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Cover: The Methodist Chapel as you have never seen it?

See article on page 28. (photo Michael JJ)

Mylor Magazine mylormagazine@hotmail.co.uk

Published by:

Mylor Community

Publications Group

Trustees:

Chris Perkins (Chairman)

Revd Roger Nicholls (Secretary)

David Eastburn

Editor:

Michael Jeans-Jakobsson

01326 374767

Deputy Editor:

Malcolm Clark

Community & Advertising:

Val Jeans-Jakobsson

01326 374767

Photography:

Geoff Adams

01326 374197

Treasurer:

Andy Goodman

01326 373975

Editorial Team:

Judy Menage (PCC)

Roger Deeming

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November (continued)

17 OS 7pm PF Quiz Night 24 TH 10-4 Xmas Fair

24 TH 7.30pm History Group lecture 25 TH 3pm Con Duchy Choir

28 TH MM 7:30 Tortoise in Love

December

1 TH 10-12 Xmas Fair FSM

3 7pm Xmas Lights switch-on 10 OS 7.30 MGC talk

12 TL 7pm Christmas Pie 12 TH MM 7:30 Hope Springs

16 AS FSM 6pm Carol Service 19 PH 10-12 FSM CM

January

19 PH 10–12 FSM CM

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Contents

October

1 OS 7.30pm MFC AGM & talk

6 OS 2pm Children’s bingo see p.6 8 OS 7.30 MGC 25th AGM and talk

10 TL 7pm The Black Death 14 MC 10.30 Family service, jnr prizes

21 MC 4.30 Family service ‘youth led’ 22 TH MFC Anniv. Lunch see p.8

24 TH MM 7.30 Salmon Fishing in The Yemen

27 TH CM Children’s Hospice SW 27 TH 7.30 History Group lecture

November

5 OS 7.30pm MFC demonstration

12 OS 7.30pm MGC talk

14 TL 7pm Women artists in Cornwall 15 AS FSM Steve Huxley talk + buffet

Village Diary

Key: AS: All Saints Church , Con: concert, CL: Christmas Lights, CM: coffee morning (10-12),

FSM: Friends of St Mylor, MC: Methodist Chapel, MFC: Mylor Flower Club;

MGC: Mylor Garden Club; MM: Mylor Movies; MS: Mylor Sessions, MYH: Mylor Yacht Harbour,

OS: Ord-Statter pavilion, PF: Playing Fields, PH: Parish Hall, Sch: Mylor School,

StM: St Mylor Church, TH: Tremayne Hall, TL: TDFAS lecture, Mylor Theatre, Truro College.

4 Vicar’s letter

5 Church notes

6 Church news

7 Host UK

8 Ord Statter, Flower Club

11 Christmas Lights

11 Dale’s Farm Walk

13 Garden Club

13 Pre-school fundraiser

14 Midnight walk

14 Mylor Movies

15 Mylor Sessions

15 Photo competition

17 Health and Fitness

20 Village Snippets

22 Local exploits

24 Centre spread - Fuchsias

28 Local History - The Chapel

31 Farming notes

33 Wildwatch

36 On the water

43 Crossword

44 More About - Jean Sedgwick

47 Crossword solution

47 Monthly cartoon

48 Local Artists

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This week the children returned to school and the sun came out: ‘twas

ever thus. Clear blue skies and no wind to speak of to drive the non-

existent clouds and blur the vapour trails. But, make no mistake, it’s

autumn: this morning the sun has taken a while to clear the mist which

still filled the valleys and hovered over the creek as I drove to our

parish church down by the water. Earlier I saw that the spiders had

been busy, for the thick air had left their webs beaded with tiny drops of

water – without which I now have to search for the spider at the centre

of each to show me the gossamer web that before shone diamond-clear

in the sun. Norman Nicholson wrote in a poem he called St Luke’s

Summer:

The low sun leans across the slanting field,

And every blade of grass is striped with shine

And casts its shadow on the blade behind,

And dandelion clocks are held

Like small balloons of light above the ground.

St Luke’s Summer is over by his Feast Day, now the 18th October; they

used to say, ‘goose summer’ when, my dictionary tells me, ‘goose is in

season and gossamer is chiefly noticed’. So the new school year begins.

This week our ‘Open the Book’ group met to plan our new term’s story-

telling; we shall begin with Mary and Martha and our Lord’s parable of

the ‘Lost Sheep’, his promise that each of us is, and will always remain,

dear to him.

