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Lawrence House Museum, LAUNCESTON


Are you a Meccano person?

Lawrence House Museum is looking for any Meccano enthusiasts, old or young, who Maccanocan help us make new models from a collection of authentic Meccano. Toy curator, Sylvia Wright would love to hear from you if you are interested in helping.

Telephone the museum on 01566 773277 or email lawrencehousemuseum@yahoo.co.uk to leave her a message and she will get back to you.

If our summer continues as unpredictably as it has so far, Lawrence House Museum is an ideal free excursion for all ages. If it’s too hot, it’s lovely and cool inside and the garden is a great place for a picnic.  As it’s free, you can come in as often as you like. There’s a “Find the Beatrix Potter characters” quiz for children who can also track down the Mermaid of Widemouth Bay and her trusty Seahorse, Hippy, who are having fun hiding in the Museum.  She may reveal her name to children under 12 who find her and they can take part in our Mermaid naming competition.

Then for rainy days you can take home one or two of our Mermaid colouring sheets especially designed by local artist, Karen Farrington, and enter our colouring and painting competition. You can even write a story about her.  She used to be a Barbie “Spy Doll” so how did she end up alone on the beach at Widemouth?  We want to know!  Continue reading →

South Hill Old School Pictures


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As well as the South Hill Old School open day on July 16th when we invite everyone interested to join us and bring their stories and pictures. We are collecting local pictures and memorabilia in general and with the parish hall being 50 years old this year, at the Harvest Supper in September a display will be on show. We encourage you to let us know if you have items we can photograph and a page on this web site will be created to preserve these details. Ph Ali 384544 or email newsdesk@south-hill.co.uk Thank You

The Battle of The Somme


2nd/ 3rd July Rilla Mill Village Hall 10-4pm To mark the 100th Anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme An Exhibition inspired by the stories of 100 men from Linkinhorne Parish who served in the Great War.

The Battle of the Somme was fought at such terrible cost that it has come to symbolise the tragic futility of the First World War. Its first day of conflict remains the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and it was felt deeply at home.

By the first day more than 19,240 British soldiers had been killed and nearly twice that number wounded.

Many of the soldiers who had signed up were everyday young men from close-knit communities across the UK who subsequently suffered horrible losses. They were good friends, neighbours and colleagues who signed up together on the promise they would serve alongside each other. It sounded easy. These patriotic volunteers were sold on the romance of war, “Your Country Needs You”, and became known as the ‘Pals’ battalions.

The 100th anniversary provides an opportunity to commemorate the Service and sacrifice of those who lost their lives in the battle, to reflect upon the human cost of conflict and to have hope for a more peaceful world.   http://branches.britishlegion.org.uk/branches/callington

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Queen’s Birthday Celebrations


 

2pm on the note the Golberdon gal’s choir & new Golberdon Philharmonic orchestra struck up with God Save The Queen and more rousing renditions to get the Queen’s Birthday celebrations well under way at the South Hill Parish Hall in Golberdon. Continue reading →

Callington U3A Update, May 2016


The Voyage of the Mayflower 

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Mike Hayward gave a very interesting talk for the May meeting. He began by asking whether the stories we know about the Mayflower are myth or reality. It seems mainly myth, and he enlightened us with the reality.

The very first settlers to America did not sail on the Mayflower, but earlier, when in 1607 a ship sailed from London to Virginia. It was a time of religious unrest and people were being tortured and even killed for their beliefs.  A group of separatists escaped the persecution by moving first to Holland, and then in 1620 they decided to emigrate to America on board the ‘Speedwell’. Continue reading →

The Lost Gardeners of Heligan – U3A update


U3AlogoThe speaker at the May meeting was Peter Lavis who talked about the Lost Gardeners of Heligan, a social history project of WW1.

Heligan was owned by the Tremaynes for about 450 years. In 1914 the squire was Jack Tremayne who employed 23 garden staff. The house itself was turned over to the Royal Flying Corps to be used as a convalescent home for WW1 victims. By June 1917 only eight gardeners were left, the rest lost in the WW1 fighting. Jack found he could not live with the ghosts of Heligan and in 1921 left to live in Italy.

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