February 2014

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Issue no. 45 February 2014 Published by St. Day Parish Council

In this issue

Cornwall Councillor Parish Council News New Village library Library info. Horticultural Show Sunny Days Village School Historical Society Local Churches Lanterns And lots more!

St. Day Newsletter

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Janet and David welcome you to their new B&B. Set in its own grounds with off street parking, situated in the middle of Church Street. We have 2 double rooms, 1 twin room and a family room, all with on suites, free WiFi,

TV, DVD, tea and coffee facilities. From the conservatory enjoy our full English breakfast while overlooking lovely views of the garden and

unwind in the evening in our comfortable lounge. If you have friends or relations looking for somewhere to stay, you are more than welcome to

check us out.

The Cedars 22 Church Street, St Day,TR16 5JY

01209820288 Janet-07976887979 David-07968313137

www.thecedarsbandb.co.uk [email protected]

From our Cornwall Councillor Dear Resident This year Cornwall Council will be increasing the council tax by 1.97% which will be the first increase in over 4 years. It has needed to do this to help protect frontline services, for example Adult Social Care and Children’s services. This budget, which was agreed by the full Council on 26 November, was based on making savings of £42.2m in 2014/2015 with an agreement in principle to increase council tax by 1.97%. With further

reductions of £36m in Government funding expected by 2015/2016, and £93m by 2018/2019, this means the Council will need to find savings of up to £195m over the next five years. On the 14th of January a motion to demand that the government seriously looks into fairer funding for Cornwall was supported by Cornwall Councillors. In the autumn statement given in December the Chancellor recognised that there are additional costs associated with the rural nature of councils such as Cornwall. Cornwall receives a government grant of £408 per person. In comparison the grant given to the London borough of Hackney is £1,041 per person. If Cornwall was given the same grant as

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The Village Brunch

Saturday 22nd February

St. Day Methodist Church

9.00am until 1.00pm

Cereal/Toast/Fried Breakfast/

various beverages

All items 50p.

All profits to local charities

Lanterns, Lights, Laughter It's time to cast off those winter blues by getting involved in St. Day's spectacular annual Lantern Celebration. We hope that this year we will create another magical event, with fabulous lanterns parading through the streets, and a finale that will leave you with a warm glow and a sense of surprise and wonder. On March 8th you can start your journey from the Clock Tower and wend your way through the streets of

St. Day guided by seafaring lanterns. This year’s event starts by exploring St. Day's journey across the sea from Brittany to Cornwall and ends with a transition into a dream-like world incorporating animation and Celtic imagery. This year, although we will not be having such a large projection, it has been designed to have its own unique and impressive ending. We are keeping it a surprise unless you are involved! So, if you want to see the whole story, the procession will end at the school playground for the first half of the finale. Then you can head back to Old Church for more stories in light, before ending your journey at the Church Hall with amazing


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Grant funding

Are you the Treasurer/Secretary/Chairperson of a local club or organisation? Does your club or organisation need funding for a particular scheme? Do you know of an individual who is trying to raise funds for a particular cause or project? If you can answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions then it could be your lucky day! A local grant fund has funds available for distribution to worthy causes in St. Day For further information please contact Steve Edwards on 821829

Buses and Parking.An appeal

from ‘Bus Drivers and passengers to car drivers. Please take care about where you park especially around the shops in Church Street. Buses cannot negotiate the corner into Fore Street. ‘Bus Drivers are having to contact Police to get obstructions moved.

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even the average urban council then we would get £48 million more next year. That is enough to prevent the loss of a lot of front line services. Our message to the minister is that Cornwall has already done a huge amount to save money and we have more savings in the pipeline. But the services that the people of Cornwall rely on are threatened by the extent of his cuts. Bus services is another area where government cutbacks are hitting the most vulnerable and services in the mining villages have been affected by withdrawing the Sunday service and reducing all of the evening services. I am trying to arrange a meeting with Nigel Blackler, the Head of Transport at Cornwall Council, to see if there is any way of getting back some of these services. I also have written to George Eustice MP expressing my concerns over the lack of Government funding for rural communities and have been encouraging others to do the same. European Metal Recycling, United Downs. An appeal against Cornwall Council’s Planning Committee’s decision to refuse the application was lodged at the last minute. All objectors may speak at the appeal and all original objections will still stand. The appeal is likely to be heard in March/April, 2014. I have helped with the community litter pick around the village, clearing many bags of litter. The worst area is Church Hill and it is very disappointing to see that within a few days of clearing this part of the village people are continuing to throw rubbish into the hedgerow along this road. My Community Chest Funding has received a good number of applications from organisations from

within the village and I am hopeful that they will all receive the funding they have requested to help continue to support the community. Kind regards Mark Cornwall Councillor Mark Kaczmarek, Tinner’s Lodge, Pennance Road, Lanner, Redruth, TR16 5TF. Email [email protected] Tel10209 211366 mob 07791746210

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ST DAY HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY SPRING SHOW

To be held on Saturday 15th March 2014

at St Day Community Centre, doors open at 1.30 p.m.

Look out for the Schedules which will be available

soon in your local shops.

Sections for everyone to enter why not try your skill at

cooking, needlework, art or photography, pick up a

schedule and see what you can enter.

There are also sections for flowers and floral art, why not see what you’ve got growing in your garden to enter into

the Show.

Entry forms to be sent to individual Secretaries as shown in the schedule by Thursday 13th March 2014.

