Callington Community Day was held in the Town Hall on Saturday 22nd March. Organised by Callington Town Council and the Mayor and Portreeve, Councillor Winfindale, the event was designed to showcase the local clubs and organisations around the Town.
Over 40 clubs and organisations attended, with lots of information on what they do and how you can join. Just a few of those present are pictured below:
At last, the sun is shining and signs of Spring are all around us. This weather really does make me appreciate living in such a beautiful part of the world.
The Trevigro Domestic Oil Buying Group is a community group operating in South Hill and adjacent parishes. It is a free service run by Kim Howat who can be reached at 384054 (email w.howat1@btinternet.com).
The group is run with the minimum of bureaucracy by e-mail. A member needing oil e-mails Kim with the quantity and date it is needed by. He then seeks orders from other members. Quotes are then sought from up to 6 suppliers for the Group order. The Supplier with the lowest price is given the name and contact telephone number of those wanting the oil.
The supplier will usually then contact each buyer for payment and delivery instructions. Occasionally the supplier asks the buyers to contact them.
The Group’s minimum order is 4000 litres, the individual minimum order is 500 litres. From experience the prices of oil quoted can vary by as much as 4p ex VAT per litre between suppliers
Apologies to everyone, this is from the ‘Under Gardener’ this time as your usual columnist has had an eye operation. Back in the days when we had a large garden open under the NGS scheme, I used to wear a badge saying ‘Under Gardener’, and people thought (mistakenly) that I knew something about the plants.
Steve Moir and Dave Jackson who both live in the Parish, and Andy Russell who lives in Landrake, have finally reached that mid-life crisis point and gone mad! We have all signed up for a 350 mile cycle ride from Chatham in Kent to Lympstone in Devon in July to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Marines. All money we raise will go to the charities Help Our Wounded (HOW) Royal Marines and Homes4heroes.
Local lady Elaine Pluckrose, whose excellent pasties were sampled by many at our Community Energy Exhibition in February, was very excited about entering the World Pasty Championships at the Eden Project on March 1st 2014.
Based in the Old Chapel in Calstock is Calstock Arts , a vibrant arts venue situated within the beautiful Tamar Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Calstock Arts hosts a wide programme of events, ranging from opera, jazz, folk, blues, contemporary guitar and classical music, to performance poetry, comedy, film, theatre and literary events, talks and lectures.
Thanks to money from the Arts Council England the booklet ‘A History of Cornwall in 100 Objects’, which was produced two years ago, is now on the Museums in Cornwall website.
This rather special china is featured in the section called “Customs”, where you can read about the history of Christianity and Methodism in particular.
Chris Waring is having his first solo exhibition of paintings at Cowslip Workshops near Launceston over the Easter break. There will be a private view on the evening of the 16th of April between 6 pm and 8pm and anyone who is interested is welcome to go along and support this talented local artist.
The exhibition then runs from April 17th to 22nd. Chris will be there every day . Why not pop in and say Hello?