This summer we celebrated Lammastide (Loaf Mass) by breaking and

sharing a fresh and still warm loaf of bread at the Eucharist. Lammas

gives thanks for the first fruits of the harvest back in early August when

in the old days the first wheat was cut and the first bread was baked. A

mid-summer feast, it is older than our autumn harvest festival, which

was revived and popularised by the formidable vicar of Morwenstow in

the nineteenth century. Tragically, much of his ministry was taken up

with a sadder harvest, giving Christian burial to the remains of ship-

wrecked sailors all too often broken on the rocky shores of his remote

parish. If his later festival is a celebration that ‘all is safely gathered in

‘ere the winter storms begin’, that old hymn reminds us that autumn,

with All Saints and All Souls, has always been the season when we

particularly remember with thanks-giving the lives of those now no

longer with us: ‘Christ’s golden sheaves for evermore

to garners bright elected’. We pray, ‘Thou who dost

give us earthly bread give us the bread eternal’.

Vicar’s letter ~ Revd Roger Nicholls

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Parish of St Mylor With the Mission Church of

All Saints Church, Mylor Bridge www.stmylor.org.uk

Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Roger Nicholls (01326 374408)

Email: rognicholls@tesco.net The Vicarage, 17 Olivey Place, Mylor Bridge, Cornwall, TR11 5RX

Lay Reader: Dorrit Smith (01326 374361) Churchwarden: Judy Menage (01326 259909)

Email:judymenage@gmail.com Organist: Sid Bryant, Clerk: Pauline Bryant (01326 316864)

PCC Secretary: John Clark (01872 865974)

Services for October 2012 Sundays

8am Holy Communion, 1662, St Mylor

9am Holy Communion, CW, All Saints 10.30am Parish Eucharist, St Mylor

4pm BCP Evening Prayer, All Saints Tuesdays and Fridays

9am Morning Prayer, All Saints

Wednesdays 10am Holy Communion, St Mylor

11am Holy Communion, All Saints

Parish of St Mylor

HARVEST FESTIVAL

in the Parish Church 30th September

Parish Eucharist 10.30am followed by

FAITH LUNCH

in the Ord Statter Pavilion 12 noon for 12.30pm

This is Back to Church

Sunday

Why not invite a friend to our celebration?

An Evening of Song with

Eight in a Bar

under the direction of

Gareth Churcher in the parish church of

St Mylor on

Sunday 14 October

at 7.30 pm

Tickets £7 incl. wine (kindly donated)

from Hazel Carruthers

01326 374262 or at door All proceeds to St Mylor

Organ Restoration Fund

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Eight in a Bar concert: Mention the name Eight in a Bar to

anyone who has heard them sing and you will get an extremely

enthusiastic response.

Whilst their name suggests eight singers, they are usually about

18 strong. Under their talented musical director Gareth Churcher,

this male voice choir has won many awards and sings a broad and

challenging repertoire: from classic male voice to 60’s chart

successes; Swedish folk songs to American Barbershop. Their

performance captures the group’s love of singing and their ties to

their home – Cornwall – land of song.

On Sunday 14 October they sing at St Mylor Church at 7.30 pm to

help raise money for the Organ Restoration Fund. It is expected

that the church will be full so it is advisable to book early. Tickets

are £7 (including a glass of wine) and they can be obtained from

me on 01326 374262.

Hazel Carruthers

Methodist Chapel: September had been a busy month for us.

The Junior Church returned after the summer break, although a

Dance Group, led by Miranda Gulley had met in the Playgroup

Room on some Thursdays in August.

On 13 September we held our church meeting and reviewed our

successful last few months with fund raising of over £4000 and we

looked forward to future events.

The Harvest Festival was on 16 September, with an auction of

produce which raised £120 for The Precious Lives Appeal; also a

bingo session at the Tremayne Hall organised by Haylee Leary.

October will again be a busy month with dates for your diary:

Saturday 6 October 2pm, Ord-Statter, children's bingo with shared

fund raising with the Playing Fields, organised by Haylee Leary.

Sunday 14 October 10.30 am: Family Service for all ages led by

Christine Roberts of Mylor School, with Junior Church Prize-giving.

Sunday 21 October 4.30 pm: A second Family Service led by youth

worker Andrew Nicholson with his guitar and band. Don't miss it!

Refreshments after the service. Look forward to seeing you there.

Vyv Curnow

Church news

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Community News and Views

Host UK: At home this Christmas? Many UK

based international students will be alone and

would love to celebrate with you. Inviting a

student to stay will make them feel welcome

here. Learn about other cultures, meet new people and make the

world a little friendlier!

