened for tiny amounts of blood which can indicate the presence of early cancers and polyps (non-cancerous growths that have a chance of changing to cancer over time). It’s an incredibly easy test and for 98 out of 100 people it’s reassuringly negative, meaning the chance of having a bowel cancer is extremely low. The 2 out of 100 with a positive result, go on to have a colonoscopy and two-thirds of them will have a positive finding of a cancer (often

at a very early stage) or a polyp, which can often be effectively treated.

Breast Cancer Everyone registered with a GP as a woman is invited for a screening mammogram every 3 years from age 50 to 71 (your first call happens any time between 50 and 53). It’s estimated that the breast screening program saves 1300 lives in the UK per year. Like all screening programs it doesn’t find all cancers. There is debate about whether the age of first screening should be lowered, as 20% of breast cancers present before the age of 50, and some countries do screen before 50. A significant reason against lowering the age is that younger people have denser breast tissue, making mammograms less accurate and resulting in missed cancers and overdiagnosis of benign conditions.

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Hip Hip Hooray Social Enterprise Jenny Adjene and her husband Emiko founded Hip Hip Hooray in 2014, supplying a range of stylish and original stationery for weddings, parties and celebrations. Jenny taught herself graphic design and created all the original artwork herself, quickly finding that there was a market for interesting designs which could be customised online at accessible prices. The business was set up to fit around her family’s requirements, and the model was very successful for a number of years until the start of the pandemic. Celebrations and events disappeared overnight, with no certainty of when they would return, and the business ground to a halt. Jenny has been employing people for the last eight years and was relieved when she was able to retain all her staff through the furlough scheme. The forced break gave her time to think about how she

could move the business forward and she came to the conclusion that she had reached a plateau where she was going through the motions rather than pursuing a goal. Jenny had previously worked with the youth offending service, and volunteered with a drug rehabilitation centre so she had a good understanding of the difficulties people faced when trying to get their lives back on track. She realised that the pandemic presented an ideal time to repurpose the business to create a social enterprise, providing training and employment for women in recovery from addiction, or domestic abuse, or who have experience of the criminal justice system. She recognised that there are many hands-on work opportunities for men, but it can be a much more daunting prospect for women to find a job, especially as they

often have responsibility for finding childcare. She took advice from a consultant about setting up a social enterprise and contacted two charities: Trevi, an award-winning South West women’s and children’s charity, which supports women moving on from addiction and abuse, as well as Pause, which helps women break the cycle of having children removed from their care. Jenny and her husband then developed a 12-month programme to help women get back into the workplace and support them in learning practical skills such as packing products, answering the phone, customer service, printing, IT and admin skills. They created two placements, and Trevi and Pause helped them find two candidates, ready for a chance to re-enter the workplace. The placements have gone well – in fact so well that the trainees have become

an integral part of the team and Jenny intends to keep them on at the end of the 12 months. The Hip Hip Hooray team works very closely together and there has been a holistic approach to the placements with everyone learning together, helping to build self-confidence and life skills, including simple activities such as making and sharing a wholesome soup every day for lunch. In addition, the trainees benefit from regular training days and mentoring, covering a wide variety of topics such as inclusivity, conflict resolution, communication, trauma and money management. In 2021 Hip Hip Hooray took on an illustrator and this has enabled a new approach to designing stationery collections, involving everyone in discussing design ideas, and creating mood boards. Empowering and uplifting women is very much at the heart of the whole process and one of the recent exciting design concepts has been ‘wild women’ with strong, bold body shapes.

Having completed the first set of placements, Jenny decided to revise the approach and established a charity called Gifted Women with a board of trustees who each bring specialist skills and experience. Starting in 2022, the charity will organise six months of training for those enrolled on the scheme, using Jenny’s team and other experts to deliver sessions; this will be followed by work experience placements in local businesses, including Hip Hip Hooray, which will then offer paid employment to some of the women on graduation from the programme. The team at Hip Hip Hooray has proved the scheme works and it is possible to empower women to make a new start, making a real difference to their lives. Rosemary Best

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Planting a tree for the future Trees play a starring role in any garden as well as the wider landscape, creating height, style, and structure as well as being wonderful for wildlife, providing song posts, nest sites, and often food for birds and other creatures. Sadly, many of our native trees are under threat from a whole range of issues such as climate change, disease, and extreme weather, so redressing the balance by planting new ones is hugely worthwhile and a wonderful way to start the new gardening year. Planting a tree with family or friends shares the pleasure and makes memories for the future, too. Choosing the right tree for your plot is all-important. While even the smallest gardens have room for at least one, it must be an appropriate size, which is where a bit of research and reading the small print on labels pays absolute dividends. Then consider how much return your tree will give in terms of ornamental value: the smaller the space,

the harder a tree should ‘work’ and look good for as long as possible. Ignore the three-week-wonders, as I call them, which give a wonderful burst of bloom but then nothing for the rest of the year. Many trees give at least two seasons of interest, like crab apples (Malus), cotoneasters and mountain ash (Sorbus) that have spring blossom followed by autumn fruit; birches and others with ornamental bark that look glorious all year round; or decorative foliage such as maples (Acer) which give colour from spring to autumn. Shape is all too easy to overlook, but is an important consideration where space is limited, as while the majority of trees form a rounded head of branches, others have a slender, columnar or vase shape which is perfect to fit into a small space, or a weeping head of branches that makes a delightful natural play-house for children.

Plant your tree into well-prepared soil, ideally adding a mycorrhizal fungi product which ‘supercharges’ the root system. When planting, ensure the top of the rootball is at soil level (incorrect planting depth is the biggest cause of death amongst new trees), and secure with a tree tie to a single short stake hammered into the ground at a 45-degree angle. Firm the soil all around the roots with the heel of your boot; water in thoroughly; and keep your tree watered during dry spells for the first couple of growing seasons.

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Sow seeds of tender plants that need a long growing season such as tomatoes, chillis, and antirrhinums, indoors on a warm, well-lit windowsill. Germinate seed of hardy plants like sweet peas and many herbaceous perennials indoors, then move outside to a greenhouse or cold frame.

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New recruits at Greenwell Farm During last summer I was struggling a bit with staff and was very much making do with help where I could get it. Just before Christmas, Dave started working for me and it is great to have reliable consistent help again, especially during the winter season when so many animals are reliant on our daily feeding, cleaning and bedding routine. Many farms and businesses are struggling to find good staff and it is not until you have to make do that you really appreciate the good ones! Dave is a local lad who grew up helping me during school holidays and weekends, and even did an apprenticeship on a group of Dartmoor farms of which we were one. He then worked for us for a couple of years before joining a fencing contractor and doing various other things. That was some ten years ago and after a chance meeting in the garage when I jokingly asked if he wanted his old job back, he got in touch and the rest is history! We must have trained him ok as he actually remembered some of the stuff we taught him. It is great to have seen him grow from a cheeky young lad with plenty to say, into a very capable, valued member of the team who has already taken the pressure off me in the short time he has been back. Since Dave’s arrival I have also recruited another member to our team. Nell is our newest member and she is a beautiful black and white collie. She is only about

four months old and is already starting to work sheep in the yard. Let’s hope she continues to grow into her role and I will let you know how she gets on. Collies are very much the unsung heroes of any sheep farm. Without them we literally can’t do our job. Nell has some big shoes to fill, as I have been lucky to have some very good dogs in the past fingers crossed! My other puppy Ginny, who is now about a year and a half, is in full work and growing into a great working dog with some real promise. My older dogs, Honey and Flo, aren’t so keen on the young pretenders, but if I’m honest Ginny is already running rings round them! We have managed to avoid Covid until recently when Billy, our youngest, tested positive, although Gem, myself and Tom all stayed negative. It turned out that Billy was fine with no symptoms at all, just a full week off school! Gem had to go to work so it was socially distant farming for our Billy which he absolutely loved! He came out with me and he just pitched in where he could. It reminded me of the first lockdown when we spent the whole spring with the boys on the farm whilst they were off school. It was great to see Billy enjoying the farm, but it also makes you appreciate how lucky we are to have a job which allows us so much space and interesting things to do in this amazing landscape. We were just very thankful that he was ok and

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow What happens in spring to the millions of acorns which have spent winter buried beneath the forest floor? Devon Wildlife Trust’s Steve Hussey does some digging to find out.

