The Whitstone Whistler, Issue 20, December 2009 · Committee member: Daniel Cock 01288 341114...

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Issue 20 - December 2009

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The Whitstone WhistlerThe community magazine for Whitstone

The Whistler CommitteeChairman: Brian Martyn 01288 341376Secretary: Maggie Stanbury 01288 341332Treasurer/Advertising: Richard Horn 01288 341482Editor: Mike Sutton 01288 341687Publishing: Phil Tucker 01288 341617Delivery Co-ordinator: Pat Nasmyth 01288 341469Committee member: Daniel Cock 01288 341114

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Welcome !

Welcome to the December Issue of the Whistler!

Firstly, may I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

This month’s ‘Whistler’ will, I hope, be a little more legible than last month (fi ngers crossed!). There were a few problems with printing some of the illustrations and photo’s which we will try to improve for future issues.As well as the regular Group News section (p7), there is an article which may interest any local historians about the Poundstock Estate (p14). The Big Interview this month is on Iain Armstrong of Black Galleon (p21) and Mrs Trewhitless has once again come up with something to make your mouth water (p23). An article on the new Village Website appears on page 4. Why not check it out?

Mike Sutton, Editor

Inside This Issue

Community News 4

Group News 7

Councillor Report 12

The PoundstockEstate 14

Diary 18

The Big Interview 21

Mrs Trewhitless 23

Whippersnappers 25

The Mystery ofChristopher AdolphusTwinkle 30

And fi nally...... 34

This month’s cover picture is by

Emily Medland


Community News

Village Website Goes Online

The Village Website is about to go live, hopefully on 5th December.

Last year, you may remember, we Whitstone residents were given a chance to say what we wanted for our village, as part of the consultation for the Parish Plan. The results of the Plan were presented at St Anne’s Hall in June last year and one of the items that we said we wanted was a village website, a lot of people put this on their questionnaires.

Your Whistler Committee took on the challenge and commissioned the design of the website locally. They have also been granted funding, to cover the cost and administration of the website for 5 years, through the Grassroots Grants Programme managed by Cornwall Community Foundation.

The home page is already visible at www.whitstonevillage.com with the rest of the pages to follow on 5th December.

The website has many features, even at this early stage, which are illustrated on the following page. These include:-

A Forum where you can post your views on a subject of your choosing and anybody can comment on the posting.

A Calendar where planned local events can be viewed and any local organisation can post their own events.

A Notice Board where anyone can offer items for sale.

There will always be items of up-to -date news and information as well as items on local history, photo’s from around the area, and even back-issues of ‘The Whistler’!

There are also links to other useful websites, for maps, weather information and more.

Each local organisation can have a page of their own where they can post information and news about their particular organisation. The ‘Webmaster’ (known to me as ‘her indoors’!) has requested that the village organisations start to think about what they might like to have on their page and let her know. Why don’t you have a chat with her to discuss the possibilities? She doesn’t bite! (much!).


Irene can be contacted by:-

email: [email protected]

or

Tel: 01288 341687

The development of the website will largely depend upon you. The more feedback and more use it gets the better it will become, so why not make this an agenda item for your next meeting?

Click here to go to the local groups pages

A short description of

Whitstone

A single click button to

make this your Homepage

Your local daily weather

forecast

Scrolling photo’s from around the

local area.

The Calendar. Make your

own entry for everyone to see

Aerial view of Whitstone.

Click here to go to MultiMap.com

The Forum. Have your say

Click here to go to the Notice

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Up to date news items and

information

Click here for other useful information

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Group News

News from the village organisations

St Anne’s Parish HallTo book the hall please call Ruby Edgcombe on 01288 341309

Hallowe’en Party

There were some very strange goings on at St. Anne’s Hall on Saturday Evening 31st October at the family Hallowe’en Party. The hall was decorated with fairy lights, a giant spider’s web, some dubious characters were hanging about and there were lots of pumpkin lanterns.

Children in fancy dress were having fun bobbing for apples, playing games (all sorts), dancing and taking part in competitions for the best outfi t and best lantern. There was a spooky treasure hunt with clues all around the hall and prizes for everyone. The grown-ups too had an enjoyable evening. Some were dressed as convincing witches, also one vampiress, and a there was a surprise appearance by Harry Potter. There were pasties and cider (or soft drinks) and apples dipped in chocolate etc for the children. Ages ranged from 16 days to over 80. A great time was had by all.

Thank you to everyone who helped on the night. Special thanks to Mary and Jim McKay for their treasure hunt.

