ST TEATH CARNIVAL 2008
Monday 21 April 2008
This year's carnival will take place on Saturday 26th July. The programme for the week commencing Sunday 20th so far is:
Wednesday 23rd Village Quiz in the Church Hall - teams battle it out for the Andy Jasper Memorial Trophy
Thursday 24th Skittles at the Community Centre 7.30pm
Saturday 26th Carnival Procession Starts 6.30pm (good weather has been ordered)
Any village Organisation wishing to put something on in the remaining days please contact Lyn and Paul Burden on 01208 851102 or Doug Andrews on 01840 213197
Any girl or boy wishing to be Carnival Queen or King - you only have to do it for the procession if you want, please contact Lyn and Paul Burden on the above number.
Last year's photos are here.Speed enforcement in North Road, St Teath
Tuesday 29 January 2008
Children from St Teath School helped police to measure the speed of vehicles passing the playing fields in North Road. Many drivers who were exceeding the 30 mph limit along this stretch were pulled over and given a warning.
Now that more vehicles are coming and going from the Children's Centre and on Saturdays from football matches, this was a timely reminder for drivers and children about the dangers of speeding here and through St Teath.
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Police Officers, children and Teaching Assistant Jack Procter
PCSO Terry Groves and children Checking traffic coming from the village
Photos: © David Flower
St Teath Christmas Lunch
28 November 2007
The first of two Christmas Lunches was a sell-out, and a warm welcome was extended to all in the beautifully decorated Church Hall. A traditional Christmas dinner was followed by some carol singing and a raffle. Some of the diners and the regular band of voluntary helpers can be seen below. Proceeds from the year-round Village Lunches go towards the upkeep of the Church Hall.
Performance of Karl Jenkins 'Requiem' in the church
St Teath Parish Church
Saturday, 8th September at 7.30 pm
Retiring collection
The evening began with the Washaway West Gallery Choir singing 18th and 19th Cornish church music, followed by the Requiem, presented by St. Jude singers (a local churches combined choir).
Other performances of the Requiem:St Kew Church, 17 August, 7.30 pm
St Minver Church, 18 August, 7.30 pm
Blisland Church, 7 September, 7.30 pm
Val Goldie
St Teath Village Show 2007
Saturday, 18 August 2007 in the Church HallPresident Kate Wolbold
See photos here.
Parish Walk
Take Lower Tynes, Dannon Chapel, Tregragon, and Gypsy Lane; add footpaths, lanes, cliff-top paths and tracks through pastures vibrant with flowers; mix with wide rural views and stunning seascapes - and you have the Parish Walk that took place on Sunday 5 August. The steep descent and climb out of the valley near Dannon Chapel, an abandoned hamlet now on National Trust Land, was particularly spectacular. Add delicious, and very welcome, refreshments at Tregragon Farm courtesy of Hester Warman and you have a thoroughly enjoyable walk. Twenty walkers and five dogs covered most of the six miles in fine weather, just making it back to St Teath before the drizzle became a downpour.
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We are fortunate in having a wealth of footpaths in the parish, some better known and more regularly trodden than others. Were another Parish Walk to be arranged, there would appear to be a core of folk ready to participate.
If you would like to follow the course of our walk, a full description is here. Better still, perhaps you can suggest routes for another parish walk to Gill Jones 01208 850388 or email or go to the 'Contact us' section here. Our congratulations go to Gill for organising the walk and to Jen Tidd for helping Hester with refreshments at Tregragon.
St Teath Parish Church Flower Festival 2007
As the Flower Festival approached, everyone kept an anxious eye on the weather forecast - too hot (highly unlikely) and everyone would be on the beach, too wet (very likely) and everyone would stay at home. We were lucky and we welcomed local people and visitors from all over Cornwall and Devon, as well as holidaymakers.
The flower arrangers excelled themselves on the theme of "Hobbies". Everyone either belonged to a local organisation or was a member of St. Teath church congregation and the hobbies varied from badminton and line dancing, chosen by the appropriate groups, to golf and patchwork. Many of the exhibitors were newcomers to the craft and their results were even more rewarding.
In the church hall the members of the catering team were rushed off their feet. We were delighted so many people came for lunches and afternoon teas and that so many people forgot their diets when they saw the variety of luscious desserts and tempting cakes. Our thanks go to everyone who helped throughout the weekend - the flower arrangers and people who were on duty in church, the organists, the lady who printed signs and 500 programmes, stall holders and volunteers in the hall, the caterers (well done, girls!), the washers up, and everyone who came. The result was in excess of £3,800 for the church. Thank you.
Barbara StrachanPhotographs of flower displays here.
Chris and Bill Hill's Platinum Wedding Anniversary
We had a wonderful day on the 10th July, 2007 and find it hard to believe that 70 years have really gone by. Our warmest thanks for all the glorious flowers and gifts given to us and it was a great pleasure to welcome so many friends and neighbours to our home.
What next you may wonder - as Bill so optimistically remarked - here's to the next ten years!
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Thanks again
Chris and Bill Hill
6 Eglos Court, St Teath
Beachcomer Day 2007
Saturday, 23 June. Many beaches must have remained uncombed this year as the number of entries in both the Children’s and the Adults’ sections was the lowest ever.
However the standard was probably the highest for many years and we would like to thank those few loyal supporters who entered such beautiful creations for us to admire.
The adult trophy was won for the fifth year running by LYNDSEY NARRAWAY with a magnificent display of shells from all over the world including one from Palestine with a fascinating story attached. The children’s trophy was won jointly by CHLOE and JAY BANKS with their driftwood seagull and pirate ship respectively. The winner of the painted pebble competition was ROSIE MOREY with her beautiful, sparkly mermaid.
JANE and ANNE Timepiece July 2007
More photos welcome.
Village Concert
Variety is the spice of life and this first Village Concert for seven years certainly provided an amazing assortment of talent to appeal to everyone's taste. Acts went from the sublime singing of the Church Choir to the ridiculous antics of the Football Club's Flowerpot Men.
The audience found them-selves one minute crying with laughter at the Bell Ringers' unorthodox piano skills and the next minute swept along by Edwin and Stella Simpson's music or the toe-tapping tunes of Helen Brown's accordion. There was an array of equally entertaining contributions from the village schoolchildren, who opened the show singing their hearts out, the Brownies with the longest song ever, the game girls of the WI, the School Staff masquerading as Abba, the old biddy waiting for the Community Bus, the Drama Club and their interview with a gorilla with attitude and our Vicar himself, looking very much like Wackford Squeers.
With everyone giving it their all, this was truly a genuine community effort. Comperes Ken Mutch and Laurence Reed coped admirably with the unequal task of keeping the show on track and the whole event was produced by a small group of optimists, led by Elaine Everitt. The concert played to full houses on both nights and, besides giving everybody a thoroughly enjoyable evening out, raised just over £600 for the village school to be spent on books for the new library. Well done, everyone - proper job!
A huge thank-you to all performers and back-stage helpers, from Elaine, Glenda, Jean, Rose and Anne. You did St Teath proud!
From Timepiece, June 2007