To learn more about volunteer hosting at Christmas or any

weekend of the year, see www.hostuk.org or contact the local

organiser for HOST UK, Margaret Stevens, on 01736 719090.

Visit the website www.tremaynehall.org

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A Service of the Word for

All Souls’ Day

Commemoration of the

Faithful Departed

All Saints Mission Church

Bells Hill

Friday 2 November at 6pm

Should you have names to be

remembered in that service, which are

not already recorded, you are invited to

write them in a book you will find in

each of our churches.

Our Parish Communion Service on Sunday 4 November

will be held in the Mission Church of All Saints, Bell Hill at 10.30am.

The Sermon will be preached by the Venerable Roger Bush, Dean of Truro.

BCP Holy Communion will be in the Parish Church of St Mylor at 8am.

Church news ~ continued

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Community News and Views ~ continued

Ord Statter Pavilion: Please note that the telephone number for

bookings is now 08454 744894 and this will be dealt with by

Vanessa Kitts and Rebecca Dale.

Vanessa Kitts

Flower Club: Members of Mylor Flower Club, meeting for the first

time after the Summer break, were delighted to welcome Janet

Crossman, the demonstrator for the evening. Mrs Crossman has

visited the Club several times, and there was a very good turnout.

However members were sorry to learn of her impending

retirement.

Mrs Crossman engaged the audience in a discussion about

interpretation of titles in competition, while encouraging

suggestions for titles of her own designs. She was very generous

with tips and hints for mechanics, dealing with different plant

material and colour combinations. Designs ranged from the stark

leaves and stunning white orchids of Pure Sophistication, the dark

leaves and blackened stems topped with a variety of orange and

flame blooms in Olympic Flame, a green and gold table top design

Going for Gold, a stunning purple and white design in a tall glass

container a Splash of Purple to a silver, dusky pink and champagne

pedestal design entitled Stately Occasion, which members felt

represented the Diamond Jubilee.

The results of the monthly competition, a petite exhibit entitled

Dancing Flames, were 1st Jean Frith, 2nd Elizabeth Doidge and 3rd

Sylvia Ollerenshaw. Details were given of the Ruby Anniversary

celebration luncheon and demonstration to be held on 22 October

in the Tremayne Hall. Tickets will still be available at the AGM to be

held on 1 October at 7.30pm in the Ord Statter Pavilion. After the

business of the AGM there will be talks by a local potter and a

textile artist. Visitors will be most welcome.

Anna Cruise

There are thriving Bowls and Table Tennis clubs in the village

and the Playing Field has facilities for a wide range of sports.

How about following the Olympic Inspiration and giving one

of them a try? They all welcome newcomers with open arms.

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Roads, we offer a fine collection of individual waters-edge, rural and

village cottages sleeping from 2 – 10 persons.

Whatever the time of year, there is always something hap-

pening that makes Cornwall special; perfect for family and

friends

Cottages available throughout the year: open fires, dogs welcome.

Telephone: 01326 375972

www.creeksidecottages.co.uk

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NEW OSTEOPATHIC CLINIC

Jonathan Gore DO CST MCSS

Highly experienced and respected Osteopath and

Cranio-Sacral Therapist

The Pope Room, Tremayne Hall, Mylor Bridge

Fridays

1.30 to 5.30 pm

For enquiries, please telephone 01209 315701

or visit www.redruthosteopathic-clinic.co.uk

Waterings Boatyard Mylor Creek

Builders of traditional craft in GRP

Rigging and General boat repairs

Sam Heard Boat Builder Tel: 07977 239341

Email: samheardmylor@hotmail.co.uk

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Community News and Views ~ continued

Christmas Lights: Once again the

weather vindicated our decision to hold

the Street Market indoors. But despite the

heavy showers, many of you, as we had

asked, kindly brought us items for sale on

the preceding Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. It might

then have been a combination of the gloomy weather and these

gloomy economic times that resulted in a smaller turnout than in

the past and a smaller sum raised. Nevertheless, we are still very

grateful to everyone who supported us in raising over £750 for the

Christmas Lights. Donations on the

door, the raffle and in particular the

cake stall – thanks Enid and team –

all did very well. Our thanks go to

everyone who supported and helped

before, during and after the event:

the Lights that we all enjoy can only happen with such much

needed support. See you all next year? Terry Chapman

Dale’s Farm Walk: On the Sunday 9 September, about 50 people

gathered at Kibbin Cottage, Restronguet at the invitation of

Rosemary Dale to have a conducted tour

of the farm and to hear about its history

and work. Jillie Dale was our guide and

she explained the various crops as we

walked from field to field. We also learnt

about the European Stewardship Scheme

which they support to help protect the

natural environment. Husband Matthew

and his brother Paul do all the work on the farm, some of which is

sublet to others. They have also diversified with holiday lets and a

small but very popular caravan site. Afterwards, we were rewarded

with a delicious cream tea and the chance to buy home-baked

produce. The event was in aid of an ‘Admiral Nurse’ for Dementia

UK in Cornwall and raised about £500.

