Hayle

President : Dr. Richard Saundry

Vice President : Col. Richard Selby-Boothroyd

Hon. Life Presidents : Brian Sullivan - Cedric Appleby

Hon. Secretary

Contact: Maria Prosser.
Address: 2 Caroline Close, Ventonleague, HAYLE,, TR27 4EX.
Tel: +44 (0)1736 755072.

Hon. Treasurer

Mr. Jim Cook

Membership Secretary

Mrs Julie Cook

Tel: 01736 755072:

Hon. Recorder

Mr Cedric Appleby

Committee Members

Mr. Owen Prosser

Mr. Brian Sullivan

LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR THE 2007 - 2008 MEETINGS Meetings are held at, 7.30pm (October - May) in the Passmore Edwards Institute, Hayle unless advertised otherwise. Membersip £5 per year. Open to non-members at £1 per evening. Refreshents - tea, coffee, biscuits - are served at the conclusion of each meeting for a contribution of 25p.
	2007 / 2008 Click on blue links for further information.
5th October	"Passmore Edwards"	A talk by Mr Jim Cook
2nd November	"Dowsing with a difference."	A talk by Mrs Ann Moors
7th December	"Cornish Dialect Delights for Christmas"	Mr Brian Steven
4th January 2008	"Members Social Evening with quiz and entertainment."
1st February	"Wild about Cornwall."	Mr. David Chapman
7th March	"The Chacewater to Newquay Branchline."	Mr. Clive Benney
4th April	Heraldry	Dr. Richard Saundry
2nd May	AGM followed by-: "The Cornish in Victoria and South Australia."	Mrs. Vanessa Beeman
Summer Break
Outdoor Events
Pilgrimages / Summer Visits by Coach
June 2008	The Midsummer Bonfire	Venue be arranged so watch this space.
August 2008	Crying the Neck Ceremony	watch this space for details.

Federation Events
5th July	Summer Festival Programme	Callington
1st November 2.pm	Winter Festival	Bodmin
Federation Journal published twice a year
Other Events
August 2008	Esethvos Kernow. Eisteddfod of Cornwall.	LOOE
September 2008	Gorsedd	LOOE

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7th December

Christmas on the Moor

F.B. told me that when a boy he lived on one of the moorland farms. Those were the days when Christmas was kept up in a good old style by moorland farmers. who visited each other in turn at their parties. “I mm’,” said he, “ow us used to ev Chresmiss in they days. Us wud go wan plaice, then another plaice. One plaice was at Bastreet, ole M.’s varm. E’d ma ike ‘aste and get ‘is vrash in’ done, and then ‘e’d get ‘is barn cleared out, all ready for the party, as the varm kitchen was tu smal’. They’d range the zacks round be the walls and they’d make purty zaits, tu zit on There wud be dancin’ and all zorts there gain on.”

He also told how once a girl who was dancing had. the misfortune to dance on a rotten part of the barn floor, and it gave away. One leg went through and she found herself standing on the back of a cow beneath!

T. (North Hill).. Old Cornwall Magazine 1938

"Cornish Dialect Delights for Christmas"

Mr Brian Stevens

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7th March

"The Chacewater to Newquay Branchline."

A talk by Mr. Clive Benney

The Great Western Railway took over the Cornish Minerals Railway in 1896, and incorporated the East Wheal Rose branch into a new railway from Newquay to Chacewater via. Perranporth. This new railway was opened in 1905, and enabled passengers to reach the market town of Truro much quicker than they had before. The Newquay to Chacewater branch line also proved popular for holidaymakers. The railway closed on the 4th February 1963 under the Beeching cuts.

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