A Talk about the Bude Canal

A talk by Mr Fry of Bude has been arranged at the hall on Friday 5th February at 7.30 p.m. If you have any interesting photographs of the canal which can be displayed please bring them along on the night.

Helen Eccott (Secretary)


Whitstone Parish Council

Since the previous updates provided to the Whistler it has been business as usual for the Parish Council: Cornwall Council’s Planning & Regeneration department (previously NCDC) have consulted the Parish Council regarding a number of local planning applications, these have been advertised in the parish notice board and observations duly submitted. Following the open meeting, the position regarding maintenance of fi re hydrants and water pressure in the parish has been clarifi ed. Repairs to the parish notice board have been discussed and scheduled. Also, the auditing process has been completed for the Parish Council accounts.

The next Parish Council meeting will be held at 8.15pm on Tuesday 08 December 2009 at St Anne’s Parish Hall, Whitstone. The agenda will be displayed ahead of the meeting on the Parish notice board, opposite the shop. One of the agenda items we look forward to including will be an update from the Parish Plan Steering Committee.

If you would like to contact the Parish Council please use the drop-box in the village stores, this box is checked regularly before the agenda is prepared for Parish Council meetings.

Lucy Woods, Parish Clerk.

Your ‘Whistler’ is also planning to publish an update from the Parish Plan Steering Commttee in the January issue. (Ed.)


Whitstone Methodist Chapel

Services at 11.00am unless stated otherwise.

Dec 6th Mrs C Forster

Dec 13th No Service at Whitstone as the Chairman of the District Rev Pillinger is at Chilsworthy

20th Dec Nativity and Puppet Show

Christmas Day Rev Beth Mc Dowell at 10.30am

27th Dec No preacher planned, a decision is to be made as to whether we have a service of carols.

Due to other Christmas events the Smile Club will not meet in December but will resume again in January. Watch the calen-dar in the next Whistler for dates!

St. Anne’s Parish Church

Sun 6th December Christingle Service, 5:00pmSun 13th December Carol Service 7:00pm St Anne’s HallSun 20th December Holy Communion, 11:15amThu 24th December Late Night Mass, 21:45pmSun 27th December United Benefi ce Service, 10:30 (Poundstock)

You may also be interested in:

Fri 4th & Sat 5th Dec Christmas Tree Festival at North Tamerton Church Open 12.00 - 8.00pm both days


Whitstone WI

For our November meeting we were pleased to have Pam Willerton from the British Red Cross as our speaker. We watched a short video describing the different aspects of Red Cross through the eyes of a volunteer. Pam then talked us through the origins of the Red Cross movement from its beginning in the 1800s. The Red Cross was started by Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman, who was appalled at the lack of help for dead and injured soldiers at the battle of Solferino.

Red Cross is now a world-wide organisation and Pam explained some of the ways in which it helps people today - in crisis situations large and small, in the UK and abroad, in peacetime and wartime.

This year Tesco is funding ‘Save a Life’ First-Aid courses throughout the UK. The courses are free to groups - if you would like to arrange a training course locally you can contact Red Cross at Barnstaple or Howard Ibbitson at Whitstone for details.

Our next meeting will be our Christmas Dinner at the Countryman.

Whitstone WI meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the Sunday School Room in Whitstone at 7.30pm.

Prospective members are very welcome!


St Anne’s Residential Home

We are again holding our Annual Christmas Party at the home for our residents and their relatives and would like to extend an invitation to all the senior residents residing in our village to come along.

The Party will take place on Thursday 17th December at 2.30pm and you are all welcome to join us for the festivities, food, games and fun to start your Christmas party season.

You can fi nd invitations at the village shop and a box to place the slip to confi rm your attendance. Alternatively you can phone me on 01288 341355 to let us know you are coming. I look forward to meeting you all.

Janis Daw (Manager)

Snippets

Just a reminder that there won’t be a recycling collection on 28th December as it is a Public Holiday for Xmas. The next collection after that will be Mon 11th January. For other Public Holidays throughout the year on a Monday, items for recycling will be collected as normal.

For the same reason the normal rubbish will not be collected on the 28th. The next collection after that will be Mon 4th January.


Councillor Report By Phil Tucker

Rural Communities

I have instigated an enquiry to best maintain the sustainability of our rural communities. This will look at the rural shops, garages and schools and the requirements for these in the future. How can the Council help local services remain? I expect you will read about these issues in the local press as we discuss each issue but I will write regular updates and the conclusions we draw. Particularly though we will be concentrating on the retail outlets and Post Offi ces. Other community services will be addressed later. This is because the funding for Post Offi ces is being changed again in 2011 and we must have robust plans ready for this date.