Michael Jeans-Jakobsson

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Community News and Views ~ continued

Garden Club: Our next meeting is on 8 October for an illustrated

talk by Alistair Rivers (of Radio Cornwall’s Garden Line) on A

History of Gardens. The evening will start with a brief AGM and, as

this is our 25th year, there will be refreshments and a celebration

cake at the end of the evening. We meet at the Ord Statter

Pavilion at 7.30 pm. Members and visitors are very welcome.

There will be free bulbs to collect for the bulb growing competition.

Future meetings, also at 7.30 pm in the Ord Statter, are:

12 Nov Trees for small and medium gardens;

10 Dec Gardens of the Lake District, plus Christmas buffet.

Maggie Farley

Pre-School fund-raiser:

On Saturday 15 September Mylor

Bridge Pre-School hosted a very

successful French wine and cheese

evening which raised £750 for new

resources. French sommelier Joel

Jolivet kindly donated a large

quantity of French wine with which

he taught all those present the skills

and finer art of wine tasting. Great fun was had by all and we wish

to thank all those who supported the evening.

Bryony Hadley

Joel Jolivet explains how to taste wine

Above: The audience of 65 listened to the exposition.

Left: They needed no second bidding to get stuck in to

the tasting!

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Mylor Movies: The film this month is Salmon Fishing in the

Yemen starring Kristin Scott-Thomas, Ewan McGregor and Emily

Blunt.

Stuffy government fisheries scientist Fred is asked by a fishing-

obsessed Arab Sheik to do the seemingly impossible – introduce

British salmon to the Wadis of the Yemen. Despite considerable

trepidation, Fred is finally won over by the charismatic Arab, who

reveals that fishing brings him closer to God, and he hopes that it

will have the same effect on his countrymen. Fred also begins to

fall for the Sheik's beautiful legal representative Harriet; and so he

rises to the Sheik's eccentric challenge, casting off his English

reserve on a transformative journey of self discovery and late

blooming love.

We hope that you can join us on Wednesday 24 October in the

Tremayne Hall at 7.30 pm.

Jo Robertson

Community News and Views ~ continued

Midnight walk: Some members of the Mylor book group plus others did the Midnight walk which raises money for Children’s South West Hospices. 400 women walked on 16 September and our little group raised £1000 between us. The total pledge for the event was £30,000 when we finished, but there will of course be more once the final monies are sent in.

Annie Huxley

Catherine, Annie, Rowena, Meg, Yvonne And Sue Jackie and Vyv also joined our group

Local Arts and Crafts

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Local Arts and Crafts ~ continued

Competition open to local amateur photographers

PET PICS

Send us a photograph taken by you of your pet – be it

dog, cat, pony, parrot or guinea pig. Any size. Any format.

Email it to mylormagazine@hotmail.co.uk with your

name, address and telephone number or put a print in an

envelope marked Mylor Magazine Photo Competition

and hand it in at the Post Office. Please put your name,

address and telephone number on the back of the print.

All entries to be received by 1 December.

The best ten pictures will be published in full colour in the

centre spread of the January issue of the magazine.

The judges will be the Editor, our House Photographer and

Toby Weller, photographer at the West Briton.

Mylor Sessions: The grand summer bash

at Restronguet Barton Farm featured the

Atlanta band Larkin Poe and an enthusiastic

audience of about 300 enjoyed a stupendous

night of music. The marquee was packed

with fans sitting on straw bales listening to heart-breaking lyrics

and poignant harmonies from the singing sisters, Megan and

Rebecca Lovell and their amazingly talented band. The sun sank

down behind rippling barley fields to

complete a divinely rustic picture. The

event enabled Mylor Sessions to

donate £1000 to Mylor School’s Goblin

Electric Car project. Further news and

tickets from www.mylorsessions.co.uk

Local Arts and Crafts

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MYLOR BRANCH SURGERY

Mylor’s own dedicated GP Surgery

Mylor branch surgery is open every weekday from

09.30 – 13.30 for ordering and issue of prescriptions.

