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Paul Parish ChurchMagazine
St Mary with St Paul, Penzance; St John the Baptist, Penzance;St Peter’s, Newlyn; St Pol de Leon, Paul.
December 2014
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Trevor WalkerMagazine Editor448622Marjorie KellsMethodist Church Sec’rtry364707Rev. Julyan DrewMethodist Minister731617Margaret ByrneChurch Hall Hire
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Diane BondRoger BondJudith ByrneDavid CarpenterMary GriffithsNancy Renfree
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Churchwardens
Andrew YatesPriest in [email protected] email:www.paulchurch.co.ukPaul Church website
Contacts
Annaliese Male731717
Thursday 7.30pm - 9.30pm(except 2nd Thursday in month)
Line Dancing(church hall)
David Harvey731249
Tues. 7.30pm(end Sept. - end April
Euchre(church hall)
Diane Bond731057
Mon. 12 for 12.30pmLuncheon Club(church hall)
Susie Chalkin732959
Mobile: 07789 [email protected]
Thurs. 10am - 12Parent and Toddler(church hall)
Linda Burton732618
2nd Thurs. 7.30pmWomen’s Institute(church hall)
Margaret Byrne731617
Thurs.7.30pmBell Ringing(church)
John HarryWed. 7.30pmChoir Practice(church)
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Page4 Advent message from Julyan Drew6 Paul Services for December and January8 December events9 Paul community outreach lunch
10 Mousehole Methodist December events11 Young people’s events - Alternative giving catalogue - Week of prayer
for Christian Unity12 Tom Bawcock’s eve14 Pendeen Pottery and Gallery Christmas opening18 Mousehole Male Voice Choir Christmas Concert at Paul20 Village Theatre - Parish registers21 Sheffield WI report22 What’s on at the Kings Arms24 Churchwarden’s report25 Community outreach group Jan meeting - safeguarding children26 Charity of the month - The Children’s Society27 My impressions of the Somme28 Pool in peril from the sea30 Lido32 Hints and tips - Bridge course for beginners35 December giving shop36 Peace
A huge thank you to Chris and Jane Osborne for stepping up to the mark again andputting the material together so you can enjoy this Bumper Christmas and New Yearedition of Paul Magazine and thanks too to all those who have contributed material.We still miss Trevor Walker so much in so many ways..not least the jokes and relatedfunnies he provided for our amusement. To ensure the magazine continues we des-perately need to find some volunteers to share the production activity with Chris.All the material is gathered by a small dedicated team of writer and wolfhounds butwhat is missing is a number of people who would take turns to arrange this materialas it comes in into a form that can be printed and handed over to the staplers andbundlers.This is not a complicated task to anyone with minimum computing experience. Themore who volunteer the less frequently you will be called upon. If you think you mightbe able to help in this way please contact Andrew Yates for full job description andrenumneration package ( JOKE JOKE !! ) on [email protected]
cover picture - Judith, Eryl & David finish the labyrinth.
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PAUL CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Sunday December 21st10.30 am Carol Service with Penlee Lifeboat Memorial
4pm Christingle
Christmas Eve4pm Crib Service
11.30pm Midnight Christmas Communion
Christmas Day8.30am 1662 Communion
10.30am Christmas Communion
Advent Message from Revd Julyan DrewI write this letter as we approach Advent. Advent, the word comingfrom the Latin for “a coming, approach or arrival”, is for the churcha season of waiting, preparation and expectation. During theseweeks we look towards Christmas and the celebration of the birthof Jesus and as part of that we shall hear some familiar words andsing some familiar songs. Doubtless, at some time over Adventand as we move into Christmas we shall read or hear, perhapseven sing, about a man dressed in camel’s hair, and living onlocusts and wild honey.In the words and works of this man was echoed the words of anearlier prophet, Isaiah, “In the wilderness prepare the way for theLord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” For manyof us associated with Paul Church, this character will always beassociated with the Passion Play performances and a certainperson making a dramatic entry into the church shouting, “Re-pent!” This character, John the Baptiser, drew people to himself,calling on them to move from the familiar, to change direction, tolook another way, to be open to the possibility of seeing thingsdifferently, preparing the way for a God already drawing near tothem.