I have also asked our committee to look at the beach cleanliness and in particular the discharges made from sewage works. This action of emergency discharge of sewage, although permitted in times of extreme wet weather, has increased over the recent years. We will be scrutinising the actions of all companies which might discharge waste into either the sea or rivers.

Children’s Services

Children’s services have had a very disappointing (for want of another word) review by the Ofsted auditors. Quite correctly in my view the Head of that service has resigned. People in charge of such important areas must be accountable for their actions. Sally Bain, the Portfolio holder has already made many changes and I would expect the next audit to show much improvement. I want to say though that I have a great respect for the hard work being done by the ‘fi eld’ operatives. They have been doing a hard job really well and perhaps without the support due to them. Although their work was criticised because of the structure and support I feel I must just say that these people have been brilliant in their care and commitment. They are


regularly attacked, both verbally and physically, while doing their work and while we hear of the auditor’s remarks, in the media, we don’t often hear of the many successes, won every day, by these Council staff that protects our young people from some very nasty and devious adults.

Swine Flu

The number of people contracting Swine Flu has risen signifi cantly over the last three months and although instances have dropped slightly recently it is expected to rise again. Please speak to your doctor if you are vulnerable or your health is slightly below par. Please also convince friends and family to do the same. The Swine fl u is a nasty little bug which can seriously affect those in the groups I mentioned. The vaccine gives very mild symptoms and won’t knock you off your feet like the actual swine fl u.

New Houses in Whitstone

I have just heard that the new homes in Whitstone (St Anne’s Close)will be advertised next week or the week after. Anyone interested in the new homes should look in the local press and apply for them urgently.

On any issue

If the usual avenues are not working for you, please contact me. I am constantly in contact with most agencies and can help with most problems or issues.

Cllr Phil Tucker 01288 341617 ([email protected])

Bude Folk Club

Sun 13th Dec—Folk Club—Falcon Hotel, Bude 8pm Sun 20th Dec—Folk Club—Falcon Hotel, Bude 8pm FOLK CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY MIXED DOUBLES ENTERTAINMENT Sun 3rd Jan 2010 - Wassail evening, Falcon Hotel, Bude 8 pm MUMMERS, MUSIC AND DANCING. Friday 22nd Jan—Festival Fund Raiser Evening Falcon Hotel, Bude 8 pm

Sun 31st Jan—Folk Club—Falcon Hotel, Bude 8pm


Brian has been digging in the county records again and come up with the following newspaper article from 1909 about the sale of the Poundstock Estate, owned by ‘Squire’ Mucklow of Whitstone Head, for any of you interested in local history. If you want to compare the prices paid with today’s value, £1 in 1909 is equivalent to about £78 today. You will see that land areas are measured in Acres (a), Roods (r) and square Poles (p). An acre is 4,840 sq yds (0.4 hectares), a Rood is ¼ acre and a square Pole is 1/160 acre. All these may seem like ancient measurements but I remember having an allotment rental agreement in 2005 in which the area was measured in Poles!

Rods, Poles and Perches are different names for the same unit. Medieval ploughing was done with oxen, up to 4 pairs at a time. The ploughman handled the plough. His boy controlled the oxen using a stick, which had to be long enough to reach all the oxen. This was the rod, pole or perch. It was an obvious implement to measure the fi elds, such as 4 poles to the chain. A BBC webpage about allotments says that “an allotment plot is 10 poles” and claims that “A pole is measured as the length from the back of the plough to the nose of the ox”. I suppose that if you wanted to control the front ox, you needed a pole long enough to reach! The perch was used in the reign of Henry II (1154-1189), the pole since the 16C, and the rod since 1450. In the 16th century the lawful rod was decreed to be the combined length of the left feet of 16 men as they left church on a Sunday morning. In North Devon there is a tradition that fencing, that is to say the cutting and laying of a hedge, would be done at so much a land yard, which seemed to be about 5 paces or 5.5 yards, which would equate to a rod, pole or perch. An earlier name for a rod was a gyrd which is the deri-vation of the word ‘yard’.