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W J Mills (Cottages) Trust The W J Mills (Cottages) Trust is a Trust which was set up back in the 1930s with the intention, amongst oth-er things, of providing homes for the ‘poor and needy’ in St Day. Since that time the Trust has moved on and now has over 40 properties in St Day, in-cluding the development of 7 new bun-galows off Barracks Lane which were built to house people with specific physical problems. There are also 5 flats and a number of one and two-bedroomed houses. Times have changed since the 1930s and we would all like to think that the 1930s definition of ‘poor and needy’ has moved on too. With this in mind Trustees are now happy to accept ap-plications from those who feel that

they would benefit from living in one of the Trust’s properties but, obviously, each individual’s circumstances and connections with the local area are taken into account by Trustees when allocating properties. All of our properties are currently oc-cupied but we do quite regularly have vacancies so, if you would like to be considered for a Trust property in the future, it would be wise to make an ap-plication now. Applicants normally have to be over 60 years of age and will need to complete an application form which can be obtained either by writing to: Carol Freeman Clerk to the Trustees, The Mills Street Community Room,

Mills St., St Day, Redruth, TR16 5LL. or by calling in the office at the above address during the following times: Monday 2.00 – 3.30 Thursday 9.30 – 11.00 or by calling the Clerk to the Trustees on 01209 822589 or by emailing the Clerk at [email protected]

refreshments and see the wonderful Aggypella Choir and the DVD of last year’s animation. Local artist Jonathan Hayter (www. figureofspeech.org.uk) will be working with the school to create a beautiful interpretation of the St. Day voyage which will be captured on video and viewed at the Old Church after the procession. This will be a fantastic opportunity for the children to work to work with multimedia artist Jonathan Hayter who has worked on many

creative community and educational projects across the UK. He also has an interest in pilgrimages and journeys having completed the 500 mile walk to Santiago de Compostela in 2002. We hope that we can raise the funds to have Jonathan back again to work with the community on a bigger project later this year. We then have FREE lantern making workshops at the school over the weekend of 8th and 9th FEB 10-4.30.


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St. Day Messy Church

Christmas came early to Messy Church as Messy Christmas was held at the end of November – the feeling being that the children would have lots to do socially in December. We had a huge turnout, we happily just keep growing in numbers. There were eight different crafts for the children to choose from re-sulting in glitter, glue and icing getting everywhere but it was a great deal of fun. The children left with handmade items rang-ing from floral table decorations and Christmas cards to deco-rated biscuits. Before everyone left they were treated, after a lovely worship session, to an old fashioned slap up Christmas tea. All left fat, full and happy! If you and your children/grandchildren/nephews/nieces/next door’s children would like to come along to Messy Church please watch for posters out-side Holy Trinity or the Methodist Church.

PILATES YOGA FUSION CLASS for BEGINNERS at ST DAY COMMUNITY CENTRE

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TRIM & TONE PILATES CARDIO CLASS BEGINNERS Pilates with Sports Conditioning, toning & strength exercis-

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FLEXIBLE FRIENDS: Adapted & modified Pilates Yoga & Ballet - Movements & stretches are performed while sitting in a chair. Standing postures included for those who wish

to try. Drop in £4.00 per class. 6 Class booking £12.00

REGULAR CLASSES @ The Tate Gallery St Ives, Illogan, Mount Hawke, Blue Lotus Scorrier & St Day.

CONTACT HELEN 01209 200 726 / 07817 044 607 [email protected]

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Holy Trinity Church St Day As we enter a new year we have time to reflect on our Christmas celebrations within the church. It was a very busy month starting with a very successful Christmas Fayre. The following week saw the Annual Nine Lessons and Carols with Carharrack & St Day Band. The church was almost full for this special service. Each lesson was read by a person representing various organisations in St Day. A special mention must go to Miss Tiegan Bartlam, a pupil at St Day & Carharrack Community School, who despite having one of the longest readings, did an outstanding job resulting in a spontaneous round of applause. The evening concluded with mince pies and mulled wine. Christmas Eve celebrations started with our Family Service and Christingle. The church was filled to capacity for this popular service. The children led the service with readings and a procession of the crib figures being brought to the altar. The Christingle was led, with much fun, by Father Simon. He explained the origin of the Christingle by transforming himself piece by piece into a walking Christingle. Over 50 Christingles were given to the congregation and the service ended with all the children with their Christingles standing at the altar to sing the special Christingle song. A moving sight to behold - the true meaning of Christmas! Both our Midnight and Christmas Day Masses were well attended. Thank you from the Churchwardens to all who helped in any way to make Christmas at Holy Trinity so special. Holy Trinity Church Sound System The second week in December saw the installation, just in time for Christmas services, of our new loop and sound system. Many, many thanks to all who made such generous donations to help enable us to have it put into the church. Our primary concern this year was that the church is regularly used for funerals etc., where people sometimes like to do their own readings and eulogies. There is nothing worse than not being able to hear when sitting at the back of a full church. Families also today frequently wish to play a special piece of music during the service so our new system also incorporates an easy to use CD player. It took a lot of hard work by the PCC and church members to raise the money but we can honestly say it was worth it as the system benefits both the church and the community.

Sue Manley & Annette Hillman

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Parish Council News The Parish Council normally meets on the second Monday of each month, (except in August), at 7:00pm in the Community Room in Mills St.. There is car parking available in Barracks Lane.

The meetings are open to the public (unless an item has to be taken in private) and agenda item 3 is always for public participation (limited to 15 minutes). It is sometimes necessary to arrange extra meetings, often concerning planning ap-plications. Notices of all the meetings are displayed on the notice board at least 3 days before a meeting. Minutes of meetings are displayed on the notice board and also on our web site www.stday.org

Parish Councillors Bobby Dyer 820021 Sandra Hatcher 820986

Donna Jones 820573 Jim Moores 820160 Geoff Nankivell 820201

John Newcombe 820841 Steve Penny 820774

Clerk to Parish Council Steve Edwards 821829

Cornwall Councillor Mark Kaczmarek 21136

Remembrance Sunday A larger number than usual attended the annual ser-vice of remembrance at the War Memorial. Our thanks to the Carharrack & St. Day Band for leading the parade and providing the music, Fr. Simon for leading the prayers and the football club for encouraging so many young people to at-tend. Carol Singing Thanks to our band and the singers and all who attended our annual Carol Singing in Market Square to make it a successful community event. Christmas Lights Again the streets were colourful this Christmas thanks to all those who work so hard to raise the money and put up the lights and then take them down. Seats The Parish Council has repaired the seat in Carew Road and treated others with preservative. This was work previously carried out by the former district council.