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Some of you will know of Michael Johnson, the copper worker whowas involved in making the furniture for the Sanctuary at NewlynTrinity. (The font came “on tour” to Paul a few years back, and Ialong with it to share in some baptisms at just about this time ofyear.) In conversation once, Michael told me that his work was tohelp people see things differently. I suggested we might be in asimilar line of work, except that I use words.More powerful than words, however, in making people see thingsdifferently, are actions. St Gregory the Theologian or Gregory ofNazianzus as he was also known was a 4th-century Archbishop ofConstantinople who gave his life to Christ after being deliveredfrom a storm while sailing to Athens. His feast day falls on the 2nd
of January. That being the day after we might have made our NewYear resolutions, it’s interesting to note that he said, “Grace isgiven not to them who speak [their faith] but to those who live theirfaith.” I take that to mean that we only get to find out what faith isreally about by living it. Perhaps it’s like my boat. I’ve talked for acouple of years now about what it will be like to sail it. I’ll only findout if I finish the work on her and get her out of Newlyn Harbour!“Grace is given not to them who speak [their faith] but to those wholive their faith.” Perhaps we might bear that thought in mind as wetravel together through the coming weeks and celebrate what is forChristians the life-affirming and life-changing event of the Incarna-tion.And if we do bear it in mind, perhaps we might also reflect on somequestions: Do we as individuals and churches help people withinand beyond the churches, by our (faith inspired?) actions, to seethings differently? If so, how? And how better might we do that?And if this letter is read by someone not usually part of the church,perhaps you might be kind enough to tell us, what do our actionsas a church say to you?Meanwhile, every blessing for you one and all for the expectationof Advent, the joy of Christmas and the opportunities of the NewYear.
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December 78.30 Holy Communion 166210.30 am Worship For All6pm Evensong
December 14th8.30 1662 Communion10.30am Sung Communion6pm Taize
December 21st8.30 1662 Communion10.30am Carol Service withPenlee Lifeboat MemorialPrayers4pm Christingle with collectionfor Children's Society
December 24th4pm Crib Service11.30 pm Midnight Communion
December 25th8.30am 1662 Communion10.30am Christmas Commun-ion
December 28th8.30am 1662 Communion10.30am Baptism6pm Evensong
January 4th8.30 1662 Communion10.30am Worship For All forEpiphany6pm Evensong
January 11th8.30 1662 Communion10.30am Sung Communion6pm TAize
January 18th8.30 1662 Communion10.30 am Joint Service forWeek of Prayer for ChristianUnity6pm Evensong
January 25th8.30am1662 Communion10.30 am Sung Communion6pm Joint Service at NewlynTrinity
February 1st8.30 1662 Communion10.30 am Worship. For All forCandlemass6pm evensong
Services for Paul Church December and January
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December Events list
QUIET DAY FOR ADVENT DECEMBER 6th from 10 to 3 atSennenLed by Canon Alan Bashforth of Truro Cathedral.If you would like the opportunity to have some quiet reflectivetime to help prepare spiritually and emotionally for the Christmasperiod then please join us at the Cluster Quiet Day.For more details or to request transport please contact Andrew orSian on 01736 367863
December 7th St Nicholas Party in the Playzone at St John'sPenzanceFor ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES across the Cluster Areabring a toy you have grown out of for St Nicholas to give tochildren in need.
December 9th at 6.30 pm Paul Christmas Lights Switch On atHutchen's HouseCarols and Mince Pies
December 11th at 6.30 pm Mousehole School Carol Service atPaul Church
December 12th at 7.30 pm Friends of Penlee Cluster ChurchesCarol Service at St John's Penzance. Traditional Nine Lessonsand Carols
December 13th at 7 pm Mousehole Harbour Lights Switch On
December 18th Mousehole Methodist Chapel Carol Sing A Longbetween 7 and 9 pm
December 20 th 7.30 pm Village Theatre Christmas Event in PaulChurch Hall
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December 21st at 10.30 am St Pol de Leon Carol Service 4pm St Pol de Leon Christingle
December 22nd. 7.30 pm Mousehole Male Voice ChoirChristmas Concert at St Pol de Leon in aid of World War OneMemorial Window
December 23rd. Tom Bawcock Eve. Procession from Mousehole School at 6.30pm
December 24th 4pm Crib Service at Paul Church 11.30 pm Midnight Communion at Paul Church 11.30 pm Midnight Communion at Mousehole Methodist Chapel
December 25th. 10.30 am Christmas Communion at Paul Church 11am Christmas Worship at Mousehole Methodist Chapel
PAUL COMMUNITY OUTREACH GROUP
OUTREACH CHRISTMAS LUNCH
WEDNESDAY 10th DECEMBER 2014 12.00 for 12.30pm
In the KING’S ARMS, PAUL
2 courses - £14.50, 3 courses £17.00
For menu & to book contact Roger Bond on 731057
Wrapped Christmas Presents for Penzance Women’s Refuge
Will be collected at the meal as our contributions to charity for thismonth
It would be helpful if the presents were marked GIRL, BOY orMOTHER
ALL WELCOME
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Mousehole Methodist December events.