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The odds on any single acorn becoming a mature oak tree are very small. One estimate suggests that an oak will produce around five million acorns during a typical lifetime of around 300-400 years. Of these acorns, only a tiny number – some estimates suggest as few as half a dozen – will develop to become trees.

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The first step along the reproductive journey is dispersal from the parent tree. Acorns are a key food for a long list of animals. For many acorns, being picked up by a hungry badger or fallow deer, will signal the end of life as they are quickly crunched and swallowed. However, the sudden autumn abundance of acorns often means there are simply too many to be consumed at once, so some woodland creatures choose to hoard them. The jays and grey squirrels we see collecting acorns are helping to disperse them, taking them sometimes hundreds of metres away from the parent tree to store elsewhere. Storing acorns often means burying them, out of the sight of others. This helps set the acorn on the next stage of its development. Acorns require ‘hypogeal germination’ – that is germination which takes places without light, beneath soil or leaf litter. It’s been estimated that a single jay will bury 5,000 acorns. Most of these they will return to and eat during winter, but a few are overlooked, and these will remain to begin germination in spring.

The oak seedling encounters a series of other threats as it continues to grow. Drought and disease, grazing animals, fungal infections, frosts, the attentions of hungry insects and human dispensed herbicides, a tree’s passage through its early life is packed with challenges. This risk exposure isn’t fleeting, it takes place day-in, day-out over decades. Growth from seedling to sapling (defined as a tree more than three feet tall) can take around five years. To become a mature oak capable of producing its own acorns takes a further 35-40 years. It all makes being in the presence of a mature and mighty oak an even more wondrous experience.

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Without light to generate energy via photosynthesis, and without roots to draw nutrients, each acorn relies on its own food stores. It does this to produce a single embryonic shoot which grows upwards towards the soil’s surface. When it breaks through that surface the shoot becomes a seedling, its first leaves appear, photosynthesis can start, and the young oak takes advantage of spring’s lengthening daylight hours and stronger sunshine. It’s now that the plant begins to establish a root system.

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Invasion Scare A Links reader recently sent in this interesting extract from Our Insulted Coasts: London Newspapers and the Invasion Scare of 1781 by Anthony Page, which was featured in International Journal of Maritime History (Aug 2021). [Following an invasion scare, on 4 September 1781] London newspapers reported that many ‘letters and advices’ appeared to confirm that the enemy [the combined French/Spanish fleet] was in the Channel…The London Courant reported that the commanders at Plymouth had distributed ‘70 ball cartridges to each man’ and regiments

were marshalling at Roborough Down and Ashburton. [On 18 September 1781, the Morning Chronicle reported] a cattle sale at Tavistock. A contractor [to the navy] paying a high price for some bullocks stopped on receiving an express post that Admiral Darby’s fleet had sailed. The farmers ‘grumbling drove home their cattle’. The next day, the fleet in fact having not sailed, the contractor was able to purchase most of the bullocks at the fair for a third less. The ‘farmers hung their heads when they realised they had been ‘so taken in’.

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Tavistock prepares for spring We had a superb Christmas Together in Tavistock, which was much needed after the challenges of the year. The Christmas Light Switch-On event was magical with the appearance of the Living Snow Globe and, despite the mizzle, the return of Dickensian was a special community affair. The next few months will be dedicated to our marketing strategy for the year, and we are already working on developing the town’s Visit Tavistock branding to appeal to a wider audience. We believe Tavistock is a very special town that has a lot to offer visitors, and with the opening of the Guildhall Gateway Centre, it is the ideal time to sell ourselves as the perfect countryside getaway. Work will also be done on the town’s signage to include the new businesses that have

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recently opened. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, there is confidence that Tavistock is a good place to do business which gives us great optimism for the months ahead. Plans are coming together for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year. The theme of our annual ‘Paint the Town’ event will reflect her 70-year reign and we look forward to seeing the windows of the town being brought to life with some colourful creations. Over the Easter holidays you can expect another egg-citing town trail, running from Saturday 9th to Saturday 23rd April. See Visit Tavistock on Facebook for more details. Other events are in the pipeline as well so please check the website for more details on all the upcoming events at www. visit-tavistock.co.uk/whats-on

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LAMBING LIVE 21 to 25 March, 5.30pm - 7:30pm; 26 March, 1pm - 4pm Come and see the ewes and new born lambs in our lambing shed. Adults £5; Children aged 3 and over £2; booking essential at greenwellfarm@gmail.com or 01822 855535.

19 MARCH, 10AM TO 5PM A celebration of all things ‘LEGO’ at Plymouth Guildhall, with a huge Death Star ‘LEGO’ diorama, many other displays, traders’ stalls and activities such as a ‘battle bot’ zone and a remote-control car section.

RHS ROSEMOOR WELLY WALK 7 March, 10.30am–12noon Join the Education Team for a Welly Walk adventure in the gardens at RHS Garden Rosemoor, followed by a craft or planting activity to take home, and a relaxed drink to finish. Takes place in all weather, so please dress accordingly; suitable for children aged under 5 years. Normal garden admission charges still apply. UNDER YOUR FEET FAMILY WORKSHOPS 21 to 25 February, 11am - 12.45pm, 2pm - 3.45pm Come and join us for some fun, family, drop-in workshops, themed on the RHS Children’s book `Under Your Feet’: Monday: Worm hotel: wiggly, slimy worms - make your very own worm hotel and discover how they survive under the soil. Tuesday: Carrots in the garden - enjoy making your own carrot garden using paper plates and coloured card. Wednesday: Walking ants - make a fun walking ant from card. Thursday: Paint a pot and plant a radish decorate a ceramic pot, and learn how to sow a radish seed. Friday: Mole masks - become a mole for a day with cute DIY masks.

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SOAPBOX CHILDREN’S THEATRE CATERPILLAR- THEATRE FOR TINY PEOPLE Until 12 February Fun loving caterpillars, Bob and Bob wriggle out to explore the big wide world. Join them on their adventures discovering food, getting up to mischief and escaping from the cheeky chicken before transforming into beautiful butterflies. An immersive show with colour, movement, and live music, suitable for 6 months to 8 years.

BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS 8 to 12 March When the three orphaned Rawlins children are reluctantly evacuated from wartime London to live with the mysterious Eglantine Price, they discover she is a trainee witch, and join forces to search for a secret spell that will defeat the enemy once and for all. Armed with an enchanted bedknob, a bewitched broomstick and a magical flying bed, they encounter surprising new friendships on their journey from Portobello Road to the depths of the beautiful briny sea. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT 26 to 30 April The multi award-winning show has been performed in over 80 countries worldwide and has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals. With stars from The London Palladium Alexandra Burke and Jac Yarrow, the show features songs that have gone on to become pop and musical theatre classics, including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door To Me, There’s One More Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go Joseph.

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I WONDER 11 January to 15 February See The Box through your child’s eyes. Why not get your 2022 off to a great start and join us for some fun sessions for 1 to 4s, providing a range of sensory activities, from singing to making and, of course, playing! Each week, journey through our galleries and our brilliant and experienced facilitator will make sure you get the best out of your time with us and your little one will make creations to treasure. Tuesdays for 6-week block: 10:00am - 10:50am one to two years; 11:15am - 12:05pm three to four years.

UNDER YOUR FEET WITH EXMOOR ZOO 23 to 24 February, various times

T HE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE 22 to 26 February Step through the wardrobe into the enchanted kingdom of Narnia. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they wave goodbye to wartime Britain and embark on the most magical of adventures in a frozen, faraway land where they meet a Faun, talking Beavers, the noble king of Narnia, Aslan, and the coldest, most evil of all, The White Witch.

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The library is really pleased (at the time of writing!) to be providing a place where people can relax, enjoy time together, easily access information and find someone to talk to who can answer their questions or point them to someone who can. At a time when it is quite difficult to access public buildings and social activities by just walking in at any time, the library can provide an open door. Activities for children and adults connect people with similar interests and introduce new friends to each other. THURSDAY 3 MARCH WORLD BOOK DAY We will be having a great time for the 25th birthday of World Book Day, although it is the first celebration for the newest member of the team in the photo who is still to be officially named. Celebrating the theme that ‘You are a reader’, the library will be having a World Book Day Bounce and Rhyme session at 11am where children under 5 years with their parents

and carers are welcome to join in with songs, rhymes and stories. Come dressed as your favourite character or just dress up for fun! In the afternoon we will be having a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for children of all ages who are invited to come along in their World Book Day costumes to share stories and cake. Arrive for 4pm to find a place at the tea table and bring your friends. SATURDAY 12, 19 & 26 FEBRUARY BOOK TRUST ACTIVITIES More book fun will be happening ahead of World Book Day, when under-5s and anyone who enjoys picture books can come along at 10.30am to join in with Book Trust stories and activities. BOUNCE AND RHYME There is also now another opportunity to join in the popular Bounce and Rhyme sessions as a new session at 11am on

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National Tree Week “On Wednesday we went to Dartmoor where we planted trees with Emily and got really wet and very muddy. It made me very happy and excited.” As part of National Tree Week young volunteers from Plymouth, Ivybridge and Tavistock were busy planting trees around Ivybridge! Young people from the Momentum Project at Tavistock Youth Café and students from the Life Skills department at City College Plymouth planted 220 whips to create a hedgerow of native English trees in Filham Park. Sixth form students from Mill Ford School planted 220 tree whips - a mixture of English native species, including hazel, rowan, hawthorn, sliver birch trees in Woodland Park, and young adults from Dame Hannahs planted 25 native yew trees along Western Road, alongside members of the local

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community. Despite some very wet weather, everyone absolutely loved having the opportunity to plant trees which will benefit future generations, and which they can easily re-visit and watch grow! Many thanks to everyone who volunteered - it’s great to see so many people wanting to get involved and to be outdoors again. This was a partnership project between the Generation Green Project at Dartmoor National Park, which is working to provide opportunities for young people to access Dartmoor and get involved in environmental volunteering via taster days and their Junior and Youth Ranger programme, and Parklife South West CIC, a Community Interest Company not-forprofit organisation that helps to connect local communities with the environment. These projects are part of a wider

initiative in Ivybridge that will see more than 2500 trees planted this winter. If you would like to find out about youth volunteering opportunities across Dartmoor please contact Emily, Youth Engagement Ranger, at e.cannon@ dartmoor.gov.uk, or to get involved in Parklife South West CIC Projects please contact Andrew Price at parklifesw@ gmail.com or Facebook: ParkLife SW.

The National Heritage Lottery Funded Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme is now underway in the Tamar Valley. The 5-year partnership project will help to protect and enhance the Tamar Valley, whilst improving the well-being and connection of local people to this special place through new events, training and volunteering. A host of these events are currently underway, alongside volunteering opportunities, so read on to find out more and how you can get involved.

WINTER TALKS PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY 9 FEBRUARY, 7 TO 8:30PM

A talk by Chrissie Le Marchant, one time ranger, about the country park which is the 150 ha of Kit Hill. Dominating the skyline with its iconic stack, the hill is the highest point in the Tamar Valley AONB, and has miles of footpaths, an abundance of archaeology and wildlife and lots of stories. Discover more about the Tamar Valley AONB from the comfort of your home.

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your own nest box, find out about how to help wildlife in your garden and how to take action where you live. Hot drinks available for a donation. Drop in anytime at the Tamar Valley AONB Centre, Cemetery Road, Gunnislake, PL18 9FE.

WATER BEASTS AND WELLIES SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY, 11AM TO 3PM

Join Sammy (Tamara Landscape Partnership) and Perry (Westcountry Rivers Trust) for a river dipping session - we hope to discover what water beasts lurk in your local river. During this family friendly event we hope you’ll take away with you an insight into local river ecology and perhaps join our ranks to help monitor the water quality. All equipment is provided but you will need to bring wellies and wear clothes you don’t mind getting muddy. Meet at 11am at Buckland Monachorum Village Hall. This event will finish at approximately 2pm.

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Snowdrops of all varieties offer fascinating curiosities and give great pleasure to amateur gardeners, galanthophiles and photographers alike. The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, can certainly attest to this with visitors in their hundreds arriving each year to view what is now one of the favourite collections of snowdrops in the country. The Garden House has become known as one of the finest gardens in Britain and its naturalistic style of planting, makes it a particular favourite amongst celebrities of the horticultural world, including Carol Klein, Toby Buckland and Arit Anderson. Galanthus Primrose Warburg- credit John Richmond

Lionel and Katharine Fortescue moved from their home at Eton College in the summer of 1945, to retire to this former vicarage where Lionel then spent his retirement developing the garden. From its early days, snowdrops would certainly have featured within the eight acres of gardens, but over the past 75 years and under the guidance of various head gardeners, The Garden House collection of snowdrops has grown in interest. Matt Bishop, head gardener from 2003 to 2012, is an international snowdrop expert, and co-author of the definitive work on the genus, Snowdrops, A Monograph of Cultivated Galanthus (Griffin Press 2001) and

now has his own worldwide snowdrop business. The Garden House contains Matt’s personal collection of over 200 cultivars, which he recently added to in 2019. This collection has also been extended further with the addition of the Colin Mason collection in 2020. With the two collections combined, The Garden House can now boast nearly 350 cultivars on display and as such has become a must-see on the galanthophiles’ calendar. Colin Mason (1927 – 2019) was the owner of Fieldgate Snowdrops at Kenilworth, Warwickshire, where over his lifetime he produced many

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Such a large collection of snowdrops ensures a long-lasting display with some of the early varieties such as Galanthus Elwesii var. monostictus and G. reginaeolgae starting to flower from as early as October – they are native to the shores of Mediterranean Turkey and Greece – while others take over the display at the end, spanning well into March. Both Matt Bishop’s and Colin Mason’s collections are now well established, with large clumps coming through and certain varieties displaying in large drifts throughout the garden. In response to large visitor numbers, an official annual ‘Snowdrop Festival’ has now become a highlight at The Garden House. Specialist snowdrop nurseries visit on certain dates, and the garden and café are open with a dedicated snowdrop art and photography exhibition. However, these winter months are not only about snowdrops at The Garden House, as other delights give visitors a true winter wonderland to explore.

