South Hill Connection

South Hill Parish Hall

Parish Hall Committee Report

Meeting held on Tuesday 27th July 2010

The meeting with Russell Geake from Community Energy Plus, relating to the Photovoltaic cells for the Hall roof, did not have a positive result. At the moment the funding has dried up but the new Government is very keen on renewable energy so we have not given up hope and will continue to monitor the situation.

Unfortunately there is no support from any of the Hall users or local groups for the Fun Day this year but the Hall Committee will be providing a Duck Shy and Skittles. Due to the lack of support there will not be a Fun Day next year. Maybe there will be more enthusiasm in 2012 that being Olympics year, so we will think again then.

We are in the process of applying for a Grant to have a Hearing Loop installed in the Hall. Stephen Gilbert from Kernow Installations, Launceston has made a site visit and given us a firm quotation and will be able to link the loop into our current P.A. system. The next panel for the grant application from Cornwall Community Foundation is not until November so we have some time to wait before ascertaining our success in this venture.

There is a possibility of a Chiropodist, Neil Oliver, holding clinics in the Parish Hall. Watch this space!

The date of the Barn Dance is confirmed as 30th October. Final arrangements have been made for both the Harvest Supper, 11th September and the Barn Dance. Tickets for both will be on sale at the Show/Fun Day on 21st August and also available from committee members.

We are no further forward with regards to the Hall Car Park Lighting and the remaining possibility is to make adjustments to the existing lights situated on the front porch, with on/off controls in the hall. As a point of interest the Hall Car Park is not available for off road parking for local residents. It needs to be kept free for Hall users. Thank you.

The next Parish Hall meeting will be held on Monday 8th November at 7.30pm.

Pat Moren
Chairman South Hill Parish Hall

Parish Hall Contacts:

Pat Moren (Chairperson)
parishhall@south-hill.co.uk Tel. 363440

Wendy Trewin (Secretary)
hallsecretary@south-hill.co.uk Tel.370460

Peta Emmerson (Bookings Secretary)
hallbooking@south-hill.co.uk Tel. 382841

Does your club or organisation need somewhere to meet?

We have a pleasant, well equipped village hall available for hire.

Hall Hire rates (please note these have been revised this summer):

Regular users: £12 per session
Other users: £20 per session
Commercial use: £50 per session
Evening party: £30 + £10 setting up or clearing up time
Wedding packages £150 (includes Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning)
Short bookings: £5 per hour
If rubbish is not removed, there will be a £5 surcharge

There are three sessions a day, morning; afternoon; evening.

For more information contact:

Peta Emmerson on 382841
or email hallbooking@south-hill.co.uk

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51st South Hill Horticultural Show
and Fun Day

Start your preparations early!

Bring on those flowers and vegetables!

Finish those craft projects!

Practice the recipes!

YOU could be a winner on August 21st....

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Rules of Entry

Entry fees for all classes are 10p. Children’s classes 94 – 110, 5p.

Entry forms and fees should be sent to the Secretary together with all cups won in 2009, not later than Monday 16th August 2010.

Entries can be submitted at the Hall on Monday 16th
from 6:30 - 7 :30pm.

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Recipe - Sultana & Orange Cake

Enter your cake in the Show, class number 70

Ingredients:
4 ozs butter, 6 ozs caster sugar, 8 ozs SR flour, 3 eggs, 4ozs sultanas,
2 fluid ozs orange juice, 2 tbspns grated orange rind.

Method:
Cream butter and caster sugar. Add eggs and rind.
Then gradually add the sifted flour and orange juice. Finally add the sultanas.

Bake for 1 hour at 160C, 325F or gas mark 3 in a greased and lined 8” tin.
Remove from the oven and allow to stand for 15 minutes before removing from tin. Put on a cake rack to cool.

Enjoy!

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NOTICES

For full details of what is happening in the Parish, please visit our Events page, which is kept as up-to-date as possible...

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Events

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Weekly Yoga Classes
Monday evenings

5pm in the Parish Hall

Phone Lilian on 389115 to check times and dates

All are welcome

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Horticultural Show & Fun Day

Saturday 21st August 2010

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Harvest Supper

Saturday 11th September 2010

in the Parish Hall

Entertainment from Chris Andrews

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Golberdon Play Matters
Fund Raising Event

Saturday 18th September 2010

at the Parish Hall, Golberdon
7:30 - 11:30pm

featuring the "METS" Band (who are kindly
donating their services for the evening to Golberdon Play Matters)

Tickets( to include light supper) £5 for adults,
£2.50 for children under 13yrs

Further details to follow

Please support your local recreation field regeneration, it's for all of us, whatever age!

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Barn Dance

Saturday 30th October 2010

in the Parish Hall

Music by the Ideal Village Band

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St Sampson's Church Services

Services are held in St Sampson's Church, South Hill every Sunday at 11:15am. All are welcome.

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Golberdon Christian Fellowship Meetings

The Fellowship meet in the Parish Hall every Sunday at 6:00pm. All are welcome.

Download the latest list of speakers here...

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Golberdon Play Matters

We have some very exciting news, that we have funding from Viridor Waste Management, at Liskeard. We had a deadline of 19th July and only a few days to complete, due to holidays and other commitments. This is a real boost for our parish play area, and costs of the ground work will almost be covered by this grant.