Sunday 7th Dec. 11am - Rev J Drew - CommunionSunday 14th Dec. 11am - Rev P WilliamsSunday 21st Dec.11am - All age Nativity service led by Miss MRichards.Sunday 21st Dec. 6pm - Cantata ' Night of Miracles' by Aug-mented Chapel choirSunday 28th Dec.11am - Covenant service - Rev J Drew
Sunday 4th January 11am - Mr J BennettsSunday 11th Jan. 11am - Rev M LumbersSunday 18th Jan. No service at Mousehole. United service atPaul Church 10.30am. WPCU.Sunday 25th Jan. 11am - Mrs J Bales.
Saturday 6th December 2pm in the Sunday school room -CHRISTMAS BAZAARSaturday 13th December. Switch on of Lights - refreshmentswill be available in Sunday school room from 5pmThursday 18th Dec from 7pm until 9pm - 'Sing.a.long' withfriends from Paul Church. Mulled wine and mince.pies.Sunday 21st Dec. 6pm - Cantata “Night of Miracles" Augment-ed Church choir. Soloist Mr G Bodilly, reader Mrs M Wool-ridge. Organist and choir master - Mr J Phillpotts.Wed 24th Dec. 11.30pm. Midnight Communion - Rev J Drew.Thurs 25th Dec. 10.30am - Family Service led by Miss M Rich-ards
Thurs, Friday and Sat. 7.30pm ( 29th. 30th 31st Jan) in theSunday School room - its panto time.BEAUTY and the BEAST will be played by the Porthenys Play-ers. Tickets will be available from Mousehole News.
EVERYONE VERY WELCOME TO ATTEND ANY OR ALL OF THEABOVE HAPPENINGS AT MOUSEHOLE CHAPEL
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YOUNG PEOPLES EVENTS
December 7th St Nicholas Party at 4.30pm at the Playzone at Sta Johns PenzanceGames...Food....Bouncy Castle...Bring a Toy you have grown outof to share either a child in need.
Saturday January 10th 6 to 8pm Kings New Year Party for Under11s
Penlee Cluster Web Site. Look out for e Animated Advent Calen-dar and Cornish Christmas Shouts every day in December.www.penleecluster.org.uk
Alternative Xmas Giving catalogue
Are you stuck for ideas for presents for those family and friendswho seem to have everything they need. Then look no furtherthan the Cornwall Alternative Christmas Giving Catalogue. Thereyou can support a number of local Cornish Charities working tohelp those worse off at Christmas and throughout the year,http://www.cornwallindependentpovertyforum.btck.co.uk/CornishChristmasGiving
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015
Sunday January 18th 10.30 am Joint Worship at St Pol de LeonPaulSunday January 25th 6 pm Joint Worship at Newlyn TrinityMethodist Church
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Tom Bawcock’s EveTuesday 23rd December
The procession of children, families, MouseholeMale Voice Choir and the community with lanternsand singing through Mousehole on Tom Bawcock’sEve is a magical celebration for all concerned.
Diary dates are as follows:
Monday 1st December & Monday 8th December3-4pm in School Hall, Lantern-making workshopsEveryone is welcome. (We ask that children in year 2or younger are accompanied by an adult.)All materials will be provided
To keep this traditional festive occasion alive pleasecome along and join in. Procession sets off at 6.30pmon the 23rd of December.
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Pendeen Pottery and GalleryGrand Christmas Opening
Join us for mulled wine and mince pieson Sunday 7th December from 12.30 - 4pm
Come and see our unique gifts for Christmasincluding the first showing of our new colour
range,paintings by Nigel Haward, also
jewellery, prints and cards by local artists.
Continuing open Mon - Sat 10 - 5pmuntil Tuesday 23rd December.