Council Tax Cornwall Council has restricted its increase to 1.97% but the Par-ish Council has been able to make a reduction of 5.3% thanks to an increase in the government grant and the expenditure budgeted for an election last year was not used.


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Sandy’s Head

Shave Event

8th July 2014

Target £10,000 I am having my dark locks shaved off.

Why am I sacrificing my hair? Because I’m passionate about

the invaluable service the Merlin MS Centre provides.

Read my Story and Donate via your tab bar at www.justgiving.com/sandysheadshave

or at St Day Post Office

The Merlin MS Centre provides a range of expert care, support, ther-

apies, respite day care, understanding and laughter to improve the

lives of those affected by Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological

conditions such as Stroke, ME/CFS, Parkinson’s. Cornwall has the

highest rate of MS in mainland Britain and the Merlin MS Centre is

the only MS therapy centre in the county. They receive no Govern-

ment funding so rely on fundraising to support their work.

Thank you. Your donation will make a real difference.

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Music tuition-piano,

keyboard, violin, singing, saxophone, theory

Free taster lesson

Maths one-to-one tutoring

including learning support

Experienced, friendly and qualified

teacher based in Carharrack with enhanced CRB

01209 821390/07796 751905

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Sunny Days

Nursery, St Day Spring Newsletter

The OFSTED inspector visited on 8th January and

awarded us a ’good’ grade. It is a lovely report and

will soon be available to view on the Ofsted web site. If you would like a

copy please ask. The report celebrates that ‘staff know the children well

and provide interesting learning experiences based on children’s

individual preferences, interests and abilities.’, When the inspector

came it was a very wet day and she watched safely from the warmth of the

classroom, commenting ‘children enjoy fresh air regardless of the

weather’ as the children enjoyed exploring how the rain puddled and

made marks on the play area surfaces, reporting ‘Children confidently

follow good hand washing procedures and dress themselves

appropriately to play outdoors in all weathers.’.

The inspector found that ‘children develop good social skills, are well

behaved and display good manners’ as a result of the support that they

are given by our team. The report ends ‘Overall, the

nursery is a well organised provision, with a

committed staff tam. Parents are valued and

included and children’s needs are met well.’

WE are pleased to announce that Sara Phillips (from

Carharrack) is rejoining our team. Sara worked for the

nursery several years ago and has since been working in the local school.

Sara brings skills such as music and art to our team. At Sunny Days

Nursery we value high quality practitioners in order to deliver the high


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quality practice that the inspector witnessed. Therefore we did not fill a

recent vacancy and will be advertising again for a suitable person to join

our team. If you have experience working in Early Years and feel that you

would be an asset to our nursery please contact us as soon as possible.

Despite the weather we have been getting out regularly. This does mean

lots of changes of clothes. Wet trousers cannot be avoided, despite the

waterproofs. However the children love being outside and get so much

from their experiences of working with their friends to explore the outside

in a variety of ways. As well as a large sand garden we have some natural

puddles, a selection of creates, drainpipes planks and sandbags with

which to explore. Added to this making orders for the ‘builders’, drawing

the rain or counting how many worms we can find all extend the children’s

learning in the outdoors. We would love a few (clean) old tyres or anything

else you think might be useful. Please telephone to discuss any donations

you may have.

Indoors our wide range of resources allows the children to explore on a

smaller scale. We use lots of books to help extend children’s learning. For

instance in our activity area we have books and posters about different

skills children can explore and rhymes about exercise. With our sea life

there are books on the sea and so forth.

We are going to be looking at the Chinese New Year next and then

exploring ‘our world’ as we look forward to creating a display for the St

Day Horticultural Society Spring Show.

To find out more about us please contact Bobby on 01209 821868 or call in. OFSTED reg. 102860, charity reg. 1028488


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Second Monday of every month ‑ Pop In ‑ 11:00 am ‑ 1:00 pm ‑ A chance for a soup and sweet lunch, chat and fellowship.

Tuesdays 2:30 pm ‑ 4:00 pm Bright Hour—a fellowship meeting for ladies and men. (Not in August)

Wednesdays 4th Wednesday of the month 12 noon for 12.15 Luncheon Club

1st and 3rd Wednesday—(not in Aug.)

Ray’s Bargain Bin 10.00-3.30pm

Thursdays 10.15 am Coffee, Prayer and Bible Study

Other special events are organized, details can be found on the Church door or notice board.

Contacts

Church services and activities -

Ralph Gilbert 821100

Junior Church – Bobby Dyer 820021

Hirings – Janet Homer 820881

Notices all around the town with latest details of services and events

The Methodist Church in

St. Day warmly welcomes you to share with

them in their events and activities.

Methodism has been present in St. Day

for many years. The Methodist Church and family seek to serve and follow

Christ's teaching as a group of believers and individuals. We extend the love of

God to all.

Friendly fellowship, transport no problem,

Comfortable surroundings, genuine

love and support

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Meet your Parish Councillors Donna Jones I am originally from Shropshire where I lived with my parents and siblings until I relocated to St Day.I have lived in St Day for around thirteen years now with my Partner Mike, whom is originally from St Day. We have two children whom have attended our local Nursery and now attend St Day and Carharrack School. I enjoy getting involved with the School activities when I am able to. My background is in Nursing both in the acute and private sector. I have been a Registered Nurse for nineteen years. During this time I have worked in a variety of settings and have enjoyed the work. I am still a practicing Registered Nurse and now work in our local Care Home, Trefula House. My nursing career has allowed me to develop a professional and caring outlook when dealing with the public. I continue to keep myself updated by undertaking study days and courses that are available.Presently I am running The St Day Inn with Mike and we are enjoying this experience. We both wanted a new challenge and are enjoying enhancing what the St Day Inn already has to offer. We both feel that the pub is central to the community and should welcome everyone from all walks of life. During our spare time we all enjoy socialising with our friends and family, we also enjoy family holidays either in Shropshire or Spain. I enjoy living in St Day as it has a strong sense of community and I would like to see this continue, whilst embracing changes that will benefit the whole of St Day in the future. I can be contacted when I am out and about in St Day or otherwise I can be contacted at The St Day Inn. I will be happy to listen to any concerns that you may have and I will endeavour to find answers to the questions that you have asked me.

