Boscastle traders have united in protest at the increased parking charges proposed by North Cornwall District Council. In a placard waving blockade of the district council’s parking meter in the village’s only car park, at the weekend, the traders stated their complete opposition to the proposals to increase the concessionary fee (paid by local workers and business people) by 100 per cent, and to introduce a new winter charge at a flat fee of 80 per cent.

The winners of this year’s Bude in Bloom competition were awarded their cups and certificates on Bank Holiday Monday. the winners were as follows: Best overall display — won jointly by Nick Chadd and Dave Richardson for their spectacular floral display at Lansdown Yard.

Development of an innovative centre for young people is due to start at the former ‘Midway’ building near St Mary’s Church, in the centre of Launceston. The building is to become one of the first ‘foyer’ projects in Cornwall, acting as a housing, training, and social base to help local young people gain a foot on the ladder of employment and housing, and it is expected to open early next year.

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Mr Mark Shepherd, of Ashleigh House, Bradworthy, left on Sunday for an African adventure trip which he and his friend, Mr Shann Moore, of Clyst St Mary, have been planning for many months. Both ate veterinary surgeons and the vehicle they are using is a 1955 Landrover which they have stripped down, reassembled and tuned up for the trip.

The 1920s returned to Coads Green last Saturday in an evening entertainment to raise funds for LEPRA, the charity which fights leprosy.

Hard of heating — Residents of a Launceston housing estate heard North Cornwall Council promise on Monday to look further into their problems of a central heating system they cannot afford to use. Eleven people living on the Ridgegrove estate travelled to the housing committee at Camelford, to be told that the matter is to go before a sub-committee and will be discussed again in a month’s time.

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The Bards of Cornwall assemble at Bude tomorrow (Saturday) for their annual Gorsedd and to their number will be added 15 new Bards. These include four local men: Mr S C W Annear (Callington), Mr Bryant Burrow (Stratton), Rev Michael Fisher (Launceston) and Mr Roger Parnall (Launceston).

Lynn Crockford won the cup for children’s classes at the annual flower and vegetable show at Camelford organised by Barnardo helpers. Other cup winners were A Greenwood (Boscastle), D Cook (Tintagel), J Wills (Delabole), W M Nicholls (Trewalder) and Mrs D Hicks (Helston).

Whitstone Primary School re-opened for lessons following the summer recess on Tuesday and the village welcomes a new headmaster, Mr Berryman, and a new teacher, Mrs Marks.

Miss Pamela Gynn was chosen as the St Giles Football Queen at a dance in the Coronation Hall and received a bouquet from her sister Miss Alison Gynn, last year’s queen.

Four children from St Mark’s School, Morwenstow appeared in the final of a series of five films about Cornish shipwrecks transmitted on BBC2 on Thursday. Stuart Rogers, Ian Hamilton, Alison Rogers and Karen Goodenough recited poems they had written and published in ‘Poems for the Parson’.

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The four candidates for the title of queen of the revived Holsworthy carnival are Carol Crocker, Margaret Harris, Caroline Knight and Judy Walker.

Mr Albert Edward Moon, of The Bungalow, Ashwater, was elected to Devon County Council to represent the Ashwater division.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Launceston, Mr and Mrs J D Rashley, were invited aboard the last train to leave Launceston, which was flagged away by the Mayoress.

Tintagel Parish Council met in the Social Hall when those present were Messrs W Boney, W Thompson, F Sandercock, W Guard, H Brown, B Setchell, H Simms and the clerk Mr A C Stapleton.

Keith Sargeant, of Lewdown Rovers, has been selected for the Devon County youth team.

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The County Pest Officer, Mr R O Liddicoate, commenting on a report that individual rabbits were again being seen in various parts of Cornwall, aid that the opportunity was now present for the pest to be completely eradicated. From a total of many millions, the county’s rabbit population had been reduced to an estimated 1,200 or 1,000.

Launceston Dramatic Society commences its winter activities next Monday with the reading of a popular comedy, “The Farmer’s Wife”.

Altarnun’s 1955 carnival, held on Saturday, was one of the most successful ever. The procession made its way through the village to Five Lanes, headed by St Breward Silver Band and marshals, Mr G Wadge and Miss A Sleep, followed by the Queen, Miss Jean Retallack, and her attendants, Misses Phyllis Dymond and Margaret Pooley, in a gaily-decorated lorry. The procession finished in Jubilee Field.

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The air raid sirens are to be used again at Launceston — for the purpose of calling out the fire brigade during the day.

St Andrew’s Parochial Church Council, Stratton, has decided to install an electric organ blower at a cost of £95.

A cheque for £20 subscribed by the crew of the minesweeper HMS Bude has been presented to Stratton Cottage Hospital. it was handed over when the Commanding Officer and a party of ratings visited the town last week.

Coads Green’s last evacuee, Irene Heron, has now returned home to London, after a five-year stay with Mr and Mrs W Elacott, of Trefrize.

Our Port Isaac correspondent writes: There is considerable disturbance here from the almost daily bombing practice in the bay. Now the war is ended, is this really necessary?

Press censorship in Great Britain ended on Sunday, exactly six years after it began.

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Rev Harold J Harcup, from Kettering, is to be the new Baptist minister at Launceston, succeeding Rev H W Hughes.

The All Blacks, the New Zealand international rugby team, now touring this country, visited Okehampton on Monday, being given a civic welcome by the Mayor (Mr W B Chamings).

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A speaker touring the county with a motor van, advocating the nationalisation of the land, held a meeting in the Market Square, Camelford, with Mr A Jasper presiding and Mr J H Brown (Delabole), divisional secretary of the Labour party, supporting. A wrangle developed and the speaker was hustled by the crowd, until rescued by PC Hamley, who took him to the safety of the police station. A large crowd gathered outside but the speaker and Mr Brown were able to make their escape through the back door across the fields and out of the town.

At Delabole, the split in the church over the preaching and political views of the priest-in-charge, Rev C J Bucknall, continues to widen. The dissidents seem to be receiving Nonconformist support and their meeting in the Co-Operative Hall, where they plan to open a Sunday Schoo, was addressed by a Methodist local preacher, Mr S Smith. The Unionists invaded Roseland Corner, where Mr Bucknell has been delivering his open-air Catholic crusade addresses.