01736 788070www.pendeenpottery.co.uk
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Village Theatre
Village Christmas will be held in the Church Hall on
Saturday 20th December
7.30 pm.
£5.00
(to include mulled wine, mince pies and stollen)
All profit will be donated to Penhaligon’s Friends.
This year is Our Secret Village Christmas
What on earth is that all about? Well, come and find out!
Goff (731689) has your tickets from
Wednesday 10th December onwards.
PAUL PARISH REGISTERSChristian Funeral – “Underneath are the Everlasting Arms”
16th October 2014 David COCK23rd October 2014 Janetta (Jan) Robertson GLASSBOROW20th November 2014 Eugene JONES
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Sheffield and DistrictWI
November meeting
The business part of the meeting was quickly and efficiently dealtwith and items included the good news that Barbara Corbett ofCarbis Bay WI is our new Federation Chairman. The preservesstall at Paul Feast was a great success and we had received adonation from the Salt, Sea & Sails committee for the WIs helpduring the Festival.Members were reminded of the visit to Penlee House to seesome examples of Crysede that have stored there and also ourBirthday dinner in January.Our President Chris Rowland then introduced our speaker, JulianEllis who spoke on Farming by the Moon. He told us of how hegained a Nuffield Scholarship which allowed him to travel toSwitzerland, Luxemburg, Italy & Canada to see how farmingusing the 4 cycles of the moon worked. This method is used asan aid because the conditions also have to be right. Havingfound no papers on sing the same system for cattle farming hecarried out his own experiments from his records of his owncattle.The many questions that followed showed how interested all themembers had been in the talk and how they may be able to usesome of the methods in their own gardens.Our next meeting is on Thursday December 11th at 7.30pm inPaul Church Hall which is our Christmas Party.Further details from Sue on 01736 363386.
Our January meeting will be on Thursday 8th at 7.30pmwhen our speaker will be Sue Sayer talking on GreySeals.
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Whats on at The Kings Arms......
Monday December 1 – Re-opening after refurbishment. Alice King leading a
session on lantern making at 6 pm in advance of the Christmas Tree switch
on, Tuesday December 9. Bring your own scissors…
Tuesday December 2/9/16 Bluegrass Jamming session
Friday December 5 – Homemade Music Show – Folk music evening
Saturday December 6 – The Contours playing in the bar from 9 pm
Sunday December 7 – Quiz at 7.30 pm – VSO (no food in the evening)
Wednesday December 10 – Outreach Xmas Lunch – pre-ordering essential,
contact Kings Arms or Roger Bond for details.(731057 ) La Roulotte playing in
the bar from 9 pm
Saturday December 13 – Mousehole harbour lights switch on. Pigs Ears
playing in the bar 9.30
Tuesday December 23rd Tom Bowcock’s Eve - Flats and Sharps playing 9.30
pm
Wednesday December 24 – Santa Breakfast – 9 am to 11 pm. Bring the
family for breakfast and visit Santa in his grotto. Bookings essential. Kitchen
closes after lunch – re-opening on Saturday 27
Christmas Day – Open for lunch time drinks 12 - 2
Boxing Day – Lunch time and evening opening hours – no food
Saturday December 27 – Boilerhouse Carols in the bar from 8 pm
New Years Eve – Kitchen closed after lunch. Fancy Dress alphabet fancy
dress – Letters this year are S, T and U.
New Years Day – Open lunch time only.
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Churchwardens’ Report November 2014
Andrew suggested a regular piece for the magazine about the East win-dow project. A logical next step seemed to form the monthly churchwar-dens’ report into that regular piece, which is why it may read a bit oddly toyou who know some of the background already.