However, we still have to purchase and install the play equipment after the groundworks are complete and we are hoping that we will be fortunate in our quest for funding from SITA CORNWALL TRUST.

The Fun Day was just that......with good weather and good company and thank you to everyone who helped us raise just over £500.

We are also planning another fund raising event on Saturday 18th September, at the Parish Hall, Golberdon, featuring the"METS" Band (who are kindly donating their services for the evening to Golberdon Play Matters); 7:30pm - 11:30pm, tickets( to include light supper) will be £5 each for adults and £2.50 for children under 13yrs. Further details to follow.

Please support your local recreation field regeneration, it's for all of us, whatever age!

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Callington Heritage Centre

I have recently become involved as a volunteer at Callington Heritage Centre in Liskeard Road and it occurred to me that there may be lots of people in South Hill who have never visited it. If you get a chance, do call in – it is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until the end of September from 10am until 4pm.

The current major exhibition is about Kit Hill including information about early settlers on the hill, wildlife of the hill, mining activity, the putting green and the tea shop.

There is also an exhibition to mark the centenary of the Girl Guides Association.

Apart from the exhibitions, the Centre has a wealth of information about Callington and surrounding parishes both for the recent and the not so recent past, such as photographs, newspaper cuttings, maps, old posters, census lists and parish registers. The stewards on duty can help visitors find particular information or you can just ask to browse.

Entry to the Centre is free, but donations are welcomed. If you have never been, pay a visit before the centre closes for the winter. If you have been before, call again – I can guarantee you will find something new each time.

Next year’s main exhibition will be about pubs and alehouses. I am researching South Hill and Stoke Climsland for this, so if anyone has any information, anecdotes or photographs about our lost pubs or about the temperance movement, I would love to hear from you.

Further information is available on the web site: www.callingtonheritage.org.uk or contact enquiry@callingtonheritage.org.uk

South Hill’s own Local History Group has been a bit dormant for the last few months due to the many other commitments of members, but we will be getting going again in the autumn. Watch this space, or contact me.

Miranda Lawrance-Owen

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From our Cornwall Council Representative

I have just returned from a holiday when we had a good rest and visited family on the Isle of Man so am trying to catch up on all that has happened whilst I have been away.

Government announcements on funding issues seem to have preoccupied the Cabinet and Senior Officers as well as Members of Cornwall Council. Much has been reported in the national press and there is no doubt that there will be many changes ahead which will be unpalatable to some but which it seems will be necessary in order to reduce the burden of the national debt.

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On a brighter note the Council have been actively seeking to ensure that Convergence Funding from Europe is not lost as it is important that this regeneration money is used to develop our economy. The Leader and Chief Executive have been in discussion with the Prime Minister along with the business community to identify the special needs of Cornwall.

At the Liskeard Show I was privileged to be present at the formal launch of the Caradon Hill Area Heritage Project. Congratulations to Pensilva School for jointly winning the first prize in the banner competition.

A lot of work on the project over a number of years has gone into this and the funding is now in place to ensure that the story of the mining history of our area is preserved for the future generations who will inhabit this special area. If you are interested in joining the mailing list so that you can keep up to date with what is happening you can call the Minions Office on 01579 362350 or e mail arobinson@cornwall.gov.uk

I hope you have a really enjoyable August and wish you well for the various events which will be taking place during the summer holidays.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any concerns or problems on 01579 362122 and I will do my best to help or advise you.

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Callington Young Farmers Club

Callington Young Farmers club is a charitable organisation for
young people from the age of 14 to 27 years.

Over the years large sums of money have been raised to benefit other charities including St John’s Ambulance, Dogs for the Blind, Cornwall Air Ambulance and Leukaemia Research. This year’s charity is Riding for the Disabled (RDA), based at Stoke Climsland.

This year started with our annual Christmas party where members dressed to impress with the fancy dress theme as movie stars. The evening progressed with games put on by advisory members.

To start the New Year a clay pigeon shoot was held, for YFC members, friends and family. Despite the cold many turned out and a good day was had by all.

In February, five tractors and trailers full with bags of dung went out into Callington and surrounding areas for our annual dung sale, raising over £1000 for our chosen charity. Two weeks later the annual “mowathon” took place. Members spent the day cutting lawns and again raising a further £300 for the RDA.

June this year was a busy calendar month with the horse show, Royal Cornwall show and our Disco.

The horse show was held at Trewell Farm by kind permission from Mr and Mrs Cuming. The day consisted of various competitions including a dog show. With the attendance of Bob Macready from Pirate FM and his dogs winning a few prizes the event was a great success, raising over £800.

The Young Farmers’ cubicle theme at Royal Cornwall Show this year was nursery rhymes, with Callington’s being “There was a Crooked Man” (picture to the right - click to enlarge). With the club’s efforts, hours of preparation and hard work the end result was fourth position out of the 20 clubs in Cornwall. We also entered a poster promoting our club, coming second, and a painting, also second.

To end June, Callington club held a disco at Polhilsa Farm by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Barriball, adding another £800 to the club funds.

July sees Chairman’s Challenge where members will cycle to Siblyback Lake and then have an afternoon of raft building and bbq to finish off. Other events the club has yet to see is the annual Harvest Festival on the 23rd September being held in St. Marys Church, Callington.

Cat Ede

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