The Poundstock Estate (Property sale at Holsworthy)Transcribed from the Camelford & District Post, 2nd October 1909

An important sale was held in the Market Hall, Holsworthy, on Thursday. The property offered

comprised the farms, residences, small holdings, building sites, and cottages of the Poundstock

Estate, of the late Mr E. Mucklow (520 acres in all), the whole being quite close to Widemouth

Bay. The properties are intersected by the L. & S.W. Railway, and are within convenient dis-

tances of the stations at Whitstone and Bude. The sale attracted a good deal of attention, and

when the sale commenced the large room was well fi lled. Mr W. J. Graver, of Bude, was the

The Poundstock EstateResearched by Brian Martyn

Intro by Mike Sutton


auctioneer. The following prices were realized:-

Bangors House, close to Bude and Widemouth Bay, with pleasure grounds, greenhouses, and

4 ½ acres of meadowland attached (rent £37 10s), sold for £985 to Mr R L Ashton, auctioneer,

Bradworthy, acting for a client. Bangors tenement, 2a 1r 21p (rent £3), was purchased by Mr

R L Ashton for a client at £80. Freehold building site, called Easter Close, 3a 2r 29p (rent £4),

sold at £83 to Mr R L Ashton. Pridham’s Hill tenement, comprising a two storied house, with

garden and plot of land, 2r 34p in area (rent £5); £170 to Mr Greenaway, St Gennys. Freehold

building site, of about 1a or 19p sold to Mr Pethick (Bude), at £60. The ancient manor house

of Penfound, with about 9a 3r 19p of meadow and orchard land; purchased at £570 by Mr Goe.

Brendon (Bude); the timber on this lot is valued at £75. Freehold farm called Part Penfound

and Youldons 102a 2r 11p, with model farm buildings and joiner’s shop (the timber on this lot

is valued £338, bought by Mr S Hopper (Poundstock) for £1,310. Part Penfound and Wester

Burracott, a farm of 120a or 26p (timber valued at £43) made £1,300 to Mr S Hopper. Resi-

dence called Calmady, with 36a or26p sold to Mr Davaston (Colebrook) at £930. Tenement

called Part Penfound, area 18a 2r 17p sold to Mr John Maynard, Tuckingmill, Poundstock, for

£260. Six enclosures, being part of Penfound, 24a or 12p (timber valued at £76); Mr Davaston

(Colebrook), at £240. Burracott Farm, 70a or 9p (timber valued at £20), bought by Mr Ste-

vens, St Gennys, at £700. Pasture land, covering 1a 1r 10p at Barracott Bridge, made £25 to

Mr Stevens, St Gennys. Arable, pasture and meadow land, part Penfound and Higher Burra-

cott, 71a 2r 13p (timber valued at £17), sold to Mr Rowland, Exeter, for £730. Tenement called

West Collaton, containing 48a 1r 2p with a four roomed cottage sold to Mr Rowland, Exeter,

for £400. Three houses known as Swelle Cottages offered in three lots, were withdrawn and

then offered in one lot, and sold to Mr A S Brewis, Whalley Range, for £390. Manaton House

sold subject to a life interest of the present tenant, aged 79, was purchased by Miss S Cowling

of Poundstock, for £500. Accommodation land, part of Kennacott, 2a 2r 26p £91 to Miss S

Cowling, of Manaton House. The total proceeds of sale, including timber were £9,403.

The Whistler Committee wish all our readers a Merry Christmas

and a peaceful and prosperous New Year


Whitstone Stores

Xmas & New Year Opening Hours

Tel: 01288 341444 www.whitstonestores.co.uk

Thursday 24th Dec 7am - 6pm

Xmas Day - Closed

Boxing Day - Closed

Sunday 27th Dec 9am -1pm POST OFFICE COUNTER CLOSED

BH Monday 28th Dec 9am-1pm POST OFFICE COUNTER CLOSED

Tues 29th Dec - Thursday 31st 8am - 6pm PO COUNTER OPEN 9am-5pm

New Years Day - Closed

Sat 2nd Jan 8am-6pm PO OPEN 9am – 1pm

Sun 3rd Jan 9am-1pm

Last Posting Dates for Christmas

UK Friday 18th December Inland Second Class -

Monday 21st December Inland First Class

Airmail Friday 4th December: South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Far East, Asia, New Zealand and Australia

Thursday 10th December: Japan, USA, Canada and Eastern Europe

Friday 11th December: Western Europe

(Last posting date for surface mail to all other destinations has past)


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17 Thu Senior's Xmas Lunch, St. Annes Residential Home 2:30pm* *Post Office Late Night, 9:00am-7:00pm

18 Fri The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', Bude Community Cinema, 7:00pm

19 Sat

20 SunService, Methodist Chapel, 11:00am* *Holy Communion, St Anne's Church, 11:15am

Bude Folk Club, Falcon Hotel, 8:00pm

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22 Tue Coffee Club, Methodist Chapel, 10:00am-12:00pm

