The Lions Club of Bude and Stratton, together with Ray Shaddick, the BBC Radio Cornwall presenter, raised more than £300 for Children in Need at the Safeway Store, Bude. Ray was also giving out fundraising packs to encourage other to help Children in Need.

It’s all go at Bude Day Nursery in the wake of the devastating fire which destroyed much of its equipment. Staff, parents, friends and even the children have been working hard to restore normality to the nursery. Sponsored walker Ken Gregory was seen off from Holsworthy by his supporters Steve Creed, Joe Millward, Richard Creed and Tom Uglow.

Delabole’s firefighters were called to the public toilets in Enfield Park, Camelford, at 4.30pm on Monday. Toilet rolls had been set alight and the firefighters arrived to find the toilets full of smoke.

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It’s becoming something of a habit in Holsworthy. First there are doubts as to whether the annual carnival will go ahead. Then local stalwarts stop in to save the event and, come the night, the whole town puts on a pageant which says carnival is here to stay.

Former pupils of Pendruccombe School, Launceston — including two Old Boys — pose for the camera at the recent reunion gathering held at Eagle House.

A cheque for £1,200 to buy two infusion pumps has been presented by Lewdown Young Farmers’ Club to the Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund. The presentation took place at the Victory Hall last week and the Young Farmers raised the money by various events, including a sponsored sheep-shearing.

Parents of Werrington School pupils are preparing to mount a campaign to save the school from closure — for the second time in two years.

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Mrs Ann Boundy, a director of Truscotts Garage, and her father, Mr Ron Seddon, were winners of Saturday’s Generation Game on BBC television.

There was a large congregation in Week St Mary Parish Church on Sunday afternoon for the baptism of three babies — Mark Adam Johns, Wayne Darren Pugh and Deborah Jane Cobbledick.

The retiring chairman, Mr Wesley Orchard, was succeeded by Mr G Mariner at the annual meeting of the carnival and sports committee at Whitstone. The vice-chairman is Mr J Barrett.

“Tresmeer was in danger of becoming a dying village,” Mr Bill Griggs told North Cornwall Policy and Resources Committee. He added: “We are looking for anything to strengthen the little community there.”

Launcestonian Mr David Parish, who started as a 17-year-old junior with Hepworths in the town has now — 17 years later — returned to the same shop, but this time as manager.

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Sir Douglas Marshall, who was Conservative MP for SE Cornwall for 19 years until defeated at the last election, is not standing again as parliamentary candidate for the division.

There were hopes that the A30 trunk road would be fenced across Bodmin Moor within the next 12 months, stated the chairman, Mr S T Spurrell, at the annual meeting of Cornwall Commoners’ Association at the Eagle House Hotel, Launceston, on Friday.

Suggestions from Bude Surf Life Saving Club concerning the possibility of building an indoor swimming pool at Bude were received in a report presented to Bude-Stratton Urban Council on Friday. The report was the outcome of the special meeting between members of the club and representatives of the council.

The counter service department of Launceston’s head Post Office in Westgate Street will be barely recognisable when it re-opens on Monday after an extensive programme of alteration and modernisation.

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The car with a name with a meaning! The Ford Popular — the lowest priced car in the world! £275 plus £115 14s 2d — Advt.

It would take five years at least before a high-level bride could be put across the Tamar at Saltash, it was stated at a joint meeting of Cornwall Highways Committee and Torpoint Ferry Committee.

Members of the Bath and West and Southern Counties Society are looking forward to arranging suitable competitions at the show to be held at Launceston on June 1, 2, 3 and 4. It is hoped to revive lobster pot making competitions.

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Killed in action: Kenneth Williams Stephens, of Tetcott. Wounded in action: John Henry Beer, of The Crescent, Bude; 2nd Lieut W G Timms, of Rowden, Kilkhampton. Prisoner of war: Mark Henry Worth, of Hoopers Lane, Gunnislake.

Launceston Town Council is considering the use of prefabricated buildings for its postwar housing programme. Properly maintained, they should last 20 to 30 years and a site off Roydon Road has been suggested for them. Several councillors, however, doubted that prefabs would be suitable for Launceston, and the matter is to be investigated by the housing committee.

Leslie Holman, a prisoner of war in Java for two years, lost his life when the Japanese ship in which he was being transported to an unknown destination was sunk. His grandparents, Mr and Mrs Doidge, used to keep the Rifle Volunteer Inn at St Ann’s Chapel.

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In a case at Camelford County Court, a St Gennys farmer was ordered to pay 10s nominal damages to the Duchy of Cornwall for removing shingle and sand from the beach at Crackington Haven. It was stated that up to 1911 such removals had been customary, but to prevent coastal erosion had since been stopped. The judge rejected a submission that a statue of 1609 gave Cornish farmers the right to take sand from the foreshores.

A dial weighbridge has been installed at Week St Mary market which is now certification centre under the cattle scheme. The certifying officer is Mr W Dennis.

The British Union of fascist (the Blackshirts) held a meeting in Bude Women’s Institute last week, but it was only sparsely attended.

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The five old bells of St Teath Parish Church have been tuned, a sixth has been added and the whole set has been re-hung. The dedication and re-opening took place on Saturday, the Vicar, the Rev H Edwards conducting the service supported by the assistant priest, the Rev G C Day, and other clergy.

Holsworthy Charity Carnival on Thursday was the largest ever held in the town. After the procession, there was a spirited confetti battle, a streamer fete, and sideshows and fireworks in the Square. Films were shown in the Market Hall and there was a fancy dress ball in the Drill Hall.