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Carharrack and St. Day Retired and Pensioners Club Hi everyone may I on behalf of the committee and club members wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year So…. How about jcoming to join us in our club. We are always look-ing for new members with new ideas. Our club members are a very happy go lucky group of people. I am sure you would love to spend a couple of hours with us on the 1st Monday of each month 2pm—4pm at the Mills Hall, Carharrack. We usually have live entertainment, talks, demonstrations or music, not forgetting the cup of tea and bis-cuits! We also have some good trips lined up for this year , as follows: 21st April—Clarkes Village £14.50 5th May—Sportsmans Arms for 3 course meal and a Mystery Tour 25th May—Horse Drawn barge Trip on the Tiverton Canal (21/2 hours) £25. 28th June—Tavistock Market with Fish and hips on the way home £10—meal extra 14th July—Coast Road to Bude and then Homeleeigh Garden Centre £11 All trips pick up from St. Day, Carharrack, Lanner and Redruth. So if you would like to know more or to book a seat please ring: Janet 01209 822070 or Ellen 01209 202577 We would love to hear from you.

Ellen Caskey, Secretary

Do you have memories of St. Day in the past?

We’d love to print your memories here in the Newsletter. If you’d like some help get them down on paper then get in touch. Call Nigel on 820441 or leave a message in the Post

Office.

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St Day Historical and Conservation Society Constantine architectural historian, Stephen Tyrrell, laid down the archaeological gauntlet for a radical rethink on an important phase of Cornish history with his new analysis of The Roman Occupation of Cornwall – A Reappraisal, after St Day Historical and Conservation Society's Annual General Meeting, held recently at Holy Trinity Church Hall. Chairperson Bernadette Fallon was re-elected, as was Secretary Mark Johnson, whilst a new Treasurer, Bryan Llewellyn, was elected to replace retiring Treasurer Joanne Laing, who had done sterling work for the Society for the last three years, commented the Secretary. Bernadette highlighted the plight of St Day Town Clock in her remarks; its ownership and the responsibility for its maintenance is currently in the process of being relinquished by Cornwall Council, part of budget cuts, and St Day Parish Council are negotiating terms to take it over, subject to certain conditions; meanwhile in order to apply for grant funding, the Parish Council is petitioning for local financial and moral support for the project. Kind donations were accepted towards this during the evening. Mr Tyrrell began by reviewing the currently held belief that the Romans never really did much in Cornwall, having seemingly left so little trace of their activities in extant road-networks, villas, camps, or forts. A few milestones are the best known survivals, such as that now re-erected at Little Menheer Farm, near St Day, ploughed up in 1942, and believed to have originally stood on an old road nearby, when St Day lay upon the main 'ancient ridgeway' through Cornwall from London to St Michael's Mount. He recounted the popular belief that Caesar originally embarked on his British campaign in search of pearls, wood, and lead-mining; however Mr Tyrrell dismissed the importance of Cornish tin to the Romans and its fabled export to the Empire from the port at St Michael's Mount, because Spain was their main source of tin. He concluded instead that their interest in Cornwall stemmed from the constant need to feed the legions; Cornwall's grain was probably the resource they actually sought to feed the armies of the Rhîne. Respecting the lack of known Cornish road-networks attributable to the Romans, Mr Tyrrell highlighted instead the importance of the seaways. Coin hoards were Mr Tyrrell's first form of evidence, proving he believes, the existence of the Roman army at the locations where these have been discovered, e.g. at Restormel Castle and Calstock, since the raison d' être

for the Roman currency was to pay their armies. Several known/previously unknown forts, newly, but tentatively, identified by Mr Tyrrell, include examples at Bosence fort, east of Hayle, Merthen on the Helford River, which has a double fort, appearing as two 'square rounds' in the landscape, Gear Camp, originally a Celtic Iron Age earthwork, probably reoccupied by the Romans turning it into a Cornish 'Hong Kong,' with water on three sides necessitating its access by boat, and a fort at Nanstallon. The Hayle Estuary may be regarded,


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The Big Tree Plant The Conservation Volunteers,

which is the UK’s largest practical conservation charity, works with volunteers from the local community to help manage and improve public green spaces.

The charity is currently running a project called the Big Tree Plant which aims to plant 75,000 trees across the UK this winter. In Cornwall it is looking for land with public access with room to plant a minimum of 250 trees

The trees are provided and planted free of charge!!!

If you have land which you would be happy to open up to public ac-cess and on which you would like to have trees planted then please contact either the Parish Clerk or any Parish Councillor (contact de-tails are elsewhere in this newsletter). Equally, if you do not own any land but know of a suitable site and can give us details so that we can contact the owner, then also please contact the Parish Council.