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24 Thu XMAS EVE* *Late Night Mass, St Anne's Church, 9:45pm

25 Fri XMAS DAY* *Service, Methodist Chapel, 10:30am

26 Sat BOXING DAY

27 Sun United Benefice Service, Poundstock, 10:30am

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4 Fri Christmas Tree festival, North Tamerton Church 12:00-8:00pm

5 Sat Christmas Tree festival, North Tamerton Church 12:00-8:00pm

6 Sun Service, Methodist Chapel 11:00am* * Christingle Service, St Anne's Church, 5:00pm

7 Mon

8 Tue Coffee Club, Methodist Chapel, 10:00am-12:00pm**Parish Council Meeting, St Anne's Hall, 8:15pm

9 Wed WI meeting, Sunday School Room, 7:30pm* *Holsworthy Late Night Shopping

10 Thu A Taste of Christmas', Whitstone Village Stores, 5:00pm-9:00pm

11 Fri Bude Late Night Shopping

12 Sat Black Galleon', The Countryman Inn, 8:00pm

13 Sun Carol Service, St.Anne's Hall 7:00pm.* *Bude Folk Club, Falcon Hotel, 8:00pm

14 Mon Recycling Collection

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17 Thu Senior's Xmas Lunch, St. Annes Residential Home 2:30pm* *Post Office Late Night, 9:00am-7:00pm


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Iain is a true Cornish man and very proud of his heritage. Liskeard is his birthplace, where he grew up and was educated at the Comprehensive School there, but it was at Primary School that his love of music started when he learnt to play the recorder, quickly moving on to the tenor recorder. By the time he was 14 and after playing in the Town Band and many musical projects at school, Ian started to learn to play the guitar and now teaches as well as playing with his own band “Black Galleon”.

Before going to Plymouth University Iain worked in London at Apple Corps Ltd (yes.... spot the Beatles connection) in the technical media department working on projects such as “The Beatles Anthology and the Number 1’s’ album in conjunction with EMI and Abbey Road studios. The work involved photography, fi lm footage and audio.

When Iain and his wife Karen, whom he met in Bude, returned to Cornwall they settled in Whitstone and he enrolled at Plymouth University to read Music and Music Technology, gaining a B.A in Music. They now have three delightful children; the eldest at four and a half is carrying on the musical tradition and learning to play the violin.

The Big InterviewBy Pat Nasmyth

This month Pat talks with Iain Armstrong of ‘Black Galleon’

Iain Armstrong


As a result of hearing about a musical colleague’s son being diagnosed with a very rare form of Leukaemia, Iain decided to try and raise money for the children’s cancer organisation C.L.I.C Sargent. Originally planning to do a 24hr guitar session at the Village Hall the idea evolved into undertaking 7 “Gigs” in 1 day, using a 40-foot stage trailer, with his newly formed band “Black Galleon”. The band started at 9am with a sound check then moving from the start at the Village Shop the toured from village to village playing for the locals. The tour culminated at the Whitstone Village Hall with a full “Gig” and Bar-B-Que, fi nally leaving the stage at 10.50 pm having raised nearly £1000.

From then the band has gone from strength to strength playing at a variety of venues and has been featured on BBC radio. The name Black Galleon derives from a mixture of the “Black Pearl”, the ghost ship from the fi lm ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’, and Iain’s love of boats, especially galleons. The Black Galleon’s fi rst CD, containing 10 original songs written by the band is heavily infl uenced by the surroundings of Cornwall, for example “In the Sand” is the story of a man watching the Bude lifeboat leaving Summerleaze Beach and “The Ballad of Navy Dave” is a haunting tale infl uenced by real events that happened here in Whitstone. The dramatic, original fl ag the band use as their “trademark” was designed by Iain and the artist Stewart Napier (who made the fl ag).

Black Galleon

Yann Yanet, Penny Thomas, Iain Armstrong


Mrs TrewhitlessNotes from the Whitsend Kitchen

Play the game!

That chocolate cake recipe I promised can wait! Since I last wrote I have been so excited by the appearance of all that game in the Village Shop, that I can really think of little else in my kitchen just now!