For those that cannot access the surgery during these

times, you can now pick up your prescriptions from

Mylor stores.

Walk in appointments with Doctor 10.00 – 1200

Arrive by 1130 (excluding Tuesdays)

Mylor surgery is a branch of Trescobeas surgery in Falmouth.

Trescobeas provide a wide variety of services including:

Same day Doctor appointments; dressings; blood tests;

travel; flu and pneumonia vaccinations; child

immunisations; yellow fever; minor operations;

implants; 24 hour blood pressure; ECG checks; Asthma.

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Health and Fitness ~ Rhiannon Parsons

Drinking your way to health: Is your body

working properly? Are you always either hungry

or craving something sweet? Did you know that

the majority of us are probably permanently

slightly dehydrated and that the symptoms of this

can fool you into feeling hungry, particularly for

sweet foods? Bear in mind that feeling thirsty

means you are already slightly dehydrated. Dehydration can slow you

down, both physically and mentally, making you feel genuinely fatigued

during the day. It can also cause headaches and dizziness. Water acts

as a medium and lubricant for:

all your vital organs;

your 5 senses;

all your body functions.

Going without enough water will cause you long term problems as well

as the more minor ones mentioned above.

The general advice is for all adults to drink at least three pints of water

a day (more in hot weather or if you do a lot of physical activity). This

can include things like fruit juice and milk, but tea or coffee can have a

diuretic effect, particularly if they are strong. The best time to start your

fluid intake is when you get up, as your body becomes very dehydrated

during the night. You’ve probably not drunk anything for 7 or 8 hours

and you may well have emptied some fluids during that time as well as

having breathed and sweated out considerable amounts of moisture.

Dieters will know that you weigh 2-3 pounds less when you get up in

the morning. This is because your body needs rehydrating and a glass

of water first thing can help speed up your metabolism, making you feel

more energetic. As it will also reduce hunger pangs, it can actually help

when you are trying to lose weight.

For older people, too little water can even mean a higher risk of falling –

a study in care homes showed a reduction of over 50% in the number

of falls, once the residents had increased their daily intake of water.

There’s no need to drink large quantities in one go. You can have a

glass of water to hand at home and take a small bottle of water with

you when out and about. Just drink a couple of mouthfuls at a time. You

should find you feel more mentally alert and energetic and experience

fewer problems with indigestion, as well as looking and feeling younger

and healthier.

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It was good to see that a member of the Parish Council had

cleared up the rubbish by the telephone box on the Leat car park.

It’s been a good summer – for WEEDS!

Lovely to have the Lunch Club open again!

Some of the hedges at the side of the road

need cutting. It’s getting dangerous for

walking down the hill.

I was absolutely over-whelmed by the welcome I received when I

came back to the village a few months ago.

We are so pleased that the vicar is keeping Thursday afternoon

teas going.

I’ve been to the Mylor Cafe at the harbour twice recently and had

lovely meals, reasonably priced each time.

How nice it is that people say ‘Hello’ when you meet them in the

village – so different from life in the big towns. Even the holiday-

makers pick it up.

The Pilates group, meeting for their class in Mylor School, were

really surprised to see a sign that read ‘Composer of the week is

Antonio Vivaldi’. We thought it was just pop music these days.

Now that Andy Murray has won a Grand

Slam, will it inspire Mylor to upgrade its

tennis courts?

Congratulations to our wonderful Team GB

sailors! Many of the Paralympians trained

on our beautiful Carrick Roads.

Let’s hope that we shall see more of our local children (and

adults!) involved in sport following this amazing summer. Our

Playing Field is a tremendous asset with huge potential.

We’ve been in France for ten weeks this summer, but it’s great to

be back in Mylor, which is looking lovely! (Oh, the garden though –

bindweed everywhere!)

Val Jeans-Jakobsson

Village Snippets ~ Thoughts and comments from passers by

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During August, I took a trip to Finland to discover something of my

ancestry. I had always known that my grandfather, Matthias

Jakobsson spoke Swedish but I knew little else about him as he

died when I was a baby. My father had never shown much curiosity

about his origins and it was always assumed that his father had

come from Sweden, but when my three brothers and I tried to

trace our family history we drew a complete blank there.

Eventually, I searched the National

Archive at Kew via the internet for my

grandfather’s naturalisation papers

and was surprised at the result. He

had married an English girl in 1897

and was naturalised British in 1901.