St. Stythians Community House

First of all, may I introduce myself? I am Rev’d Bridget, and my husband Nigel and I have recently arrived in Stithians Vicarage as Joint Wardens of the new Community House there. It’s an exciting venture, and one which I hope many of you will want to come and share. The idea is that the house will be a place for people to visit – we hope to put on events and courses, Quiet Days and discussions, and maybe also some music-making. Ideas for what you would like to see happening


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apparently, as having been since at least the Bronze Age the 'Panama Canal' of the Cornish peninsula, since the Hayle Estuary linked with Marazion, on the south coast, with only half a mile of 'portage,' or overland travel, needed to join the two coasts. This would have been a major advantage to an occupying Roman Army. Other forts apparently newly identified include one at St Hilary, centred on the church site, where one of Cornwall's few Latin inscribed stones

still stands, and one at the Lizard, probably accompanied there by a 'pharos,' a Roman lighthouse, and a supply base. Mr Tyrrell's researches into the hidden Roman road network, connecting forts and marching camps throughout Cornwall, led him to believe that Chiverton Cross was then a major centre of the network, which, from an archaeological perspective, may be considered today the most exciting place in Cornwall for potential discoveries of 'Romano-Cornish' (rather than the conventionally classified 'Romano-British') remains. Gunwalloe Cove had a possible former Roman port with a signal station above, whilst Helston's original enormous inlet was probably utilised as a 'Plymouth-sized' Roman port, with a fort occupying the present parish church and cemetery site, before Loe Bar closed. A former Roman port at Lelant would have been sited further off the coast before the sea invaded. A navy from Boulogne apparently protected the coast of Britain during its Roman occupation. ………………………………………………………………………………………….


would be very welcome, and we will circulate our programme as soon as we have one, which may well be before you read this.

It’s important to say that the house is for everyone, in all the parishes and be-yond, churchgoers or not. If you would welcome the chance to air the big ques-tions of life and death, or would value a bit of peace and quiet in our Chapel, give us a ring and come along. We hope also to form a community of people who feel drawn to working out how to live according to some kind of Rule of Life, which involves thinking about how we want to live, and how we can make the world a better place because we have been in it.

Another part of what we are doing here is providing accommodation, either short- or longer-term, for people wanting to explore a sense of vocation, either to the priesthood or to some other kind of religious life, and this will, I hope, bring new young people into our communities, with fresh ideas and - dare I say it - more up-to-date ways of doing things.

It’s all about finding other ways to approach life and faith. Not that we don’t val-ue the traditional way we do things on Sunday mornings, but more that the church needs to offer different things too, to provide informal, no-strings-attached opportunities for people to step briefly aside from their day-to-day busy-ness and explore their inner lives, the bits we all have that so often get lost in the bustle of everyday life.

So this is an invitation. Give us a ring (860803), and come and have a cup of tea, or join us for half an hour’s peace and quiet, or Morning or Evening Prayer, or whatever appeals to you at this moment in your life. You can be sure of a warm welcome! Bridget


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Cut backs C.C. is looking to discontinue any activity, which it does not have a statutory duty to perform and a large number of services which we take for granted fall under this heading. We have been informed that C.C. will no longer be weed-spraying roads, so this will be down to the Parish Council, or left untreated. It is proposed to discontinue the mobile library service, but we now have a small library facility provided by C.C. in the Star Inn at Vogue. Bus Services. There was considerable support for the petition against the

cuts in bus services but residents of St. Day could make a stronger case for a better service by making more use of the buses. First Buses claim that the av-erage number of passengers on evening and Sunday services was 3 per jour-ney for Lanner, Carharrack and St.Day. The Parish Council and the Mining Vil-lages group of parishes have protested against the cuts and the Mining Villag-es Regeneration Group has invited representatives of First Bus and C.C. to its next meeting. The 47 buses now go to the doors of Treliske and Barncoose Hospitals so this may be a convenient way for visiting or out patient appointments. Play Equipment We are now hopeful that C.C. will replace the damaged slide at Wheal Jewel Playing Field. Tree Planting Our new Tree Warden has found a source of free trees which it is proposed to plant at Wheal Jewel Playing Field. Town Clock Thanks to Cllr Penny a fault with the drive motor, which was pre-venting the clock from striking the hours, has been rectified at no cost. Our funding applications have been delayed slightly as the tender documents for the building repairs were late in being issued. We are now expecting tenders in by the en of January and hope to be able to submit our funding applications by the end of February. There could then be a 3 month wait until we hear of any decisions. On the positive side we have enlisted the help of the local Day-light Group to assist us in delivering a number of community activities based around the his-tory of the Town Clock and War Memorial building. Flooding In the event of a road being flooded you should report it to Cornwall Council on 0300 1234 222. Please do not wait for somebody else to do it as they may also be waiting for somebody else! Cornwall Council is not obliged to provide sandbags to divert water from flooding a property; sandbags are avail-able from DIY stores and builders merchants. Housing Sanctuary Housing is waiting for the next allocation of funding before

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Traffic Management at Community Events C.C. is introducing new or in-

creased charges for road closures and traffic management at community events such as St.Day Feast. Details of charges are available at www.cornwall.gov.uk/eventroadclosure

Burial Ground A number of graves have subsided and the area is uneven. The Parish Council has agreed to get some earth delivered in the spring, which can then be spread to fill the worst depressions.

Footpath from Weal Gorland to Pink Moors. After pressure from the Parish Council Cornwall Council has cleared the mud from this footpath.

Empty Properties C.C. is taking action on 2 of the empty overgrown properties to bring them back into occupation and has promises from owners of other properties that they will be brought up to standard and reoccupied. Dog Fouling The Parish Council receives more complaints about dog mess than any other subject. We ask all dog owners to pick up the mess and put it in one of the many bins provided and for anyone who sees somebody not picking up the mess to report the matter to Cornwall Council on 0300 1234 212 or by email to [email protected] . Allowing your dog to foul the footpath and other public areas is an offence and can be punished with a fine.

Planning The senior planning officer has been to St.Day to meet with our Cornwall Councillor and representatives of the Parish Council to hear our con-cerns about the house which is not being built in the position in the planning ap-proval and now dominates the skyline at Tolcarne.