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Celebration of Snowdrops 22 February & 23 March, 10am

Anchorage tours at Tamar Bridge Join us behind the scenes to see Tamar Bridge in a brand-new way from inside the anchorage, an area normally closed to the public. Tour lasts approx. 1.5 hours; booking essential, £10.

February and March

Bridging the Tamar Talk Join us for a guided talk in the amphitheatre, a viewpoint that offers stunning views of the Tamar Bridge and Royal Albert Bridge. The talk lasts 30-40 minutes, covering the stories and creation of these incredible structures. You can then visit the exhibition in the Visitor Centre. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11am, booking is essential. bridgingthetamar.org.uk/events The Bridging the Tamar Visitor and Learning Centre opened in 2019 following a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and supported by the Tamar Crossings Joint Committee. It has welcomed many families, locals and holidaymakers since then for guided

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role is varied, and provides people with the chance to increase their confidence by giving guided tours, speaking to a variety of people, or gaining an insight into the work of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) sectors, as well as having the satisfaction of giving people an enjoyable experience. We are inviting applications for bridge guides, welcome assistants, learning assistants to help with school trips and research volunteers. Full training will be given and no prior knowledge of history or engineering is necessary – you just need to enjoy meeting and helping people. You can download an application form at bridgingthetamar.org.uk/volunteering. F or any queries contact Mark Tebbs on 01752 361577 or volunteer@ tamarcrossings.org.uk

Join us for free guided walks through the garden discovering not only snowdrops but early spring-flowering bulbs. Families can follow our snowdrop trail to find the best displays of these beautiful flowers. It is the perfect time to visit for both expert galanthophiles and visitors who simply appreciate these shy but stunning early-spring flowers.

12 to 13 March

Spring Flower Festival Come and view the exquisite displays of competitors from the South West and beyond, with top quality blooms and a focus on daffodils, camellias,

early magnolias and rhododendrons. Classes are free to enter and open to anyone who wishes to exhibit – please contact RHS Competitions Manager Georgina Barter for a schedule and entry form. There will also be trade and advice stands, plus a superb range of early spring shrubs, bulbs and flowering plants available to buy in the Plant Centre.

19 to 20 March

Japanese Weekend Join us for an amazing weekend celebrating Japanese culture, from the magnificent and intricate art of Bonsai and Ikebana to martial arts including iaido and karate. At this time of year, the garden is alive with cherry blossom – enjoy this experience whilst learning more about Japanese mindfulness techniques.

Monday 21 to Saturday 26 March

‘Lambing Live’ at Greenwell Farm Come and see the magic of spring in our lambing shed with a guided tour of the sheep maternity unit to see the ewes and new-born lambs. Mat Cole and his team will be on hand to answer any questions. Numbers are restricted so booking is essential: adults £5, children aged 3 and over £2. Group and school tours are also available during the daytime - £100 per tour for up to 30

people. Larger groups are also welcome at a small additional cost. To book please email greenwellfarm@gmail. com or call 01822 855535. 21-25 March 5.30pm - 7:30pm; Saturday 26 March 1pm - 4pm at Greenwell Farm, nr Meavy, Yelverton, PL20 6PY. For more details find us on Facebook: Lambing Live Greenwell Farm.

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FEBRUARY & MARCH 5 February, 5 March, 2 April Tavistock Arts Market Tavistock Arts Market is held on the first Saturday of each month and features a diverse group of local artists and craftspeople who fill Butchers’ Hall with a range of handmade art and handcrafted items. You’ll find many different styles of art for sale, as well as a range of jewellery, wood and textile goods, artisan soaps, pottery and much more. We are open in Butchers’ Hall from 9am until 4pm, so come on down and pick up that perfect gift for somebody, or why not treat yourself?

5 & 6 March Yelverton Art Festival A celebration of local art in Yelverton War Memorial Hall on Saturday 12.30 6pm and Sunday 10 - 4pm. An exhibition

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Would you like to join a warm and friendly group? We meet at 2pm in the Church Hall, United Reformed Church, Russell Street, Tavistock PL19 8BD for various activities: flower arranging, workshops, watching talented demonstrators, visiting the Devon & Cornwall Area Show and gardens; plus a chance to win flower arrangements in the raffle and meet new friends. Why not come along to a meeting as a visitor and see what you think? For more information contact 01822 487202 or junecote629@btinternet. com; or visit the Devon & Cornwall Area of NAFAS website at www. devonandcornwallfloralart.org

Love Local Food & Gift Market Support local businesses at our everpopular market where you’ll find an array of local gift, and food & drink exhibitors - perfect for buying that special present. It’s always tricky finding that certain something when you want to treat a loved one, or perhaps when you simply fancy spoiling yourself for a change. So, look no further than this market for a collective of local traders who specialise in offering an array of the finest wares. Butchers’ Hall, Tavistock from 10:00am to 4:00pm, entry is free and we’re all Covid-safe here.

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Tavy Turners and Carvers Club Tavy Turners and Carvers Club has resumed regular meetings, 3rd Monday of the month, 7.30 to 9.30pm at the Scout Den, Pixon Lane, Tavistock. New members most welcome - see tavistockwoodturners.co.uk for details.

1st Saturday of month Tidy Tavi Litter Pick-Up Meet outside Meadowlands Leisure Centre. No need to register - just turn up! 10:00am to midday. All necessary equipment provided, but please bring your own gloves and wear stout footwear.

All meetings normally start at 7.30pm in Meavy Parish Hall. Refreshments, time to chat and often plants for sale from 7pm. Visitors and new members are always welcome. For all enquiries contact 01822 852672 and 01822 852984. If there is any doubt due to Covid please ring to check the meeting is happening. For more details visit www. meavy.org.uk/mgs

21 February: Lorna Howell AGM & Lukesland Gardens AGM followed by talk from Lorna Howell on Lukesland Gardens, near Ivybridge.

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CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP (Princetown Group) Meetings take place in the restaurant of the Prince of Wales, Princetown at 12.30pm, unless otherwise stated. All retirees welcome.

3 February: Simon Dell Tavistock’s Policing Past

17 February Mid-winter lunch Coach trip to a select hostelry for lunch. Reservations and deposit of £10 per head will be taken on 3 February. If you can’t attend then contact Mike on 01822-890799 or mikeandkate132@ gmail.com.

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Ancient Greeks, coins have been in use for over 2,500 years and adopted in every part of the world. This talk spans that entire history, highlighting important events and changes that had major effects on society. Warning: this includes some gory accounts of crime and punishment.