His records revealed that his parents

were Jakob and Anna Henriksson and

that he had been born in the village of Munsala in Finland!

The confusion over the language was explained because a small

coastal part of West Finland have Swedish as their main language.

Like the Welsh in Britain, they form only a small minority in

Finland, but it turns out that all my relatives come from that area.

I managed to contact an unknown cousin called Lars in nearby

Nykarleby and he invited me to visit. When I finally did so, it was

very exciting and emotional. I was taken to

the church where my grandfather was

confirmed and the graveyard where many of

the family are buried. Lars had invited all

our living relatives to a party to meet me

and 15 attended. Others I met later.

I had seen and enjoyed the BBC programme Who do you think you

are? and like most people I had thought that the emotion shown

by the participants was rather staged, but I was surprised to be

quite overcome on several occasions. I had a very happy and

interesting week in Finland, during which I also saw a good deal of

that beautiful country as I drove a hire car some 275 miles north

from Helsinki.

Michael Jeans-Jakobsson

Local Exploits ~ Who do I think I am?

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Local History ~ Mylor Methodist Chapel

The magazine cover shows the front of the chapel with all the

unsightly cables and telegraph pole removed. It’s a shame we

can’t remove all the ugly cables that criss-cross our village!

The first Wesleyan Society in Mylor was formed

in 1792 but nothing is known of any buildings

until 1836 when the present chapel was built.

Galleries were added in 1860. A Sunday School

was built at the rear of the chapel in 1873 and

the present pulpit was added in 1879. In 1887

a larger separate schoolroom was built behind

the chapel and the original schoolroom became

a vestry and kitchen.

In 1909 major alterations were made to the

chapel to accommodate a new pipe organ. This

involved raising the walls and the unusual tin ceiling and then re-

roofing the building. The ornate facade with pediment and pilasters

were also added at this time. Electricity was installed in 1934 and

after redecoration was completed, there was a grand reopening. In

1988 the vestibule was enlarged and further major redecoration

was undertaken.

For many years, the schoolroom was used as

the reception class for Mylor CP School. By

2003, the school had been renovated and

extended and the schoolroom behind the

chapel was completely refurbished to be used

as a pre-school, which has continued to the

present day.

The Methodist congregation has diminished in

recent years, but the faithful few have

worked hard to raise money and ensure the

survival of this important part of the village.

If you are interested in local history and would like to talk about it,

to look at our archive or to make a contribution, come along to the

Tremayne Hall on any Thursday afternoon between 2.30 and 4 pm.

Mylor Local History Group: Secretary Jill Quilliam 01326 376403

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Harvest finally ended on 13 September, much to the relief of us all on

the farm. We have had later harvests and we have had ones that have

been worse in terms of yield and late finishing, but it is still a wonderful

feeling to have got it all done for another year. The last field to be cut

was Lady’s Close; the one overlooking the Dockyard that has the big

oak tree near the bottom hedge.

Although Paul does the bulk of the

combine driving, I try to do at least

some every year; partly to keep my

hand in and partly because there is

something very special and rewarding

about harvesting the crop. In the same

way ploughing is very satisfying because

you are inverting the soil and burying

the weeds and stubble; although the novelty does wear off after a few

fields. The clean freshly-ploughed earth is the beginning of the

preparations for the new crop.

Harvesting falls at the other end of the seasonal cycle but it is

inextricably linked. Physically driving the combine involves no small

amount of concentration but there is nothing quite like driving into a

field with a full crop in front of you that is ripe and ready. The header

cuts the stems and then it is all swept into the guts of the machine

where it is separated; the grain going up into a big tank behind the cab

and the straw heaved out the back in a long trail. Watching the cascade

of grain into the trailer feels good too as it means another six tonnes of

crop is heading in to the store. Then, to drive up the field, drop the

header onto its trailer and squeeze the combine out of the gate knowing

that there is no more crop left for the weather to beat down and

damage - well, it feels pretty good.

Whilst this was going on the cycle had

already begun again since Paul was planting

next year’s crop as I was cutting the last of

this year’s. He was sowing Oil Seed Rape in

the fields close to the farmstead. The same

crop has been sown in the fields at Porloe,

the tract of land that runs from Six Turnings

and along the creek towards the Dockyard. The seasons don’t wait for

us and where crops are concerned, timeliness is everything.

Farming Notes ~ Matthew Dale

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Just now is what I like to call ‘spider time’. No! Not those big hairy

monsters who inhabit the dark places in our houses and scamper about

when we least expect to see them. I am talking about

the outside spiders. They are all quite beautiful in their

way. There are the small Wolf Spiders and Jumping

Spiders active on our warm patios and paving, but

best of all is the female of the Common Cross Spider.