Websites The two websites operated by the Mining Villages group of parishes are attracting considerable interest to the area, not only from this country but al-so from across the world. The trails site www.cornwalltrails.net attracted 14,516 visitors in 2013 , whilst the historic churchyard site www.cornwallminingvillagechurchyards.net attracted 16,537 visitors. There is a lot of interest in tracing family histories and people want to find graves of their forebears. It is hoped that some of these people will visit the area, which could bring trade to local businesses. The websites offer the chance for local businesses to have a large displayed advert for £40 per annum. Details from Ashley Wood 01209 860239

Police The police continue to report low levels of incidents in the parish,

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St Day AFC Unfortunately due to the weather causing the postponement of so many games, we don’t have a great deal of news for this newsletter.

However, thanks to the hard work put in by the Head Groundsman David Searle and his Assistants Peter Grenfell and Dave Ted, we were able to host the 3rd round of the Cornwall Senior Cup competition on Saturday 25th January, with St Day playing against Carlsberg South West Peninsula One side Penzance, and I am delighted to say that St Day came out on top, winning 3 – 1. They have now reached the quarter finals for the first time in the history of the club. We will now play on the 15th February against either Torpoint Athletic or St Austell.

After making a good start at the beginning of the season the 1st team has slipped a bit to 5th place in the Jolly’s Combination League, however, we have a few games in hand and still plenty of time to catch up again.

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News from your Village School The run-up to Christmas was a joyful period at school and it was particularly special because many of our friends in the village were able to join us. Around 40 senior citizens joined us along with parents, grandpar-ents and friends for our Christmas lunch and entertain-

ment. We had a fun evening with the Carharrack and St Day Silver Band at their annual Carol concert. Our Christmas Fayre was a highly successful fund-raising event attended by Father Christmas and our Nativity entitled “It’s a Par-ty” had the congregation singing and dancing in the encore! As well as being memorable events for us all, a huge amount of money was raised and we were able to give donations to support the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, to help the family of Joe, our own Miss Perkovic’s nephew, with costs of his treatment for Treacher Collins Syndrome Treacher Collins Syndrome as well as increasing our Library Refurbishment Fund to £1,670.31. £1,670.31. Working with the children we will be bringing our library more up to date using technology and traditional library features.

Once again we have had a busy beginning to 2014, with 8 more children join-ing us since Christmas! This shows that our school continues to thrive and be valued by more and more members of the community. As a result of this rapid rise the Governors have decided to open an additional class in the morn-ing to create smaller teaching groups for literacy, numeracy and science for pu-pils in Key Stage 2. They are in the process of appointing a new teacher and have opened up a new teaching area.

And next year the roll is set to rise again! If your child is due to start our school in September 2014, as soon as official notifications are sent to you from County, we will be writing to you with details of our Transition Programme. This involves both children and parents and will start after Easter and go through the Summer Term to ensure your child has the best start to school life possible.

Looking forward – this term we are broadening the curriculum by working with RedYouth on street dance, taking all our Key Stage 2 pupils for sports such as badminton at Carn Brea, as well as swimming and working with the Day-light Group and Jonathan Hayter to create a projection and lanterns as part of the Lantern Procession on March 8th. Our topic for the term is World War 2 and we would be glad to hear from anyone with artefacts or memories they would like to share with the children.

Finally we have started to work once again with Cascade Theatre Company on a project bringing the generations together through reminiscence workshops with the aim of using the memories to devise a creative production at the end of the Summer Term along the lines of Bal Kov and Sticklers, involving the whole school community.

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League. Unfortunately our 3rd team continues to struggle at the bottom of Division 3 of the Trelawny League – somebody has to be there!! – we still believe it takes time for a team to gel together which the new manager John Malaber strives to do.

Many will know through the media that we have had our problems recently, as all clubs do from time to time, we have had our knocks (and knockers!), but the club has a very strong and loyal band of players and supporters who band together and ride out any storm.

A warm welcome awaits you at Vogue Park – teas, coffees, refreshments and a bar are available on match days. Tony Evans, Chairman St Day AFC ST DAY YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB Here at St. Day Youth we are thriving and now have 100 children at our club. We have an under 5s, under 6s, under 7s, under 8s, under 9s (St. Day Tinners) under 11s (The Choughs) and an under 12s (St. Day Miners) team. We have now created a waiting list for future members to sign up as we are full. The St. Day youth is the foundation for the future of St. Day AFC. Many children at the club are involved in the Children’s University. The children accumulate hours, whether it is for playing games or training. At certain levels they receive certificates – at 30 hours they earn Bronze, at 65 they earn Silver and at 100 they earn Gold. When they reach 100 hours they then get invited to graduate with a cap and gown at Tremough College. We had 22 children and their guests go to a graduation on 30th November where everyone had a great day out.

On 6th December the youth section had its Christmas party at Raze the Roof where the children had a chance to play laser tag and enjoy burning off some energy running around in the soft play area. Santa arrived and every child was given either a Club water bottle (which included the club logo and their name) if a member of one of the teams or if a sibling they were given a quality book.

During the year St. Day AFC has held a number of Plymouth Argyle soccer schools which have been well attended by many children from our club and

various other clubs in the surrounding areas. This is a great opportunity for children to learn and improve on skills and make new friends.

The club is also reaping the benefits of having qualified people in the coaching department. All youth coaches have to be a minimum of level 1 and hold a valid DBS (CRB). We are putting more money into training a further 5 level 1 coaches in February as well as getting our U9s manager up to Level 2 standard, all money that we see as a club to be of great value. By the end of February the club will have 6 qualified assistant referees and approximately 8



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qualified mini soccer referees. We thank the coaching staff for giving up their time to benefit both the children and the club.

Over the last few months we have had many games called off because of the

terrible weather; let’s just hope it dries up so we can play all of the postponed games. On 23rd March it is Super Semi Final Sunday as the Under 11s and Under 12s have made it to the semi finals of the respective Kernow League Cup. This is a massive milestone in the youth section of the club as we continue to make history; let’s hope the teams perform and get into the finals. We are hoping for a dry day as we have got various activities going on at Vogue Park to celebrate such a great event – bouncy castles, bbq, football on the big screen as well as the main event of the future footballers. All are welcome to come and cheer on the up and coming stars of St. Day football club.