This simple game pie has already become a family favourite. To make enough to satisfy 4 to 6 hungry eaters, I use 1 pack of the venison together with 1 pack of mixed game, 8 shallots or so, 8oz or more of button mushrooms, (shitake mushrooms work well too), 2 bay leaves, some crumbled sage leaves, stock (I use vegetable) and - if you’re into such things - a goodly glass of red wine. If you don’t have an open bottle to hand, one of the small bottles from the shop is just right. For the pastry, I confess to using bought frozen puff pastry, because I know it works! No doubt some of you wonderful Whitstone cooks would make your own. You’ll know what to do, of course. After softening the shallots and the mushrooms in olive oil, I put them to one side, then toss the meat in plain fl our before adding to the pan to brown. This just thickens the mixture nicely when you add the amount of liquid you wish. Once all the ingredients with seasoning are in the pan, I put on the lid and let them simmer gently (the longer the better, I fi nd), until I’m ready to put the mixture in a baking dish, top it with the pastry and pop into the oven


Venison sausage soup goes down well in the Trewhitless household too.

For 4 servings, you need the following:

1 tablespoon of olive oil1 pack of venison sausages1 pack of Cornish Bacon Company “bacon bits” (the fattier the better)2 crushed cloves of garlic1 diced onion1 chopped stick of celery1 medium tin of chopped tomatoes1 bay leaf, a half teaspoon each of chopped thyme and rosemaryA pint of stock (my recipe says beef, but I use half a pint of vegetable plus a 500g pack of passata, or an extra tin of tomatoes)1 13oz tin of haricot beansSalt to taste, black pepper and chopped fresh parsley

Fry the sausages in the oil for about 10 minutes, or until browned, then remove from the pan. Now brown the bacon bits in the pan, add the garlic, onion and celery and cook gently. After 5 minutes, add the tomatoes, bay, thyme, rosemary, stock and passata to the pan and bring to the boil. Cut each sausage into 5 or 6 and add to the pan. Add the beans and simmer for about 40 minutes. Season to your taste and scatter with the parsley before serving.

I notice how quickly the fresh deliveries of game disappear from the shop, so I suspect that many of you have interesting game recipes you could share with us. Please fi nd the time to pass them on to me and so to all the village chefs via the Whistler e-mail address. Meanwhile, I’m just off to roast a pheasant for Mr T!


Buckland Abbey

This terms history topic for pupils in Key Stage 2 has been the Tudors. Pupils focused their studies on explorers. The most famous ship’s captain among the seafaring brotherhood of the period, and a native of the south-west, was Sir Francis Drake. For part of his life, Drake lived at Buckland Abbey on the edge of Dartmoor.

We arrived at Buckland Abbey and were met by Jonathan, one of the guides at the house. He led the way to the School Room, which had been con-verted from one of the buildings in the milking yard. Before lunch, we were going to look at the sort of clothes that Tudor men, women and children would have worn. Penny told us that everyone wore a shift a loose-fi tting kind of shirt. Women and girls would then have put on an underskirt, an overskirt and a close-fi tting bodice - which could be adjusted by tighten-ing laces - and a lace rough around their necks; on their heads, they had a choice of wearing either a cap or a bonnet. Men and boys above the age of six until that age, boys and girls were dressed in the same style wore hose, breeches, and a doublet and, like the women and girls, a rough around their necks; on their heads, Tudor males would have worn a hat (At one time during the Tudor period, there was a law that made it compulsory

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to have the head covered when out of doors.) There were two ways in which a man could wear a cloak: in the English style or the Spanish style: in the English style, the cloak was worn to cover both shoulders; in the Spanish style, it was worn over just one shoulder, keeping the sword arm unencumbered, allowing ones blade to be easily drawn in defence of ones life or a ladys honour. We learnt that, although the Tudors had buttons and toggles, clothes were mainly secured with ribbons and tapes. We also discovered that Tudor shoes were made of leather and pairs of shoes were not necessarily made to been worn on specifi c feet. To protect their shoes when they went outside, the Tudors wore wooden over-shoes or pattens.

Then we were invited us to try on some accurate replicas of Tudor clothes made by some nimble-fi ngered National Trust staff and volunteers at Buck-land Abbey. The boys were relieved that none of them was under seven years old. The costumes looked great.

After lunch, we were split into two groups and taken on a tour of the house and grounds led by Jonathan and June, a volunteer guide at Buckland Ab-bey. First stop was the Great Barn, a legacy from the time of the Cistercian monks who founded the abbey in the 1200s. The barn is a building on a grand scale: its buttressed walls are 8 metres high and 1 metre thick and enclose an area 48 metres long by 10 metres wide. On the way from the barn to the house, we passed a re-creation of an Elizabethan knot garden and herb garden. We were told that the Tudors not only used herbs in their cooking but also in their medicines.

Before we entered the house, we looked at its exterior and could still see traces of the original building left after the alterations had been made.