She is an Orb Web Spider who, when mature, spins

the large webs we see around the place for the next

few weeks. With her poignant life cycle this animal is the most well

known garden spider and is found in almost every European country in

the Northern Hemisphere. Garden spiders feed on flying insects such as

wasps, butterflies and larger flies but tend to ignore smaller insects like

greenfly. The male is smaller than the female and must approach her

with care for fear of becoming a meal himself. He taps a rhythm on the

web for recognition but he may fail and still become a fast snack! When

a female has mated her body becomes swollen with eggs. She builds a

silken egg sac in which to lay the eggs and then dedicates the rest of

her life to protecting them. Unable to leave the eggs to hunt and feed

she dies in late Autumn. Her spiderlings hatch out in the following May.

Webs contain two types of silk. One is stiff and dry and is used in the

threads which radiate out from the centre. The other is thinner and

stickier. This type is used to create the spiral threads which are used to

trap prey. The silk produced by spiders has five times the tensile

strength of steel of the same diameter. Each thread is finer than a

human hair and is able to keep its strength below -40C. Some research

earlier this year has shown that it is not just the remarkable strength of

the silk but also a web’s intricate design which boosts its durability. Its

complex structure means that when a single strand of a web breaks,

the overall strength of the web increases rather than weakens. The

creation of a typical web uses up a huge amount of a spider’s energy so

it contains a series of features which stop major repairs being needed.

Researchers found the silk itself has an ability to soften or stiffen to

withstand different types of loads and unlike any other fibre, when a

weight was applied only one thread broke, so the spider could do minor

repairs rather than start from scratch. Further research is ongoing to try

to copy the intricate engineering for industrial use. Imagine socks that

strong – and that soft!!

PS. A spider is not an insect. It has eight legs – insects have six.

Wildwatch ~ Dorrit Smith

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Up the Creek with the Poly: Denizens of Mylor,

known for their addiction to the arts and their broad

sophistication are almost inevitably members of The

Royal Cornwall Polytechnic and probably already

know about the boat trip which the Poly's History

Group has been running for a few years to some of

the more remote creeks of the Fal estuary. A good

spring tide on 19 August allowed us access to some

normally inaccessible creeks, and provided an insight

not only to the beauty of these remote places, but their significance in

local history. And a boat trip is always fun!

The Enterprise II was packed! Those who have done the trip before

know to get there early and find a seat with a clear view. They may

have regretted the exposure later in the cool of the later evening, but

the weather could hardly have been kinder.

Since the excursion is organised by the History

Group, it had the added benefit of copies of old

photographs we could compare with the present

day, and an almost continuous commentary

from local experts who competed with one

another to provide tit bits of information.

The first 'remote' creek was Penryn's, but we

soon turned back round, past Trefusis and

Penarrow Point to one of the first jewels: St Just

Pool. What a magical spot. Ignoring Mylor Creek (a pity really, but

maybe another time), we simply had to inspect the re-built Pandora Inn

from the water, then past Roundwood Point and up Cowlands Creek,

where the customary bell was rung for us as we turned back to the Fal.

The next delight was to motor up the Ruan estuary. A secluded spot

where we were surprised to meet a solitary yacht. They seemed

surprised too. As we turned back to return to the Fal, in the distance we

could see the kiln chimney of the Trelonk brickworks on Tuckingmill

Creek. Surely one of the most remote spots in Cornwall.

And on past Malpas, finally turning within sight of the flood defence

works at Truro. A fine view too of Truro Cathedral in the evening sun.

Combined with an excellent pasty and a bar, this was a fascinating trip

up the creek. And there was plenty more that could have been added,

had time and tide allowed. Look out for it in the future – unmissable.

St Just Church from St Just Pool

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We try to source products made locally and have a

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Across

1 The sixth disciple (Matthew 10:3) (11)

9 ‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from

the _ _ ’ (Matthew 6:13) (4,3)

10 Love intensely (Song of Songs 1:4) (5)

11 From Mt Carmel to Jezreel, Elijah _ all the way

(1 Kings 18:46) (3)

13 One of the Midianite leaders captured and killed

after Gideon’s victory near Moreh (Judges 7:25) (4)

16 Metallic element (4)

17 At line (anag.) (6)

18 ‘Cursed is everyone who is _ on a tree’ (Gal.3:13)(4)