3 March: Peter Brinsden Nelson’s Three Great Battles: The Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar Admiral Lord Nelson is hailed as our greatest ever sea hero. He achieved remarkable victories over the French or combined French and Spanish fleets at the battles of the Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801) and Trafalgar (1805). These victories, particularly at Trafalgar, ensured that Emperor Napoleon would never be able to invade England and that Britain became the predominant naval force in the world for the next century. The events leading up to these three great sea battles, the battles themselves and their aftermaths are reviewed in this presentation

10 March: Roderick Martin Pop in Tavistock - The town’s mineral water makers My talk about mineral water making in Tavistock during the late 19th and early 20th century is very much a story about people. Real people who lived in hard times and worked long hours. Nevertheless, many were able to combine success in business with public

duty to contribute significantly to the life of the town and its organisations. Others did not fare so well, either becoming bankrupt or leaving Tavistock for better opportunities overseas Among the people I talk about are the Mackey family who went to Australia, the Armes family who went to Canada, and the Williams family who stayed back in Tavistock.

24 March: Peter Freeman Dartmoor Pixies: Myth, Legend, and maybe the reality? Peter Freeman explores the history and literature of the Dartmoor Pixies, and for good measure takes us through a pixie hunt, with hints on technique and some astonishing photographs.

7 April: Peter Burkill Rewilding Pine Martens In this country all the top predators have been decimated by man. They have been considered a threat to our livelihood and sometimes even to ourselves. Yet we live at a time when ‘rewilding’ is being actively pursued. The focus of rewilding has so far been on the habitat (plants) and herbivores; yet sooner or later we need to consider predators. How far up the natural food web should

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8 March: AGM & Clive Charlton

18 February: David Oates

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The Construction of Calstock Viaduct, featuring the photographs of Frederick Paul.

The club meets, at 7:00pm for 7:30pm start, on the first Tuesday of each month. From September to May, the venue is Princetown Community Centre. In June, July and August, there are outdoor activities to various places of local interest, usually involving a short walk. Meet at 6:30pm for 7:00pm start. Details of all meetings and events can be found on the website at princetownhistoryclub. weebly.com/programme.html.

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We have a wide range of groups on offer, as well as a speaker each month. If you are retired or semi-retired you are welcome to attend two monthly meetings before joining, so why not give us a try! Monthly meetings take place at 2.30pm at the Woolwell Centre. For more details visit u3asites.org.uk/ moorsedge/events

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Future events continue to depend on pandemic restrictions at the time and also the willingness of members and others to attend the Parish Centre. Those attending may be asked to wear a mask. We are hoping to live stream and record meetings for those unable to attend; meetings may be moved online via zoom if meeting in person is not possible. Check www.tavistockhistory. co.uk nearer the time. All meetings are at 7:30pm and are free for paid-up members, £3 for others.

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29 April: Andrew Muir Dendrochronology and the dating of early buildings.

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in Meavy Parish Hall on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, then we pop over to The Royal Oak for a merry Morris music folk session. We get around quite a bit during the summer, with mid-week visits to pubs across Dartmoor as well as village fairs, from Meavy Oak Fair to Widecombe Fair and the Royal Cornwall show. If you’re interested in being a musician or would like to book us for an event, please get in touch at www. dartmoorbordermorris.com or like our Facebook page.

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Saturday 26 March

Bere Ferrers Spring Flower Show Fingers crossed, the flower show will be back in Bere Ferrers Church Hall, after a two-year break. The flower show committee are delighted by the prospect of once again filling the hall with a wonderful array of varied, colourful daffodils and much more. Although the yellow and orange, white and pink of the narcissi takes centre stage, they will be complemented by lots of other spring blossoms and plants, including camellias, tulips, primulas, fritillaries and grape hyacinths, as well as flower arrangements, vegetables, photographs and lots of scrumptious entries in the home produce classes. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year is the theme for the floral art competition. Visitors will also be able to buy refreshments and plants to take home. The daffodil classes will be judged by highly respected and expert judges, John Lanyon and Peter Argles, as in past years. This year, the show will also be honoured by the presence of two Royal Horticultural Society gold medal winners. One of them will be the legendary Ron Scamp, one of the country’s foremost producers of quality daffodil bulbs. Many of the show’s prize-winning daffodils grow from bulbs produced by Scamp’s in

Tavistock Festival their grounds near Falmouth. The other RHS gold medal winner at the show will be Amanda Randell Cox, who is a distinguished, highly-qualified ‘British Master Florist’; she will be judging the floral art classes. Everybody is welcome to enter the show – the more the merrier. Entry forms can be found in the show schedule, along with details of the classes and tips for exhibitors. The schedule booklets will be available at the chemist’s shop in Bere Alston and Alpine House in Bere Ferrers. Entry forms can be delivered direct to Bere Ferrers Church Hall between 6 and 9pm on Friday 25 March. All entries must

be set up ready for judging by 10am on Saturday 26 March. Doors open to the public at 1.30pm, with prize-giving at 4.30pm. Do come along and help Bere Ferrers celebrate the coming of spring! Clive Charlton Bere Ferrers Spring Flower Show Committee

Saturday 26 March

Bere Ferrers Art and Craft Fair The art and craft fair will have demonstrations and displays of painting, glass blowing and lacemaking, plus a stall selling handmade jewellery, pottery, wooden items, fused glass and many more locally crafted items from 1pm to 4.30pm at The BFS Club. Admission is free and there will be a bar, light lunches and refreshments available. For more details visit www. thebfsclub.co.uk

Plans for this year’s festival from 30th April to 21st May are well underway and we are looking forward to welcoming many well-known artists and ensembles, including Helen Porter, Mount Kelly Choral Society and Chamber Choir, North Devon Sinfonia, and Stannary Brass Band, and there will be several lunchtime concerts, a choral workshop and a children’s concert. Tavistock Library is also planning to offer a number of events and The Bedford Hotel will be hosting a tea with entertainment. Full details will be available at www. tavistockfestival.org and in the April/ May edition of Links magazines. All of this is possible thanks to a number of sponsors and we welcome any support, financial or otherwise to assist the development of the festival. Significant sponsors (£500 or above) receive complimentary tickets to all events but other sponsors also support in kind in a variety of ways. Festival chairman, Dr Sean Sweeney, would be delighted to discuss potential partnerships and can be contacted on 07732 586978 or sean. sweeney01@btinternet.com. In the

meantime, and thanks to the generous financial support of our long-standing significant sponsors Alistair Kinsey and Hansford Bell, we have planned four Friends of the Festival events:

Thursday 10 March Dr Sean Sweeney (Organ) One significant loss in 2020 was the diminution of the Mayflower 400 programme. Supported by Plymouth Culture, Plymouth Music Accord and Plymouth and District Organists’ Association two organ pieces were commissioned from Plymouth composer Clive Jenkins and American organist-composer Carson Cooman. This concert features both works together with music ‘from the New World’ and the Plymouth Suite by Percy Whitlock. St Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch at 1.00pm; admission free; refreshments available.

Saturday 19 March South West Chamber Choir A Lenten feast of seasonal choral music to include works by Bach, Fauré, Ireland, Mendelssohn and others. Tavistock Parish Church, at 7.30pm; tickets available at the door; refreshments available.

Thursday 24 March Mary, Kamila and Leslie Mazur-Park (Piano and Oboe) This is one of the festival’s most popular events including music for solo piano, solo oboe and piano duet. Tavistock Parish Church, at 1.00pm; admission free; refreshments available.

Thursday 31 March Rosemary Turner (Soprano) and Andrew Wilson (Piano) A diverting compilation for voice and piano including a selection from a new set of songs ‘Stella’s Cycle’ by Andrew Wilson. Tavistock Parish Church, at 1.00pm; admission free; refreshments available.