The fi rst room we entered was the Great Hall. The chief glory of this room is the decorative plasterwork. As we crossed the fl oor to climb the stairs to the Lifetimes Gallery, we had goose bumps thinking that we were treading on the same tiled fl oor that Sir Francis had walked on.

The Lifetimes Gallery provides a series of sets that portray life in a Cister-cian abbey and on board a Tudor sailing ship. From the Lifetimes Gallery, we went to the room that contains a number of artefacts from the time of the monks and Grenville and Drake. We saw the drum that Drake used on his last voyage to the Caribbean.

In 1577, Sir Francis Drake, not only with the sanction of the fi rst Queen Elizabeth but also with an investment on her part in the venture, set sail to circumnavigate the globe, while at the same time secretly encouraged by Elizabeth to attack Spanish treasure ships.

Drake returned to Plymouth in 1580 with the achievement of being the fi rst Englishman to sail around the world and with an amount of booty so vast that it was estimated to cover the cost of an entire years government. Most of the Spanish gold and silver was sent to London, but the Queen allowed Drake to keep £10,000 for himself.

With a vast fortune at his disposal, newly-knighted Drake bought Buckland Abbey from Sir Richard Grenville, who had converted the Cistercian mo-nastic establishment into a solid and comfortable gentlemans residence. Occupation of Buckland Abbey, cradled in the wooded valley of the River Tavy, brought Drake back to within three miles of his birthplace. Drake chose for his coat of arms the motto Sic Parvis Magna great achievements from small beginnings words that refl ected his rise in the world.

From the treasures gallery, we descended the grand staircase installed in the 18th century. The staircase comprises nine fl ights of stairs with a total of 49 steps. On the way back to the school room, we passed a portrait of Lady Elizabeth Seaton, one of the last of the Drake family to live at Buck-land Abbey, wearing the Drake Jewel. As you walk pass her portrait, the eyes of Lady Seaton seem to follow you. Shes just keeping her eye on you, said June.

In the school room, we had the chance to catch our breath and refl ect on what we had seen and done. We had had a great day out and had learnt a lot. We were impressed by the house set in its beautiful grounds. We would like to visit again one day and view the parts of the house we didnt have time to see on this trip.


Shelter Box Appeal - Update

When we set out to raise enough money to provide a shelter box, we thought that it might take us a year or longer to raise the money needed. We were, after all, trying to raise nearly £500. We are delighted, but, per-haps, not really surprised, that we are within striking distance of our target so soon after launching our appeal.

As the news spread of our ambition, other local organizations offered sup-port. Staff and pupils would like to thank Whitstones Methodist Church for kindly donating £100 from the proceeds of the sale of produce at its Har-vest Supper and also the Encounter Group of North Tamertons Methodist Church for donating £115.

These generous amounts added the money raised from the schools harvest celebration, Coppers Collection, overnight camp and other individual dona-tions, means that our appeal fund currently stands at over £455.

Tuesday Coffee Club

Since the beginning of the Autumn term, we have been delighted to join the members of the Tuesday Coffee Club. We have been warmly welcomed and look forward to our visits. We were pleased that many regulars were able to accept our invitation to attend our harvest assembly, and we were thrilled to hear that our celebration was enjoyed by so many.

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As many readers will know, the naming of cats is a diffi cult matter. For some long-forgotten reason, the cat in this tale had been christened Christopher Adolphus Twinkle. Among the villagers, however, Christopher had been variously known - without, it has to be said, due attention being given to the obvious anatomical differences - as Tygger, Jess, TC, Selima and Chesh (short for Cheshire Cat), even as Bagpuss. Christopher had considered the application of this last name somewhat unfl attering given, even at his venerable age, that he was still possessed of a svelte fi gure and a level of agility that many kittens would have admired and envied; but he had come to realize that the name giver had been tainted with human affection and nostalgia to which, over the years, he had grown accustomed. So, to avoid confusion, it had been agreed by all the villagers that Christopher Adolphus Twinkle, aka Tygger, Jess, TC, Selima, Chesh and Bagpuss, would be commonly known as Kit Cat.

All these years later, no one could remember with any certainty when and where Kit had fi rst appeared in the village. He must have been, surely, just a kitten when he appeared outside the back door of the shop. No, it wasn’t the grocer’s. It was the butchers. Recollections were confused, opinions divided. The origins of Kit had become hard to pin down; an element of myth had crept into Kits history. There were, of course, undisputed facts.