20 Where Samson killed a thousand Philistines with a

donkey’s jawbone (Judges 15:14) (4)

21 He succeeded Moses (Deuteronomy 34:9) (6)

22 ‘When he saw him, he took _on him’(Luke 10:33)(4)

23 ‘For _ is the gate and broad is the road that leads to

destruction’ (Matthew 7:13) (4)

25 ‘The god of this _ has blinded the minds of

unbelievers’ (2 Corinthians 4:4) (3)

28 Fear or terror (Psalm 31:22) (5)

29 ‘We, who are many, are one body, for we all _ of the

one loaf’ (1 Corinthians 10:17) (7)

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made _ ’ (1 Corinthians 15:22) (5)

3 ‘After supper he _ the cup’ (1 Cor. 11:25) (4)

4 The request of a man in Paul’s vision: ‘Come _

to Macedonia and help us’ (Acts 16:9) (4)

5 He disobeyed his father Judah by refusing to im-

pregnate his brother’s wife (Genesis 38:9) (4)

6 I veto me (anag.) (7)

7 Fourth king of Judah (1 Kings 15:24) (11)

8 Priest of God Most High, who blessed Abram

(Genesis 14:18) (11)

12 ‘I have made you _ _ for the Gentiles’

(Acts 13:47) (1,5)

14 Implore (1 Samuel 15:25) (3)

15 ‘Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the _ ,

something sweet’ (Judges 14:14) (6)

19 ‘I am the most ignorant of men; I do _ _ a

man’s understanding’ (Proverbs 30:2) (3,4)

20 ‘Sin shall not be your master, because you are

not under _ , but under grace’ (Romans 6:14) (3)

24 Native of, say, Baghdad (5)

25 The last word in the Bible (Rev. 22:21) (4)

26 Heroic tale (4)

27 ‘The truth will set you _ ’ (John 8:32) (4)

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More About ~ Jean Sedgwick

Many of us know Jean as a lively, energetic lady

with a passionate enthusiasm for her beautiful

garden. Overcoming some recent health

problems, Jean is still very active and has an

amazing story to tell of her rich and varied life –

including her work as a physiotherapist, married

to Major David Sedgwick and their creation

together of a magical garden in Mylor.

Born in London in 1921, where her father was a consultant at St

Thomas’ hospital, Jean followed eight years at boarding school by

training at St Thomas’ as a physiotherapist. This was at the height

of the blitz and the hospital had a direct hit in which four of the

staff died. Jean later transferred to Newquay where the Atlantic

Hotel had been converted into an orthopaedic hospital for the

troops, many of whom were amputees.

At the end of the war Jean continued her hospital work in

Portsmouth. Here she took up sailing, racing at Cowes in 1947 and

remaining a keen sailor. She met and married David in 1948. He

was an ex Indian Army officer who had been held prisoner in

Singapore and worked on the infamous ‘Railroad of death’.

After all the horrors of war ended he wanted space and decided on

a rural way of life. They began farming near the Somerset coast,

starting with nine cows and ending up with 400! Jean continued to

work part-time as a physiotherapist and helped with Riding for the

Disabled in Somerset. When, after 28 years, the building of the M5

Gordano Services split the farm in two, they decided to pack up

and move to Cornwall. Having enjoyed several holidays at

Restronguet with the children, they already knew the area. They

had bought Rosemary cottage and its large plot of uncultivated

land in 1973 and they moved to Mylor Bridge in 1978.

Jean describes David as a fantastic gardener and certainly the

development of their garden, which is now divided to make

Rosemary, Fuchsia and Lavender cottages, is delightful. There are

twists and turns throughout with a wonderful collection of plants,

fruit and vegetables. They opened the garden each year in support

of the Samaritans with whom they worked for many years.

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Later, Jean continued to open the garden annually, raising money

for the Macmillan Nursing Service in memory of her husband.

Indeed, such was the interest in the garden that a television

programme was made with filming over two days and more than

600 people came to visit the garden in July 1989. It was described

as ‘The Sunshine Garden’ on the TV programme Gardens for All.

Jean, of course, provided teas for everyone!

Lavender Cottage was built originally for Jean’s father and he lived

there until he was 101. Fuchsia cottage, designed by Jean for her

retirement, was built on the site of an old 60 foot long glasshouse,

earlier used by Jean and her husband for growing plants. She

carried on with physiotherapy and added the Hospital Car Service

to the many good causes in her busy life.

Some people manage to pack a great deal into a life-time and Jean

is an example of how this can lead to health and happiness.

Val Jeans-Jakobsson

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