I remember when
Probus FC seniors
Mr and Mrs Bates
For such a young side, Probus first team have had a very good season winning 14 of their 26 games and finishing fifth in the Trelawny League Div. 1 with 46 points. The April and May run-in period resulted in three losses and two wins. Notable amongst these was a tough-to-take 8-0 thumping by a strong Rosudgeon side in early April before a good win against St Kerne that clearly built confidence for a 9-0 thrashing of the bottom of the table Navy side from Culdrose. Probus first team certainly have plenty to build on for the next season.
Probus was a place where you could buy nearly everything you needed. There was a creamery down near the Halt at one time, and later there was a garage there. We had a cobbler, a carpenter and two blacksmiths. There was a saddler and two butcher’s shops as well as the monument tab mason. There were several grocery shops, including Mrs Renowden’s, Mrs Bennett’s and Miss Fugler’s you could buy anything there! There was Pentecost’s Tuck Shop - that was a great draw to the boys at Probus School - but there were other sweet shops as well as Mrs Pentecost’s. There was Prime’s the Bakers - the shop as well as the bakery - and of course, there were the pubs. 'Cornish Mount’ and ‘Letter B’ had stabling for horses. Visitors and people coming to church or chapel had to have somewhere to leave their horses. Sometimes we’d see Mr Gill breaking in colts in the square. They used to go round and round the Jubilee lamp.
Meanwhile in Div. 4, the even younger Probus Reserves team have had a much tougher time, finishing ninth with seven wins against 14 losses with 22 points. The mid-March to April run-in was four games with a 6-1 win against Marazion, a 3-2 win against Threemilestone Reserves before two losses against Chacewater and New Inn Titans.
And do you remember Probus Feast Services? On the Sunday afternoon, children used to take a bunch of flowers, or an egg perhaps, or a toy to take up to the collection. And we loved the stalls in the street - handsome it was, with Tregony band playing all the way up. Oh! We had lots of fun then!
As reported last month, the club is strong with training regularly attracting over 20 players. The teams mainly consist of 17 to 20-year-olds and it looks good for the future of the club, with some current U16s also making their debuts this season for the reserves. 12
