Few people can have missed the articles in the press and on the TV, reminding us that this year is the centenary of the start of the Great War, the war to end all wars. The young men of South Hill and Golberdon also went to fight for King and Country one hundred years ago.
Well, the budget setting process has begun and promises to be even more difficult than last year. There is no doubt that some difficult decisions will have to be made again and some people are going to be disappointed at the loss or changes that result. One that has not yet been decided is about the mobile library service. I have received the results of the consultation and there is no doubt that this service is highly valued. However, the results also suggest that some people, perhaps the most vulnerable, might benefit from a change from a mobile van to a home delivery service. Three options will be discussed shortly and, at the moment, I am inclined to think we will be better off making more radical changes now that can then be maintained for the next few years rather than having to make minor changes each year. However, no decision has yet been made.
Some members of Callington Town Band gather around the town’s War Memorial which has the name of former bandsman, Robert Hicks Pike engraved on it.
Councillor Dennis Hicks, chairman of South Hill Parish Council, is the first to undertake training which will enable him to add News and Events to the South Hill Connection website.
After a long day on the farm, culminating in milking ?? cows, Dennis was still able to find the energy to learn the basics of the WordPress Dashboard, the distinction between pages and posts, and most important of all… how the Parish Council agendas and minutes are added to the Parish Council page.
As you know, South Hill Connection is not a Parish Council venture, but our purpose is to provide a platform for all Parish groups (and some further afield), as well as entertainment and information for all.
South Hill Connection salutes Dennis’s “can-do” attitude. We hope he and other councillors will be able to post many newsworthy items here on behalf of the Council.
Raffle prize
From May 8th – 10th 2014, South Hill Piece Makers introduced another Patchwork and Quilting Exhibition – called ‘Season and Celebrations’ – with a charity raffle in aid of Help For Heroes.
I once heard it said that people who do patchwork, ‘take a perfectly good piece of fabric, cut it up into little pieces and then sew it all together again’ ……
Pete Lifeguarding Australia
Pete Geall, who was raised in Southill, swapped the rolling green pastures of home for an exciting life on the beach working full-time as an International Beach Lifeguard. He is currently busy covering a Cornish beach in Penwith. Here he tells us about his lifestyle and his thoughts on home:
Well, planning and potholes continue to dominate my council work. I do appreciate how frustrating it is that the roads don’t seem to be improving but the scale of the task is enormous. You may have heard that Cornwall Council will be receiving about £10m from the government for roads, which is welcome, but with a backlog costed at over £200m, it is still only a small contribution.
Rhododendrons are beautiful shrubs, with gorgeous blooms, and there is a huge range of different varieties from the massive rhododendron sinogrande, which can reach 12 metres in height, to the tiny dwarf rhododendron fastigiatum ‘Blue Steel’, which only grows to about 12 inches.
The parish church of South Hill is dedicated to St Samson who reputedly was here in the 6th century AD . He travelled from South Wales, via Cornwall, to Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany where there is a cathedral also dedicated to him.
St Sampson’s Church
St Samson’s, Dol