Georgian Window: We have had an invoice from Cornwall Heritagebuilders for the work done on the clear window. It needs to be inspected andsigned off by David Scott, the Diocesan surveyor who we work with, but he iscurrently querying the invoice, which is larger than we were led to expect byseveral hundred pounds. We’re also not sure if they’ve quite finished the jobinside, so are querying that too. Watch this space. Faculty: Progress on getting official Diocesan approval to start the win-dow restoration project was delayed due to some papers going missing. Thathas now been resolved, and we’ll be sending the next stage of the applicationoff next week. Church Radiator: David Toms has now been back to us about the ra-diator which was causing concern. He‘s had a look at it, but thinks it isn’t urgent.He has put it on his ‘to do in Spring 2015’ list, but says if it gets worse to let himknow and he’ll come straight away and deal with in. East Window: When the children from Mousehole school came up tosee the remembrance spaces in church, we talked to them about the windowand encouraged them to get close up to it, touch the glass, look at the stone-work, and try to estimate how many pieces of glass there are in the whole win-dow, based on counting those in one of the bottom sections. We’re going tohave a competition next year for people to estimate the number, but without giv-ing anything away it was a lot more than the 500 one of them guessed…… Kelly Rowe, the recently appointed Diocesan communications person,visited the church on the same day as the children, and was very impressedwith both all the remembrance spaces and also with the window. During the recent really interesting lecture in church - ’1914: A CenturyOn’, we had hoped to light the East window from outside. The weather was sobad we decided it wouldn’t be safe to do so, but an unexpected result was thatwhen spot lit inside when it’s dark outside, the deteriorating condition of thestonework and glass was all the more evident. It was depressing to see all the
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crumbling stone, but it really emphasised that we need to honour urgently ourresponsibility to it as a significant memorial and historical work of art. At the last PCC meeting we created a list of fundraising events to takeus through the coming year. We’ll be agreeing when to do what very soon andwill publish details next month.
Anyone who’d like to be involved in any of those events, or who’d like tohelp with funding applications, please talk to a PCC member or to Nancy, Maryor Andrew. £120k’s a lot of money to raise, so any other ideas for fundraising, bigor small, do share them with us.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH GROUPThe January meeting will be held on
THURSDAY 8th January 2015In the CHURCH HALL, PAUL at 2.30pm
NIGEL OWENWill give a talk entitled
“ CHILDREN & SAFEGUARDING “REFRESHMENTSALL WELCOME
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The Childrens SocietyIt seems almost beyond belief that in 2014, in Britain, one of the mostcivilized societies in the world, there are children living in poverty andneglect. There are, strangely one might think, many definitions of whatconstitutes poverty. One definition which is often used in the UK is that ofthe family living below 60% of the median income. Put simply, if half of thehouseholds in Britain had an income of £15,000 or less and and the otherhalf more, then poverty begins at a household income of £9,000 or less.
Whichever definition is used, there is no escape from the fact that childpoverty is a state of not having enough food, warmth, shelter, education orparental love, care and protection.
Poverty is an enormous topic and exists in varying degrees throughout theworld. It can probably only ever be tackled comprehensively at governmentlevel and then only if the political will is there. It can be and is tackledeffectively at local level by the Childrens Society. The Society fights byoffering immediate help to runaway children and by providing help-centresand phone cards for children who have been subjected to abuse,particularly domestic abuse. It lobbies hard and effectively at governmentlevel to bring in the changes to legislation necessary for the betterprotection of children.
The Childrens Society was formed in 1881 by a Sunday school teacher,Edward Rudolf and the present chair of trustees is our own Bishop Tim,Bishop of Truro. The following quote is probably as good a statement ofthe Society’s mission as any:-
“Together, we tackle child poverty and neglect head on, from helpingfamilies trapped in debt, child runaways and young carers, to stoppingchild sexual exploitation.”
We all have endless calls on our charitable giving but it’s hard to see abetter cause in the UK than that which, at its grimmest level, rescueschildren from sexual abuse. It is a searing indictment of our society thatthose last two nouns ever occur in the same sentence.
Of course it takes funding and this is the good part about our ChildrensSociety collections here. You are not asked to reach into your pockets forfolding money although you can if you insist. Just take a box, put in onto
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MY IMPRESSIONS OF THE SOMME.
I had no idea what to expect. i had no idea just how peaceful and serenethis battlefield area was to be, until I visited during an autumnal November.The Somme.The weather was glorious, sunny, clear and vibrant. Gently rolling fields ofsome soft greens, pale gold where the stubble sat, and dark-black newlyploughed earth. The sun picked up the shine from the tops of the ploughedareas, as we journeyed along. But the sky was the bluest of blues. Soblue. Suddenly, the scarlet of late poppies, fragile and fading soon. Andnext to the blooms a rusting piece of metal possibly from some war ma-chine. And there, a part of the support for the barbed wire which stretchedand coiled across the landscape.Exploring tiny wooded copses was a delight. The fallen leaves, crisp andmulticoloured, lay deep in the trenches. Falling leaves drifting down re-minded me of lives lost. So many lives. So many acorns, promising newlife next spring. Row upon row of tall straight trees sat on the heights, row upon row ofwhite headstones seemed to be everywhere. Each corner we turned, an-other cemetery.Yet, this landscape left me feeling peaceful and serene. Yes, there wereshadows. Soft, gentle shadows of palest grey, just on the periphery of myvision. Not shadows of horror, but of gentle smiling faces, watching and atpeace. I shall return.