With the exception of two white socks on his front paws and white tips to his tail and ears, Kit was jet black. He had always maintained that his two best features were his eyes, which, he had been told (as if it had been necessary to have it pointed out to him), had revealed intelligence, insight and acute night vision. He had also thought that his whiskers were attributes of which he could be proud: in certain conditions they had appeared white with a hint of blue; in others they had shown a translucence that imparted to them an opalescent quality. Kit had been universally considered to be a most handsome cat.

Even by cat standards, Kit had been an independent feline: he never slept in the same place two nights in a row and maintained an emotional detachment. He graciously accepted hospitality from anyone who offered it to him, but dont for one moment think that you had been doing him any favours; in fact, it had been you upon whom condescension had been bestowed.

The Mystery of Christopher Adolphus TwinkleBy Ean Lawrence


Kit had been on good terms with all the other cats that inhabited the village, though he didnt mix much with them. On roofscapes softened and cooled by moonlight, where memory and desire become unreliably mixed, mewings on the hunting of rodents (which quarry, it seemed, got bigger with each re-telling) had bored him, and he had thought distasteful and vulgar the salacious tales of nocturnal escapades recounted by the more boastful cats. He had, except for one individual, even been on friendly terms with the dogs who resided in the village. (One lapse of judgement should not be held against a dog when in all other respects she was a well-bred bitch and a loyal and faithful pet, an excellent guard dog and would have been mortifi ed if it had been thought that she would have ever considered, even for one moment, climbing on to the furniture. So, for compassionate reasons, and thus to avoid the inevitable embarrassment and humiliation that would follow, the name of the dog in question is not being revealed.)

Kit had been aware of the honoured position in which he was held by the human population of the village, and whenever he had been sunning himself on a grassy bank, or inscrutably looking down from his favourite pedestal, he had been sure to acknowledge the passing courtesies that were paid to him; he had been punctilious on such points of etiquette while, at the same time, maintaining what he had considered to be the proper degree of feline aloofness. It had been what the good people liked and expected, Kit had thought.

There had been times, however, when Kit had overcome his reserve: he had been known occasionally - usually on a Friday - to wander to the bus shelter and watch the children get on the school bus; he had bestowed on the fortunate coffee morning organizer his presence as a lucky cat; he had even come to an understanding with the two mice that job-shared the post of church mouse. (It wasnt always proverbially the case that the holder of this offi ce remained impecunious; in the time before the Reformation, it could, if the incumbent was industrious and not too scrupulous, be quite a lucrative position.)

The fi rst indication of the approaching storm had been the spectacle of leaves dancing down the road and eddies in the pools of leaves that had been channelled into corners. The leaves remaining on the trees, their dwindling numbers boosted by bags and wrappers, had acquired a slight tremor, which steadily increased as the strength of the stimulus grew.

The wind gradually developed strength until it reached a peak of rage in which no other voice could be heard. Apprehension spread through the population, an anxiety that particularly affected property owners, whether that property was living or inanimate.


Fortunately, the storms fury did not last long and by the morning the world was calm again. The wind had chosen the cover of darkness in which to wreak its destruction and had departed before night became day, moving on before curses became blasphemous and immortal souls became carelessly jeopardized.

On the television news programmes there were reports of the damage and devastation wrought by the pitiless wind: trees blown over exposing roots in raw wounds or with limbs snapped off without regard to disfi gurement; cars had been crushed by giants and lorries tackled onto their sides by an invisible opponent. By the side of a road lay some felt ripped from a roof, like a patch of skin excoriated from a sinner by some tormenting devil.

After the storm, there was one notable absence: Kit had failed to appear at any of the places he frequented. He had not been seen for two days; food left out for him had remained untouched. Searches were made of the buildings in which he had been known to seek shelter. The whole village was infected with guilt, which some thought the result of an unhealthy diet of hypocrisy and respectability: that, as the storm had raged, no one had spared a thought for poor Kit, or if they had, it was that someone else would have been looking after him. And, anyway, he was such an independent cat. He would be sure to be all right. Wouldnt he? He was a born survivor, after all. And didnt cats have nine lives and always land on their paws?

All of these things may have been true but Christopher Adolphus Twinkle was never seen again - and there was a commonly held suspicion that there was one dog in the village that did not take any share in the grief that was felt by everyone else.

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I spent a very interesting evening with the Whitstone Bell Ringers recently during their Monday evening practice and I thought I would share these photo’s with you. I might even pen a short article about them in the near future! (Ed.)

Mervyn Collins, Sue Koster, Mike Whitelock, Phil Colwill, Judith Taylor, Derek Orchard


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