A mobile telephone mast cannot be built beside Holsworthy Football Club pitch, Holsworthy Town Council has ruled. Vodafone had sought the go-ahead from the council for the 15ft high lattice tower with six antennae, two micro-wave dishes, and an equipment cabin.

Lanson digger driver retires after 45 years: Mr Michael Sandercock from Laneast, retired recently after working for 45 years for R Worth and Sons, builders, of Launceston, as a digger driver. Mr Sandercock received am engraved Dartington Glass bowl, which was presented by Mr Richard Worth, the proprietor of the firm.

In the early part of 1999, some ex-service people decided to revive the old Camelford Legion Branch which had laid dormant for about thirty years. After many informal meetings, it was decided that the go-ahead should be sought from the Royal British Legion. It was during the meeting on May 24 that it was proposed the branch should be re-started.

The curtain-raiser to the South West agricultural show season — the Holsworthy and Stratton Show — may switch venues to a large new site outside the town in the next two years.

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A call for a formal mayor choosing ceremony to be held in Holsworthy, was made by a former mayor of the town last week. Mr Wilf Trace told town councillors: “We should make a lot more of choosing a new mayor. IT’s a very proud day to be elected mayor of this town.”

Bargain hunters at Bude Infants School jumble sale on Saturday included Alison Hunt, Lee Jolliffe, Anna Sluggett and Katie Wallace.

Bude-Kilkhampton St John Ambulance Cadets were presented with a Resusci Annie, a resuscitation dummy, by their president, retired Ambulance Sergeant J C Linnard, on Thursday last week.

Stay of execution for Halwill shops? Three Halwill shopkeepers who recently received notices to quit their properties in three months’ time may have won a reprieve from the Sussex development company that owns the land on which their business stand. Chartered surveyor Mr John Yeandle told a public meeting of 150 people, he would be advising his client to withdraw the notice to quit on the newsagent, grocers and shoe shop, and that the shopkeepers should have a decision within 14 days.

Holsworthy police are to be asked for their advice on relieving traffic congestion at Glebelands and Westcroft.

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A crowd of about 400 went to the Old Wainhouse at Wainhouse Corner on Wednesday for the opening of the inn’s new bar extension. The inn is run by Mr Ricky Perry and his brother, Mr Tony Perry.

Miss Margaret Weeks, the honorary secretary of Lawhitton Conservatives, retired last week at the branch annual general meeting after serving since 1946 as branch treasurer and subsequently secretary.

A presentation was made on Thursday to Mr F Waycott, of Yeolmbridge, of an electric toaster and a cheque by workmates and customers on his retirement after 22 years’ service with West Devon and North Cornwall Farmers.

Mrs Brock and Mrs Barriball organised a concert in aid of Clawton PTA. Contestants in the ‘Mr and Mrs’ competition were: Mr and Mrs W Wonnacott, Mrs and Mrs [sic] E Cornish, and Mr and Mrs R Heal.

The clerk (Mr G Olde) reported to Tintagel Parish Council that the new bridge had been erected at the castle connecting the mainland with the island, where the causeway had been washed away after years of pounding by the sea.

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Mrs Harvic Branch or “Blondie” as she is known to her friends is to retire as a Cornwall County ambulance driver for the Bude area after 13 years service.

Poundstock school children have handicraft lessons with driftwood collected from the beach and their work has been displayed at London exhibitions. The young craftsmen have appeared with headmaster Henry Cory on television.

It was disclosed at a meeting of Bude Surf Life Saving Club that 20-year-old Miss Carol Adams had played a leading role in the rescue of a woman holidaymaker from the sea at Widemouth Bay last August.

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A picture submitted by Mr J S Nute, a Launceston postman, figured on a front page of a recent edition of the “Post Magazine” a union journal. It depicted Messrs Pearn, Bennett and Bathgate busily sorting mail during a rush hour at the local head office.

Dunsland House, near Holsworthy, which has recently been acquired by the National Trust, is to be let to any takers at a nominal rent. A condition is that the tenant shows the historic house to the public for a certain number of days each year, but one snag is that there is no electricity or gas.

The main Callington to Tavistock road was blocked for three hours on Thursday week after a heavy transport lorry ran out of control down the steep Sand Hill at Gunnislake. It crashed into a timber lorry, pushing it over 70 years and knocked a mail van into a post office. The only person hurt was the driver of the runaway lorry, who sustained a slight cut to his nose when the windscreen smashed.

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Whitstone bellringers have selected Mr Harry Brent as captain of St Anne’s tower, with Mr S Gilbert as vice captain.

The eighth annual Delabole Music Festival was held at the Picture Theatre. Mr J Bennetts, Camelford, won the solo championship for men and Miss N P Varcoe, St Dennis, that for women.

Yeolmbridge Methodists opened their pipe organ at their chapel on Thursday, replacing the harmonium which hitherto had led the singing.

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Mr Spry, who now has a garage in the Market Yard, Launceston, is building new premises in the yard of the Launceston Arms and the town council are considering purchasing his old premises for use as a Corn Exchange. They wish to move the stalls from the Memorial Square and there is not sufficient room in the Market House at present.

A 73 year old charity organiser, who posed as a Count while on a visit to Launceston, was sent to prison by Marylebone magistrates for attempting to defraud the railway.

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Capt John Sercombe Stranger of Holsworthy and Capt W H German of Okehampton have been killed in action in Mesopotamia. They were in the 16th Devons. Quarter-Sgt A J Oliver of Wadebridge has been killed in action in German East Africa, and Capt E G Bowhay of Gunnislake has also been killed in action.