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Expressionism: Emotions Unchained Kokoro and Mark Forkgen, conductor. Pre-concert talk: 7:00pm; performance 7:30pm at the Sherwell Centre. 14 March

Film: Metropolis

Saturday 12 to Saturday 19 March University of Plymouth presents four extraordinary evenings of pivotal music, visual art, and film with world-leading artists, created and directed by Dr Robert Taub. Further info and tickets at plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on; all events FREE for students. 2 March

Concert: Scriabin and Schönberg Robert Taub performs Alexander Scriabin’s final mystical piano sonata in an unusual pairing with Arnold Schönberg’s haunting melodrama Pierrot Lunaire, beautifully sung by Alison Wells, with the BSO Ensemble

Fritz Lang’s extraordinarily gripping and prescient film, introduced by Anna Navas and Dr Robert Taub. 7:00pm at Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building. 16 March

Talk: Visual Art and Music Art historian Deborah Lewer and pianist Robert Taub will discuss and illuminate the fertile – and often febrile – intersection of music and visual art that motivates Expressionism. 7:30pm at the Sherwell Centre.

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19 March

Closing Concert: Schönberg, Berg, Webern Erika Baikoff, acclaimed soprano, joins the Marmen Quartet in a rare performance of the highly imaginative, powerful, and stirring Schönberg String Quartet no.2. Exciting and deeply expressive string quartets of Berg and Webern complete the programme. Pre-concert talk: 7:00pm; performance 7:30pm at the Sherwell Centre.

Debut single for Silverlux ‘Two Moons’ is the debut single from Plymouth-based Silverlux, one of a collection of songs by music producer Clive Mead, which have been simmering away for almost a decade. The single was released in December 2021, along with a timeless video set in Cann Woods. ‘Silverlux makes music for those who like their lounge vibes served with a twist of now.’ Silverlux vocalist Adele Moore grew up in Tavistock, where her early music roots

ear to reading music. Her school years were full of singing in various choirs and school plays at St Rumon’s, St Peter’s and Tavistock College. She is now a fulltime mum living in Saltash, but singing has remained central and also a source of healing when she lost her mother 9 years ago. Adele says: “I have always loved a vastly eclectic range of music from classical to trance, I adore 60s and 80s music, anything from Aretha Franklin to Tori Amos, Fleetwood Mac to Kate Bush, and more recently London

Plymouth Jazz Club The gigs are held at The Royal British Legion Club, Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth PL6 5DH starting at 7.30pm. Doors open 7.00pm and tickets are available on the door only. For further information visit plymouth-jazz-club.org. uk or phone 01752 290758. Sunday 20 February

Devon Magnolia Jazz Band The Devon Magnolia Jazz Band was formed by banjoist Pete Miller to play a wide variety of jazz era tunes in his favourite ‘revivalist’ New Orleans style that became popular throughout

Britain in the late 1940s. Admission £10 (members £8, full-time students £5)

Sunday 20 March

Sunday 6 March

‘Salute to Trad Jazz’

George Comer Band Saxophonist George Comer is the ‘big man with the big sound’ who leads this quartet featuring Neil Burns, one of the finest jazz guitarists in the West Country, plus superb drummer Ric Byer and local virtuoso Martin Jenkins on piano. Classic modern jazz at its best! Admission £10 (members £8, full-time students £5)

The Pedigree Jazz Band – Led by clarinettist and broadcaster Chris Walker, this is one of the most popular shows on the traditional jazz circuit, playing to full houses at venues and festivals across the UK. Hear all the music of the ‘trad boom’ of the 50s and 60s played by perhaps the best traditional jazz band in the UK. Admission £12 (members £10, full-time students £5)

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were heavily influenced by the local scene, the excellent music department at Tavistock College and an inspirational teacher, Rosemary Turner. Adele’s father was a Royal Marine bandsman and her grandmother was an incredible singer, and Adele learned to play the piano as a child but always preferred playing by

Grammar and the impressive vocal range of Miley Cyrus – a real mixed bag! Singing is a huge part of my soul and it feels like a vital part of my life going forwards.” Clive Mead has been obsessed with music his entire life and been creating it in the studio for almost 30 years. He

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started his career as a DJ aged 13 at a youth club disco in 1988, later focusing on learning to play instruments and writing songs. Since the early 90s he has been creating electronic club music in various styles, under numerous aliases, working with well-known artists such as The Stranglers and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He studied music production in Newcastle and Brighton and is now nearing the end of a PhD at the prestigious ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research) at The University of Plymouth. After relocating to the south west of England, he finally found the time and inspiration to get Silverlux off the ground during the 2021 lockdown. His music is informed by diverse influences, including artists from the more chilled side of electronic music, such as Zero 7, Air and Morcheeba, to Pink Floyd, 60s and 70s easy listening, soul and soundtracks, and even surf guitar music. At the time of going to press, the next single, ‘Born to Chase the Sun’ is due for release in January 2022, followed by the debut album ‘Grace in Lieu of Virtue’ this spring. For more information visit silverlux.net or Facebook: silverlux. music and watch the Two Moons video at youtube.com/watch?v=dd4s0BxzK4g or stream it at artists.landr. com/692531251176 45

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The Box 26 February to 5 June

Another Crossing Four hundred years ago, the Mayflower embarked from Plymouth, England. Many aboard were non-conformists, leaving their homeland for fear that their religious community would otherwise perish. On arriving in what seemed to them a ‘new world’ they established a settlement, but this land was already long inhabited by the Wampanoag people. The voyage is both a national origin story and, given the widespread devastation of the Indigenous population that resulted, an event to mourn. The premise of the exhibition is simple: each participating artist has created work utilising only tools, materials and processes that existed in 1620. It’s a concept that highlights the sophistication of historic craft practices like beadwork, joinery, metalsmithing, leatherwork and pottery. The project is a transatlantic collaboration organised by Plymouth College of Art, The Box and the Fuller Craft Museum in Pilgrim Flask, 2019 by Michelle Erickson. Image by Robert Hunter. Courtesy of Fuller Craft Museum

Wood, Water, and Distance, 2020 by Annette Bellamy. Image by Chris Arend. Courtesy of the Artist and Anchorage Museum

Massachusetts, USA, and the artists travelled to both sites to better understand the historical context, visit key locations and meet historians, academics and curators. It also has a metaphorical intention: the art works inhabit two moments in time across four centuries, suggesting the Mayflower’s journey is still in progress and we’re still trying to get to a better place. Until 27 February

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters Experience ancient stories from the world’s oldest continuing culture, told through more than 300 paintings, ceramics, sculpture, installation and film by over 100 different artists, with The National Museum of Australia’s award-winning exhibition.

Antony Gormley: LOOK II Antony Gormley is one of the world’s most celebrated artists working today. To commemorate Mayflower 400 and the opening of The Box, his sculpture LOOK II is a figure made from 22 blocks in one cast iron form, permanently installed on West Hoe Pier, where Sir Francis Chichester landed in 1967 as the first and fastest person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route in the Gipsy Moth.