The club is also returning to Plymouth Argyle this spring, just as last year we are going to experience a match day at Home Park. A tour, coaching session and then a dinner for everyone is all completed prior to watching Plymouth v Chesterfield on the 29th March. Let’s hope we can cheer them on to a win. This is all dependant on whether Chesterfield reaches the final of the Johnston’s Paint Trophy. They have 2 games against Fleetwood Town in early February and the winner plays in the final on the 29th March, Come on Fleetwood Town! Last year we took 103 people from the club which is the biggest one



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party that PAFC have taken and we are looking to do the same again. Also we’re revisiting Home Park on May 10th & 11th for their community Knockout Cup. We have entered 4 teams, one in each age group U8s, U9s, U10s and U11s. Each team will get to play at least 5 matches one of which will be on Home Park.

These trips will cost approximately £1000 in coach hire and so we are having a fundraising event. Last year we completed a walk in wellies around Gwennap Pit. This year we are going to do something indoors and have decided to do a good family evening at the club on Friday 21st February. The evening will commence at 7:30pm and we are going to be Horse Racing. Great evening for all the family and for very little cost. Hope to see you once again to support the stars of the future. May is also the month of celebration as we look to pick out the best of the youngsters at the annual presentation night. The date is set for Saturday 17th May and will be held once again in a marquee on the main pitch. Plans are in the early stages but it will take a similar format to last year.

Up to date fixtures and news are always available to see inside the clubhouse and on our website www.stdayafc.co.uk. Any time you would like to come and see the youth train or play please pop along to Vogue Park “Home of the Saints”.

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The ‘Oil Club’ helps more people save on their fuel bills Residents are saving money on heating oil by having deliveries on the same day each month. By using an independent local supplier we not only get a discount but also have experienced good service in extreme weather!

To join in and save on your oil costs you need to order through Nigel Knight on 820441. You can also order online by emailing your

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In order to receive a discount you must place your order with Nigel, please do not phone our supplier direct, this could result in you getting a double delivery!

Deliveries are made on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Do you have oil fired central heating?? Oil Thefts!! The police have recently reported that there has been a theft of oil from a property in St Day. If you have an oil storage tank on your property please make sure that it is kept locked, especially if the tank is easily ac-cessible from a road or lane outside your house. Hav-ing been successful once it is quite likely that the thieves will try again – please make sure you do every-thing possible to make sure your tank is secure.


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LIVING & LEARNING IN ST DAY

Action St Day Group

to make St Day a better place to !live

and work

Two and a half years of work have paid off and St Day is to have a

whole new play area at the Wheal Jewel Playing Field. The play equip-

ment that is there was well past its sell by date years ago and the Ac-

tion St Day Group with the help of Scott James, Bryony Nicholls and

Mervyn Smallwood of Kerrier District Council Regeneration team have put

together £65,474 of funding granted by the Liveability Community Pot,

Cornwall County Playing fields Association, Cory Environmental Trust,

St Day Parish Council, the Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chest, Devon

& Cornwall Housing, Living Spaces, the Local Network Fund, the Neigh-

bourhood Community Chest Grant Fund, Lt. Comdr. J Mills, the St Day Ju-

bilee Committee and the Action St Day Group. Quite a list but it’s

quite a sum of money and it shows that the support is wide based.

The project started with the selection of potential contractors and

Rolf Necked of Kerrier DC Engineering Service provided a select list

and has kept in touch with the project right through and, since the

completed play area is to be maintained by KDC, he will always be in-

volved.

Five contractors were asked to submit a scheme and their designs were

exhibited at St Day & Carharrack School to be commented on by the pu-

pils and their parents. As well as being shown at the school a public

display was viewed at the Action St Day Group Annual General Meeting

and from the comment forms completed one contractor came out on top.

The prices submitted were keen and "best value", other than just price,

determined the final choice. The chosen suppliers are Company, who also

supplied the play equipment at Tucking Mill. Up until recently Company

were part of the Lego Group so we are dealing with people who under-

stand children very well, and adults who like playing, sorry, designing

with Lego.

The final design is made up of eleven separate pieces that set out to

appeal to young people from two or three up to fifteen or sixteen.

There are two sets of swings, two twizzley sticks, these are real fun,

two very modern roundabouts (one you can sit in and the other you can

use in all sorts of ways), a rocking ‘wasp’, a spinning bowl, a ‘stand-

up’ seesaw, a play house, come slide , come climbing frame and a mon-

ster climbing frame the likes of which you will have never seen before.

It is 18 feet (5.5 metres) across and about 10 feet (3 metres) tall and

is certainly the most exciting piece of kit you will have seen in a

long time. The whole set up is to provide interesting and challenging

and exciting "FUN" and it will belong to the young people of St Day

and, please can I have a go sometimes.

The order for the installation has been placed and completion will be

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Welcome to Homecroft and St. Day Surgery News-

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January 2014 Firstly I hope 2014 will be a happy and healthy year for everyone. November meeting really set the right mood for Christmas with the help of Chris Hawker. Chris first learnt Sugar craft at the W I college in Oxfordshire, over twenty years ago. She has been competing, instructing and icing novelty and wedding cakes ever

since and from the photos we saw her work is simply amazing.

Having been shown how to make an icing penguin from scratch we were then each given a small icing plaque to decorate. We could either be very brave making a penguin or choose from a variety of flowers prepared by Chris. The finished decorations were lovely, one lady really excelled with a family of three penguins on her plaque, I'm sure they were all proudly displayed on Christmas cakes around the village.

December saw us out, braving the miserable weather, handing out mince pies and cream to the hardy souls who came out to enjoy the annual carols in the square. We made sure we kept plenty for the band who always do a " proper job" under difficult conditions.