Sue McGill
the side-board or work surface or the bed-side table and put your loosechange into it. 10p’s and 5p’s and coppers don’t make a hole in your walletbut can mount up over the year. Last year 22 members of the congregationraised £366.89 in small change; we had to employ a strong man to carry itto the bank. How much might 44 or 66 members collect?
Perhaps you?
(Boxes available from us, no extra charge for delivery )
David & Utee Carpenter
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Pool in Peril from the seaDescribed as one of the most unusual and pleasingly designed lidos of the era, thePenzance Jubilee Pool was designed in the early 1930s by Captain F Latham, theBorough Engineer. The pool was opened with great celebration in May 1935, the yearof King George V’s Silver Jubilee. The Pool was built upon a traditional bathing spot at the Battery Rocks near theharbour. Cleverly designed to cope with the full ferocity of the Cornish seas, the pool istriangular in shape yet with gentle curves, making it a most pleasant environment. A contemporary guide book tells us that: “In many respects the design is uniquearchitecturally, partly from a point of view of necessity in conforming with existingconditions of wave elements and rocks which controlled the outline. Streamlines havebeen used to the greatest advantage in meeting the direction of the storm waves, whilea Cubist style has been adopted in the interior in providing diving platforms and steps…The whole pool is surrounded by high streamlined sea walls terraced up within theinterior so as to give aspect and effect. They also serve to strengthen the structure.”These walls also protect swimmers from strong, offshore winds and form terraces forspectators. The pool was a popular amenity for over 50 years. However, by 1992 the pool hadbecome dilapidated to the extent that its future operation was in doubt. But luckily aretired local architect, John Clarke, came to the rescue. He was alarmed when aproposal to build a copper coloured pyramid structure over the pool was proposed. TheJubilee Pool Association was formed and thanks to his direct input the pool was listed.In the following two years, John and members of the JPA worked voluntarily withPenwith District Council to secure essential grant funding to contribute to the pool’srestoration over two phases. In 1994, after essential restructural works, the poolreopened to much acclaim, and the jubilant scenes witnessed when the pool firstopened in 1935 were repeated some 60 years later. In 2009 there was a real threat that the pool’s annual funding might be lost, buthappily in recent years Cornwall Council have recognised its importance as a localamenity and national heritage asset. In 2012 the Cornwall Council transferred theoperation of all their leisure services to a new charitable trust, Carrick Leisure Trust. The Friends of Jubilee Pool was established in 1992. Originally known asThe Jubilee Pool Association, its members’ aim over the past 22 years has been toensure that the pool survives, both as a vital local amenity and as a listed building ofunique architectural merit and national importance. Friends believe that the pool is strategically important in the futureregeneration of the town of Penzance and wish to see it fulfil its potential, whilst alsobecoming increasingly self-sufficient and less reliant on public funding.
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Members include many local people, but numerous Friends live in other partsof the UK and even abroad. All have one common passion – they all love the beautifulJubilee Pool and wish to see it remain open and thriving. The organisation’s principal activity is to raise awareness and promote thepool, so there is extensive liaison with magazines, newspapers and other media toensure the pool is publicised to a wider audience. However membership fees are alsoused to enhance the pool, for example these beautiful flags designed by local artistLucy Birbeck were commissioned by the Friends in 2012 to celebrate both theOlympics and the Jubilee. Friends have paid for new flags every season for the last fiveyears and believe they enhance both the pool and the promenade in equal measure.
In February 2014 winter storms caused serious damage to the pool, whichwas already in need of major structural work. As a result of campaigning by TheFriends and local councillors a bid for £1.9m to carry out improvements to the JubileePool in Penzance was submitted to the Coastal Communities Fund on the 9th May2014 and was granted on August 1st 2014. The bid includes funding to carry out essential structural works on the Pool,including repairs to the storm damage, and a two year funding package to enable thePool to become more sustainable in the future. These include the development of anew management structure and a range of new acquatic activities, including GroupFitness, Water Polo and Kayaking and Sailing. The bid, which has been put together byCornwall Council, has the full support of Penzance Town Council and the Friends ofJubilee Pool.