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Devon Carbonara Hello Links readers! Carbonara is a super, classic Italian recipe, basically made with cured pork cheek, eggs and pecorino cheese. Italians, you know, are quite obsessed about their rules for preparing food and like to follow ‘granny’s recipes’. Even when the local food is amazing in different parts of the world, Italians still try to search out an Italian restaurant. You could say our traditions have stifled our curiosity. Fortunately, my job made me travel and I tasted everything I came across (I’m a complete food addict). I’m proud of my Italian roots and to have been trained by some great Italian chefs, but the world has so much to offer, and mixing different ingredients and traditional methods is the key to food heaven. We came to West Devon in August 2020 and I have discovered a chef’s paradise of fantastic meats, veg, cheese and fish - this area is magic! Here is my Devon Carbonara recipe, and all the ingredients come from this beautiful and rich land. The seafood version is also amazing and very easy to prepare.

Ingredients (Serves 4 people) 500g spaghetti or rigatoni 300g unsmoked lardons 5 egg yolks 280g Sheep Rustler cheese (semi-hard ewe’s milk cheese) Black pepper Salt and extra virgin olive (EVO) oil

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Method Bring a pan of water to the boil, and add salt (half the amount you would usually add). Add the pasta and cook it for 3 minutes less than the cooking time indicated on the packet. Preheat a frying pan with a glug of EVO oil. Add the lardons and cook until crispy. Beat the yolks in a bowl and mix with the cheese and fresh cracked pepper. Drain the pasta and add to the pan with the bacon and continue cooking for a further 2 minutes. Add 2 cups of pasta water and stir until al dente. Off the heat, add the egg mixture and some more pasta water. Stir until creamy.

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Serve on a plate with more cracked pepper and cheese. Enjoy!

Seafood variant: Instead of bacon, you can use two fresh mackerel fillets or some mixed seafood. Just stir fry the fish with some garlic and sprinkle with fresh parsley to serve. It is just amazing! PS: I also have a vegan version which I will share with you in another issue - and don’t worry it is packed full of flavour! For more information see our article about Davide in Local People, and for more recipes visit Facebook: italianjack; or book an Italian Jack evening meal at www.italianjack.co.uk or contact hello@ italianjack.co.uk or 07745 934897.

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The Romans began organising viticulture in Champagne in the 3rd century. Because it was only just warm enough to ripen the grapes the wines tended to be acidic, so Champagne was still and acidic for centuries. Legend suggests that Dom Pierre Perignon, a French Benedictine Monk, ‘invented’ the drink at the abbey of Hautvilliers in 1697. He apparently discovered a bottle of still wine that had fermented again in the bottle, trapping carbon dioxide and creating bubbles. ‘Come quickly I am tasting the stars!’ he apparently called to his fellow monks, before deciding this was too good not to repeat. It’s a lovely story and may even be true, but in fact sparkling wine was first properly recorded in 1531 — though once again monks were responsible. Benedictines at the Abbey of St Hilaire produced Blanquette de Limoux at that time, by the simple expedient of bottling the wine before fermentation ended.

Champagne was quite sweet for many years. It wasn’t until 1846 when PerrierJouet decided not to sweeten his wine when exporting to England that drier wines became fashionable — he even coined a new term — Brut. The latest trend is NOT to add any sugar to the wine during the second fermentation. This results in a very dry, even austere, style of wine with between 0 and 3 grams of sugar (Brut is 6-12 grams) - so be wary as they’re not to everyone’s taste. Champagnes and other sparklers are normally labelled ‘Brut Nature’ or ‘Brut Zero’. Curiously, the term ‘Methode Traditionelle’ (the practice of fermenting a wine in a barrel or tank and then fermenting it a second time in a sealed bottle) was coined by an English physicist called Christopher Merrett several years before Dom Perignon even arrived at his abbey. This was the time when glass-blowing in England produced bottles capable of withstanding the pressure contained in a fermenting bottle of wine. The French couldn’t produce such bottles and some historians even believe the English may be the real inventors of sparkling wine (just don’t tell anyone French!).

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Out and About with Tavistock Ramblers A lovely walk of just under 4 miles for early spring with John Noblet of Tavistock Ramblers. The hedgerows around the Bere peninsula are full of colour as daffodils and other flowers remind us that winter days are over. This walk takes us from Bere Ferrers on field and woodland paths, and quiet lanes with views of the lower Tavy valley along the way. Please park responsibly in the centre of Bere Ferrers, near the church and war memorial (SX459635). 1. If you have time, take a look at the church which is featured as being amongst England’s 1000 best churches. From the churchyard, which contains several mass graves just marked

‘Cholera 1849’, there is a good view of the Tavy estuary. Walk down the hill past the war memorial which commemorates not only local men but also those soldiers from New Zealand who were tragically killed at the train station in 1917. Continue past the Olde Plough Inn to the waterfront and along the riverside road as far as the old chapel building. 2. Turn right here, signed as a footpath, along the foreshore. The path leaves the riverside to go inside the hedge (fields on the left). Pass two stiles (no need

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A blue plaque commemorates the Ordulph Arms in Pym Street, presumably named after Ordulf, the builder of Tavistock Abbey in 974. The building is immediately in front of the site of the former town house of the Glanville family; the archway to the left, which used to bear the Glanville family coat of arms, originally formed the entrance to the stable yard of the town house. The building with the plaque now houses Drake’s Wine Bar and Café but has had many uses. From 1928 to 1974, it was used as offices for Tavistock Rural District Council. It remained empty until 1980 when it was acquired with the intention of opening a public house called the Five Stars, but instead it opened in 1982 as the Sir Francis Drake. In 1988 it became the Ordulph Arms, in 2017 The Explorer, and in 2019 it was used as a club (The Venue) and then a Craft Emporium. However, its original use when it was built in 1837, was as a Temperance Hotel, including a library, reading room and assembly area, as well as accommodation.

The first Temperance Society was formed in Bradford in 1830 and, within the decade, Temperance Societies had been formed throughout the country. This included Tavistock where the Tavistock Temperance Society was formed in 1832. At that time, there were some twenty licensed premises in Tavistock but nothing that offered comparable standards of hospitality and refreshment without supplying alcoholic drinks. The Temperance Hotel was intended to fill that role and for many years provided a meeting place for the many local temperance groups. It also became a focal point for the Band of Hope which had been founded in 1855 for children under 16 to prevent them starting to drink alcohol and to provide education about drug and alcohol abuse. By 1870, the hotel was known as the Temperance Family and Commercial Hotel, then the Temperance and Commercial Hotel and later as the South Western Temperance Hotel. While the hotel was used to host the various temperance groups, tea played a central role with hundreds of adults and children sitting down to tea after a march or before a meeting - however, it is likely that coffee was the drink of choice for residents. Indeed, when the Duke of Bedford bought the lease in 1846, to ease the hotel’s financial problems, his agent had advised against the purchase on the grounds that there were ‘several small coffee shops’ in the immediate area. Until around 1875, there was another Temperance Inn nearby, at No. 2 King Street (between two public houses), also owned by the Bedford Estate. In around the 11th century, coffee cultivation and trade began on the Arabian Peninsula, hence the

Edwin Lloyd ran Lloyd’s Coffee House in Lombard Street and his clientele were shippers, merchants and ship insurance underwriters conducting business - out of this developed Lloyd’s of London.

coffee known as arabica. In 1475, Constantinople was the first place to have a coffee house and, by the 16th century, coffee was the drink of choice in Turkey, Egypt, Persia and Syria. Soon, coffee houses, hubs for socialising, sprang up in cities, towns and villages across East Africa and the Middle East. London Coffee House, 17th century

Coffee arrived in Venice in 1600. Being a trading port, coffee became part of its commerce, and coffee houses became known as ‘schools of the wise’. They were the places to be and to be seen – places for intellectual exchange and socialising, where news, information, gossip and world developments were transmitted. In Britain the first coffeehouse to open was in Oxford in 1650. One opened in London in 1652 near the churchyard of St Michael, Cornhill in St Michael’s Alley by Pasqua Rosée. There, 600 dishes of the exotic liquid were consumed per day by a cross section of London’s society. It was viewed that a side effect of coffee consumption was the prevention of violence, drunkenness and lust, whilst promoting a level of sophistication, intellect and wit along with pure thoughts. Celebrity diarist Samuel Pepys visited one evening and recorded, ‘finding much pleasure in it, through the diversity of company and discourse’.

