A Bude man with a taste for travel has enrolled on a programme to help the people of Africa, but although he is seeking the backing of Rotary, the Lions, and Round Table, he needs more help to meet the costs of the 14-month programme. Mark Singleton, aged 27, of Fairfield Road, Bude, has enrolled in the One World Volunteer Institute.

Tintagel’s traditional fair is to be revived on October 7 as a Millennium project, thanks to patient research work tracking down an ancient charter.

One of the doors on Bude’s new toilets should now has a “By Royal appointment” sign, says Bude deputy mayor Cllr Don Jones. His comment came at the meeting of Bude-Stratton Town Council on Thursday night, when reporting on the official opening by HRH the Duke of Gloucester, of the Bude Light, part of the council’s Parkhouse Open Space Scheme.

The hunt is on for the Great Seal at Tintagel. Not a relative of the grey seal so often spotted off this rocky coastline but the ancient mark used to impress sealing wax, to endorse official Borough documents.

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A television team, which visited North Cornwall for a holiday programme and left Bude out of its coverage, was in the town last week filming an item to be broadcast next year. Thames television’s “Wish You Were Here” programme spent three days in the town with presenter Chris Kelly reporting on the Bude Holiday Park which offers holidays fot the single parent families’ group, Gingerbread — but Thames deny that the Bude visit is an attempt to make up for leaving the town out of its last visit to North Cornwall.

Launceston tax inspector Mr William Forrester has been made a Member of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List announced this week.

Conservationists in Laucneston are battling to save an 18th century house - 1 The Dockey - from being demolished to make way for a new supermarket.

About 400 people are expected to undergo medical check-ups following the death of a TB victim from Bude. All known contact of tuberculosis victim Michael Radford, who was a 44 year old social club steward, are to have chest examinations at Stratton hospital.

Dairy farmers supporting Holsworthy Market have benefitted for the past fortnight from the best trade for calves ever experienced in the market. Not only has it beaten the previous best weekly average of £119 per calf in June, 1983, by £8 per calf, but the average price is consistently £8-£10 higher than the national average.

A little part of Brittany will be forever Bude thanks to a unique gift from the town’s twinning association and British Telecom to the people of Ergue Gaberic. The gift, a traditional red telephone kiosk, was shipped across the channel on Monday and placed in Ergue Gaberic’s Place de Bude-Stratton — named after the twinning link between the French town and Bude.

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A formation meeting for Tintagel and Camelford Lions was held at the Rocky Valley Hotel, Trethevy. Elected president was Mr Keith Hill (Camelford), secretary Mr John Stratton (Tintagel) and treasurer Mr Bill Keep (Rocky Valley Hotel).

The winner of the 1975 Stratton Young Wives’ Treasure Hunt was Mrs Joy Ford driving a Ford saloon in a time of one hour 30 minutes. Co-backseat drivers and navigators were Shirley Davies, Peggy Gunner and Julie Haydon.

The £500 prize in the Royal Cornwall Show’s gate attendance competition has been won by farmer Mr Bill Finnemore, of Kit Hill, Ashwater, who guessed the exact number of paid admissions — 50,049.

Mounted marshals Misses Rosemary and Jacky Bloomfield led North Hill Carnival procession, with the large number of visiting queens being led by North Hill Carnival Queen, Miss Judy Bloomfield.

At Launceston Rugby Club annual meeting, Mr Geoff Basnett retired as secretary due to his departure from the district. Mr John Henning was elected secretary and Mr John Statton becomes this year’s captain.

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Details of the new buildings to be erected at Launceston College were given in a report at Truro to the Cornwall County Education Committee by its buildings and sites sub committee. The total cost is expected to be £248,600, and the scheme is to extend the college into a six form entry school plus two sixth forms.

In the Queen’s birthday honours list Mr E F Cowling, of Bude, was awarded the BEM for services to the Gas Board. Sergeant W T W Freary, a former pupil at Launceston College was also awarded the BEM.

Teams from Launceston and Okehampton will meet in the television quiz programme “Landmark”. Launceston’s team for this general knowledge contest will be Mr H J Dunn, who is with Messrs Vosper and Kivell, auctioneers; Mr R M B Parnall, solicitor; and Mr R B Treleaven, managing director of the firm of outfitters.

At Cornwall schools’ athletic championship county records were set by Susan Cox, of Bude Grammar School, and Richard Haddow, of Sir James Smith’s School, Camelford. They both competed in long jump events.

With three entries, Mr O Gittins, won the first three positions in Bude and District Racing Pigeon Club’s race from Margate, 260 miles.

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The Bishop of Plymouth gave the Blessing with the Relic to a large congregation at the service held in the Castle Grounds at Launceston to commemorate the Blessed Cuthbert Mayne.

The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies are completing the arrangements for the publication of a Cornish-English Dictionary. It has been printed within the county.

A wire-haired terrier, owned by Mr S Prout, of the Council Houses, Derriton Road, Pyworthy, recently destroyed over 50 rats. Mr Prout, who was going to work at the old Wesleyan Chapel, Holsworthy, where a firm is turning the building into a large store for a firm of agriculture merchants, took his dog with him. When the floor was taken up, the terrier accounted for 58 rats.

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A few dats ago, Mr Tom Brown, auctioneer of Tavistock, conducted an auction at Lewdown of the furniture of the late Mrs Hookway, who had been living alone. A small bedside table was sold to Mrs Pearce, of Dippertown Farm, Portgate, for 2s — and a few days later she found £164 10s in the drawer, all in Treasury notes, some of a very early issue. The money has been handed to Lifton police.

General election nominations in local constituencies are: North Cornwall — T P Fulford (Con), T L Horabin (Lib), J H Worrall (unofficial Labour), SE Cornwall — Com Douglas Marshall (Nat Cons), Maj John Foot (Lib), J H Pitts (Lab), Tavistock — Maj H G Studholme (Con), Isaac Foot (Lib), H Falconer (Lab), South Molton — Lieut Col G Lambers (Lib), Capt G D C Lang (Lab), Maj D F Stucley (Nat Con) has withdrawn his confidence, saying that this is in the national interest, as with two supporters of Mr Churchill in the fight the National vote might be spit to let in the Socialist.

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Delabole Market was used for the first time as a certified centre for the grading of cattle on Friday, made possible by the installation of a new weighbridge. In the past five years, the committee had purchased a field and laid out permanent sheep and cattle pens and the secretary, Mr W Colwill, inviting Mr Kivell to open the bridge, paid tribute to Messrs Kivell and Sons for the progress made in the 20 years since they first came to the market.

Holsworthy post office has been reconstructed and brought up to date and the opening ceremony last week was performed by town councillor Vivian, chairman of the urban council.

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Rev C J Bucknell, priest-in-charge at Delabole, aroused considerable controversy by his address “Christianity — Dope or Dynamite?” given at an open-air meeting at Roseland Terrace on Sunday evening. Three hundred people were present and heard him declare that churches and chapels had “wangled the gospel and had put spiritual meaning where they meant, in order to placate the masses and to maintain the position of the wealthy”. Answering a questioner, he said, he believed in “Holy Communion”.

Fire hundred Catholics gathered at Launceston on Sunday for the annual pilgrimage in honour of Cuthbert Mayne.

Principal winners in the farm contests which wound up the agricultural classes which had been held at North Petherwin were: G Turner, S Duke, G Neale, W Ridgman, J Colwill, T G Dinnis, R Hawke, jnr, A M Dinnis, W Rickard and R B Dinnis.