The Friends of Jubilee Pool are aiming to raise £160,000 this summer tomatch fund the grant and help to bring the pool back to its former glory. If you loveJubilee Pool, please help us to reach our goal by joining the Friends, donating to ourcampaign, or arranging a fundraising event- or all three! All the money raised will gotowards restoring and keeping the pool open. Our aim is simple, to ensure Jubilee Poolsurvives and is never put at risk of closure again. You can also donate online below Regular monthly committee meetings of the Friends of Jubilee Pool are heldin Penzance and are attended by representatives of the operators of the Pool, TempusLeisure. The Friends warmly welcome anyone who shares its aims to join thecommittee. If you’d like to join the committee please call Martin Nixon on 01736758600. If you’d like to join and pay your membership fee online please [email protected]
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LidoListen.The rain has stopped.So has the wind.Back in time voices are echoing around,There’s laughter, squealing, splashing.
Feelthe sun, hot and white, pinning you down.Factor zero olive oil basted skinSlowly grilling to holiday brown and browner still.Bodies turning, spit-like, for an even finish.
See.You need to shade your eyes,White-washed walls, blue doors, hot dark pink tiles.Steps to terraces and walkways,More steps to water, shallow, deep and deeper still,
Feelthe water, shocking after the heat.Frigid turns to cold, to cool, to perfect silky smooth.The first strokes fast, then slowing, relishingthe weightless ease of effort.
See.The water is calm, smooth, evenly blue.Boards jut out, high and scarily higher.A central raft is tethered for rest, for racing and for rendezvous.
Boys watching girls watching boys watching girls go by.Giggly gaggles, jostling, joking, posing, preening.
A day to savour. A day to remember.
Mary Wooding
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HINTS AND TIPS FROM SUE.
I discovered this purely by accident, and it works!Most ladies today use facial wipes to cleanse their skin. Theproducts used in wipes are usually pure and gentle. I was remov-ing my makeup one evening while sitting in the lounge. I spotteda dirty mark on the arm of my leather chair. Instead of getting adamp cloth, I used the facial wipe. In seconds the mark had comeoff, leaving a slight coating of a fine oil or possibly lanolin. I nowuse the wipes, when I've cleaned my skin, and the leather is look-ing pristine.
Bridge Course for Beginners
Penzance Bridge Club is running a Bridge Course for complete beginners.
The course will be run on Monday evenings from6.30pm -8.30pm starting on Monday 19th January 2015.
It is being taught by English Bridge Union qualified teachers.The venue is the Penzance and Newlyn Rugby Club,
Alexandra Road, Penzance.
£5.00 per lesson. Teas and coffees available from the bar.
Why not start a new hobby this winter and make new friends?Bridge is a very sociable game and can be played in clubs or at home with
friends and family.
The club also runs Duplicate bridge sessions at the rugby Club everyWednesday evening at 6.30pm.
For further details and registration please phone Ann Ampleford on 01736-361104 or
Wendy Miller on 07810-707156
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December at the Giving Shop
Christmas Gifts for the local charities that the Giving Shop regu-larly supports will be gratefully received. Gifts for suitable for chil-dren are wanted.
In December there will be the usual activities: Sewing Bee – Monday 10am – 3pm Card Making – Thursday 1pm – 4pm Knit ‘N Natter – Saturday 10am – 12 noon
2nd Dec Tuesday – free Computer all day “drop in” workshop9th Dec Tuesday – free Computer all day “drop in” workshop
You can sign up for Silver Surfers courses beginningTuesday 24th March 2015
13th Dec Saturday - Christmas Craft Market20th Dec – Saturday – Christmas Tombola
The Shop is closed on Wednesday 24th Dec. and will open againMonday 29th.
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PEACE.
If a sudden silence fell on all mankind,And we were still,Would we notice that the wordy, worldly wrangle had abated,Would we listen, would we know,That the world appreciated,That Time had held its breath one moment,And awaitedThe leaping lancing living light of love
And when from the pulsing centre of this Paradisic glow,Comes the new-born cry of reason,Would we recognise and know?Would we let its peace invade us?Are we ready for its balm?Or are we still too busy for that still, small, voice of calm.
Joyce Crawford