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During the regeneration of London after the Great Fire of 1666, eighty-two coffee houses rose from the ashes. A phrase that became common was ‘coffee-house politicians’ – a reference to the men who spent their days commenting on the government, the state, and the king, amongst many topics – sharing their thoughts with anyone who would listen. King Charles II saw coffee houses as places of potential insurrection, and in 1875 tried to ban them and the sale of coffee, chocolate and tea from any shop or house. However, there was such an outcry that he had to relent and reverse the ban.

Heathenish Liquor called Coffee’ had transformed their industrious, virile men into effeminate babbling layabouts who idled away their time in coffeehouses. In 1696, Mary Astell wrote in ‘An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex’: “He converfes more with News Papers, Gazettes and Votes than with his Shop Books, and his conftant Application to the Publick takes him off all Care for his Private Concern. He is always fettling the Nation, yet cou’d never manage his own family.” An important outcome of the ‘coffee culture’ was the development of commerce. In 1698, in Jonathan’s Coffee House, commodity and stock prices were set by gentlemen meeting there, resulting in the forming of the London Stock Exchange; Christie’s and Sotheby’s developed out of the saleroom auctions that were attached to coffee houses.

The passion for coffee houses began to wane in the 18th century due to the new ‘rage’ of tea drinking, but was reinstated in Victorian times, largely because of the Temperance Movement, which was mostly led by women. This is somewhat ironic, given that in the 17th century it was women who were campaigning against coffee, and now women were endeavouring to get the men folk to ‘sign the pledge’. The coffee house was viewed by the Victorians as an alternative to the tavern and a place for socialisation for the working class. Later coffee culture again declined, but remerged in the latter part of the 20th century. No one walking down any high street, let alone a street in Tavistock, can doubt that coffee consumption has again become the drink and social activity of society. However Dukes Coffee House in Tavistock has retained a name that reminds us of the history of such establishments. Chris Bellers & Claire Cavender Tavistock Local History Society

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Loyalty and Lunacy – revealing life in 1913 by Richard D. Handy We’d all like to know where we come from and how our ancestors, their lives and personal stories, shaped the world we live in today. So, why not read a novel to find out about your past? Richard Handy is a local author who writes historical fiction. His latest novel, Loyalty and Lunacy, is based on true events and explores life in the 1900s just before the outbreak of WWI. Arguably, a period when there were dramatic changes in our society from the rigid structures of the Edwardian era towards the norms that we see today. The story is set in 1913 on the country estate of Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, just outside of London. Gertrude is a young scullery maid and she dreams of a better life with her love, John, the handsome gardener; but she owes a debt of honour and suffers the attention of Master Davy Christian, a drunken aristocrat and psychopathic malcontent. Think Downtown Abbey meets Atonement by Ian McEwan, with a nasty villain, and where love is shattered by the rigid boundaries of society and war. Loyalty and Lunacy is both heart-breaking and uplifting, it is about love, enduring friendships, and the villain brings a wickedness that will make you shudder.

Tavistock’s Blue Plaques This charming little book is invaluable for anyone planning a visit to the delightful market town of Tavistock, to learn more of its history. The book summarises the history of Tavistock with excellent accompanying photographs for each of the selected blue plaque sites. The book originated from a list of fifty-six sites of special interest which were identified by the late Gerry Woodcock, respected local historian. Twenty-eight of these sites now have blue plaques. Using the included map, visitors could walk around all the blue plaque sites in a day, reading the summarised history at each one which also provides an overview of the history of Tavistock and its buildings through the ages. Of particular interest is the way in which some of the buildings have changed use over the years. The Guildhall and police station are good examples, as they have recently been refurbished to become a heritage centre for visitors to learn more about the Tavistock’s history. It was also interesting to discover that the Still Tower was where the monks from the abbey distilled their herbs into medicines. The other remaining parts of the abbey are Betsy Grimbal’s Tower, Abbey Chapel, Court Gate and the remaining arch of the abbey cloisters. From this the reader can get some idea of the extent of the original abbey, and an overview of the history of the abbey, which became part of the Bedford estate after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Many of the buildings, which had nineteenthcentury industrial use, are now shops or housing, like the town mill which is a shop and the Victorian grammar school in Plymouth Road which is now housing. The Bedford cottages and villas were built by the Bedford estate - the former housed workers, while the villas were built between 1840 and 1880, and leased to the gentry, professional classes and shop owners. The section on Tavistock Canal is also an interesting historical summary; the canal was built with a gentle slope over its length, so the water diverted from the River Tavy at Abbey Bridge flows well and it ends as a power source for the hydroelectric station at Morwellham - a port on the navigable River Tamar where copper ores were transported down the canal, and shipped to the smelters in South Wales.

But what was life really like for ordinary people going into extraordinary times? Well, the author has researched historical documents, as well as recalling personal accounts directly from the people involved. Edwardian attitudes persisted in 1913 with the upper classes retaining a household of domestic servants. In Loyalty and Lunacy, Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd is a benevolent character who is forward thinking, and believes every person has their worth. But what about the upper echelons of society and Tavistock? Francis Russell, the 7th

Life for servants in the years leading up to the Great War was hard. The first-hand recollections of the real ‘Gertrude’ spoke of long hours washing, starching and ironing the linen. Every item had to be spotless. Most of her pay (circa £20 per year, and about 4 shillings per week) went on her keep. It was the same situation for the gardener, although men usually earned more than women. At the outbreak of WWI in 1914, most people initially stayed in their normal jobs. However, a recruitment drive attracted young men from the country estates. In Loyalty and Lunacy, John, the gardener, finds himself signing up for the West Kent Regiment, and here there is a surprising connection to the Devonshire Regiment and Tavistock. The regiments served together, notably during the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, following the first recorded use of chlorine gas in WWI by the Germans. Soldiers from the Devonshire Regiment were seconded to the West Kent. Indeed, the Imperial War Museum has a record of some 67 men who served in both regiments. So, perhaps truth is stranger than fiction – a story that started in Kent for the author has a historical connection that brings him home to Devon. Loyalty and Lunacy is available at Book Stop, Tavistock and on Amazon. For more details visit richardhandy.com

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Duke of Bedford (13 May 1788–14 May 1861) and also the Marquess of Tavistock (1802 to 1839) were very benevolent. After all, the duke’s name is carved in the stonework of Tavistock Town Hall, dated 1860. However, his great-grandson, Herbrand Russell, the 11th Marquess of Tavistock (born 1855, died 27 August 1940, aged 82) had a reputation for being aloof and forbidding, and surrounding himself with servants. But he had a sense of duty, serving his country with honour in Egypt and then in the Great War, and was mentioned in dispatches. Being aloof with a disregard for servants is a character trait that is exaggerated in the villain in Loyalty and Lunacy.

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