Our Christmas party is always a happy time for members and friends to get together. Lights twinkling, tables set with poppers, crackers and festive floral arrangements and the hall resplendent with new decorations, the old ones had done years of service and were past their best, the scene was set and we were ready to party. We were very happy to welcome back the St Paul's Singers as our entertainment for the evening, we had once before enjoyed their mixture of songs, interspersed with rest breaks when one of the group recounted funny stories, and of course lots of carols. We all joined in with great enthusiasm proving we, unlike the old decs, were definitely not past our best.

January found everyone utterly fed up with the miserable weather but Alan Cox transported us to a place full of colour and sunshine. He showed us photos of taken on his various visits to the Chelsea flower show. The sight of the wonderful displays ranging from tiny Violas to showy Proteas

from South Africa, brilliant Begonias and Lupins standing to attention ( mine always seem to have a kink in them) brought forth sighs of admiration, turning our thoughts to what we might achieve in our own gardens if Spring does ever come. One can only be amazed at the work and planning that goes into the gardens, they look as if they have been there for years rather than a few days perfect in every detail.

This month we are looking forward to our group meal. We are returning to the Penventon Hotel having had such an enjoyable time last year. Time to


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relax with friends, enjoy good food in lovely surroundings and to be waited on for a change.

Forth coming events.

February 13th Annual meeting. Followed by a demonstration

of lantern making and talk about the annual lantern parade by Clare Summerson. March 13th Helen Kinane on Osteopathy, Pilates and Yoga

April 9th Group meeting with a talk on Cheese and wine May14th Old Time Musical Hall evening Regular meeting held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.00 p m in the church hall. We are a group for all ages and are very happy to welcome new members.


Love finds the loving Love finds the loving

And love becomes a choice

Not simply a feeling

In which we rejoice

A heart and mind blending

That will choose to live life

In the wonder of loving

Through joy or through strife

Love finds the loving

As we live every day

In the joy of just sharing

In so so many ways

Whether it’s here and now

With our sweetest friend

Or in memories of a soul mate

For love has no end.

We don't need a card

To tell us we're loved

When we have known that sweet fit

Like their hand in our glove

To be loved is a privilege

To love right is an art

We all share from deep inside

Each is of love a part

Yes

Love finds the loving

No barriers it knows

It brings both hope and wonder

Where ever it goes

So wither together

Or sitting here alone

Keep your love light shining

Let love find you at home xx

DLP Feb 2014

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New Times The Mobile

Library visits the area fortnightly on Tuesdays It stops at these

places and times. 03001234111 for more

information.

Next visit 11th Feb.

Tolgullow 09.00 - 9.10

Mobile Library Service Cornwall Council is at the moment undertaking a review of its mobile library ser-vice and, to be realistic, it is unlikely that the result of the review is going to be good news for anyone. Current restrictions and lack of funds mean that Cornwall Council is having to make cuts in most areas and the best that can be hoped for is that the mobile library service to St Day will be reduced, the worst is that it will be cut altogether. For those of you who use the service this will, no doubt, come as quite a blow but help is at hand. You may have seen in the local media that the Star Inn at Vogue, in partnership with the Cornwall Library Service and the Pub is the Hub, has opened a new library service. This means that, whatever Cornwall Council throws at St Day by reducing the mobile library service, St Day will still have a local library! All the services you would expect from your local branch library – take out books, order new books, internet access – are now available from 12.00 until 23.00, 7 days per week (much better opening hours than you will find in any other library!) As you would expect from the library service this is all free plus you can sit in comfort whilst looking through books and making your choice and you can even enjoy a cup of coffee (or something stronger). Can you get all of that at Redruth library? Why not take a walk down to Vogue to see what the new library has to offer? This is an initiative which deserves to be supported and, let’s face it, if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it and the chances are that the mobile library service will have disappeared by then! Go on, give it a try!!

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Contacts:

For weddings, funerals and baptisms

Fr. Simon Bone, Vicar : 01872 822862

The Rectory, Church St,

St. Day

Churchwardens:

Annette Hillman 821030

Sue Manley 820187

Hall Bookings

Sheila Braddon 820285

We have many varied fund raising events during the

year. Please do come along and join us.

Holy Trinity Church

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Travel advice Travel vaccinations

Joint Injections Soft tissue injections

Contraceptive reviews Midwife service

Baby checks Routine immunisations

Foot clinic provided through Age Concern at both Surgeries once a

month

For more information please visit our website

www.chacewatersurgery.co.uk

or contact us on

01872 560346 / 01872 562200

Dr Russell Bolton, Dr Tony Shaw, Dr Margie Shaw & Dr Natalie Dawes

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Tony Moyle Funeral Director

23, Trewirgie Hill,

Redruth TR15 2TB

Tel. 01209 214883

24 Hour Service Private

Chapel of Rest

Pre-payment Plans Available

St.Day Launderette 10 Church Street, Tel. Karen 07547192207

Service Washes

(Tuesdays and Sundays, ready next day)

Double Loaders for Duvets etc. Monday to Saturday 8.30 to 7.00pm

Sunday 9.00am to 2.30pm

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Lower Poldice Cottage

Guests are also welcome to use the Garden,

where there is a patio and picnic table, and

light snacks are available throughout the day.

There is a large car park, and free Wi Fi

A warm and

friendly welcome

awaits you at

Lower Poldice

Cottage.

Established in

1983, we offer a

cosy setting, with

En-suite

Bedrooms, Good

Food, and Comfortable

Surroundings.

Please contact Janet or Geoff Ricketts

Tel:- 01209 820438 e.mail :- [email protected]

Or Visit out Web Site :- www.lowerpoldicecottage.co.uk

The Dining Room

has separate

tables, and our

full English

Breakfast is

popular with

many of our

guests. There is

also a television

lounge where you

can relax with

your newspaper

or book, and a

coffee

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